The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-25
Miss Liberty Gets Cheers of
Her Life as Aquitania
Steams Up Bay.
ALL WILLING TO PARADE
Remainder Of Division Ex-
pected on Ships Arriving To-
day and Tomorrow.


on their left shoulders. ricoche,ed I'm
inc Day on the Aquitania yesterday fore
noon amid riproarousness that blew
all the rain mists away from the rea,
statue of Liberty-even caused the Lib
erty lady's bronze skirts to nutter per-
ceptibly.
They were the first unit of the Metro
poiitan Division, New Yorks Own. the
Seventy-seventh-which is slang for the
proper Manhattanese pronunciation.
Seventy-sevent'-to get under the wire
since they left Camp Upton slightly
more than year ago to :mplant in the
hearts of the Kaiser and his six I'M
wounded sons more than a hint Of the
New York idea And while they were
travelling abroad" they got along 30
prettily that when the last gun was
nfed on the morning OF November IL last
tne seventy-seventh Division was hold
ing down the most advanced position of
any division in our army, position
they held after having advanced over
- more miles Of enemy country (70h
kiIometers) than any other division Of
American fighters
- <>ho IL tHo dTHllSllCe elgnerS mad let
THESE New York lads finish the day at
the regular quitting time instead Of at
IL A. NJ" observed Boze Bulger, one
time Manhattan reporter, but now Majah
Bozeman Bulger of the 3o5th Infantry,
they'd have gone just 6h kilometers
further"
why just 81, Boze-I mean Majah?'
Had Set TT KiIometers rs Mark.
Because they had set their young
hearts upon going at least as far for
ward as the number OF the division. IL
And when the big leaguers called the
game at II A. NJ. [Boze for some time
was sporting writerl II Just simply
spoiled the day for Moe Tony. Pat,
Harold-well. for every son OF a gun in
the division"
Put if the Seventy-sevcnth was down.
cast last November because somebody
Kicked the marbles out Of the ring before
the seventy-seven kilometers had been
covered they had pulled themselves out
OF their crouch so thoroughly by the
time they came into long range view OF
Quarantine yesterday morning that they
LAD to let loose their ecstasy in seventy
seven languages and dialects.
Let 'er rain and blow. For them the
rain wet Statue of Liberty was wearing
new spring gown and holding a gay
parasol aloft to keep the brilliant sun
light out Of her eyes. The bedragyled
gu!ls were song birds flashing by. the
clouds above were blue sky. And even
though the big bronze statue did seem
10 drip rain from her glistening cheeks
she couldn't get an argument from any
lad aboard the Aquitania by insisting
that the raindrops were tears OF Joyous
welcome, for they were.
They didn't all get in yesterday Of
course, not all Of the Seventy-seventh
by long shot, but many more than
5000 officers and men. including the
3o5th Infantry and the 305th and the
eo6th Machine Gun Battalions, set their
shoes on the soil OF the old home town
long enough to eat Red Cross buns and
drink Red Cross sandwiches. hear their
names called by their immediate SUI
periors after they had munched the food
and then were shot out to Camp Mills to
await the ever so welcome discharge.
Fighters Are Noise makers Too.
II sixth Of the Seventy-seventh upon
arrival yesterday could make ten times
as much happy noise as the entire Levi
athan's 10000 made on previous trips
and the sixth did-one may imagine
what may be expected in the way of
racket when the rest Of the division he
gins to reach here to-day or tomorrow
Oh troopships that promise to steam into
the upper ALMOST DOW 10 TuQueT.
And when they're all in town they are
gn'Lg &c rave a pee-rade.
Perhaps some OF the Seventy-seventh
boys upon arrival yesterday were not
over keen about parading when the idea
was first put W. TO them by greeCers who
met them down the lay IL SHOULD I've
understood that they paraded very thor
oughly through the Argonne and points
east, which was the hodderndest pee
40 .Lnt
asked TO go through with. Their lives.
as they thought things over yesterday.
seemed to them TO have Seen in recent
days Just ono darn parade after anoth-I.
Aw, listen. ley Amt all the folks
your mother and father and gross
pop and verybody--waiting to see you
march up Fifth avenue under your tin
hat? Be a sport, you guys.
And you, Mike--for the luvva Pete
are you going to have all the McManuses
and Cusacks and Kerrigans standing out
In Tent avenoo for weeks waiting for
you to come along? Have a heart.
Wherefore before the Statue of Liberty
quite had been passed the advance
guard of the Seventy-seventh subdued
their grumbles and said:
Sure, We'll pee-rade II our folks want
a pee-rade. But get this straight, news
paper guys we don't want TO pee-rade
because we think we're heroes and
everything. We should worry about he
roes. Ich kabibble We don't want to
pee-rade because we want to pee-rade.
But wen pee-rade II they want us to
pee-rade."
NOtabIes to Head Parade.
And when they swing UP the avenue
they will be headed by their snappy
commander, Lieut.-Col. Charles F. Herr.
at least the 905th contingent OF infantry
men who arrived here yesterday will
Heading the whole outfit will be, OF
course, none other than MaJor-Gen. Rob-
ert Alexander, who will get in on the
Mt Vernon to-day. And sticking out
like new gold teeth along intervals of
the 305th in the peerade to come will
be the senior Major. MaJah Boze Bulger
(be forementioned) of the Southern
States, Park Row. the Argonne and re-
Gently Of Germany.
Also there will be Major Arthur II.
Wolf, Major r. Il. O'Brlen. who will
head the 306th's Machine Gun Battalion.
and Major Louis Merrill Scott of the
S06th Machine Gun Battalion. who is a
son Of Major-Gen. Hugh l.. Scott. Gen.
Scott was at the cunard pier at the foot
OF West Thirteenth street yesterday
when his bouncing boy arrived. and the
General kissed the Major and both were
unashamed.
So did Mrs. Scott kiss her son. It is
worthy OF mention that the gray haired
and lovely looking mother OF Major