Evening star., 1924-09-22

in the parade. With President
| Floeckher, Rev. Michael J. Riordan
and Rev. Francis X. Cavanaugh at
the head of the line, the ex-servfce
men of st. Martins Holy Name
marched the entire length of the pa
rade in the form of a huge cross,
| which was visible many blocks away
and was highly effective.
Behind the former service men of
it's society, st. Martins placed 35
| young boys, dressed in sailor cos
| tunes and proudly bearing a large
| American banner which was especial
ly lent to St. Martins for the occas-
| sion from the Presidents ship the May
! flower.
St. Martins branch of the National
| Council of Catholic Men furnished to
| the Holy Name men its Boy Scout
| Band, which was reorganized for this
| special occasion under the direction
of Fred B. McGivern. chairman of the
Boy Scouts committee, st. Martins
| branch of the national council.
! ST. Martins played a prominent
| part in the complete Holy Name con-
| vention. Mr.. Floekher, its president,
| worked every night for weeks at
| convention headquarters; Frank p.
Cunning of St. Martins. as presi-
dent of the Washington section, was
leader in the convention, and John
| F. McCarron of st. Martins, was
! marshal of the Districts second sec
| tion in the parade.
Each of the Washington parishes
was distinguishable in one way or
another, and all presented a fine ap-
| pearance. They carried literally thou
! sands of costly silk banners. most of
/ them made by the local religious
| SiSterhoodS.
All ID. &. Priests March.
| Every Catholic priest stationed in
| Washington marched with the men
| of his parish. setting them example
| of disregard for the weather and the
| tedium of waiting in order to give
notable testimony of the faith within
| them.
| Baltimore's representation drew the
| final burst of applause from the long
| watching curbstone thousands. Dou-
| bled up into solid phalanxeS. each
| representing a parish, it took exactly
| one hour for this section alone to
pass in review. AS they reached the
stand the band played Maryland. My
Maryland' in tribute to Archbishop
| Curley, who smiled gratefully and
| lovingly down upon the sea of faces
from his episcopal see with tears in
| his eyes.
The Rev. Eugene De l.. Mcdonnell
! of ST. Ignatius' Loyolas Church.
Baltimore. yesterday received an ova-
| ton all along the Avenue from thou
| sands of his friends here. He was
formerly rector of st. AloysiuS'
Church in this city. He led the Balti-
| more Third Sunday Brigade"
The parade. after swinging past
| the reviewing stand. proceeded to the
| foot of the Washington Monument,
| facing which, across the field, plat
| form had been erected supporting a
| loud-speaking arrangement and an
altar. The field between the mOnu-
ment and the stand was jammed to
| capacity before the parade ended.
Thousands jam Lines.
| As fast as the marchers reached the
| Monument Grounds, they maSSed in
| front of the temporary wooden speak
! er's stand, and when Cardinal O'Con-
! nell reached there before the end of
| the parade. there was a great host
| between the stand and monument
| while far to the right and left were
| jammed thousands of others behind
| police lines.
Cardinal O'Connell was given an
| enthusiastic ovation when he appear
| ed on the platform. accompanied by
| the waving of thousands of small
| flags. which had been distributed to
| all participants in the parade. This
| outburst had hardly ceased when
! President Coolidge arrived to deliver
! his address, and the tide of cheering G
| and flag waving was imm media tely re-
| newed for him. sweeping from the
| throng nearest the stand back to the
further corners of the immense
! esplanade.
! President Coolidge was introduced
by Father Ripple, and was heard
easily by all with the aid of the loud
! speakers, the bursts of applause
starting as often as not in distan nj
groups before sweeping through the
entire crowd
| The great crowd gave the Preside ent
| an enthusiastic outburst of applause
! again when he was presented by
| Father Ripple who said there had
! just been witnessed in the parade
an act of faith and patriotism. sub
| scribing as you do to the Constitution
| of the United States.
Parade Largest of Kind.
This parade was declared by those
| whose business it has been to ar
range for public demonstrations for
| many years on historic Pennsylvania
| avenue to be the largest purely re-
/ ligious crusade in the whole history
| of the country and the largest parade
| of any sort, religious or patriotic,
| ever held in the Capital.
These authorities declare that the
| excellent manner in which this
gigantic procession was kept NOV
! ing on scheduled time to the minute
| is a fitting climax to a notable record
| by Capt Harry A. Walsh, the grand
| marshal, and to Maj Harry Coope,
| U. S. A, chief of staff.
This was the third such parade
| that they have managed. In 1921.
| they moved $4,000 Holy Name men
| over the same course in an hour
| under the estimated time.
Through corps of highly trained
military aides they kept constant
charge over all delegations to insure
| prompt starting, good marching and
| expeditions movement. This was nee
essary, as it was civilian parade.
Aides Marshal Crowd.
Upon their arrival at the Union
Station delegations were met by
| special aides and taken to their
| places of assembly. When they en-
| tered the Avenue at the Peace Mon
| ument they were exclusively under
| the direction of the military aides,
under Maj. Coope's personal super
| vision. When the procession reached
| the Monument lot military aides on
horseback marshaled the throngs so
as to permit quick dispersement.
| NITdnu hdTSlldl w dlSn reviewed the
parade from Fifteenth street, just
south of the Treasury Building.
To better picture to the public
what the coming to Washington of
| these more than 100000 marchers and
many thousands more of their fam
| lilies and friends mean in railroad
| transportation it may be said that
it would require one train II miles
| long.
This does not include the regularly
| scheduled trains that throughout the
| day were crowded tn canacjfy