The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon. (Canon City, Colo.) 1911-192?, 1919-09-25

an unusual affair. And when you add
to that the entire outfit and equipment
of division. you have a sigLs that is
worth going long way to see.
A very small percentage Of the peo-
pie in our section OF the cosntry have
any idea what an army in full fighting
trim looks like. They have all seen
companies of men. unframed and
trained. taken away to tie canton
ments. but few have seen how they
look after they get all of their field
kitchens. artillery. Iauno-ies. motor
transport units. carpenter shops. am
balances. army nurses and tanks.
1t would be a fine thing If a parade
of whole division could be held in
every community in the country Ii
would give everyone a better idea OF
the magnitude of the work in prear-
ing an army for the field.
The people OF Washington were
given the opportunity yesterday of
seeing a part or our hghting machine
complete. when the First division
marched in the grand review which
was the closing scene of the great war
The First division was the first of our
troops to reach France. first to see
action and suffer casualties. first to
reach Germany. and among the last
to leave. Many OF the regiments
represented in yesterdays parade have
fine records for brave Sighting in the
Civil and Spanish-American wars. And
they have no mean one for the last
two years fighting The First divi-
son took as prisoners 6.467 Germans.
and lost on'y i52 of their own men.
The ID. 5. c. was awarded to 356 of the
men of the First. IL was very fitting
that these men should be the ones to
take part in the great Victory ceIebra-
ton.
Preparations for the parade and ce'e-
bration were begun several weeks in
other vantage points were made use
Of
Two OF us went into Chinese laun-
dry and asked the proprietor what he
would charge to let us use his window
;or the morning parade The window
was a small affair. Large. red let
tiers covered most OF the glass aad
the remaining space was so dirty that
we couldn't gee through 1t. The
Chink said $40. We didn't want to
appear cheap. and SO said that we
would think It over.
Some OF the division cane TO Wash
ington several days before the parade.
advance. Bleachers were built all
along Pennsylvania avenue. 1t was
given out at first that these seats
but most of them were kept in New
York because there was no place to
quarter them here. The mea began
arriving before daylight on wednes-
day morning. and | was awakened by
the rumbling OF the heavy trucks and
cannon ON their way to their places
in the line. Although the column
did not move until l O'Clock, it was
necessary TO begin early in order to
AaNt EtdulntSS-
The stands and streets were crowd
ed hours before the time set fer the
start of the march. Every window
in the downtown section was filled
and the roofs OF most of the buildings
We're lined with people. Anything
was used 10 get up high enough to see
over the heads OF the rows in front
Soap boxes were sold by the hun.
dreds. but a person had to be quick to
get on his soap box before two or
three others beat him to it, II is es-
timated that 100000 people were on
the street Wednesday afternoon.
Before and during the parade the
crowd was kept interested by the an
ties of 30 or more aeroplanes. At one
time counted 80 above the White
House grounds. They flew in all diff
ferent formations. but did not try any
stunts. They were ordered to take
no unnecessary chances. and although
they were in the air for several hours.
not one OF them experienced an acci.
dent. A large observation balloon
was anchored near the avenue and as
it moved slowly back and forth by the
breeze, II was closely watched by the
crowds. These soldiers of the air
added n very realistic touch to the
scene.
Finally the crowd was aroused by
the blast from bugle. The people
in the front row all stood up to get
a better view OF the street and then
everyone else stood up for the same
reason. Then Gen. Pcrshing APP