Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1902-05-26
Refers to Washington's oOmpatriOt IS
Flower of the French Army,
MATURE IN JUDGMENT, WISE IN COUNSEL
Loubet Delegates Put in Busy Day and
Leave Capital for Niagara.
PRESIDENT AND PARTY ON HORSEBACK
Like similar Occasion During Prince
Henry's visit, MIR. Roosevelt and
His Friends Are Drenched
by Rain.

of the French mission which came to
| Washington to attend the ceremonies In
! cident TO the unveiling Of the Rochambeau
! statue finished their visit here today and
/ tonight left the city for Niagara Falls on
| their weeks tour of the east before sailing
! for home There were no formal ovations
/ on the program for the day, but the Wis
! itors found every minute OF their timo
! occupied in attending divine services, re-
turning numerous calls, official and other
wise. and in drives about the city and
suburbs.
| Ambassador Cambon accompanied the
members OF the mission to st. Patricks
| church at 10 o'clock in the morning, where
! low mass was said by Rev. DR.. Mangien
| OF Baltimore, Right Rev. Mgr. Rocker or
the apostolic delegation and other priests
assisting. The visitors wore the uniforms
| of their rank.
| Cardinal Gibbons preached a short ser
mon. He spoke briefly of the French mis-
sonaries who had crossed the seas to
| America and preached the God-speed to the
aboriginal inhabitants, carrying the torch
of faith in one hand and the torch OF
civilization in the other.
Appropriate Thanksgiving.
1t was meet and proper that the sons of
France should assemble in the temple OF
|
great things which had been accomplished
by their countrymen in this hemisphere in
| the cause of religion and civilization.
OF Rochambeau, Cardinal Gibbons said in
part:
| without detracting from the merits OF
| his brothers in arms, / can affirm that
/ Kochambeau was the flower of the French
| allied army. Mature In years, experienced
in military campaigns, veteran OF the
seven years war, calm, deliberate, self
| DOSSeSSed. q
| Washington's own heart-the general on
whose counsel and prudence he could rely
| more than on that OF any other COM
When the American troops under wash
| ington and the French forces under
| Rochambeau were on the march to York
town, Washington gallantly prepared to
army. Rochambeau gracefully declined
| the honor and in doing so he followed the
rus he received a. %e ro
| government that he should always snbordi-
| in-chief.
CornwaIIis Hemmed In.
The army of CORVALLIS was surrounded
on land by the French and American
| by the fleet of Admiral De Grasse, which
| guarded the Chesapeake bay, and thus the
defeat or t5e Engnsh S1mmahaer ma was was m,
| Washington. The capitulation of Corn
wallis was the most decisive event OF the
May the friendship subsisting between
France and Americas friendship co-eval
! to which we owe our very existence as an
| independent, sovereign power-may this
pand oi BY the
iron bonds OF commerce and by the golden
republics OF the world so hand in hand in
the march of liberty, and progress ana
civilization. And may the monument
the nation ever remind the American citi-
zen who will contemplate Il OF the ever
los finnr dabf Of oraf Nuh fha 1taA
States owes TO France.
The weather was very warm during the
afternoon and some of the visitors pre-
ferred to rest while others made calls or
took rides about the city and suburbs.
Several of the party, including the Count
and Countess de Rochambeau and tho
Count De Lafayette. visited the beautiful
Arlington cemetery and Fort Myer near
the city. They were escorted through the
grounds by Captain Lewis Of the Second
cavalry.
Ride Horseback with President.
quite unexpected feature OF the after.
noon, and one which pleased the visitorI
very much, was an invitation from Presl-
dent Roosevelt to accompany him and sew
eral others on a horseback ride. The en-
tire party assembled In front Of the White
House about o'clock the visitors In thelE
uniforms making very pretty picture in
the bright afternoon sunlight. A pho
tograph was taken OF the group while there.
The president guided the party through the
northern section OF the city until they
reached the Geological park.
While in the park a storm began to
gather and the party came home at a lively
canter. The rain overlook them. how
ever, and before reaching their stopping
place the entire party was drenched. Those
on horseback were President Roosevelt, his
son Theodore and daughter Alice, Secretary
Root and Senator Lodge, and the following
members OF the Rochambeau mission: Gen.
eral Brugere, Vice Admiral Fournier, Gen.
eral Chalendar and Captain Lasson.
During the recent visit Of Prince Henry
OF Prussia to Washington he was the guest
! OF the president on a horseback ride. On
that occasion also a heavy rainstorm over
took them on their return and they were
obliged TO hasten home, in the meantime
getting a severe wetting.
The party left Washington at 1880 to-
night for Niagara Falls via the Pennsyi-
vania railroad. Those going included all
the members OF the mission, Ambassador
and Nine. Cambon. and the members OF the
STAFF Of the French embassy and the presi-
dents commission.
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