The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-30
triumphant Peace Parade
Pays Tribute to Crew
of Bremen.
FOLLOW PERSHING PATH
RnimoSitieS of Decade Ago
Forgotten; AL Smith
Sends Medals.
BY EARL JOHNSON
United Press staff Correspondent

united Press Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, April 30-Ten years
after the end of the great war be-
tween Germany and the allies, two
former German soldiers and an
Irish veteran of the allied air forces
paraded in peaceful triumph through
the streets of New York today.
While hundreds of thousands
cheered their passing and millions
more listened in on the celebration
by radio, Baron Gunther Won Huene-
field, Major Fitzmaurice and Captain
Hermann, Koehl were carried along
the route where the Eighty-Ninth
Division and General John j. PERISH
ing were feted when they returned
from war.
Flags of the United States, Ger
many and the Irish Free State were
unfurled for the three men who
were first to complete a westward
airplane flight across the North At
1antic Ocean, a feat that won them
a reception such as New York alone
knows how to beStow upon her Wis
1ting heroes.
Service Men Take Part
Some of the 10000 United States
soldiers and sailors who took part
In the greeting may have projected
their minds back to the days of
1918, but former aninosities were
forgotten.
New York turned out en- masse
to honor the valiant aviatOrS
Lower Broadway from the Battery
to Ninth st. was packed with peo-
pie.
An escort of motorcycle police
men cut path for the official car
through the dense crowd between
the hotel and the North River pier,
where they boarded the Macon, the
city's welcoming tug, for their trip
down the river to the Statue of
Liberty.
Torn paper rained down from the
upper stories of Skyscrapers along
the way. Cheering followed in the
wake of the roaring motorcycles.
Pages from Gideon Bibles and tele-
phone directories were found among
debris that had been thrown down
from hotel windows.
Fight Way Through Throng
At the pier the police escort en-
countered it's first major difficulty.
Between eight and ten thousand
persons had gathered along the
river front.
Both bewildered, yet outwardly
showing pleasure at their reception,
they stepped ashore at Battery
Park.
Mrs. Fitzmaurice was accompanied
by her little daughter, Patricia, T.
Her constant smile made her the
center of interest on the trip from
quarantine to the pier.
The military parade had formed
In Broadway under command of
Gen. Otho B. Rosenbaum as the
Mason returned from the Statue
of Liberty. The rumbling Of drums,
the clatter of musket butts on the
pavement as they halted at inter-
walls and the blaring of bands
seemed to increase as the process
sion moved along under windows
black with people.
Horns, Whistles Mark Welcome
All previous demonstrations of the
day were surpassed when Whalen
and his guests stepped off the
Macon and entered the official
automobiles. All kinds of horns,
whistles and squawkers were en-
ployed to let the fliers konW that
they were welcome.
1t was nearly 1890 p. m. before
the first of the troops marched
through City Hall plaza in front of
the reviewing stand and between
the two wide sections of stands.
Shouts Greet Walker
AS soon as the official preSenta-
tions were over Mayor Walker
stepped to the front of the platform
amid tumultuous cheering and be-
gan delivering his address of well
come.
Major General William Haskell,
commander of the New York Ma
tional Guard represented Governor
AL Smith.
He congratulated the fliers in be-
half of the Governor and the State
and pinned special commenda-
tory medal on each of them.
Baron Huenefeld Replies
Baron Won Huenefeld was the first
of the heroes to respond to the off,
Cial greeting.
'We are very thankful for the re-
ception accorded us in America and
New York" the baron said, speaking
with distinct German accent.
"You have been very kkind to us
and we will always remember the
visit and we bring with us best
greetings from our people in Ger
many"
Kothl spoke next.
"We thank you very much for the
reception" he said. "It is very hard
for me to tell you what I fell. I
thank you very much with all my
heart"
Koehl's heroic effort to make
himself understood in English was
recoknized by the crowd with
waves of cheering and "hochs."
Fitzmaurice, the smiling Irish
man, was more composed than the
Germans. He spoke with a slight
English accent, hardly Irish.