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Wisdom Through Failure We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do by finding out what will not do.— Smiles. \FOR TENDER SKM SNOW-WHITE PETROLEUM JELLY ^ A Man's Home A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks im mediately after health and a good conscience.—Sydney Smith. be miserable with MALARIA and COLDS whan will check MALARIA fast and gives symptomatic cold relieL LIQUID, TABLETS, SALVE, NOSE DROPS Your Possessions Let not thy mind run on What thou lackest as much as on what thou hast already.—Marcus Aure lius. A wonderful aid for boil* where a drawing agent to Indicated. Soothing and comforting. Fine for chil dren and grown-up a. Prac tical Economical. GRAYS OINTMENT 25 c Future Reward Think of ease but work on.— Herbert. AT eooo otuo STOIft CessedReluejL R H E U M ATI S M lu U bag □ SPECIAL BARGAINS TATHEN you see the specials of V Y our merchants announced in the columns of this paper you can depend on them. They mean bargains for you. •They are offered by merchants who are not afraid to announce their prices or the quality of the merchandise they offer. MCCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. C.. THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1939 Vicfory 1 5 arade of A. E. F. 'Corps d’ i I J/> ^ M <■* f mg Elite' in rans iwemy ie sars Ago Kecans u rano Keview L■ i ■ 40Er 01 f the Boy! i in Blue in Was ihmgton in 1865 THE “BIG PARADE” OF 1919—The A. E. F. Composite Regiment just before passing through the Arc de Triomphe, Place de 1’Etoile, in Paris. (U. S. Army Signal Corps Photograph) The “BIG PARADE” OF 1865—Union troops marching down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington. (From the painting by James E. Taylor) By ELMO SCOTT WATSON (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) M OST Americans are familiar with the story of the “Grand Review” of the Union army which took place in Washing ton soon after the Civil war ended. But it is doubtful if many of them recall a sim ilar “Victory Parade” which followed a more recent con flict even though it occurred only 20 years ago this month. One reason, of course, is that it was staged 3,000 miles away, in the capital of a for eign land.! Therefore it was witnessed by only a few Americans, whereas 64 years earlier more than 100,000 of them had crowded the streets of the capital of their own country to cheer their vic torious warriors. The “Big Parade” of 1865, held in Washington on May 23 and 24, was the march of 179,000 vet erans of the Army of the Potomac and 65,000 of the Army of the West, representatives of the total of nearly 3,000,000 men who had been called into service to save the nation from disunion. The “Big Parade” of 1919, held in Paris on July 14—France’s na tional holiday of Bastille day— was a march of only 3,200 Amer ican soldiers but they symbo lized the armed might of more than 4,000,000 men whom Uncle Sam had mobilized to serve in the greatest war the world has ever known. And they were all picked men, these 3,200, for it was a composite regiment which was the “Corps d’ Elite” of the A. E. F. The story of that regi ment, unique in American mili tary history, was told in a recent issue of the U. S. Army Recruit ing News as follows: On April 21, 1919, Maj. Gen. Jo seph T. Dickman, then command- j ing the Third Army at Coblenz, Germany, issued the following in structions: ‘‘The Commander-in-Chief will send to England about May 24 from I Antwerp, a Composite Regiment of Infantry consisting of 12 companies organized from the Third Army. “This Regiment must consist of the best officers, noncommissioned officers and men of the Third Army. It will give exhibitions in England and possibly later in other countries. “You will immediately organize in your Division two composite com panies of Infantry . . . selecting the largest, most snappy and best looking officers and men for these two companies . . .” On May 10 the composite com panies assembled at the Carnival grounds in Coblenz. The Third Army Composite Regiment was for mally organized on May 18, 1919, the composite companies of the sev eral Divisions being given regiment al designations as follows: Composite Co. from: Designated: 1st Brigade, 1st Div. Co. “A” 2nd Brigade, 1st Div. Co. “B’ 5th Brigade, 3rd Div. Co. “C” 6th Brigade, 3rd Div. Co. “D” 4th Brigade, 2nd Div. Co. “E” 3rd Brigade, 2nd Div. Co. “F” 9th Brigade, 5th Div. Co. “G” 10th Brigade, , 5th Div. Co. “H* 1 7th Brigade, 4th Div. Co. 4SJFI 8th Brigade, 4th Div. Co. “K’ 1 11th Brigade, 6th Div. Co. “L” 12th Brigade, 6th Div. Co. “M” Col. Conrad S. Babcock assumed command of the Composite Regi ment on May 19, and the regiment began drilling and performed the usual camp duties at the Carnival grounds until June 15, when it en trained for Joinville-le-Pont on the outskirts of Paris. Reviewed by Pershing. On the afternoon of June 22 the third batallion tendered a reception to Gen. John J. Pershing at the Pershing stadium, following which the regiment was reviewed and in spected by the president of France and General Pershing. On July 4, at 6:30 a. m., the regi ment embussed for Paris to parade in that city, forming in the historic Place de la Concorde and passing in review before the president of France and General Pershing. On July 14 a provisional battalion embussed at four a. m. for Paris, forming on Boulevard Neuilly. The American column moved forward over the parade route, passing un der the famous Arc de Triomphe and paying honors to the monument of the war dead in the Place de I’Etoile and to the president of