New-York tribune., 1919-03-26
Cheers of War
Wounded Hail
Marching Line
a oOO Battle Scared Men
Line Fifth Avenue and
Vaye Clutches in Gay
Greeting to Comrades
Hospitals Are Deserted

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4 H;s Cot Fails to Help
a C;tv Welcome the 9th
q 81. all of the fighters marched.
e.. # them looked on Nine thou
"a vounded soldiers and sailors from
u =, ~ hospitals. who we're seated in win
,.w, aoorways and reviewing stands,
a LA wjth wistful smiles as their
/ .,sydy comrades passed by.
Il rhs wounded came with crutches.
IN empty sleeves. with bandaged
'.as and heads. Some of them, too
! ,.,bls TO wear their uniforms. came
s,.sesd IN blankets, and some came
sbssl chairs. But their cheers were
:. iusty and their happiness et be
aiding the gay vista OF Firth Avenue
y, ss great us any ones Up from
=, thropga of people banked on the
,Id.walks appeared at intervals ae
',,ine eruteh or waving bnndage,
AT of the dozen hospitals where
..pndea soldiers are being cared for
1 ,.oorted they had been amply pro
4 ,idsd with seats. Only half of the
n cats required we're supplied by the
Inayoyr's Committee of Welcome. Some
The hospitals, impatient at the delay
i a, uncertainty of obtaining seats from
H,s committee, accepted invitations Of
4 ,,,sd by owners of Fifth Avenue stores
nd residences.
! Mayors Tickets Came Too Late
4 The 1900 wounded men from Grand
i Central Palace Hospital occupied seats
FINISHED entirely through private
4 surces. Major Charles T. Ncergaard
received only at the last moment 500
d tckets from the Mayors Committee.
q These he sent to the Grcenhut Hos
uital few hours before the parade
started. His refusal to use them for
1 The Grand Central Palace patients was
! based on the committees inattention
when the request for tickets was made,
he said.
! He appealed TO owners of stores and
+ residences for space for the wounded.
The response was instant. Not only
a we're windows in the homes of the
4 Wealthy supplied, but the wounded
a guests were tenderly cared for. Several
Il sl the stores provided medical atten-
& ton, lunches and cigarettes. The men
4 rom Grand Central Palace alone were
& issgncd to seats in 100 different
1 stores and residences.
4 Wounded Who Saw Parade
4 The numbers Of wounded from the
4 various hospitals who saw the parade
Il were:
q Grand Central Palace Forty-scyenth
q Street end Lexington Avenue. ...... 900
and sixth Avenue .e........s...... . 500
bland '.'.'.'................. 300
4 Fu Hills Hospital Staten Island. 800
y Msrys Hospital Hoboken ........ 40
fsyelnic Hospital ................ go
General Hospital No l. Gunhill Road
lne Bronx ..................... bbO
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rcnt avenues. THE Bronx 200
! kxksfellcr Institute ................. l25
Several thousand wounded from othcr
.situtions or from private homes also
Vsre provided with seats.
Save for the presence OF few pa
tents too i'll to leave their cots, the
Gsenhut Hospital was evacuated about
IA hour before the parade started. 1t
ns only with great effort that the
'1rse5 kept back the more seriously
A'ended The others at given signal
'asned INTO the street and, anxious to
se1 good seats, hurried over TO Fifth
aysnue Hundreds of park benches
/ Nlc provided for them on the west
hes of the avenue between Eighteenth h
4 aud Twctieth streets.
,sencc, the men presented picture
2 oandage- wrapped arms, legs and
y s.sas yet 1t was gay scene, for it
,n here that tho crutchcs were
passed. N '''' { - .
shell Shock Patients on Hand
opecal interest was attached to the
essence OF two hundred men who are
+ 60 '-Se'cu lor smell SHOCK. lncy Oc-
c.pea a special stand at Sixticth
ssseI They we're brought from the
iisasian i.aaian Home, and were in charge OF
ccsaenant NJ. p. Schaffer and Major
s,,ssse II. Kirby, of the ncuro- -psychi-
,s.e service, An extra corps Of nurses
saaed s.s Lieutenant Schaffer said the
.s..,I ~. enjoyed the parade without any
'rfs'si oas ehect on their condition.
s,y svaty a. one point along the line Of
,.s..s .sn was there any change in the
..mng OF the wouadcd. Police In
w.ior Thomas Myers ordered three
s,ss. suiea chairs removed from place in
cs,ls csas o. the grandstand at st. Patrick's
& ,sl.sa,eofai. About dozen wounded
,sisss sists were forced TO get up and seek
4 rf,;..,t PAGES provided for them IN
IN s''Ss Ys,. "; =, Smith, chairman Of the
CsI,,1d,ork dork Chapter Of the Knights Of
! ssss, sss,'us' .' protested against the re-
ss,a;r.ysi ss,;r u the chairs. He said he had
n,tmsso ntaso Permission Of the Police De-
"s 70 put them there. Inspector