Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-06
CAMDEN IN MIGHTY
!. VICTORY PAGEANT
Business at StandstilI as Sexv-
ice Men Lead Parade
,.
of $4,000
ADMIRAL REVIEWS MARCH

Camden tipped its gala hat to Miss
Peace and her pet dove today.
And more than 10000 Camden folk,
led by 1000 service men, marched in
a Jubilee parade that is the most elabor-
alto patriotic, rally in the history Of
Camden.
Admiral Henry b. Wilson, com
mander of the United States fleet that
guarded the seas outside of Brest and
favorite son" of the city across the
3 river, reviewed the colorful peace
'njubilee pageant. In the same stand sat
Mayor Ellis and ex- senator David
Baird. ..'
I. BY special proclamation of the Mayor
all stores. factories and business
offices were closed during the parade,
/ which formed at Sixth and State streets
at p. m.
~ Banquet for Service Men
a3 Following the parade the 1000 service
men will be banqueted in the Third
Il Regiment Armory, Haddon avenue and
Ia Mickle street, by the Camden Chapter
leio. the American Red Cross.
M The beginning of the parade was
- heralded by the tolling of church bells
Z throughout the city in tribute to, the
\. heroic dead. At the first strike the
cortege of the soldier dead passed the
stand in front of the Court House, where
the parents sit whose sons are lying
among the poppies across the seas.
A Guarded by service veterans. bronze
4 IT.. - =. Ill.
float covered with lilies symbolized
a the 1876 soldier sons of Camden who
gave up their lives in France.
James II. Long, chairman Of the jubi-
Ice parade committee, and grand mar
/ shal of the march, headed the main
body Of the pageant. He was accom-
panied by his eight aids and escorted by
Chief of Police E. A. Gravernor, As
sistant Chief Edward Hyde and by Cap
tain William Il. Albert with a platoon
of mounted police.
Wounded Men in Autos
D After members of City Councils
and of the Board Of Freeholders came
the 1000 service men. White haired
veterens of 81 in automobiles and the
wounded in olive drab led the columns
Of service men. under command o.
Lieutenant Harry G. Kramer.
Canteen workers, Y. w. G. A. work
e.s, Camden motor messengers in uni
{, ,rm followed veterans Of the Spanish
american War, of the Boxer rebellion
= and of the various Mexican campaigns
i. The church division numbered some
1900 men. women and children, repre-
senting every church in Camden, ant
led by their pastors.
VA The fraternal orders had the big
gest single group representation il
a the pageant. The Cyrene Commandery
=, Of the knights Templars. augmented b,
as many as came to, Philadelphia from
4 outlying districts, paraded in all thu
4 sorgeousness of their costumery. The
other fraternal organizations were the
four blue lodges of Camden, Trimble
Z Camden, Ionic and Mozart; Red Men,
Ladies of the ID. A. R., Degree ot
4 Pocohontas,, Elks. knights Of Columbus
with float showing Knights of Col
1 umbus hut; Ancient Order of Hiber.
mans, Loyal Order of Moose, Junior
Order of :, Mechanics and Order oi
United Americans.
Eight societies under the auspices
! of the Italian colonial committee ant
all the Polish societies of the city JOINED
the parade. The italian section
was led by Antony Mecca. Boy ant
/ Girl Scouts, and children of tn,
City Fnrm Garden, which during the
:, var raised $3.50, 900 worth of truck,
I'd khowed in tableaux the development OF
ID. the city war gardens.
|it Following the industrial sections,
ID, which was marching panorama show
II the progress in South Jersey factories
bt fere the firemen with sixty motor
VI lrawn pieces. -........ -..-..-
A selected chorus of 1000 school chill
dren occupied a stand in front Of the
Carnegie Library, Broad and Line
Il streets. Clad in their white summer
AAdrcsses and gay colored ribbons, they
asing patriotic melodies as the march
krs passed. DIR. Powell G. Fithian
,xobpperintendent of music in the Camden
Eos kools, conducted the choral singing.
br After the dinner the soldiers will be
b{ hdressed by Admiral Wilson, Mayor
BlEllis and Charles A Wolverton, who
tetrresents Camden county. G. Harold
II pwden will lead the Victory sing.
Y The parade committee is composed
\ 6f James H Long, chairman; Joseph
"a Mowry, Frank G. Sayres, e. Kreisie,
4 Webster, Frank G. higgins, @. M
A'Curry, William d. Sayres, Antonio
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