New-York tribune., 1922-05-31
Age and Youth
March to Honor
Dead Comrades
City Sees Veterans of Three
Wars in Parade, While
All Boroughs Offer Trib.
utes for Memorial Dav
10000 in Line ON Drive
G.. A. r. Members Showered
With Flowers; Gold Star
Mothers Join Ceremonies

marched in single column yester-
day northward on Riverside Drive
For two and nalf hours the line
moved steadily forward as a tribute
20 the fallen heroes of all wars.
Dotackments Of National Guards
ren and the Naval Militia formed o
guard Of honor for the 400 members
Of the Grand Army Of the Republic
who were In the line of 10000 men,
women and children Commendable
military precision marked the prog
ress of these veterans, despite their
silver hair and stopped shoulders, the
to! Of age Their uniforms of blue
Lad been especially prepared for the
occasion.
Along the line Of march thousands
Of spectators checred these mer Of
the g. A. r., and several times the aged
l,tcrans raised their field mats of blue
and the stiff visored caps of otner
days in acknowle edgment.
AS they passed the reviewing stand
IN front OF the Soldiers and sailors
Monument, at Eghty-ninth Street,
their hands went quickly to the hat
brims and their eyes snapped to the
left. The alignment wavered slightly,
but this only encouraged the cheeEs
from tho assembled multitude.
lowers Thrown to Veterans
During The march along Riverside
Drive. flowers were thrown to tpo
veterans by girls on the sidewalks and
in windows Here and there a young
g,rl would break through the line to
rim a fower on a veterans coat or TO
press his hand,
1t was two minutes past when
the column started from Seventy
second Street and West End Avenue
1t moved westward to Riverside Drive
and then north to Ninety second Street
and Broadway, where it disbanded.
At the head Of the parade. behind
the mounted police and the 22d Eegi.
ment Band. was battalion of the 22d
Infantry under command OF Captain
A. r. Boiling and a detachment OF
sailors and marines detailed by the
NAVY Department under command OF
First Lieutenant william J. Walling
OF the Marine Corps.
Next in line were troops of the New
York National Guard, commanded by
Brigadier General George R. Dyer
This division represented practically
every unit of the National Guard and
: the New York Guard. There were two
divisions Of the Grand Army of the
I Republic and ninc other divisions rep
rcsenting the American Legion, Netcr-
ans of Foreign Wars, Spanish -Ameri,
can War Veterans. Military Order Of
the World War, the Rainbow Division s
Veterans Association, Army and Navy
Veterans, American Guard. Girl Scouts
and Boy Scouts and number of other
organizations.
Major General John f. Organ re-
viewed the parade from the grandstand
at the Soldiers and Sailors Monument
Assisting in the review were many
military and naval officials and repre-
sentatives Of the city and state govern
| ments
The parade was one of varying as
poets. one Of tears and smiles and a
/ portrayal Of military efficiency as de-
picted by the showing. of the National
! Guardsmen. Each contingent, as It
passed the reviewing stand, had its
group Of admirers. who were !oud in
! their applause. The old 69th and 1th
regiments received constant ovations
along the line of marck. The 212th
anti-Aircraft Artillery. which was or
merly the 10th Regiment. received the
/ commentator of the military men
present for its showing.
Veterans of the Civil ar who
marched in the parade wer, OF ages
ranging from seventy-three to eighty
! five years. 1t was said that several
were more than ninety. but not one Of
them would admit it. One of the oldest
men in the line was Major {. n.
Hustin, who admitted to eightyfive
! years and was proud of the fact that
| he had shaken the hands of Grant and
Lincoln. Another of the older veterans
was DR.. Charles Lloyd, who not only
| fought in the Civil War, but the Cri-
mean War as well. The smart appeNr-
ance and sprightly steps of William
! Duncan, eighty-two years old, and
Michael Hayes, eighty-6ve, attracted
considerable attention.
Perhaps the greater portion of ap-
plause along the line of march was re-
ceived by three men. each we'll past
eighty years and the only surviving
members of the original zouaves. They
are Charles Earle, George Winkert and
Major Borstine. They insisted upon
walking the entire distance and were
led each by woman escort.
Gold Star mothers rode in autos.
Many Of them were in tears as they
passed the monument. A contingent of
played by women in war. The Girl
Scouts presented picturesque feature.
JOB f. Hedges delivered the address
at the exercises at the Soldiers and
Sailors Monument. The ceremonies
were under the direction of a commit
tee from the G.. A. r. and were brief.
Mr.. Hedges said he had a message to
those not satisfied with these great
United States. His message was that
they go back whence they came. Turn
ing to Ma jor General O'Ryan, he said
And, general if they are not will
ing to go back we WILL send them back"
feature of these services which
was not on the program was the placing
OF bronze plaque, designed and ex-
ecuted by an ex-soldier who has so
tar withheld his Identity Tied with
ribbon to the grill doo- of The monu-
nent, the plaque was discovered bv a
Committee of G. A. r. veterans who
were present to arrange the cere-
MONIES. card attached to the PLAQUE
read:
"A token from a comrade to he
Hjnced permanently on the door of this
n.onUment."
1rlbrt, to Heroic Dead
The plague IS eighteen inches HIGH
~Ac twelve inches wide. 1t carries
tn@ hs@re Of woman kneeiing, who
holds in her hanu d palm branch.
behind her stands the American
Eagle, with g shield en- which are
emb azoned the Stars and Stripes. An