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ERSHING PARADE A WAR-PAGEANT TO BE REMEMBERED t- I1EVER BEFORE A PRQUD TO KISS THE FLAG 1 SPECTACLE I KE IT IN THE U. S. A. Mcrcier, hitlock, "Pershing's 6wn" and the Glorious First Division Share Jlonors' MEETS LEGION TONIGHT 1 And What Did Bird Mean in Hoyering Over Parade? Get out your dream book or whatever kind of a tome that deals with omens or grab the first express for Delphi and consult the oracle figure this out: The' attention of tho thousands packed along the curbs and in Central Park in the Nineties to watch General Pershing march pasf -was attracted to a great bird high in the air just above the commander. It took its position there and kept it until the van of the parade had passed Fifty-seventh street, vhen it flew over the -North.

River, and disappeared. Those who had field glasses declared the bird to be an and a large one at that. Now, having consulted your old dope book, if the bird's presence was an omen, what did it mean? Maybe his eagleship was starting a boom for Pershing for President. Hurray! III! II If a million people saw yesterday's Welcome Home to General John Pershing, the men of the famous Composite Regiment which marched behind him in the Victory parades of Rome, Paris and London, and the 22,000 brave Americans of McGlach- lin's wonderful First Division, then there are one Million stories current this morning of just what it looked like and just what it was. following the armistice to "capture the kaiser." The mass meeting will be the first gen eral assembling of Legion posts in.

and around New York, and probably the larg And they are all true. depended more than ever on the point of view. Vf I Those, for example, with a place of vantage not too far from St. Patrick's Cathe- dral will always have a story to tell of haw. on Penhm? Day.

they saw the im-; est gathering of ex-service men since de-mobilization. TORNADO. WIPES OUT TOWN IN FLORIDA Miami, Sept. 10. But wo houses in Goulds, a town of 500 inhabitants, twenty miles -south of here, are left standing, following a tornado which swept over l'iorida.

Dispatches from Havana say at least five persons were killed, while the city's electric lighting and telephone lines are badly crippled. mortal leader of the American Expedition ary Forces shaka hands wan the great Mnrwr. met Brand WhitJock. American GEN. JOHN J.

PEESHING told thousands of Boy Scouts and school children in Central Park that he was proud to kiss the American flag and suited action to the words. (9 by P. I) Minister to Belgium, and wave a hand to Enrico Caruso, greatest singer Of his time. No Just Pershing Efficiency: Band Led Parade INGENUITY One Girl Finds Way to See Gen-eral Comfortably ing's Own." The commander is Col. Babcock, of the Sixth Division.

The First Division numbers 22,000 regulars, and its boss is Major-General Edward F. McGlachlin, Jr. This division was the first to fight in France under the American flag, first to cross the Rhine and the last unit: of the A. E. F.

to come home. The conditions under which it sailed away, in June, 1917, were as different from those which prevailed yesterday as midnight is from They slipped quietly out of New York harbor in the darkness. General Pershing gave the command, "Forward, at Fifth avenue and 110th street on the "dot of 10 A. and arrived at Washington square one hour and forty minutes later, at 11.40 o'clock. The last of all the units left 110th street at 1.26 o'clock and reached Washington Arch at 3:30 o'clock.

The Commander-in-Chief started out on the crack horse of the Police Department, "Captain, bat in front of St. Patrick's Cathedral shifted to the handsome charger presented to him on Tuesday by the men of www Further up the avenue men and women and children saw the General salute his son Warren best known- and most popular (and envied) boy in America sitting; with the General's relatives in a private box of the municipal grand stand at 82d street. And others will declare because they saw that no other incident of the historic pageant matched the General's salute of crippled doughboys on a before the residence of Henry Clay Frick. They say th General-was grand, wonderful, sympathetic and tender all at once, and they say it made a lump come to your throat and a little dampness to your eye and that you were prouder and prouder of America and your Americanism than ever before when the happy doughboys, waved their crutches at the Commander-in-Chief and grinned a composite grin that said, "Us? uk, m'B mM viwhtj oM mm; go ri'ht ahead; this is your day:" Well, that's the kind of a show it was and 4he best way to report it is by means of the camera. THE NEWS tries that way.

But perhaps a few statistics: The Composite Regiment numbered 3.G00 men, every one a six-footer. They were seli'ctcd from seven divisions of the Regular Army, to make up "Persh- Just the Pershing way. Think of it! Fifth avenue lined with hundreds of thousands lined to capacity, basement, cellar and roof, with the 'park skpes thrown in for good measure. Not one single blast of a trumpet. No band.

"Suddenly one saw the flutter of handkerchiefs in upper stories or roofs to the Then came the noise of the cheering. You- know, tho ear is always open to the things one cant see. Almost with the eye-glimpse of the fluttering handkerchiefs came the leading, platoon of police nd behind them, riding alone at the head of his veterans, came Pershing. He bowed and smiled now and then that was all. Behind him, with a tread that no German army that ever invaded Belgium could equal, came the beat of the inarching veterans.

Not a bar of music to guide them just Americanism and ir; Jefison Feigl Post of the American Legion. The men of the Legion called the AS ALIKE AS CAN BE horse the C. I. C. calls him "Jeff." There were more governors and mayors and great jurists and senators, and actors, and actresses up and down the avenue than you could shake a stick at.

General Peyton C. March was there, and General Yhomas II. Barry, and Gov- ernor Smith, William G. McAdoo, Mayor liylan, Elsie Janis, General O'Kyan and oh, everybody! General Pershing rode from Washington Square up fJfcthe Waldorf with Baron TRUST A WOMAN TO FIND WAY. Here is a petite young lady who was determined to get a glimpse of General Pershing hp lew) thA frnllnnt ItNvat Amxr-wm de Chambrun, a direct descendant of La-; fayette.

At the hotel they joined General T. Coleman du Pout's party on a first-floor balcony and saw what retained of the pa-i rade. General du Pont gave a lunchesn in the General's honor. The party numbered I thirty. i Tonight General Pershing will be the I central figure at a mass meeting and re-ceptionin his honor at Madison Square Garden by the American Legion.

After eight o'clock the meeting will be open to the public'' The bands of the Sixteenth and Twenty- eighth Infantry will play the "Star Spangled Banner," and, to put the official stamp of the A. E. F. on everything, Elsie Sanis will entertain. She got satisfactory -results from an impro-J by International.) 7 WEATHER FORECAST FOR THURSDAY SHOWERS TEMPERA TVRES IN NEW, YORK YESTERDAY MAIIMVM MI.MMlll fit The only speaker in.

addition to the General and Chairman Henry Lindsley will be former United States Senator (and Colonel) Luke Lea, of Tennessee, the roan who started out with an automobile party, CLOSE FAMILY RESEMBLANCE exists between General Pershing and his" brother, James Pershing (left), a Chk-aaro tasin-ss man. As the brothers have fceea together a great deal during the las.t few days the has resulted in many 'nosing (My i i and staff photographer.