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drilled body of men, numbering- about 

 £5, and were led by H. H. Adams, Jr. 

 Like the Riverside Reserves it was 

 their first appearance in the parade. 

 The Sound Beach Home Guard num- 

 bered about 70, and were led by Lieut. 

 C. D. Potter. They carried their new 

 rifles and marched like soldiers. It 

 was their first appearance on parade in 

 uniform. 



The East Port Chester Boy Scouts, 

 50 in number, were led by Capt. Fran- 

 cis J. McGuiness. The Boy Scouts of 

 Riverside, with Scoutmaster Raymond 

 Bowen, and the Sound Beach Boy 

 Scouts in charge of Scoutmaster Clar- 

 ence Crandall, carried troop flags. 

 Messrs. Nedley and Moore marched as 

 drummer boys with an East Port Ches- 

 ter division. A color detail, F. S. Knox, 

 George Gisborne and George MacDon- 

 ald. had the American flag in the center 

 and the flags of France and Great Bri- 

 tain upon either side. 



Members of Lombard Camp, Sons of 

 Veterans, under Commander William 

 Peck, numbered about 40. Members of 

 the G. A. R. rode in five automobiles. 



An interesting feature of the parade 

 was the appearance of the Red Cross 

 local chapter and the Riverside First 

 Aid Corps. The ladies wore the regu- 

 lation Red Cross dress, and were led 

 by Mrs. J. A. Graham, Mrs. A. E. 

 Austin, Mrs. Edwin Binney and Mrs. 

 G. A. Horsey. The two corps num- 

 bered 100 or over. The East Port 

 Chester First Aid Corps was under the 

 leadership of Miss Neidedmeier, and 

 wore the girl scout dress. 



Ten Sound Beach girls carried a large 

 American flag. They were Helen 

 Downey, Elizabeth Sanger, Elizabeth 

 Brundage, Ethel Offen, Mabel Nava- 

 rette. Iris Navarette, Charlotte Man- 

 sell, Grace McGowan, Hazel Potter and 

 Jessie Palmer. 



Members of the Sound Beach Fire 

 Department and Sound Beach Fire and 

 Police Patrol had the rear of the pro- 

 cession. The leaders were Chief Albert 

 Palmer, Assistant Chief Frank Gis- 

 borne, First Lieut. E. Benjamin Lock- 

 wood., Capt. Stewart Potter, and Sec- 

 ond Lieut. Bert Lockwood. The fire- 

 truck followed the firemen. The new 

 machine gun and motor truck of the 

 Greenwich special police were also in 

 the parade. 



Music was played by Kearney's 

 band, the Greenwich Band and the 

 Maple Fife and Drum Corps of Stam- 

 ford. It was the first appearance on 

 parade of the Greenwich Band, whose 

 director is Norman Hunt. Mr. Carey 

 led the band yesterday. 



The procession was reviewed at the 

 corner of Lockwood Avenue and Sound 

 Beach Avenue by Greenwich officials. 

 First Selectman Newton S. Johnson, 

 Road Commissioner N. A. Knapp, Reg- 

 istrar Cameron, Dr. Austin of The 

 Sound Beach Association, and James 

 T. Dougherty, president of the East 

 Port Chester Civic League, were in the 

 reviewing-stand. When the parade 

 reached ArcAdiA, the divisions marched 

 into a large lot and formed in rectangu- 

 lar formation about the speaker's plat- 

 form. Capt. Samuel K. Thomas, marshal 

 of the parade, gave orders at the assem- 

 bly here. 



Ceremonies at ArcAdiA. 



Rev. L. W. Barney offered prayer. 

 Kearney's Band played "America," 

 and all joined in singing. Judge C. H. 

 Martin, the speaker of the day, was in- 

 troduced by Dr. Austin, who spoke 

 briefly, thanking the ladies and the 

 visiting organizations for their able as- 

 sistance. He delivered a message 

 "straight from the War Department," 

 that those present should not forget the 

 Liberty bonds. Hon. Charles J. Mar- 

 tin of Orange is one of the ablest speak- 

 ers in the Legislature. He advocated 

 the liberal Sunday law, and it was prin- 

 cipally through his efforts that it came 

 near success. His address yesterday 

 was full of patriotic fervor. 



"This great nation of ours," said he, 

 "seems to be now a cordon of loving 

 hearts, with hands outstretched to aid 

 those in distress, and bound up in the 

 grand idea of one common country." 



After describing the process of climb- 

 ing in Switzerland, he said : 



"And so we find a parallel case in 

 the ties of the constitution of our coun- 

 try, and the Stars and Stripes, which 

 bind us together as a nation. We know 

 some of the parts may be weak, but as 

 a nation they are protected and held in 

 a common cause. It was the union of 

 the thirteen colonies which originally 

 made the American nation. It was the 

 union of these colonies, under one flag, 

 by act of Congress in 1777. which made 



