The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-26

pany X. l05th Infantry bore Englands
Distinguished Conduct Medal. The other
soldiers in the procession were Privatss
Herbert Smith and Edward +. Farrell.
also of Battery D. and Private J. Moore.
Jr.. OF the headquarters company, 10Th
Infantry.
Alongside this cortege near the arch
was the service flag with 1912 gold
stars concentrating the boys we didn't
bring back" as one of the fourteen
honor men carrying It said simply. This
banner was twenty feet by five, being
borne by four stanchons.
Al e:25 o'clock Major-Gen. John +.
Organ appeared. which gave the hives
on the stoops something TO buzz about
His stan assembled behind him on
Washington Square North. near the cor
ner leading to Fifth avenue and under
the direct fire Of the movie men. Among
them were four representatives OF the
leading Allies. who were Lieut. Col Gif-
fard OF the British Royal Horse Artil-
| lery. Lieut. Philip Barbir. acting Belgian
Military Attache Lieut.. F. de Jugc OF
the French cavalry. detailed to the Re-
mount Division. and Lieut. Camille de
Carlo OF the military mission from Italy.
who couldn't help smiling boyishly at
every one, even though he is one OF
ltaly's heroes and might therefore be
supposed to be very dignined.
WI HIS tHey were WaltlnK MhJOr-tfen.
Organ and his stan were fed with
cigarettes by a young woman who APP
parently had bribed her way with the
weed through the Gordon OF police. The
| reporters coaxed from her some ciga-
rettes and the name Of Frances Brun
Of l447 Second avenue-also the fact
that she was acting Independently and
represented no cigarette dispensing syn
dictate.
I - ~ al h. A. H..
way at the foot OF Fifth avenue. being
| led of by a platoon Of mounted police
who had been doing present clubs on
the east side of the avenue. They were
followed under the arch by the funeral
cortege and the service banner. Next
| there whirled through the park and out
| upon the avenue seemingly all the auto
mobiles that Ford hasn't made.
One observer from the most precise
newspaper in the world said there were
| 1000 of them, and they were driven by
some OF the prettiest young women that
!vsr smiled at the-,g led laws. Thev
| representefstI4riously the FED Cross, nie
| National League for Women's Service,
the Knights OF Columbus and the Motor
| Corps of America, but what attracted
| the eye even more than they did was the
cargo Of wounded men each machine
carried.
Cheers for Woanded.
At first as this motor procession rolled
up the avenue the spectators scarcely
waved a nag or emitted n cheer evil
IDENTIFY wondering how these grinning
young mea in khaki happened to be pa
rading from the vantage point OF such
| luxurious cushions. But presently
crutches and bandaged arms and legs
protruding from among those cushions
awakened the crowd to a realization OF
| what these men were. and then the
cheers began to rip out.
| Marshaling the rusing machines into
two columns was done under the direc-
ton of a feminine major In the motor
corps but 1t must be admitted that &C.
casiopal snarls occurred. when an officer
Of Gen Organs stan politely took
chAsus In strengthening things out
tn 3ugh the major never lost her com.
petsnt look. She was also very firm In
directing the boys in the machines "a
take down their American and Red
Cross flags. under the orders. permit.
l.ting only Twenty-seventh Division in.
sigma. But somehow. a block away
the flags always reappeared, framed
with ring OF gfins. Even that earl,
II was decidedly a mans day.
The tail end OF this advance guart
furnished the first opportunity to tn,
police to throw somebody out Of tn,
parade. Along came the machine Of
Beresoff Wagner OF 1883 East Fourth
street Brooklyn, periodically driving