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In the upper righthand corner is the 107th marching: along Fifth
Avenue in front of the Public Library. To the left the colors of the
regiment arc siiown passing in review. In the lower right tho Brooklyn
men of the 27th Division are pictured as they passed Heroes' Arch in
Prospect Park. On the lower left, the 102(1 Engineers parading on
Broadway.
?Old Seventh"
Given Jubilant
Welcome Home
107th Infantry Hailed by
Old-Time Designation by
Cheering Thousands on
March Up Fifth Avenue
It was still the old 7th, the "Dandy
7th," that marched up Fifth Avenue
yesterday.
Tho war had given it a new regi?
mental designation as the 107th In?
fantry when it went overseas with
O'Ryan's 27th Division, and there were
many new young faces from other
stater-, but the thousands that crowded
the avenue spoke o? it as the "old 7th"
and they waved flags and cheered
and laughed from windows and impro?
vised grandstands all the way from
Twenty-third Street to Sixty-seventh,
where the columns turned to the right,
to the big armory at Park Avenue.
Fifth Avenue was brilliant with new
spring hats and streaming, waving
flags and banners and glittering sun?
shine. The pilgrimage of visitors, in
town for tho gala occasion to-day, wore
their bei t attire, and the white bulk
of monuments erected at intervals
along the line lent a touch of splendor.
Veterans Act As Escort
The 107th Infantry was commanded
by Colonel Mortimer L. Bryant. It
wag escorted by veterans of the old
7th, dressed in civilian clothes. These
veteran- were of all ages, many of
whom had served with the regiment
during its early days of the Civil War.
Major General Daniel Appleton, re?
tired, a former Colonel of the 7th, led
/the entire parade a-: grand marshal. A
police band heralded the approach of
the column, and following was a small
detachment of former 7th men, still in
uniform. Former Colonel W?lard D.
Fiak led the regiment of veterans, and
bringing up the ear of the escort were
Colonel Howard E. Crall and staff at
the head of the present 7th Regiment
of guardsmen. This regimen- met the
107th at tho West Twenty-third Street
pier and gave the official welcome to
Colonel Bryunt's lighters, who had just
arrived on two, ?special trains from
Camp Herritt.
The line of march took the long
column to Fifth Avenue at Twenty
third Street, where it passed under the
nearly complete Victory Arch and be?
gan the parade up Fifth Avenue, to
.Sixty-seventh Street.
Reviewed by Brig. General De Bereise
The reviewing party was stationed
at the Union League Club, at Thirty
ninth Street. In the stand was an
array of distinguished lighting men
and civilians. The official reviewing
officer was Brigadier General De Be
voise. beloved of the men for having
b-d thi* same regiment in their assault
on the Hindenburg line,
The party included Governor Alfred
B, Smith and staff. Major General
Thomas H. Barry, Vice-Admiral Albert
H. Cleaves, Major General David C.
Shanks, the Hon. Charles K, Hughes,
Major General Nelson A. Miles, re?
tired; Colonel William Wayward,
former Governor Whitman, Rear Ad?
miral Usher, former Senator Chaun
cey Depew, Governor Cooper of South
Carolina, Lieutenant Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt and Major General O'Ryan.
Ceorge T. Wilson was chairman of the
reception committee for the Union
league, which entertained the guests
!" the Stand
Members of the Society of War
*,eterans and the Veterans' Associa?
tion of the 7th Regiment had OORM
from all states to join in the welcome
y> the 107th Infantry. Thef wore
badges and were commanded by their
?*n members.
Colonel Bryant's regiment, the 107th,
*?? preceded by a chorus of cheers a?
Jt passed up the street. The young
looking colonel was the object of wild
*Pplauw.
Helmets Ar? ?hot .Marked
The vrivals trudged onward, carry
?? rifle?, wearing the heavy marcb
mg shoes, arid leaning forward under
?? shoulder pack?. Their tin "kellies"
were each painted olive drab, with the
Jed insignia of the 27th Division at the
"out, but tb* shining paint couldn't
"'<"? the dents and ?erstehe? which
w*r* relies of the vanquished "Jerries."
r'.A? &* brHlil7n<- ^r record of this
<W * ."iK !'*fc'ment, which held its
? i.?M?7 u"f,<'r (;<'"?ral Lafayette In
*IV?w Wer,**n Revolution, was evident.
