New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-04
Hail French lars,
Guests Of City at Garden
Thousands More Of Enthusiastic New Workers Turned
Away-Visitors Enjoy Big Sporting Exhibition,
but Are Themselves Show for Big Crowd

at a signal, every marine and sailor Of
his command drew his bayonet and held
it above his own head.
In the midst of the cheering that
followed the orchestra struck up "La
Marscllaisc" and the audience Joined
in.
The programme arranged for the Wis
itOrs possessed all the variety, pep"
and speed that could have been de-
manded by the most exacting audi
cnce. 1t included such stars as doc
Roller, who unsuccessfully sought TO
place Frank 5. Leavitt, heavyweight
wrestling champion of the United
States army on the mat; Doyle and
Dixon, the rube dancers of Century
Theatre fame. and numberless boxing
favorites from The Bronx TO Flatbush
and from Reno to Baltimore.
The visiting French fighters lost
nothing because of their failure to
understand the peppery announcement
Of the official announcer, since DR.. W.
de Kerlor translated them all into
French. He translated with such fidel-
ity as to explain that The Bronx
favorites were from "a far distant
part of New York" and that certain
other favorite was from the Italian
district
Mr.. Malone, who not only took
charge OF ceremonies, but refereed
several boxing bouts, explained the
purpose Of the festivities.
Here TO Honor the Sailors"
we come here TO honor the sailors,
the memory and the glories of France"
he said. Every citizen of this Re
public is glad of the opportunity 10
pay back small part of the debt we
owe to France.
France to-day has called upon this
young Republic not only 70 aid in
clearing the German submarines from
the seas, but TO plant the Stars and
Stripes upon the firing line and
Just how this sentence was 10 have
been finished was not known. because
the applause that greeted the reference
to sending an army TO France was so
great that NJ. Malone got no further.
He permitted his speech to end right
there
At the conclusion OF the programme
Mr.. Malone called upon the French
Consul General here. Castor Liebert'
who spoke from his box.
"ln the name of the sailors and sol
diers OF France | wish to thank YOU for
this wonderful festival" he said. 1T
may interest you TO know that more
than one-third OF the men here tonight
have been fighting on the battlefelds
of Belgium since the very beginning of
the war Many Of them have been
wounded. some again and again.
~ am now going TO ask them 20 give
three cheers for America
The visiting Frenchmea raised their
voices in a better imitation Of three
lusty American cheers than anybody
thought possible. \ moment later al
officer of the detachment OF American
marines on the opposite side Of the
house arose and called for three cheers
for the French navy. The three cheers,
in which everybody joined. ended IN
another storm of applause that lasted
for several minutes.
Before leaving the Garden the fusil-
liers and marines marched twice abou.
the inside of the structure, three bug
lers playing the breloc as they passed
the cheering crowds. The entire audi
ence remained standing and cheering
until the last Frenchman had marched
out OF the building and started for the
Battery.