Evening star., 1924-10-04
VETERANS FULFILL
WAR; TIME PLEDGE
MEMORIAL
Survivors of 1st Division Ar
rive to Dedicate Shaft to
Men Killed in France.
THOUSANDS OF TROOPS
MARCH DOWN AVENUE
President Urges Soldiers to Guard
Constitution From Foes Who
Are Fighting 1t.

! Veteran warriors and their successors
! the list Division of today's Army. to-
! day, under cloudy sky, remindfuI of
| the darkened days of 1917-lS in
| France, marched solemnly up Penn
| sylvania avenue and dedicated to fallen
| comrades a monument which they.
| the survivors, had vowed to erect
| even before the battlefield was clear
ed of its dead.
Today was a fulfllment of that
mission, and south OF the State, War
and Navy Building stands a monu-
ment to the fallen heroes of divi-
sion of fighting men which led Amer
lea into France. And on the monu-
ment is the name of every man of
that famous 1st Division who gave
his life
Coolidge to speak.
President Coolidge is there to de-
liver the dedicatory address, and be-
side him are the generals who sue
cesSively commanded and carried the
1st Division to victory. Gen. Pershng
was absent, because of d sudden call
from the city, but from him a mes
sage came. Maj. Gen. Charles +.
Summerail spoke on the spirit of the
1st Division and Col. Adolphe Huguet
spoke on the monument itself.
From as far away as New York
came troops to honor the dead heroes
who gave their lives that American
principles might not be endangered.
They came by transport as their
predecessors went overseas in 1917
and perfor med those herculean task s
for which today they are being
honored.
Thousands lined the sidewalks of
Pennsylvania avenue and cheered on
ward the men of the fighting units of
today and the veterans of yesterday,
some of them wearing the uniforms
in which they lay on the mud of
French battlefields.
Theirs was solemn march to pay
homage to those who went but never
returned.
Following the detail of police came
Maj. Gen. Charles p. Summerall. one
time commander of the 1st Division
on the battlefelds. and chairman of
the present activities, and his staff.
He is grand marshal of the parade.
Then followed Brig. Gen. Frank Par
ker, also wartime 1st Division
commander, and now commanding
the 1st Brigade of the 1st Division,
which came from New York on the
st. Mlhlel to participate.
Mnssed Bands Parade.
The massed bands of the 1st Di-
posite regiment of Infantry, spic and
span in the uniforms of khaki. COM
posed of the 10th and 18th United
States Infantry Regiments, from
posts in and around New York, their
ranks now filled with youngsters who
came since the war, although still
there may be found many of the
| fighters of II.
The First Shot outfit, the 9Th
Field Artillery, in polished trappings.
here from Fort Hoyle, Nd was
| cheered along the way, for it was
from Battery c of this organization
that America sent bowling and
whistling into the German lines a
shell announcing that another ma
ton, which was to turn the tide, was
| there. And today the cannon of Bat
terry { doomed forth salute as the
colors fell gracefully from the mon
ument to its dead
Many Troops in Line.
Then came the troops so well known
TO washington, those from the Dis
trict of Washington. They were
comma nded by Col. H s. Hawkins. Sd
United States Cavalry, who led the
| section and who was followed by the
army Band, Pershings Own. The
| 30 Battalion of the 18th United States
infantry, up from Fort Washington,
next in line, was followed by Air
Service troops from Boiling Field. the
81 Cavalry, and then the 18th Field
| Artillery
The Navy Band led the veterans
| Sectlon, and in line were more than
! 1000 veterans of the 1st Division from
all parts of the United States
| Then Maj. Gen. Hanson E. Ely, COM
| mandant of the Army War College,
| also commanded the 1st at one time
| during the war
The next section was marshaled by
Capt. c. S. Coulter, U. S. A, and was
| composed of disabled emergency Of
| ficers of the World War Disabled Vet
Grams, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Dis
| trlct of Columbia Department, Amer
lean Legion; Military Order of the
| World War, Women's Overseas Serv-
! ice League, Salvation Army and
American Red Cross. The troops were
reviewed by Secretary Weeks and
| other dignitaries.
AS soon as the column had passed
the reviewing stand, the massed
bands of the 1st Division, which had
taken station abreast the monument,
played. and then Rev. Henry r.
| Talbot, chaplain of the 1st Division
American expeditionary forces, pro-
nounced the invocation while the as
semblage stood reverently with bowed
| heads. The massed bands then play
| ed America" which was followed by
| the address by Col. Huguet, who was
| introduced by Brig. Gen. Frank
I Parker. presiding.
| Idea Born ON Field.
Born on the battlefield while looking
| into the faces of the dead comrades
| who had answered the last call under
a terrific shell fire was the resolution
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