France at the head of the Boule vard Champs Elysees. The Composite regiment left Le Havre oh July 16 and arrived at Southampton, England, that eve ning. On the afternoon of July 17 it arrived in London. Inspected by Prince of Wales. The next morning the regiment formed in Hyde park and participat ed in a medal presentation cere mony, afterwards being inspected and reviewed by the prince oi Wales and General Pershing. Again the next morning the picked body of American soldiery formed in Hyde park for a parade past the saluting point at the Queen Victoria monument, the salute be ing received there by King George V in the reviewing stand. On July 23 the Composite regiment entrained for Southampton, and sailed at six p. m., for Le Havre, arriving at the French port the fol lowing morning. Disembarking im mediately upon arrival at Le Havre, the regiment entrained for its en- encampment at Joinville-le-Pont. On July 31, the regiment was re viewed by General Pershing, the last such review by the Commander- in-Chief, A. E. F., of the Composite regiment overseas. Orders having been received for the regiment to move to Brest and prepare to sail for the United States, the command left Joinville- le-Pont on August 4 and detrained at Brest two days later. Until Au gust 29 it engaged in drills and carhp duties at Brest, embarking on the “transport “Leviathan” on the twenty-ninth and sailing for the United States the next day. Return to America. The big steamship docked at Ho boken, N. J. f on September 8, and the Composite regiment went into camp at Camp Mills on Long Is land, N. Y. On September 10 the regiment paraded on Fifth ave nue, New York city, as escort troops of honor to the general of the armies, John J. Pershing. Five days later it left Camp Mills and moved by rail to Washington, D. C., in which city it paraded with the “Fighting First” Division, A. E. F., on September 17. During the re mainder of the month it was sta tioned at Camp Meade, Maryland, and was processed for demobiliza tion, which was completed on Sep tember 30, 1919. The “Grand Review” of May 23-24, 1865, was the idea of Edwin M. Stanton, secretary of war in President Lincoln’s and President Johnson’s cabinet. To celebrate the end of the war and to give the people an opportunity to look upon the men who had saved the nation, he suggested that the Army of the Potomac and the Army of the West, then camped near Washington, be formally re viewed in the capital before be ing discharged from service and returned to their homes. Ac cordingly, Gen. U. S. Grant, 'ommander-in-chief, issued an jrcler for the review. Public and private buildings in Washington were decorated for the occasion. Floating flags and draped bunting were everywhere and at prominent places along the line of march were erected triumphal arches covered with floral embellishments. In front of the White House four review ing stands were built, decorated with regimental battle flags and flowers. The school children of the city, the girls dressed in white and the boys in black jack ets and white trousers, were as sembled on the terraces and balconies of the Capitol to sing patriotic songs as the soldiers passed. Shortly before nine o’clock on the morning of May 23 a thrill of expectancy ran through the crowd as the magic word, “Here they come!” passed down the line. The blare of a trumpet, the roll of drums—and down the ave nue came a little group of horse men. At their head rode a beard ed officer, on his shoulder-straps two silver stars. It was Maj. Gen. George Meade, the victor of Gettysburg, who was leading the Army of the Potomac. Be hind him clattered his mounted escort and then in solid rank on rank the men who had fought with Grant at Spottsylvania, at Cold Harbor, in the ^ilderness, and at Petersburg, and the men ho had divided their rations with the men in gray at Appomat tox. Their uniforms were soiled and faded, for there had been no brushing up for this occasion. They marched in the garb in which they had fought. General Meade lifted his sword in salute as he rode past the main reviewing stand in front of the White House. In it sat Pres ident Johnson and members of his cabinet. Grouped around them, in brilliant uniform, were CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT # .. INSECTICIDES BE RID OF ROACHES! Harris Famous Roach Tablets break no nesting places. Clean, odorless, safe to nse anywhere. Thousands of satisfied customers. Send 91.00 for generous package mailed in plain wrap per. Money back if not entirely pleased. 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Back of them stood distinguished officers of the army and navy—Halleck, Meigs, Han cock “the Superb” and Burnside “the Splendid but Unfortunate.” Shortly before three o’clock that afternoon the first day of the parade had ended. It had taken the veterans of the war in the East more than six hours to pass the reviewing stand. On the mor row their brother veterans from the West would have their chance for the plaudits of the crowd. “Before daylight the fire com panies of the city were out water ing the streets for the splendid military display of General Sher man’s army” reads a contempo rary newspaper account of the second day of the review. “At nine o’clock General Sherman, heading the column, marched down Pennsylvania avenue amid the din of huzzas and congratu lations and a hailstorm of bou quets and wreaths.” But if this review represented all the pomp and circumstance of war, there was a reflection of its horror and cruelty, too, in the march of Sherman’s men. 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