New-York tribune., 1919-06-15
Welcomes Home Its 10000
Veterans, 1900 of Whom
Take Part in Big Parade
ON the Grand Concourse
Celebrates Flag Day, Too
s'Borough Day. Adds Third
Element. and Great Crowd
Turns Out for Festival

Twenty eight hundred young heroes
Of The Bronx, some in olive drab and
some in serge and new straw hats,
marched up the Grand Concourse yes
terday afternoon, while the entire pop
ulation of the borough came out to cry
rWelcome homei" from the housetops
and the curbstones.
II was the old festival of Borough
Day, glorifed into 8 combination Flag
Day and welcome home for the 10000
sons Of The Bronx who had taken part
in the war. To do them honor, even
though all were able to be in line, the
Grand Concourse was strung with
flags, futtering over the heads Of the
marchers from the tips of the young
naples, service stars reappeared in
apartment house windows, and flags and
remnants bearing the names of the
rival A. {. F. divisions, which marched
alone on Fifth Avenue when they first
came home, mingled amicably on the
curbs, even as the men themselves
marched shoulder to shoulder. showing
q Goddess Of Liberty insignia side by
side with the stars of O'Ryan and the
rattlesnake of Colonel Hayward's dark
skinned fighters.
American Legion in Line
II was the first parade in this city in
which the newly organized American
Legion showed it's flags and organiza-
tion units. The veterans of the great
war marched in groups called posts,
similar to the units of the Grand Army
jof the Republic. First In line was
Quentin Roosevelt Post.
Most Of the veterans were back In
!civvies," and tho dark brown Of their
service compilations had given way
@gain to the pallo rof the Office and
factory, but the record Of their months
in France was written in their stall
wart stride and the flags which went
at the head of their column.
Tangible evidence of the exploits Of
these quiet-looking youths, perspiring
under their new straw hats, came to-
ward the middle Of the parade in
clanking group OF seven captured Ger
man cannon It took two horses to
draw each of the sullen monsters, re-
sisting with each pound Of their iron
bulk the necessity Of parading their
shame before the shouting populace.
The cannon were captured on July Is,
1918, by the 1st Division Of the
American E&peditionary Force.
Flag With 614 Gold Stars
A large number of army officers and
city officials reviewed the parade
from a grandstand at 181st Street and
the Grand Concourse, while at another
stand were the gold star mothers"
whose sons werel present only In the
white flag, with GA stars, which
headed the service division.
The route was from 165th Street,
north to Kingsbridge Road, way
which was outlined to the aviators how
ering overhead by the thousands Of
American flags in the hands Of the
crowd. Yesterday was Flag Day and
every loyal citizen of The Bronx bore
red, white and blue testimony to that
fact. No other flag was permitted in
the parade save the regmental and
post emblems.
The parade was led by the New York
National Guardmen, with Brgadier
General George r. Dyer in command.
When the 18th Infantry appeared, led
by several dusky veterans on whose
breasts glistened the Croix de Guerre
and other decorations, the crowd
vented its delight in cheers that
brought grins to the faces Of the
heroes themselves and put the officials
on the grandstand to slapping one an
other on the shoulders. Strings Of
silver paper and confetti swirled
through the air, and the red-faced
man with the megaphone who had
started the tumult threw away his in
strument and dropped exhausted on
the grass
Gallant 105th in Line
The division of veterans was led by
Colonel Elmore +. Austin, of the 57th
Coast Artillery Corps, ranking officer
OF The Bronx. First of the units in
line was the 105th Field Artillery, the
only complete unit from The Bronx
which went through the war Most Of
the origins. Bronx units were split up,
either when they entered the Federal
service or after they reached France.
Inc 105th Field Artillery stayed to-
Sether from the day OF its baptism
IN Flanders, through the fires Of
verdun and the st. Mihiel drive, to
fae Meuse-Argonne and the morning
Of November II.
Wounded soldiers In automobiles
oTiven by Red Cross chaufeurs brought
up the rear of the service division,
arc two great trucks operated by the
Ahights Of Columbus bore some sing
ing veterans who were not strong
enough to walk. It was commented
upon, however, that, whereas in the
early parades of the Homecoming regi-
ments there were great numbers Of
automobiles for the physically unfit,
NaoSt OF those must have since re-
covered, for it took only six automo-
pies 10 carry the disabled men OF
Inc Bronx.
After the service divisions came
aomoer Of women's military organiza-
sIoas' including the newly organized /
s'snen's auziiaries Of the American
~ LYON, the first Of which was Edith
a. Roosevelt Post 40. 3. There were
@'"o posts Of women auziliaries TO the
y. A. r. and large numbers Of Red
'foss workers. The women's division
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