Veterans March Through Business District Before Carnival

November 12, 1935

Thousands of persons lined the route of march of military and veterans’ organization when they paraded along downtown streets last night at 7 p.m. as the semi-final feature of the 1935 Armistice Day program.

Led by the Seventh Cavalry band from Fort Bliss, veterans’ organizations marched as nits from North Mesa Avenue through the business section to disband at Liberty hall, where Armistice Day celebrators gathered for a dance and carnival, terminating the memorial day schedule.

The Parade

Units in the parade included the Fort Bliss band, national guardsmen, the Marcus B. Armijo Post and Davis-Seamon Post, V.F.W., Disabled American Veterans, American Legion, College of Mines Band, the El Maida Shrine and Salvation Army drum corps. E.E. Wiseman, department commander, V.F.W., was parade marshal.

The Armistice Day program got under way at the El Paso High School Stadium at 11 a.m. yesterday with the assembly of units, some of which participated in last night’s parade, in the stadium.

Dr. D.M. Wiggins, president of the College of Mines, principal speaker, voiced the hope that nations would “some time meet around a conference table to adjust weighty matters,” without resorting to war.

His Opinion

“I do not believe there ever will be an end to conflict between nations but I believe we may hope for the end of physical conflict,” Dr. Wiggins said.

Fourteen El Paso war Mothers, among guests of honor on the speaker’s platform, and the war dead were eulogized by Dr. Wiggins.

Col. George Tyner, Fort Bliss, and Wiseman were other speakers on the program. Col. Tyner, referring to unsettled conditions in Europe and Africa, warned that “no one knows where the present conflagration will lead.” Commercial and colonial expansions underlie the present armed conflict, the officer said. “The struggle for world trade and commerce is acute,” Col. Tyner said.

Wiseman asserted that veterans are opposed to further wars and urged preparedness as the best method to avoid conflict.

Comments

[djcjr3]

Love your posts, read them all the time. Germany rearmed in March, in violation of the Versailles Treaty. In June there was the Anglo-German Naval Agreement, which can be looked upon differently by both sides. The Nuremberg Laws were passed in Germany in 1935, and the Italians invaded Ethiopia in October. All before this speech, it's so interesting to look back on things like this, thanks.