Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-06-01
PARADE OF HEROES
WAS SPLENDID
Veterans of Three Wars, Salvation
Amy. Scouts, Sons of Veterans
and Other Patriots in Line.

The annual day OF mourning for Ameri
cans who died fighting for their countr,
waS observed in Wilmington yesterday b,
decoration of the graves OF the country
uldlcrs who arc buried here and by
parade IN which the leading delegation
= were composed of the men Of three genera
toms who had sscrved the country ~
three wars. The graves had been marked
with flags and flowers on the preceding
evening and memorial services were hclt
Yesterday 10y surviving comrades at all ol
the cemeteries. The living veterans were
Watched hy a crowd estimated at over
1000 rs they marched, some III the old
blue uniform Of the Civil war aud some
~ olive drab, along the streets Of the city
Which they had honurcd by their war ser
NIcC
Grant Post No. Is, Grand Army Of tho
Republic had 10 hand over this year IT'S
annual task of decorating tho graves of
veterans AZ Lomhnrdv and Silverbrook
cemeteries The post has only three met
'eit. AppumattoN Camp No. ;. Sons OF
Veterans and the spanish War Veterans
tpoH over the taSk
Tho four remaining Civil War veterans
- tie STAT Hospital put tributes on the
r:aveS IF their comrades IN the Hospital
cemetery. Members, Of Admiral :. j.
ia Point, Post. No. > General Thomas
SMITH Post, No. l. and General Phil
>hrfidan Post No. %, decorated the
erNes Of AdmIrnl du Pont III du Pont
cemetery AMI OF General Thomas ASmyth.
firing squad from the Sons Of Veterans
acompauied the delegation which visited
Newport cemetery The members of the
d.lccatiou Wc;c John 7 Riley David
N,yr- Joseph Rooney William Ball,
Robot Ilidcl and William Smith
The parade broke all precedent 10y
etuting on schedule timc, due "a tic
o.f,leut work OF Or " | Samuel De
pertinent Commander If the American
,leu 4nd grand marshal. and Of Cap
tstt ~. Dillon. department adWtHut,
Wa. gathered the elan~ The column form
- ou rru,h street below seventh pro
.s,d,j an French to Third swung over
he N1rkct aud uarchcd through the
tH~,n.-- district tp Tcnth then out Tenth
ul Delaware avenue to ADAMS street
who're Il di>h1ndcd
First in inc was detail Of city police
ut nm summer uniforms, IN command Of
Sergeant Joseph \ Davies Next came
Nj, ; Regulars on duty here command
- IN Lieutenant Herbert \ Russell of
th. local recruiting office The American
! -inn led the Wilmington Veterans.
vth delegations from Post No / ;. It's
apd ~ Mann al them ucrc IN uniform and
~ the left shoulders ol the overseas men
appeared tho Insignia ot many Of the
t fighting divisions ri the \ + I
lbe little scraps 81 color that flashed
Us u the olive drab lnc included the
lHinn hcad Of the Scconl heroes Of
Is lean Mood the Third which stopped
the Grfman, al the Marine. the Twenty
Ntl which suffered the Nank's first
Lea,1 casualties At Scichcprov and held
part ot every attacking Inc until the
mi>t.ce tho Iwcuiv-cighth which left
manv HCnnsvlvanla mon at I,smcs and
IN the irgnnnc and others whose record
q bright spot IN american history
The members Of John L. Fisher post wore
thc Blue ~ the navy and the colorcd
veterans had every man m uniform
The salvation army marched ncN.
vlfh the famous l.a~~Ic~ Rand Of Phia-
dclrha IN thc lead Then ramc the Civil
War vc.cran> shmc in automobiles and
some ~t,Il swinging along on foot The
a4tosluhllcs NJ the CITY Council followed
then TIE JUNIOR American Mechanics,
t'uani~ Delaware CdmmandCrv Of the
IatriatIr sons ut America
ibe }ov Scouts and Carl Scouts i'm
kbahi made = 6nc showing for the new
generation enc hundred girls III -
lame ParochIal School carried the 305-
foot remnant presented TO them by the crew
of the ;. ;. \aragansctt II Patrick
Rav Scouts made particularly fine show
inc