The New York herald., 1922-06-03
27TH WAR VETERANS
GATHER AT REUNION
:
5000 Meet in 7th Regiment
| Armory With Members
of Other Divisions.
GEN. PERSHING GUEST
Promises Traditions of Hin
denburg Line Outfit Will
Be Preserved.
PARADE Is CURTAILED
Ends at Reviewing Stand Be-
PARADE is CURTAILED
Ends at Reviewing Stand Be-
cause of Rain-Andrews
Gets Belgian Cross.

Men who fought at Ypres and the
Somme met and talked 1t all over
again yesterday at thu Seventh Regi-
ment Armory. where the Twenty
seventh Division Association held its
reunion of war veterans. There We're
5,000--many from up-State--on hand
and an equal number of service men
from other divisions.
Gen. Pershing. Major-Gen. John +.
Organ, who commanded the division
and who Is president of the associa-
tion; Col. ]. Mayhem Wainwright,
Assistant Secretary of War and for
merly Of the Twenty-seventh; Baron
de Cartier de Marchienne. Belgian
Ambassador; Col. Du Mont of France
and Gen. Bethel OF Great Britain
were among the guests occupying
seats on the platform of the armory.
Baron de Cartier presented TO Col.
James M. Andrews, who commanded
the 105th Infantry. the Belgian Croix
de Guerre for distinguished service dur
ing the Ypres and Somme offensives.
King Albert of Belgium requested that
the decoration be bestowed on this
occasion as evidence of his apprecia-
tton of the valor of the Twenty-seventh
Division in Flanders.
De Cartier to Decorate Graves.
The Ambassador read a cablegram
which King Albert sent to President
Harding on Memorial Day. He also an
nounced that he and Baroness de
Cartier soon will return to Belgium for
. short visit and that they will visit
and decorate with flowers the graves
or the American soldiers.
The proposed parade of the veterans,
escorted by a score Of companies from
other regiments. was abandoned be-
cause of the rain. The men formed in
front of the armory. in Park avenue
from Seventy-second to Sixty-sixth
streets. and marched past the reviewing
stand on which were grouped the Off
GERS and guests. The 25Sth Artillery
from The Bronx, formerly the Eighth
Coast Artillery, headed the line of
march. The next was the 18th Coast
Defense Command, followed by the
Ninth Coast Artillery. then the 105th
Infantry and the l65th. Other detach-
ments were the 2l2th Artillery. i0ith
Field Artillery. 105th Field Artillery.
102d Engineers (old 22d Engineers). 2s9th
Infantry, 10lst Cavalry. 103d Signal Bat
talon and the division ammunition
train.
The Right Rev Herbert Shipman.
senior chaplain Of the division. deliv-
cred the invocation. Gen. Organ pre-
sided at the big afternoon gathering.
which followed several business meet.
ings.
Copeland AssaiIs Politicians.
Mayor Hylan was represented by
Health Commissioner Copeland, who
said: IF had my way I'd displace a
lot of politicians and send over the men
who fought and won the war to finish
the job on the other side. l believe 1t
possible for the ex-service men of all
the countries of the world to settle
problems that seemingly have baffled
the politicians. II you men had been
as dilatory in the conduct of the war
as some of our statesmen are the war
would not be over yet"
Gen. Pershing was greeted with three
"Twenty-seven u. S. A." cheers. as Col.
Ryan described them. The General
bowed acknowledgment. and said:
After an experience OF more than a
. century there has been placed on the
statute books a military policy based
upon the experiences of the world war.
and IL is our purpose to rehabilitate
these divisional units and to preserve
their traditions. their records of service
and pass them along to posterity.'
Gen. Organ said that the greatest
problem OF the day was TO develop a
substitute for war THE period of war
sacrifice must be foi,cwed by period
of intelligent world Cooperation II we
are to end war" he declared. The re-
union ended last night with an enter
tainment. including boxing bouts, in the
ovp,ory