? ,J w,?e number of gold chevrons on ai
most every right sleeve. About CO per
cent was the record of casualties fig?
ured roughly, and looking down the
straight column, it was hard to find a
sleeve without its record of days under
live.
The crowd saw this and cheered it?
self hoarse. Little privates, hardly live
feet tall, marched with packs almost
their own size, spick and span, yet. the
stature was no mark for these honors.
The officers wore them, too, and tho
service flag carried near the rear of the ,
regiment bore in blue stars the ligure
3,430; while in gold stars was visible ,
the figure 350.
?'Brought Home" by Guardsmen
The 7th Regiment guardsmen ?
"brought them home" at Sixty-seventh
Street. This information brought the
regiment at attention in double files
at. the sides of the street, while the
107th marched past in columns o?
squads, the escort presenting arms as
the overseas men drew near. .
The older veterans drew up in simi?
lar formation at tho Fifth Avenue at ?
Sixty-seventh Street.
When the 107th was finally housed
in the armory" the 7th Regiment band
marched off at tho head of the guards?
men and the parade dispersed.
Receptions were held in the armory
last night and in the Union League for I
the officers. "What are the boys going ;
to do to-night?" some one asked u pri
vate outside the armory.
"i guess when they all get inside
they'll drop that pack and rifle and say
'Thank God!' and go to bed," was the
reply.
Veterans of 27th
To Resume Slat us
Of Stale Guan?
Olivan Announces Plan
for Reorganization to
(?ratify Men's Wishes;
to Keep Present Rank
The final touch of satisfaction was
lent to the Welcome Home festival of
the liTth with the announcement last
night that the old State Guard estab?
lishments are to be kept intact after ;
the mustering-out process that, follow?
ing the parade, is to be begun at Camp
Upton at once.
Major General O'Ryan himself, on
behalf of Governor Smith, made this
dclinitciy known to the division at a
meeting of all commanding officers lust
night at the Biltmore. The officers had
come to divisional headquarters for?
mally to announce the desire of the |
men that a'way be found whereby they ;
could slick with the 27th after the
breaking-up process that looms imme?
diately ahead
"Gentlemen, that way has been i
\ found," replied General O'Ryan, after
listening to their petici?n.
"On behalf of Governor Smith," he
continued, "I am permitted to inform
you that the state administration de?
sires you to continue as the military
establishment of New York State in
conjunction with the present State
Guard."
Temporarily, General O'Ryan added,
the forces of the state will exist purely
as state forces. He could not say what
action may be taken Inter.
The officers said their units desire
the old organizations continued. This'
would mean that -the present organiza- !
tions will cease in their present form. !
All the old regiments could be re- j
established and take possession of their
armories.
General O'Ryan also announced that
?wry officer m the division will re?
tain bis present rank. Kvon should
there I"- more than one major to a ,
battalion, no one will be demoted.
Surplus officers will be kept us a re- j
serve, the men who have seen overseas |
Kcrvice taking precedence.
'I'his plan of reorganization, Gen-J
er.il O'Ryan said, has been based upon '?
the recommendations made by the |
committee headed by General Cornelius
Vanderbilt, appointed lust December
by Governor Smith to consider the
problem. Details uro to be worked out
! during the aunimer. The men muxt
! i'm? out now will be rocallvd in the
autumn whui the re-constituted organi?
zations will likely begin active opera?
tion.
Italian General Freed
From Gaporelto Blame
ROML, March 28. General Rosso,
who was in command of a part of tho
Italian line along the Isonzo River in
October, 1?M7, when the great German
Austrian attack was launched, has been
acquitted by a court martial of having
abandoned his position too soon be?
fore the enemy attack.
This was the first trial arising from
the Caporctto disaster.
Chronology of To-day's Events
?:'i~> A. M.?Special train bearing legislative party and jus?
tices of the Appellate Division arrives at Grand Central Station
from Albany. Party includes inure tlian seven hundred persons in all.
