. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . te our going overthe top, by 200 per cent. The paradewas, without a doubt, the largest demon-stration of its kind ever held in this partof the state, and was headed by super-intendent Jackson, members of hi? staffand city officials. The floats were beau-tiful and the amount of work put on themwas remarkable. While the procession had numerousfeatures, nothing was more strikingthan the 100 per cent, banners on thefloats representing the various depart-ments of the railroad. Among the floats that attracted par-ticular attention was a huge Britishtank, con
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . te our going overthe top, by 200 per cent. The paradewas, without a doubt, the largest demon-stration of its kind ever held in this partof the state, and was headed by super-intendent Jackson, members of hi? staffand city officials. The floats were beau-tiful and the amount of work put on themwas remarkable. While the procession had numerousfeatures, nothing was more strikingthan the 100 per cent, banners on thefloats representing the various depart-ments of the railroad. Among the floats that attracted par-ticular attention was a huge Britishtank, constructed by the machine shopemployes, which was an exact repro-duction of the real thing. This, to-gether with a large cannon on a truck,constructed by the boiler shop employes,furnished the shocks that made peoplethink they were ^over there as theyhad constructed them so they wouldshoot, and they certainly did plenty of it. The hanging of the Kaiser was ofunusual interest to everyone, and con- 34 THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO EMPLOYES MAGAZINE. STORES DEPARTMENT FLOAT IN PARADE AT GARRETT, IND. templation of such a situation in reallife seemed to please the people alongthe line of march. The man posing asthe Kaiser was as perfect an image of hisR. H. as we have ever seen. In fact, helooked so much like ^Bill that manyof the people in charge of the paradewere a little uneasy for fear someonemight lose their head and take a potshot at him. The office forces were well represented,displaying a 100 per cent, banner. Thecar department float carried Uncle Samand Columbia. The cab and tank shophad an army field kitchen car. Thenight roundhouse force had an airplanebuilt on a bicycle. The stores depart-ment had an automobile made into alocomotive. The same department alsohad a float carrying a base armored car was made })y employesof the tin shop and look(id hke the realthing. Another float that was verygood was one from the blacksmith shop,a typical blacksmith shop on a float,wit
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