Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-09


an BEHALF Of General sibert, COM
" mander Of the first American contingent
arriving in France, Brigader Genera
| ---- and Colonel --- today visited head
quarters Of the division Of French Chas-
| seurs Alpns. who have devoted weeks III
| tr lining the Sammec force that landed III
French port during June last.
The purpose was the presentation of a
| divisional French flag. or fanion, hand
| somely embroidered with the colors and the
| proud front record OF these crack French
soldiers. In formally handing the fanion
! TO the chasseurs, Brigadier General -
spoke as follows:
"To the officers and Men Of the -
Division, Chasseurs Alpins: I have been
delegated by General Sibert and the officers
OF the First American division as their
spokesman in presenting this testimony Of
our high esteem and admiration for your
division, as well as our gratitude for the
valued aid given us in training by your
marvellous troops.
We came to France in response TO the
urgings Of n great cause. It has been our
pleasure and profit TO have been associated
with YOU and TO have been permitted to profit
by your instruction. Each and every one
OF you officers. noncOmmssioned officers
and privates. has worked with us in con-
scientious and fraternal spirit unparalleled,
and we have thus benefited to n high degree
D
we hardly know how TO find medium
Tor expression of thanks and appreciation
Tor your amiable cooperation. your con-
slant courteSes and consideration. But we
can say, in great gratitude. that aside
from instruction i'm modern warfare, you
nave given us evidence of much else. and
that engraved within our hearts warm
place Is hencefOrth to be yours. You have
become for us much more than friends and
aiiles' since you have truly become our
brothers united in n great common cause
for which in L little time we shall proudly
give our all. We are awaiting anNiously
the day when we can enter the trenches. TO
there light barbarian enemy whose aim
mas been to soil and violate everything that
Is spelled In the words honor humanity
and civilization and when that hour comes
we VIII try to prove worthy Of the brotherly
ana hihdly aid you have given us"
II my heart is anywhere with this army,
II Is with the marines Perhaps it is be-
cause | love the sea and that even rerc.
Tar enough inland, there Is something Of the
smell OF salt about their outfit Perhaps II
IS because among their officers | have
found old friends who know and love Phila-
delphia through having lived in it. and i'm
some cases still maintaining 4 home there
At any rate. there is no one camp among
these somewhere in France that visit with
more pleasure and where l receive a more
genuine welcome than a certain marine
regiment where the headquarters latch |
string is always out for me. The other day |
| packed a few things in a Kit bag and
motored over . their camp
Sort or thought you'd he over soon
AGAIN SAID the colonel in command "Had |
a hunch this morning you'd come today |
AT any rate, we are going to have corn |
bread for dinner and what's more. some |
thlng that wont taste unlike good old !
Philadelphia scraUDle What dn va, tI,i,,l. |
Of that?" > '''N
Where in the name of Sam Hill did YOU |
get it?' | asked
Never mind that" he answered Just |
YOU wait ana taste 1t. 1t is not a dinner !
iish at home, but out here it's the chef
Ioeuvre"
So we went into the gIlley. for the
Kitchen OF a marine is a galley always /
upon sea or land. And, sure enough there
was big slab Of something that looked
IKE ScrappIe and, better STILL tasted like it
wren served at the officers mess What
lid to it was a caution. After dinner
-olonel --- told me this story:
Inc cook in that galley is some cool,
AlSo he comes from Philadelphia. Also he
likes scrapple. And the combination
worked on his mind until the other day
he came to me and said:
" Colonel, we have cornmeaI and ,ro
have hog. and I've been monkevinr Win
mem until ! have built something that
am unlike that good scrapple used TO
guy Tor you IN Farmers Market"
Among the Slmmees | have found \
iuapiain VINO speaks French wth an ac.
cent like Spanish COW, but not,yithstanJ /
ng, in quite some grammatica; aLiIit,. ~
las hade a special study Of French ella ssire |
tiu can quote De Musset, for instance nv
he yard. And he has fallen hard for, tbe
udISeHlalse' During the last week he has
,eeh ehdeaNorlng TO translate it into Eng
ish as song. Today he admitted bo ia
1een unable to perform the oneratio,, %H
Iuse the substance of Rouget de TisIeSs
immortal work won't bear turning into an.
'ther language without certain gaucheria
NeNertheless l marveled, and | asked
,II I'm II Gouiu transcribe verse and the
,dd: mere
io soldier Of the land
rhe day of glory is here:
against us the bloody standard Of tyraunv
Is raised E'"'''S
lear YOU In the fields
The believing OF these ferocIous soI5t.
'omng even to our homes
70 cut the thrOats Of our .cbiIdror ara
companions. '"U
Now all l have to say Is, that ~ ,,o,,
cad and understand French, YOU will vae,, |
'eNerul xmas OF tears. For the dear chan.
ain has made a purely literal TRANSLATED,
NhichA Adistorts the intent Of this im,nortaI
lym by a thousand miles SuU. I co,,Id
rot tell him without offense: and as
Promised to send IL to the EVENING LEpGER
so do. But IL my editors print n tbe
rhine is on their heads and not mine as
mere medium Of transmission.
II would do you good to be able TO mount
1 magic carpet and be whisked across The
blue to see that which 7 saw this afternoon
In quaint old town of winding hiIy
streets so narrow that two teams could nor
pass each other, you would come II ,o,1r
wind was good and you mounted a s,aen
grade, to great square surrounded bS,
ancient gray stone houses topRed with red
lied roofs in varying angles. could tan
'ou their very type. but II I did I niobt
get In bad with the censor, since arcbitecs
lure betrays something of section. All
may say then. is that this town is some
where in France.
In the midst % the square there rts..
, statue In bronze, a heroic-sized statue 80
one OF the great Of France. You VouId
know to Whom and why II had been erectsd
In honor could but tell you the name o.
II is International, Worldwide and NOR
Here thought again OF the censor cIrbs tha
desire at the ends of my fingers as
pound these keys.
But cannot you see the town the so,,ara
the statue on its pedestal of aranife9 s,,,,,.,