7:Ji5 A. M.?Legislative breakfast at Waldorf-Astoria, Major
General 0"Ryan and slafT and Governor Smith being the guests <>!'
honor. Deputy Police Commissioner Rodman Wanamaker will act
as host.
8 A. M.-?Fifth Avenue cleared of traffic from Washington
Square to 110th Street. Police lines established.
8:80 A. M.?National, state and city officials assemble at City
Hail Park terrace to proceed by automobile to the reviewing stand.
9 A. M.?Regiments of the 27th Division leave their several
armories to assemble at Washington Square.
9:80 A. ,1/.?Reviewing party arrives at reviewing stand at
Eighty-second Street.
10 A. M.?The Victory Parade of the 27lh Division, headed by a
caisson wrcather in honor of the 27th's dead, swings out from Wash?
ington Square through Washington Arch, on ils northward course up
Fifth Avenue.
10:20 A. M.?Head of Victory Parade passes the Altar of Lib?
erty at Madison Square. Sergeant Reidor Waller, D. S. 0., cuts the
cord across the Victory Arch, symbolizing the victorious return of
the troops to their natitve land. The Vanguard of the 27th passes un?
der the Victory Arch.
10:/i5 A. M.?Parade passes the Court of the Dead at the
Public Library, reviewed by Spanish War veterans, G. A. R. and
others.
11:15.?Victory Parade reaches the reviewing stand at Eighty
second Street, passing in review before Governor Smith, Acting
Secretaries Crowell and Roosevelt, representing the army and navy,
respectively; Mayor Hylan and others.
12 M.?Troops are reviewed by Major General O'Ryan and stall'
at 110th Street, then return to the armories where they are quartered.
12:1') P. M.?Regiments begin march back to their several
armories.
(i P. M.?Dinners at armories and 150 different hotels for en?
listed men and officers.
<v P. M.?Dances and celebrations at armories begin. General
entertainment throughout city, lasting for balance of evening.
Salvation Army's
Dough mi Is Await
27lli After Parade
Workers Busy 2 Days Pre- j
paring Familiar Trench
Morsels for Marehers
and Pies for Wounded
The familiar smell of the ('bateau
Thierry doughnut, which smoked up
along the trenches in spite of gas at?
tacks and bursting shell until it
reached tho nostrils'of the hungry
doughboy, will DO right on Fifth Ave?
nue to-duy, along with other less
savory relics of the war.
Coffeo fumes from steaming urns
also will sweep along the line of march.
Chocolate, ?teaming hot, will mnko its
presence known by fragrant odors. And
though not a mini of the "7th can turn
an eye in the direct ion from which the
Smalls Comes, A regiment of noses,
which army regulations do no^ con?
trol, ore expected lo dutcover the fact
that back of tin Inns somewhere tho
Salvation Army canteen is on the job. t
For two days'it has been on the job
piling up doughnuts for the benefit of :
the marchers. At three separate Sal?
vation Army houses every available ]
cook has been bonding over steaming
kettles pulling out the hot rings ns
fast as possible, so that the 50,000
necessary to feed the regiment may be ?
ready on time.
From these houses they have been
brought to headquarters, at 128 West
Fourteenth Street, where a small army
has been wrapping them in oiled paper.
Last night doughnuts stood in boxes, in
barrels, in tubs, in baskets, in every
receptacle that could bo requisitioned,
waiting to be loaded on trucks for to?
day's distribution.
It is planned to have ten trucks
go into the side streets to catch the
men as thr>y disband and to have one
large stand at Fifth Avenue and 110th
Street, tho end of tho lino of march.
At the stand and on the trucks there
will be plenty of coffee and chocolate
which will bo distributed with the
doughnuts.
A hurry call to Salvation Army
Headquarters last night from the
Greenhut Hospital mado it necessary
for more cooks to bo put to work bak?
ing 500 pics for the wounded. About
fifty soldiers camo at the samo timo
us Iho call, seized knives and put their
K. P. experience to good stead by
peeling apples, preparing mince meat I
and helping in other ways. Work on j
the pies lasted throughout the night.
