Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-31
OF TROOPS
COLLAPSE HERE AS
V|RG|N|ANS PARADE
Heavy Toll Exacted by
MONDAY Sun as Dough-
boys March.
MANY OPPOSE REPETITION
OF MILITARY DEMONSTRATION
Protest Against Forced Hikes
Through Hot Streets as Part
Of Celebration.
SEVERAL ARE IN HOSPITALS
Nearly One Hundred Men Prostrat Ell
When They Reach Broad
Street Station.
MANY OPPOSE REPETITION
OF MILITARY DEMONSTRATION
SEVERAL ARE IN HOSPITALS
Nearly One Hundred Men Prostrat ell
When They Reach Broad
Street Station.

Hntvy toll Was cxac;ed by the.noon-
day sun yesterday Of the troops forced
% parade through R:chmonds scorch-
ing hot streets
Broad street station. ncarcs: haven
OF rest TO the point where the parade
disba ndod was a base hospital OF sorts
for busy neriod. with nearly 100
douEhboys stretched out overcome by
heat. 4 number OF them being uncon-
scious.
immedsfsIEE mn m ynd hossto VA WaS s;snea
OF the local committee.
!; hoss: "a phIysicians responded % The
ne superintendent of stuart Circle
Hospital. Miss Rose Van Wort. came
with ten Of he: nurses. while 81. E.iiz-
abcth's sen; three and Grace Hospital
ihree more. Besides. there were many
ited cross ointecn workers and
nurses who aided tho physicians in re-
vivinc the doughboys Knocked OUT BY
the heat.
Calls Purndcs "trlmc."
Hospital. Benefits and tho Red ross.
hurried the worst cases 20 hospi,alS
Memorial had the largest assignment
,,ss snnerint endsn' Moriok., Of Msmorial
crime 10 parade hoys through the neat
OF today. want 10 go on record as
poSStASH cp.l'oseu - RNOtner parade
treatment al the station None of The
cases sent 10 The hospitals were Nir-
-Ginia troops who Ell; GU, sought Ht,:h-
mono comes s1ons the l!ae Of march
~ the Northern doughboys stuck by
ihe parade until il dishandcd then
trud6ed weariiy 10 the station. some
OF them lacking even The nickel for
street car FAR, and once at the sta
u, Ii.,,
Cantcen work kers who have been on
me JOB ior TWO years or more caring
tHrourh iH me" n;chn,ond On Irion trains passing
mar not since the beginning Of the
war mad they seen such a group of
who literally fell into the Broad S1reet
Station yesterday after the parade was
over.
Many Men Arc Dnzrd.
On the freight platform they were
noor; while the workers hurr!edly APP
piled st.aid measures OF relief.
some OF them were simply dazed,"
ber 1910 They told me thar they
mad practically no sleep for three DAYS
tets from marching in the new shoes
which were issued thein Yesterday.
Ihey staggered into tic station from
physoi fatigue.
In addition 10 tho soldiers treated
at Broad Street station 115 patients
WsrSlm W,nsrehlnmF St1Idiers civilians, and John
given frztt.-aid a, the emers cncy hos
ni!al al Monroe Park
me report current in Richmond that
soldier had fallen out OF panks and
been taken in a private car TO tho Fair
Grounds where he had died from u
nemoFrhase later was not confirmed
the police stations or at the hospitals
i.rrky Opposes Paradex.
n +. Lecky, chairman OF police and
PUBIC comfort and sanitation commit
ices stated officially last night that
Sinia Hospital, one in ST. Elizabetb's
seven in stuart Circle and eighteen in
MemsrIal: en- making a total of thirty
tive IN all forms of war work ana
espcciaiIy in handling the soldier prob.
nn lem IN IN EiGhmond, .nl, said that. pcr.
mond ''
c,,s1n%sG TmSsG h"ysI =" ,no ne ; ssid. we're ac.
France They stil wore Their heayV.
weigh; clothing. There we're Asa on
NE En boats comns up from Newport
thcrt MAS no way for them to sleen
ard they reached Richmond absolutely
worn ou'. There ia no necessity Of
our hoNs taking such risks a fter ;ba
war va; has been fought on, on the other
al 40 dNNlninC FOR rpur' asked
canieen worker of big fellow lying
with closed eyes on truck, his hcn,i
swathed in Wet cloths.
"Dont Make us Parade"
Jus don, make US parade any
mo-e nc answered wcarlly.
y serious casualty was tie criisri1c
cmpioyce YESTERDAY afternoon The
negro ran heavy truck over the sol
diers feet as he lay on the platform
Win dozens OF other soldiers Tha
teet were crushed badly and neces-
stated the INN eGate removal OF III.
injured man 10 Memorial Hospital
Ihe lis, OF q few or ycsterdav's
hospitals last night and inembors Of
the local COMMITTEES. who we're carinc
Tor lhe men at BROAD street Station
follows: James s. Patterson Head
quarters COMPANY, Three Hundred and
EiGhteenth In fantry: j. u. Seasons. Jr.
One Hundred and Eleventh Field .ArtiI-
lery, Headquarters Company. run over
by truck
Charles #. Lawson, Three Hundred
and Eighteenth, Company G.
Charles L. Dodson. Three Hundred
and Eighteenth, Company +.
Joseph Cook, Somerset, wisconsin
Andre Nelson, Denmark.
Morris Sapro, Chelsea, Mass.
Norris podd, Grady, Montana
Smerga Nicholas, Hartford Conn
& Franoia b. Digan, New Britain. Conn.
a Ianes ',ienFy i. GritTiyn PhhiiladeiPSs PhiladelPpSIs
Roy G. Boring. Slack Lick, Pom.
Walter g.: PeMSll. TIdgeway, Penn
tcontInusG on Second Pase5