The New York herald., 1922-03-18
! ST. PATRICK PARADE
BUFFETS HIGH WIND
Thermometer Low but
Spirits High in March Up
Fifth Avenue.
ABOUT $4,000 In LINE
Estimate Based OH Hours
Time in Passing Re-
viewing Stand.
WATCHERS ARE SIX DEEP
Mayor and AL Smith at Metro
politan Museum Stand, Arch
bishop at Cathedral.

pTlSH AIHcrlcdnS marcneu up f1tn
avenue yesterday in the face OF
thirty-five mile northwest gale and
with the mercury at the 33 mark.
Moses turned blue, faces took on
purple and crimson Eues, but the
green was everywhere and the march
ars were of the kind who would have
kept on to Albany if that had been
rhe place they were heading for. AS
for the watchers, hundreds Of thou
sands or them, they, too ignored the
cold, standing five and six deep from
fhe curb for more than an hour before
the parade started and until TIE last
man and woman had passed.
Old time st. Patricks .ly paraders
acknowledged tn was many wears
since the column ave-
nue. in the lie. A
policeman who utaining
police lines at 1l OF MAJ I'LL parades
for more than quarter century said
lie had to go back to the Windsor Ho-
tel fire. which was in 1899, to recall
weather approaching that of yester-
a deceptive sun was shining Every
body was saying it was wonderful
day for the parade, but those who
stood by and watched the march had
different tale to tell.
Mayor Hylan. former Governor AL
Smith. Auxiliary Bishop Dunn and other
officials In the reviewing stand in front
OF the Metropolitan Museum started out
bravely on the process of reviewing. but
by the time the Ancient Order OF Hiber-
mans came along. and they were about
halfway down the column. the reviewers
discovered 1t was little short of punish
ment to be compelled to lift their top
hats. The. stand was crowded at the
start, but by the time the end OF the
column was in sight at about $40 r. ~.
ii was about half empty. Those who re-
mained behind divided into small cus-
tered groups. each group trying hard to
keep warm.
t65th Heads the Column.
There were to have been upward of
tco00 marchers In line. and there may
have been for all that, but the best esti-
mates obtainabie placed the number at
between $1,000 and 10000. The head of
The parade reached the reviewing stand
at 40 p. NJ. and the end passed exactly
an hour later. 1t has been estimated
that about 5000 persons can march past
given point in Fifth avenue In an hour
But whether 1t was 15.000 or 10. 600 to the
ordinary bystander 1t did not matter
To him 1t seemed like 100000 or 1000, 900
Figures meant nothing to him.
The 165th Infantry band led the parade
and close behind II rode the regimental
commander. Col. John ]. Phelan. Then
came several companies of veterans of
Ra n nf xxni oh ha
was part. and they, too, shared in the
Hcclaims that rang through the avenue
from Twenty-sixth to 10th street. Col
ALEXANDER e. Anderson headed the Rain
bow Veterans. and James J. Bradley led
ahe Sixty ninth Regiment United Span
ash War Veterans. who brought up tho
rear Of the first battalion.
Then the onloolSers were treated TO the
sight of cadets, whose military bearing
deeply impressed the crowds and who's
snappy fife and drum corps evoked
praise. Among these were the Classon
Point United States Military Academy
st. Francis Xavier High School t,egi
mcnt, knights of the Blessed Sacrament,
All Hallows Institute. st. Jerome's Boy
Scouts, st. Cecilia Cadets and the De
LA Sale Institute cadets.
Women In Green Capes.
There were thirty battalions in the
parade and a total of 133 Irish societies
represented. The head of the column
peft the starting point, Twenty-sixth
street, at 2:55 p. M. and reached 10th
street, the disbanding point at 4:45 p. NJ.
covering the four and a half miles in
ten minutes less than two hours. Arch
bishop Patrick j. Hayes was to have
reviewed the marchers from the stand
i'm front Of the museum. but he changed
his mind on the way up from the start
ing point and returned to the steps OF
st. Patrick's Cathedral, which has been
the reviewing point for years in the
past With the Archbishop were Mgr.
Lavelle. pastor of the Cathedral, and
Mgr Dineen. his secretary.
Among those that attracted particular
attention we're the Irish Pipers and the
Society OF Women. These women. about
400 of them, wore flimsy white silk
dresses and green capes and had green
bands around their hair. They carried
several banners. one of which read
THE Irish race throughout the world
stands for unity In the homeland"
One of the floats in the parade drew
attention to the recent armament con-
ference In Washington The 5--5--3
ratio means war" IL said. England
controls the approaches to our canal"
Some Banners Censored.
The men OF County Tyrone carried q
huge banner which called attention TO
two battles between the Sim Fein and
British forces This banner was APP
proxmately ten by twelve feet in size,
and was suffering so at the hands OF the
wind that 1t had to be dragged up the
avenue by about twelve men. It was
raised on a staff manned by four men
each. Men holding guide ropes walked
in front and back of t. These men
struggled so hard to keep the banner
erect that at times their efforts held up
the column of marchers. Some times
they had to walk sideways in order to
made headway against the wind The
Tyrone men carried another banner
which said: I'VE know no North We
know no South. We know only Ireland"
Virtually every county In Ireland was
represented In the parade. Kilkenny.
Donegal. Limerick. Mayo. Waterford.
Wexford and Clare We'd with each other
for the number OF flags, some marchers
carrying as many as three Some of the
banners. II was learned, had been highly
censored before they we're permitted In