Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-01
Citizens Oppose Forcing of
Marches Upon Return
ing Soldiers.
HOLLYWOOD ASSOCIATION
VOICES ITS DISAPPROVAl
Memorial Organization Sends
Letter to Adjutant- General
10 Lane Stern.
PASTOR TO TALK UPON SUBJECT
rev. II. ID. c. Maclachlan, ID. D., to
Preach Against Further "Hikcs"
by Men in Richmond.

IN view OF the wave OF indignant
protest and the many adverse criti-
cihms from Richmond people of all
classes, the parade Of the Three Hun
dred and Seventeenth Infantry and
companies l. and NJ Of the Three Hun
area and Eighteenth Infantry. sched-
uled for Thursday Of this week, will
undoubtedly be called off.
First to SO on record as an organi-
zation In requesting that no more
ndaee Is ttR Hollywood, Memorlal AS
soolatlon. tAe OF the oldest and most
'Pnnn' ,e organizations in Richmond.
nuJutaHh, General 10 Lane Stern yes
terday, urging that he ntercede in
o"nalt or the association
The text OF the letter TO the chief
maarrshaI OF the two parades follows:
MY Dear General,-At a meeting to-
ilon sends an earnest request 10 YOU
asking you to call of any parading Of
Inr s9idiers, such as occurred ycster-
ray, II we are not addressing the one
IN authority. Will you kindly send on
your request TO the proper. person?
MRS. NoRMAN V. RANDOLPH.
MISS FANNIE E. MuNFoReTp5a, eh l.
recording Secretary"
Opposed Parade Mt Stnrt
begged them not to have a parade
At the FIRST meeting. of tile home-com
ing committee. said Mrs. Randolph
last night, commenting on the action
ton. Il knew the boys didn't want to
parade, l wanted them to have an
t old sh,oned picnic in Capitol square,
home made bread, corn bread and
swee, notatoes. That would have been
real homecoming"
From at least one pulpit in Rich
Inond mo assembled congregation
VIII hear this morning a plea for
humanity in relation 10 the parading
against their wishes:
Pastor nsy IL a E Revs e MA si1ea, D.
Church. who has been most active dur
ing the period OF the war in solving
The , solder problem in Richmond,
activities Of the war camp community
service VIII again voice his strenuous
nrotest against repetition OF parades
OF returning troops.
Governor Not EnthuAiastic.
Governor Westmoreland Davis o..
Virginia Is more anxious for Wiz
sinia troops 70 be paraded in the
Richmond for several days. than il
Governor ]. J. Cornwell. OF West Vir-
E;na, who signed the petition OF the
West Nirsinlans OF the One Hundred
and F'!tty-ffth Artillery Brigade that
the plan OF paradins the troops in
Eichmoud be abandoned.
While Governor Davis will not take
any initiative in the matter, he ex-
pressed his sentiments 10 members OF
in his ottice yesterday. The committees
as a whole, was in accord with Gov
ernor Cornwel and Governor Davis
that IL the troops did not want To-
parade In Richmond then they should
not be forced 10 parade. and that the
easiest way. to find out their desires
mittee down 10 Newport News 10 find
out from the boys them selves, when
they come in today.
po,!tion 10 another parade has hourly
gained momentum since the report OF
casualties OF Fridays celebration. From
soldier and civilian. have come en-
pE ha,ic expressions of disapProval of
through the intense heat and dust OF
city streets simply because some peo-
pie like to be entertained by the sight
OF marching men. and think that such
entertainment should be provided re-
Sardless of the wishes of the troops
Committee Goes to Port.
Mayor George A.nslie, Clyde w.
Saunders. John Ingram, r. Lee Peters.
and w. II. Adams are in Newport
raj Adelbcrt Cronkhite. commander OF
definitely the wishes OF the Three
Hnndred and seyenteen,h Regiment
Of the Three Hundred and Eighteenth.
relative to paradins here Thursday.
Artillery " Brigade. num nha n''y aSaa,
$500 men, Will be sent to Camp Lee
tomorrow or Tuesday from Camp
since Tuesday. They will be at once
demobilized and allowed to return
At the Monroe Park emergency hos
pital 141 men were said to have been
treated. Many Of these were John
Marshall High School cadets, who in
early in the march. All along the
line from time to time men could be
seen carrying one who had fallen out
men wero carried past the reviewing
gland In Monroe Park into the hos
pital there.
One Remains in Hospital.
Four cases were taken to the Vir-
ginia Hospital by the ambulance dur
of these had been discharged Saturday
afternoon. Ten men of the total OF
more than 100 who succumbcd in Broad
Broadback, Pa. was the only one Of
the men who had not recovered Sat
urday afternoon. number OF men
were given hrst aid at drug store
at Seventh and Broad Streets. Seven
soldiers were cared for at stuart Cir
Gle Hospital. while st. Elizabcth's
Hospital had three cases.
Marched Easily Five Miles
Reasons of nil sorts, from that the
men lacked morale to the drinking OF
ice water while on the march, were
assigned by committee members for
the many prostrations. The day was
the hottest day in nine months and
tho temperature reached at it's max
imum OF 81 degrees. After n long
trip by rail- and ono by boat, on which
the men had little, il any, rest, they
marched over a parade route compris-
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