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Similar image on August 21, 1917 at the stairs of New York City Hall. (catalog.archives.gov/id/26431636) Belgian Mission in New York City. Baron Moncheur, head of the Belgian Mission, center, the other members of the Mission and the Mayor's Reception Committee, Mayor John Purroy Mitchel is on the Baron Moncheur's left, at the City Hall, New York City

Ceremony on May 30, 1917 to officially launch the U.S.S. Recruit in Union Square. See


According to the New York Times account, 200 members of the American Junior Naval and Marine Scouts, under the command of Commodore L.E. Trimm and Col. I. W. Irving, were on hand as an honor guard.

Thanks for the information Art Siegel. We'll add some of it to the record the next time we update.

There is a picture of this event without the obliteration at query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9405EEDB133BEE... Better names from NYT accounts of City Hall event Oct. 16, 1917. Dr. Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, "Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada (August 12, 1871, New York City, New York, United States – March 28, 1939, Vedado, Havana, Cuba) was a Cuban writer, politician, diplomat, and President of Cuba." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Manuel_de_C%C3%A9spedes_y_Qu... Phya Prabha Karavongse of Siam, Don Belisario Poras of Panama, "Belisario Porras Barahona (28 November 1856, Las Tablas – 28 August 1942, Panama City). Panamanian journalist and politician. He served three terms as President of Panama soon after its independence from Colombia." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belisario_Porras_Barahona Sen. Fletcher is Duncan U. Fletcher. "Duncan Upshaw Fletcher (January 6, 1859 – June 17, 1936) was an American lawyer and politician of the Democratic Party. Senator Fletcher was the longest serving U.S. Senator in Florida's history." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_U._Fletcher "Richard Irvine Manning III (August 15, 1859 – September 11, 1931) was a politician from the U.S. state of South Carolina. He served as a state legislator and as the 92nd Governor of South Carolina." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Irvine_Manning_III query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9407E6D7113BE0... query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9F07EED7113BE0...

Thanks for spelling out the fuller names and for the link to a better version of the picture. We'll add information to the description.