The New York herald., 1921-05-31
ALL NY. HONORS ITS
FIGHTERS IN 3 WARS
Each of Five Boroughs Pays
Tribute in Separate
Demonstration.
u. S. FLAG ONLY USED
Dwindling Ranks of City's
G. A. II. Posts Make a
Brave Showing.
NAVY HELPS IN PAGEANT
Gold Star Mothers Witness
Parade-Allies March as
Legion's Guests.
NAVY HELPS IN PAGEANT

1t was a Memorial Day long to be
remembered. Each Of the five Dor
oughs OF the city made its separate
pageant, and myriads OF patriotic New
Workers. kept holiday to pay tender
tribute to the soldier who had fought
the good fight and had kept the faith
Veterans OF three victorious Ameri-
can wars united in the citys demon
strations. The patriarchs OF the war
for the Union. grizzled, feeble. gray,
were marching in pathetically thin
ring ranks The men of '9S, begin
ming already to show the touch of
time, strode out smartly enough to the
once familiar march rhythm of "A
Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight"
And then, IN thousands, came those
sturdy lads striding along, confident in
the vigor of unimpaired youth, strictly
modern in uniform and equipment,
medals of valor slistening on their
breasts-the boys who. true to the old
traditions, f1ocked to the colors when
the call to crush autocracy came from
overseas.
Escorting the three generations of
veterans. too, in each borough were de-
tachments of regulars and State Guard
| troops. the nuclei around which must
crystalline Americas land defence and
offence in the event OF future war. while
the marines and bluejacliets had their
own picturesque part in the festival.
sun Breaks Cloud Screen.
The days pageantry began under gray,
overcast skies. Though no rain fell,
there was lack of sunshine. But nature
did not withhold her benediction. for
| Just as the last OF the Manhattan COL
unn, which had been tramping up Riv-
crside Drive for more than two hours,
cleared the reviewing stand in front of
the Soldiers and Sailors Monument at
/ Fighty-ninth street, the recreant sun
,,ceped through the smoke screen. II
| ;llumined with new radiance the flags
decking the grandstand it FURNISHED
into glints of fire the accoutrements Of
the Old Guard and the Veteran Corps
OF Artillery, the reviewing officers honor
guard which stood statuesquely drawn
up on either side of the driveway.
| As Major-Gen. Robert Lee Bullard. the
reviewing officer, relaxed and turned
toward Rear Admiral Huse. who had
stood beside him throughout the long
review, covey of aircraft roared over
head, and a cruiser in the river let go
/ from her saluting battery the first gun
of her national salute. At that moment
| the picture lacked little of colorful COM
pleteness unless it was that one looked
in vain for Mayor Hylan. He was re-
viewing the procession in his home bor-
ouch of BROOKLYN,
/ The head of the Manhattan procession,
which had started up the Drive from
Seventy-fourth atreet, reached the re-
viewing stand at 8 .35 a. NJ. 1t was
two hours and a quarter later when
the st. Agnes Cadets. Of Trinity parish,
the last contingent in line. swung past
and the tens of thousands of spectators
who thronged the walks overran the
police Gordon and swarmed out into the
driveway.
The end OF the route was at Ninety
second street. at which point the grand
marshal Col. Christopher A. Farrell.
who led the veteran divisions, stood and
reviewed his command. The march was
\ less than a mile in all, but it was long
enough for more than one OF the ven-
cradle boys in blue who had fought with
Grant at vicksburg, with Sherman at
Shiloh or Meade at Gettysburg.
I N
behind their own regimental band to the
air Of Onward. Christian Soldiers" was
q battalion of the Twenty-second Infan-
try--regulars from Governors Island
followed by naval detachment of eca-
men and marines. The men OF the regu-
lar establishment, particularly the
"gobs" and the 'Ieathernecks," were
well received. Behind them came the
First Brigade. New York Guard, COM
prising the Manhattan troops under the
command Of Brig Gen. George r. Dyer.
Zach OF the brigade units had its par
tisans. There was applause for the IN
1 fantrymen OF the Seventy y-first, Sixty
ninth, Twelfth and Seventh, for the
| Ninth Coast Defence Command, the
Twenty Engineers, the First Ma
chine Gun Battalion with its two wicked
/ looking motor cars the ever popular
Squadron a, and for Battery j. Of the
First Field Artillery, manning its long
muzzled French "seventy-fives." But the
guard regiment which evoked the loudcst
plaudita was the negro Fifteenth Infan-
try. Scores of these chocolate guards
men wore their war medals. And they
marched blithcly to the music of the
band made famous in France by BILLY"
Europe. As ii passed the reviewing Of
hcer II was blaring in splendid march
time My Nanny"
In all the guard commands the per-
centage of veteran memberships was
made conspicuous by the large number
Of war medals displayed and by tho
division insignia worn on the shoulder.
That of the Twenty-seventh naturally
prcdominatod.
! After the State troops there were two
divisions, comprising delegations from
nearly thirty New York posts of tho
Grand Army OF the Republic. Yet so
heavily has time taken toll OF the men
who saved the Union they mustered in
all this year hardly more than 800
Their grand marshal, Col. Farrell, who
is commander OF the H. d. Morgan Post,
rode the route handsomely mounted and
a very soldierly figure he made. At tho
end Of the march he dismounted unaided.
Warn Torn rIaGs Carried.
The tattered battle fars OF Bull Run,
Antietsm and Chancellorsvillc mere
shreds wound with cords TO hold them
together--elicitod the homage that is
their need and that never fails. Most
OF them were carried by sons or grand
sons OF those who had fought beneath
them. The John a. Dix Post displayed
= short ?torn relic that had bcon at New
4 Orleans. and the Anderson zouavcs. 4
small remnant of that wondrous legion
or New York zou-zous who sailed forth,
scarlet trousered and fcZzod, TO fight un-
der Ellsworth. Anderson or Duryoa.
Haunted proudly the rags of tho banner