They will be distributed to-day to,
wounded men in the stands. I
! "Port of Missing Men1' Finds
| Many Fighters Believed Lost
WASHINGTON, March 24. ? From
out of the "Port of Missing Men"
j hundreds of fighters believed los! by
! their families are coming back to make
! the home circle complete once again.
In thirty-two newspapers published
i at debarkation and reconstruction hos
j pilais for the benefit of returning sol
' diers, there is printed in every ? Lie
a column of inquiries from relatives,
which is known as the "Pert of Miss?
ing Men,'' because it deals with those
whom the currents of war carried be?
yond the reach of family and friends.
More than 10,000 such inquiries have
been received. The column is scanned ;
i dailj by thousands of readers, eager1
lo give the latest knowledge of miss-'
' ing comrades.
The "Port of Missing Men" column
is open tu relatives without charge for
inquiries.
1,608 Men Arrive Back
From Siberian Fighting
SAN FRANCISCO, March 23.- A dc
! tachment of L.G08 casuals, most of
them from the Siberian expeditionary
j force, the largest number yet to reach
; here from Vladivostok, arrived to-day
on the transport Sherman.
U. S. Soldier
Slaiii in Fight
With Germans
Teuton, Arrested on Murder
Charge, Will Face Firing
Squad if He Is Convicted;
Stories Are Conflicting.
Insulted, Troops Charge
Unarmed Americans are At- i
tacked With Clnhs in First
Clash ; Eleven Wounded
By Wilbur Forrest
New Ver/.- Tribun?
Special Cable Service
i ipyrljht, 1919, Now York Tribune Ine )
COBLENZ, March 24.?The military
authorities are in possession of con?
flicting evidence as a result of a com- j
plete investigation of the first serious
encounter between American soldiers
and German civilians, in which one j
American was killed and four seriously
wounded in a conflict on the outskirts
of Coblcnz.
The Americans were members of the
61st Pioneer Infantry Regiment. A
German youth stabbed two Americans
so seriously that one died. It is said ;
the trouble originated in the insulting
attitude of the Americans toward the '
German's sister. The American wound- .
ed assert the Germans made insulting
remarks nbotit America, which pre- ?
cipitntcd an immediate fight. The j
Americans were all unarmed.
Knife Seized by Americans
The clasp knife used by the German
is in the hands of Captain C. R. Cock- i
reil, chief of the military police of
the ('oblen/, district. A bloody de?
tachable cuff lotind on the scene of
the encounter led to the capture of the
alleged murderer. The man was found
in his home with the other cuff, which
led to the confession, in which he is
said to have admitted that hatred, duo
to the war. caused him to uso the
knife upon the American soldier.
The murdered soldier was a passerby
and, seeing two companions fighting
two Germans, he rushed to assist his
companions. Later another group of '
Germans encountered several Ameri?
can soldiers, passing insulting re?
marks. A fight ensued, wherein the
Germans used clubs, bottles and
knives.
May Face Firing Squad
So far as is known no Germans were '.
seriousy hurt, athough eleven Amer?
icans went to the Coblenz hospital,!
one dying soon after his arrival. Many
Germans were arrested and are await?
ing trial. If the murderer is found ?
guilty, he will be placed before a Sir?
ing squad and will be the first so
treated since the American occupation.!
The encounter occurred on the same
night that the military authorities
were expecting a Spartacide outbreak1
ir. Coblcnz, which, however, was clever?
ly broken up by the hurried arrest of
the -leaders. Nearly a score of ti e
Spartaeides arrested gave their ad?
dress as Metternich, a village on the
"Moselle, near Gul, while two admitted
they lived in Gul. Gul is the name
of the little suburb of Coblenz, where!
the encounter between the American I
soldiers and the Germans took place. |
Despite this coincidence, the military!
authorities do not believe that the |
two cases are connected.
WHAT stirring scenes old Fifth Avenue has witnessed!
From its beginning it has been a street of interesting
events, but never before has the avenue risen to such an exalted
position of international interest as during recent months.
Fifth Avenue is now the ??Avenue of Victory" and its
canyons will echo with the march of victorious heroes and
the cheers of their admirers.
From our hearts we bid the brave men of the 27th Division
a warm welcome home and thank them for what they have
done for the honor of their country and the saving of the world.
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