The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-09-26

ceremonies, the reglr1ental es-
cort Of about 1000 men passed
in. review before His Majesty.
General Pershing, General Bliss,
General Sir Henry Rawlinson
commanding the Fourth British
Army in. addition to a whole host
of smaller fry" major generals
and brigadier generals, whose
two stars and one star seemed
to fade into an indistinguishable
background before four stars
worn by Pershing and Bliss.
At 10 o'clock this morning the
escort of honor formed on the
grassy plot Of an old orchard to
the rear of a still older chateau
rich with tradition and lore of
the by-gone centuries and now
the headquarters of an American
division, with the hollow square
formation. The band took up
its position. Then came a 30
minute wait. Rumor went round
with lightning like rapidity that
the King Of England was coming
to bestow the medals instead Of
General Rawlinson and that his
arrival had been delayed. y
The sun blazed high and bright
over the green and brown fields
that stretched far on each side of
the chateau. In a nearby field,
the golden wheat was bending
with it's load and a quaint little
old man in wooden shoes. and
wide faring trousers was cutting
the grain with an old fashioned
sickle; a bent and wrinkled
old woman gathered the fallen
straws and arranged them into
neat bundles. On the crest Of a
meadowed slope a windmill of
Dutch pattern bent before the
slight breeze that family stirred
the leaves of the chateau orchard
the wide wings of the mill cut
ting the air with maddening pre-
cision. At intervals an airplane
sped overhead to perform one Of
the myraid Of mission that craft
of it's ilk are daily called upon to
do, it's pilot likely unconscious OF
the notables that marked his
flight over them.
Three huge automobiles wheel
ed up the winding roadway of
the chateau and stopped in front
of its pillared entrance. Out
stepped the king and his aides,
including General Rawlinson,
both Respondent in the khaki,
red and gold Of the British field
uniform. The assembly came to
a snappy attention and the strain
of America, but then employed
as the English national anthem,
foated out to the breeze. Cen
eral Pershing stepped up and
was presented to His Majesty by
General Rawlinson as was also
General Bliss. All stood at the
salute as the band played the
Star Spangled Banner.
Then through an escort OF mill
itary police, all standing erect
and proud at~the present arms,
the king with Generals Pershlng
Bliss and Rawlinson passed down
the aisle to the regiment. Those
upon whom the medals were 70
be awarded came forward, halt
inc q short distance from the
table on which were laid the pre-
cious bits Of medal and ribbon
for which these men had risked
their lives to secure. An adult
ant called the name of each man
who stepped forward and salut-
ed. AS each came up in turn the
king pinned on the medals and
shook him by the hand. When
this was completed General Per
shing handed to each man his
engraved certificate proclaimlng
to all the world that he was en-
titled to wear the medal as q part
Of his uniform.
After the presentation cere-
monies the companies came into
line and passed before the King
and the assembled Generals IN
review. The recipients OF the
medals, in special honor, stood
directly behind the King and
General Pershing. Then q bugier
sounded q recall and It was
over.
The entire affair was 9 sight
] shall never forget II was sure
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