The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-11

Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Divisions,
and there was little or nothing to choose
among any of them. They marched in
solid squares. with the company officers
at the head of each. In the company
from the Second Division appeared here
and there the darker forester's green OF
the Marine Corps. The famous brigade
of marines, after whom the French re-
named Belleau Wood, had not been neg
lected In choosing this corps d'elite.
The Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Divisions
somehow have kept out of the news, but
their records show that their gallantry
has not been excelled even by the First
itself. 1t was the little heard Of Fourth,
for sinstance, that held the south bank
OF the Marine in July, 1917, without
flinching.
After the composite regiment there
came one OF the human interest reliefs
Of the great parade. In nearly hun
drsd automobiles were carried the
wounded men Of the division. They
didn't have to parade. Theirs was the
life Of Reilly. and they were proceeding
to live it reviewing stand or no review
ing stand. Pretty girls drove the cars
in ranks Of four with all the skin that
the Red Gross drivers Of New York
have acquired. Almost hub to hub they
swung by, easily lodging the crowds on
either side and their own neighborS
tenders.
And on the cushions sitting on the
world were the wounded The Lord
knows how many legs they lacked, how
mary Of them were famed for life. But
II was the hour OF their triumphant
thcy should worry. Almost every man OF
item smoked a careless cigarette. Even
the grim features OF Gen. Payton c.
March. Chief Of STAFF. relaxed as he saw
them. Riding down Fifth avenue in a
big car they paid their tribute to less
noble Of their kind upon the sidewalk
and in the reviewing stand-and no one
ca Id them nay. There wasn't salute |
or an "eyes right" in the whole bunch
The police band was jazzing away at
Smiles" when the wounded passed. And
tho wounded responded Apparently
there was not a one of them wounded In
the shoulder. for every man jack OF
them did the shinnmie as he passed.
Even a boy stretched as nearly at full
length as might be on a pillow was
able to muster a grotesque quver OIL ms
upper arms. Another had taken the bril-
liant yellow sweater OF his fair chaut-
four and dressed his crutch with II Tnft
sweater probably never had ana never
will have such q shimmie on the back OF
its rightful owner.
They looked in scorn at the members
of The Police Aviation Reserve who lined
the street across from the grandstand.
''Holy Fritz" drawled one audible
youth. Look at all them second looies.
And they seem to like It.
Lunch Tossed From Truck.
Behind them came a big Y. NJ. c. A
truck whence boxes of lunch were tossed
skillfilly to police. firemen and police
reserves along the side lines. In an in
terval between his busy hurls one big
'Y'' man perceived that he was passing
the grandstand. His salute was box
OF lunch straight through the air Tor
Mayor Hylans midriff. Police Captain
William T. Davis was standing just in
front Of the Mayor on the ground. The
faces of the Mayor, of Gov. Smith and OF
Secretary Baker turned grave as they |
saw the box coming. II was as IL they |
were thinking of bombs. But their fears
passed in a fash. Davis went up into |
the air like Ty Cobb for a high throw. |
his long left arm above him. He knocked
II down in perfect fashion.
Then came the first of the mules. And |
their total number was legion. But a
mule Is a mule and a mule driver Is a |
mule driver. and they were all alike |
Fine tall beasts for the most part, rangy |
and powerful in teams of four and two
and singly, they hauled transport wag- |
ons, ammunition carts, rolling kitchens |
and everything else that the army has |
on wheels. The day Of the motor may |
have come, but the mule has not passed |
It is many long day back into the |
William Mckinley period since Fifth |
avenue has heard the tramp Of SO many |
hoofs. It is many a long day since /,
Fifth avenue has seen such handling of
reins. 1t harks back TO the days when
coaching had not been forgotten.
Handling the reins of the mule was
in all Its fine art These
drivers have been alluded to as intel
lectuals driving by soul domination, and
so they were Upon their faces sat
that grave expression almost of pre-
occupation which cannot be ASSOCIATED
from the phychic. Things beyond the
hubs of their wheels did not exist for
them. They passed the reviewing stand
as they Will pass the pearly gates. II they
get that far with a mule team. and the
army says they can get any place, alb
intent. For Secretary Baker sat
upon the reviewing stand, and the Sec
rotary is against the kind of language
in which mule control Is tangibly ex-
pressed. Hence the drivers confined
themselves to the intangible and passed
on in the splendid isolation prescribed
by communion between their souls and
the souls Of their then obedient beasts
The mules made no trouble. Which can
not be said for their more temperamental
uncles between the traces OF
the horse artillery or beneath the stout
legs of General, Major or orderly.
Fleet of Army F1tvvers.
Next to the mule came the arIny's
more modern standby. the fivver. The
of the division headquar-
tiers train were followed by the First
Machine Gun Battalion. motorized. 1t
used to be a Joke In France, the motor
lied machine gun battalion. But the
First had all their equipment. First
came a feet OF fiivvers, each filled with
officers and men of the battalion COM
mand Then come more fivvers with
gunners, big combat cars with more gun
ners and finally the machine guns them
selves. mountd on trucks. with more
trucks TO carry the ammunition, motor
cycles trailing and suffering and dart
ing in and out, and finally, Just 10 pre-
serve tradition, rank of ammunition
carts. drawn by single mules.
The First Machine Gun Battalion was
by the Second Field signal Bat
TALON and this outfit got one OF the
heartiest yells OF applause throughout
the whole parade. These were the tele-
phone, telegraph and wireless boys.
many of them recruited from the ranks
Of the New York Telephone Company,
and almost every one seemed TO know
the gigantic tasks they had performed
- Io,4,.. tl,ouaa Nd ~ uoilaa of wire and