Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-10
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September 10.-With
Gen. Pershing at their head and with
the cross of war twinkline on their
stored banners. the LIST Division of
regulars marched down 5th avenue
today. The colors of three regiments
of infantry were twined with the four
ragere Of France, symbol of gal
lantry, and on the breasts of hun
dreds OF marchers were the gay rib
bons betokening medals bestowed for.
heroism.
1t was the browning military spec-
tacle of the world war for New York
and it was unique in American an
nails. Behind the stalwart dough-
boys, their bayonets cleaning.
rumbled field artillery of every type
and back Of the guns came the divi-
siona1 trains. In the surging, swing
ing. rhythmic stream which poured
down the avenue were $4,000 men, full
panoplied for battle-the flower of
the American Army, the peers of any
soldiers in the world.
Pershing Leads Parade.
At the head of the fve-miIe line rode
the commander of all the soldiers I'M
der the Stars and Stripes Behind
him as a guard of honor swung Per
shing's own" the. composite regiment
of six-foot infantrymen, who had fol-
lowed him through the hag-decked
streets Of foreign capitals.
Proud of the gallant young veterans
who marched behind him, the COM
mander rode slowly down the avenue
before hero-worshiping millions. The
brave bronzed veterans were worthy
of all the pride their chief could feel.
Their regimental flags had never
known defeat and under them 5000
men had died in France. More than
1900 fell on the field of scissors and
almost as many more on. the Mouse
and in the Argonne. The grim, heart
rending roll of casualties is longer
than the roster of the division.
Greets Cardinal Merc1er.
AS the parade passed St. Patrick's
Cathedral it was unexpectedly halted
and Gen. Pershing dismounted and
crossed to the reviewing stand, where
Cardinal Mercier sat with Archbishop
Hayes and a number of other church
dfgnitaries.
The cheering rose to a deafening
volume as the famous soldier clasped
hands with the heroic Belgian prelate.
Cardinal Mercier had been given "a
tremendous reception on his first ar
, rival at the reviewing stand, but the
cheering which arose as he stood up
to greet the American commander
made his previous welcome seem
feeble.
Enormous crowds have packed 9Th
avenue in days gone by, for this was
| the fourth division New York has seen
| on the march, but never in the city
TIM Da6
out for any pageant 1t was hol1-
day for the metropolis. and 1t seemed
| that all New York was there. with
| half the nation besides.
Avenue Is Banked.
J The broad avenue was banked from
the far end of Central Park to Wash
/ ington Square with dense masses of
! humanity. Thousands stood where
there was room only for hundreds.
Myriads waited for hours, under lead
en- skies, when they knew they had no
hope of seeing the procession. Every
was packed with spectators. Count
! less thousands stood at the eastern
| edge of Central Park, and at least
! 100000 sat in the city's grandstand
| and those erected by spectators. The
cheapest seats were IS. but the last of
! them were sold hours before the
starting bugle sounded.
With the gathering of the great
host. almost before daybreak. the
scene was set for the most thrilling
and picturesque review the city ever
witnessed.
Greeting Is Frenzied.
For Gen. Pershing it was the culmi-
nation of a long series of scenes of
adulation. He said he was over
whelmed by the reception given him
when he set foot on the shores of
Manhattan Monday, but even that
paled into insignificance compared
with the frenzied greeting that was
his today He was the commanding
figure in an army of heroes
AS the stern-visaged warrior, sit
ting on his horse like a centaur. calm,
confident and self-contained, fit sue
cessor to Grant, Sherman and Sheri-
dan, every inch soldier and a leader
of men, rode through the arch which
spans the avenue at 10th street there
arose a cheer which volleyed to the
housetops, to be echoed by the tree
clad crags in Central Park. 1t was
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