The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-07-05
REVIEW BY PERSHING
General Accompanied by
President POincare and
High Officials.
OUR FLAG EVERYWHERE
Hoover Made Commander Of
Legion of Honor and F. r.
COudert an Officer.

PARIS, July An France celebrated
the Fourth OF July. Paris turned out q
crowd that no American city ever sur
passed for size, enthusiasm and profu-
sion of Stars and Stripes. A battalion
OF the first American expeditionary force
about to leave for training behind the
battle front had its first official review
In France and was the centre of the
celebration.
Everywhere the American flag was
flying from public buildings, hotels and
residences. and automobiles, cabs and
carts. horses brides and the lapels of
pedestrians carried them. The crowds
began early to gather at vantage points,
Rue de Varenne was chol1ed long before
o'clock this morning, when the Repub-
lican Guards band executed a field
reveille under Gen. Pershing's windows,
and all routes toward the Invalides wers
thronged even before Pershing's men
turned out.
About the court Of honor. where the
Americans we're drawn up with de-
buildings overfiowed with crowded hu-
manity to the roofs. All around the
khaki clad men from the United States
were trophies and souvenirs of war
German cannon, airplanes, machine
guns and many appliances for making
suffocating gas. Behind them in the
chapel separating the court OF honor
from Napoleon's tomb were German bat
tie flags, trophies or the Marine and AL
hal 90
Reviewed by Pershing.
There in the chapel before the tomb
of Napoleon Gen. Pershng received
American flags and banners from the
hands OF President Poincare. Almost
the entire history OF the struggles OF
tho French against the Germans looked
down upon the scene from paintings
portraying heroic incidents in French
battles from Charlemagne to Napoleon.
There was a sharp contrast between the
khaki and plain wide brimmed hats OF
Pershings men and the gay dress OF
dArtagnan's plumed musketeers and
Napoleon's grenadiers.
The enthusiasm OF the vast crowd
reached its highest pitch when Gen.
Pershlng. escorted by President Poin-
care, Marshal Joffre and other high
French dignitaries passed along review
ing the lines of the Americans drawn
up in square formation. Cheering broke
out anew when the American band
struck up the "Marseillaise," and again
when the French band played The
Star Spangled Banner and Pershing re-
ceived the flags from the President.
"Vivent les Americans Vive
Pershing Vivent les Etats-Unis"
shouted over and over by the crowd
greeted the American standard bearers
as they advanced.
The crowd that had waited three
hours to witness the ceremony, which
was over In fifteen minutes, Surged to-
ward the exit cheering frantically after
tho departing Americans and trying to
break through a Gordon Of police. Out
side a greater throng that covered the
entire esplanade of the lnvalides TOOK
up the cheers as Pershlng's men marched
away.
The crowd IN tho Court OF Honor tried
to follow the soldiers, but the throng out
side was so dense and the exits 50 small
that 1t was half an hour before the
people could get out. The Cours de la
Refine from Alexander Bridge to the
| Place de Ia Concorde was black with
| people, all Of whom seemed to want To
! rush up to the men and embrace them
as they marched by. When the last
man had passed great crowds surged
| from both sides to the middle Of the
street, breaking through the police guard
and blocking traffic for a long time be-
hind the marching column.
Hoover Honored.
More people were massed In the Tuile-
ries Gardens than on the Esplanade des
Invalides. Few OF them could get n
| glimpse of the parade, but all joined in
! a tremendous outburst OF cheering when
music from the Republican Guard band
announced the approach Of the troops
and the cheering did not diminish in
volume until the last man in the line
had disappeared from view of the Car
dens down the Rue de RIvoli.
Herbert c. Hoover was accorded on
the occasion of the anniversary OF
American independence the cross of the
commander OF the Legion of Honor by
President Po!ncare in recognition OF Mr.
Hoover's services In provisioning Bel
gium and northern France, Whitney
Warren OF Boston and Frederic Il. Cou.
dert of New York received the cross OF
officer of the Legion. William a. Comm
of New York. artist; General Manager
Pratt of the Belgian Relief Commission
who Is also manager of the relief clear,
ing house In New York for Poland, and
DR.. Ralph Fitch OF Rochester, head
physician OF the Franco-American Hos.
pltal at st. Valery-en-Caux, were named
knights o. the Legion of Honor.
The French press observed the day b.
filling many columns with articles. pho
tographs and cartoons giving every i'm
aginable kind of information in regar(
to American customs and history. Tn,
Petit Pdristen prints in large type, un
der the double column heading "Viv,
rAmerique," the sentiments expressed b,
Major-Gcn. Pershing, Ambassador
sharp. Marshal Joffre. Premier Rbot
Rene Viviani. Minister of Justice Pau
pa!nleve, MinisteY OF War. Prof Henr
Bergson and others, Major-Gen. Perish
ing said:
"This day is the anniversary OF tn
Declaration OF Independence by tn
! United States. 1t also marks the eISSS7
, OF our country in the great world war
; America is in the war TO lend moral
material ane financial hsl0 e-asrd es