The sun., 1919-04-03
SAY nth Is SURE
TO PARADE IN N. Y.
Officers Of Division Advance
Party Assert Quick Muster
Out wirl,Not Act as Bar.
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JOBS FOR ALL rs THE PLAN
Physician, Aged SO, Who Act
ed Heroically, Is Recon-
mended for Promotion.
JOBS FOR ALL rs THE PLAN

Even though the War Department
should demobiiize the Seventy-seventh
Division ~ hours after its arrival In
America the men win parade. officers
of the advance party Of the division said
yesterday when they learned unoficiaily
Of the intention" Of the department to
muster out the mon Immediately after
their arrival 30 as to facilitate the faster
movement Of troops.
II the men are mustered out so quickly
each will retain his uniform. All but
tho requirements live in New York
city. so that the parade may be at any
time that suits the convenience OF the
people and the soldiers, II was said. Any
move the War Department may make
other than prohibiting the parade will
not interfere sufficiently to keep the men
from marching. They want the parade.
or most of them do. and they mean to
have It.
In the meantime the advance party
Is making every effort through the divi-
sion's employment bureau to get jobs
for the returning troops Among the
offers OF employment received yesterday
was one from a woman wishing TO hire
a permanent husband. ''who must be
an athlete and over Is years of age"
Tho State OF Nebraska wired that 300
Jobs are waiting for as many Nebraska
soldiers" There are number of re-
placements In the division from Nebraska.
The Home Auxiliary of the Seventy
seventh announced that II has q fund
Of $4,000 TO be used in getting jobs
for the soldiers and, for making their
clubhouse comfortable. The organiza-
ton held q meeting In the Hotel Aston
for discussing means Of helping the SOL
der after his discharge. DIR. William
T. Manning. rector OF Trinity Church.
presided.
Major Archibald G. Thatcher gave a
luncheon yesterday for some OF his
brother officers and others at the Down.
town Association. go Pine street. Mat
tiers concerned with the parade and with
memorials for the divisions dead were
discussed. Among those present were
Lieut-Col Douglas Campbell. Cleveland
II. Dodge. DR.. William T. Manning.
Stephen II. Oiin, Major 8. Fullerton
Weaver. Major Allan L. Lindley. Major
Delaney II. Jay. Major Hemuth Budd,
Major John Prentice, Capt Beverly
Robinson and Capt. James w. Barney.
Among the cables received at divi-
sionsi headquarters In the afternoon
was ono that told OF the recommended
Captaincy because Of hts extraordinary
heroism In action. He had dressed
many Of the wounded on the field while
under FIRE.
Lieut.. McIlwain Is So years OF age.
He was a doctor In Oklahoma. In some
unaccourtable way he was assigned.
despite his aga. to tho front lines with
the Seventy-seventh Division, Second
Battalion, 30sth Infantry, as medical Of
ficer. II was In this OUTFIT in the fight
ing in front Of Bazouches that he dis
tinguished himself. On the night Of
August 81 hopping up raid was
started against the Germans.
They opened fire on the Americans
with many machine guns The Seventy
seventies casualties were heavy. So
Land and began dressing wounds as
fast rs he could locate the wounded.
Lieut. McIlwain Strengthened up after
dressing the wounds Of q soldier and
the bandage bag banging from his arm
was riddled with machine gun bullets,
but the doctor didn't know It. Feeling
the pull on his arm he turned ito see
who In the world was nudging my arm
at that timo o. night In such a place
And then he noticed that his overcoat
thrown over his shoulder, was ripped
from bullets passing through the skirt
of 1t.
But outside OF these evidences of wal
and the noise 'it was more like a Sat
urdsy night on Main street in Lon,
Wolf than in the middle Of a worlC
war" Lieut.. McIlwafn told an Officer
who found him standing unscathed In s
hail Of bullets. He insisted upon bein,
allowed to finish dressing the wounds o
| his mon