Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-11-12
ARMSTIcE DAY FESTIVITIES
TEMPERED WITH RESPECTFUL
Ceremony FOR WORLD WAR DEAD

and for the annual Cony hig- Gardi-
ner high grid battle.
The parade was composed Of the
following organizations: platoon Of
| Augusta police. under City Marshal
/ William ]. Skehan: marshal, Emery
o. Beane, and his aides; the Augusta
Military Band: headquarters COM
pany. Ssth infantry brigade, Capt
Lester u. Hart commanding; Co. F..
1o3rd infantry. Capt. Frank B.
Sprague. commanding: members Of
James Fitzgerald post, No. 2, Com
| mander George A. J. F'roberger, and
Veterans Of the World War; Augusta
Kiwanis club with secretary Arthur
F. Tiffin in, charge; q large number
Of students Of Cony high school. lead
7 by their four cheerleaders; and the
| members Of Abnaki council, knights
! OF Columbus, bearing a large Ameri-
can flag, with Grand knight Albert
Wheeler in charge.
The line of march was from the
Y. NJ. c. A. on State street, to Grove
| street, to Water srteet, north to the
Edwards mill, countermarch on Wat
er street to the bridge and then over
to Cony high school, where the the
| Parade disbanded.
Capt. Emery o. Beane, the marshal
| OF the parade was assisted by Capt
| r. j. Potts, Lieut.. Lewis A. Burleigh.
Jr.. George Marchildon and Edward
Lemieux.
| The snap and precision with which
| the parade was carried out was very
noticeable as was the fine turnout Of
| several of the organizations. The
| military organizations made a very
creditable showing, and the first ap-
| pearance of a military company in
| this city wearing "tin hats" proved a
| distinct novelty. About IS veterans
! OF the world war marched behind the
, American Legion colors, while there
were probably 900 high school stu
| dents in line.
| The appearance of about As mem
bers OF the Abnaki council, Knights
! OF COLUMBUS, with an extremely large
flag recalls the Preparedness parade
| OF May 1917. as this flag was the
same one carried by the knights at
| that time
Demonstrate Modern Warfare
| After the some 1000 people had
reached Williams field following the
morning parade, Company F, 1O3rd
Inf. Maine National Guard, under
the command of Captain Frank r.
Sprague, took their position at the
west of the field and a mimic repro
duction of an attack on an enemy DO
sition on the heights to the east Of
the held was carried out in full view
OF the spectators.
AS the infantrymen advanced in
extended order against the machine
gun nests. which had made their
presence known by the rat-tat-tat-
tat OF their firing. PHOSPHORUS gre
nades were used to provide the nee
essary smoke screen, and as the adj
| vancing troops reached the wire
fence on the west side Of the field.
signal flares and veery lights were
| touched off adding color to the spec
| tacle.
Between the spasmodic firing of
the machine guns and the crack of
the Springfield rifles in the hands Of
the attacking doughboys. the BOOM
Ing of the heavy artillery could be
heard. Rockets Kissed upward into
the sky, and the thousands in the
| stands and lining the Cony street
fence watched with bated breath as
the platoon leaders whistles signal
| led the advance of the attacking
troops.
! The whole demonstration was n
most realistic bit of simulated war
| fare, and was perfectly directed and
executed. 1t was perhaps the most
I Ill
! warfare which has ever been staged
| In this state.
| When the two blasts Of the fire
| whistle signalled the 18th hour, all
! activities ceased instantaneously and
the veterans. guardsmen and citizens
| stood with bowed heads for two min
utes as an act of solemn remem-
brance and recollection, remembrance
Of the men who in time of war were
! faithful unto death; recollection of
the duty laid upon us for whom they
| died.
The two minutes of silence was
terminated by the bugle call THE
Roll Call' by S. Walter Krebs, who
though too young to enlist during
the World War. conceived the idea
of this commemorative bugle call,
which was used throughout the
| width and breadth of the land yes
terday as part of the Armistice
Day observance. The two minutes of
| silence was originated on the Ameri-
can ship "Etan" at sea on Nov. IL,
1919, exactly one year after the ar
mistice had ended the hostilities and
sacrifice of human life.