AMERICA
FAREWELL TO CITIZEN SOLDIERS. NEW YORK DIVISION PARADES Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. NEW YORK, August 30. There was the greatest enthusiasm at the organised, farewell of American soldiers. The New York Division paraded the length of Fifth Avenue amid the wildest cheers and the tears of the 2,500,000 spectators. All industries and offices were closed down an honour of the occasion. .Thirty thousand soldiers participated in the parade which occupied four hours in passing a given point. DECISIVE VICTORY NECESSARY AMERICA'S GREAT PREPARATIONS. WASHINGTON, August 30. Mr. Daniels, in a speech to the navy, said that he believed that in preparing for a terrible war he was taking the surest means of securing an effective peace, but rumours of peace would not cause us to abate for a moment the activities in increasing the army and strengthening the fleet in every way. America's .sword would not be' sheathed until a decisive victory was obtained.
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Grey River Argus, 1 September 1917, Page 5
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