The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-08
City That Once Refused De
Lisle Grave Now Offers
Him the Pantheon.
Special Correspondence 10 TnE srx.

w itN W Wloiu lllt ~ ~ Dtl ttudi
holiday. Remember how the day always
begins with a great military review on
the Ionscha mps r%acecourse in the Bois
de B%oulogne.
After a long day In the country eve
ming comes with several fireworks dis
plays at ariou points in the town. free
performances at the state suhyentioned
theatres and others, ard every open
place. every possible street corner in the
city becomes a dancing room Little
band stands are erected whore two to ten
musicians grind out dance tunes all
night long and everybody dances and
sits round at the cafes until daylight.
Deeper Notc sounded.
All this joyous celebration became I'M
possible In III conditions and II was
feared that the loss of the national hol-
iday might have Il serious effect on the
spirits OF the people. as II must bring
hore to them sharply all that they were
suffering. all that they were enduring -
bravely.
The Government wisely chose this time
to begin a series OF pernissions from the
front. announcing that all men who had
been six months under the colors would
receive four days clear leave, of course
only a limited number being allowed TO
leave at one time. This measure Sreatly
cAeered everybody.
An evening paper, the Bonnet Rouge,
had been for some weeks demanding that
tbs remains OF Rouget de l.isle. COM
poser of La Marseillaise,' he trans
ferred from Choisy-le-Roi. a suburb Of
Paris. to the Pantheon. And the au-
thoritles gladly seized on the idea as a
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needed before any addition can he made
10 the glorious few who res, In the Pam
theon and Parliament had gone for the
usual recess. Besides this 1t VAS 10y no
means certain that the country would
q always consider the author OF the MAR
seil.a!se' worthy OF the Pantheon and so
Il, was decided to transfer the coffin in
'-~ey~srror5 Get TO- ~tre~ .irN'ai.des SS~vasSS
await its transference to the Pantheon.
Although rain spoiled the ceremony
on Tuesday at Choisy-le-Roi when the
coffin wa eXhuncd. Wednesday began
with bright sunshine. From 3 In the
morning the crowd KEEP arriving all
round the Place de rE,oile. lining the
avenue OF the Champ Elysees. the
Alexander III. avenue. the lnralides
Bridge and E~splanade. Around the Arc
de Tr.omphc the troops Of the Paris
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dozens of aeroplanes turned and sailed.
coming down so low that the people
could see the pilots bowling In recognition
OF their cheers.
Suddenly silence fell as the trumpets
and drums sounded "A salute. The process
sion was arriving. This coffin was trans
ferred from the hearse that had brought
It from Choisy-le-Roi in the u car
rage that belonged to the days OF the
First Empire. Seven flags decorated II.
Two sections of an engineer regiment
formed a guard OF honor, as that was
Rouget de Isles regiment.
\ quarter of an hour later the mem
bers Of the Government. headed by Pre-
mier Vlviani. arrived. Even VI BRAND.
who IL not fond OF these ceremonies, was
with them. Then the Diplomatic Corps
arrived In great force every country
lexcept of course the enemy seemed 10
be represented. Ambassador sharp was
there. Then the officials OF the Senate
and Chamber, the representatives OF the
municipality OF Paris, or the Depart
ment OF the Seine. and so on. Lastly the
President arrived. The gun carriage,
with it's six horses. had been Standing
lust In front of Rude's carving repre-
senting the Marseiliaise that d~ecOrates
one SIDE of the Arc de Triomphe. Then
Mile. Delna and VI. Alhers of the
Opora Comique sang alternate verses
Of the great war song, accompanied ny
the band OF the Republican Guard. ana
All Joined IN the chorus Two flags were
laid on the coffin. one belonging to the
young men who will form the class OF
1917 and the other TO the veterans OF
Choisy-le-Roi.
Rouget de I.isle written by himself
de rIsle' sometimes n even De
Isle" hut de Isle on legal documerts)
died in 1896 and was buried on the prop
erty of his friend Gen. Blein, at Choisy
le-Ro!. In 1852 a law ~forbidding burial
places on private property caused his re-
mains to he transferred to the old Gene
terry OF Choisy-le-Roi. The cemetery was
disafrected in 1860 n schools were
built on the site. The coffin MAS then
transferred TO the new cemetery, after
being placed in a stone sarcophagus. An
oak coffin was placed over the sar-
cCphtgus for Wednesdays ceremony. The
transfer to the Pantheon will, therefore,
be the fourth change for the body OF tho
author OF THE Marseillaise."
Origin of "Thc Narsrtlinise."
Within recent years, comparatively
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