The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-05-08
PARADERS
HONOR U. S. DEAD
$500 Marchers Halt With
Barred Heads as 1000 Bodies
Reach Piers in HOboken.
DECORATION FOR ENRIGHT
Commissioner Made Knight Of
Legion of Honor by France
in Memory of War.

New York policemen have been
parading up and down Fifth avenue
for more than half century, but il
is safe to say they never before re-
ceived so great an ovation as that ac-
corded them yesterday as they marched
that thoroughfare 5000 strong, fianked
by 1000 Police Reservists and approxi-
mately 1,500 visiting policemen from
cities In the metropolitan district
Mayor Hylan, Police Commissioner
Enright and all of the regular and
special Deputy Commissioners led the
column Of marchers. who started out
from the Battery at l1:25 A. NJ The
column proceeded north in Broadway
to Twelfth street, then west to Seventh
avenue and north in that thorough
fare to Fortieth street. where the
column turned east marched to Fifth
avenue and then south TO Twenty
second street, where it disbanded. The
reviewing stand was at the Worth
fourth street
Two incidents occurred during the pa
rade that made 1t unusually impressive.
The first was the calling Of a halt at
exactly l o'clock, at which hour the
bodies of 1000 American soldiers who
lost their lives during the war arrived
at the army piers in Hoboken. The head
of the column had reached Fortieth
street between Sixth avenue and Broad
way. The $500 marchers stood at at
tention and thousands or onloolIers
barred their heads while the buglers in
the twelve bands sounded taps
The second incident occurred at 30
i. NJ. when the Mayor and his COM
missioners reached the reviewing stand.
CASTOR Liebert. French Consul General
in New York. who had been sitting in
one OF the boxes. walked into the CEN
ire OF the street, and. after briefly eu-
logizing the work of the New York Po-
lice Department during the war, pinned
the medal Of a knight of the Legion of
Honor on Commissioner Enright. NJ.
Liebert said 1t had been arranged as a
surprise. but Mr.. Enright admitted later
that he had been tipped off, few days
ago that something out OF the ordinary
was going to happen during the parade.
1t would be futile to single out any
unit In the parade as that which re-
ceived the greatest applause. but IL is
safe to say that the visiting police units
from the cities in the neighboring States
received a full and running over meas
ure Of plaudits. Michael T. Long. Chief
of Police of Newark. y. r., commanded
the visiting police regiment. John
Tracy. Chief of Police of Paterson n.
j.. and Chief Patrick Kiely of Plainheld.
". j.. were his aides. The regiment was
made up Of two battalions, the first of
which was composed Of policemen from
Newark, Paterson, Stamford and Bridge
port. II was headed by the Newark
police band. The second included police
units from Jersey City. New Haven and
Mount Vernon, and was headed by the
Jersey City police band.
The rifle regiment OF the department.
made particularly good showing.
Nearly all the members of this unit are
world war veterans, and they carried
Themselves with the bearing that comes
only from long military training. Their
alignment was perfect and their highly
polished rifles shone brightly as they
filed past the grandstand The sun.
which had been playing hide and seek
game ell morning. burst forth In all his
radiance as the head Of the column
reached Twenty-third street and Fifth
avenue
As NJ. Liebert pinned the medal on
Commissioner Enright the Police Band
played the national anthem and the
Police Glee Club. Just a block 70 the
north, sang. The Consul-General then
kissed the Commissioner in strict French
military fashion and was followed In
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