Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-06-02
FRENCH KEEP nHfRiCAES GNasLo
|, GREEN AS TRIBUTE TO ARMY'S VALOR
Palm Sunday Brings Out Thongs to Cemeteries and @Bus" Is
Freely Scattered Over Resting Places Of General Persnos
Heroes-crowds Bare Heads in Silent Honor
TO Comrades In Arms.

ing there. but on the crosses abov,
them there was the name and organi
Entidn OF each Of them and that wal
enough.
Somehow ! seemed 10 have been &c
quainted with them for a long time
and could almost picture how they
had looked when they landed oveI
here. So I read the names OF then
oil and placed my little piece Of buis
upon the grave Of one Arthur Il. Peter.
son Of the - Ambulance company.
Tribute 20 Americans
Mile. Therese decorated each OF the
others in the same silent way that ]
had done. For a few moments no one
seemed 10 have anything 10 say. and n
deep silence prevailed until mademol-
selle had decorated the last. saying as
she did so:
Les pauvres gnrcons. lis s0nt venus
81 loins pour MOURN (The poor boys |:
they have come so far 10 die).
"Mals lis ont fnis de sounrier seux
In. cest a leur pauvres meres que je
pense, moi" said Nine. Reyeillon.
(Their suffering Is over; II is OF their
poor mothers that am thinking).
When could trust myself TO speak
! tried 10 smile my appreciation Of
their generosity, and said:
But there are hundreds Of your
Poilus here
-Ah. oui.- said monsieur, "but we
are very fortunate in having them
here near us, while these parents back
In America have not had the oppor-
tunity TO even bid them goodby."
Their sorrow. their respect and their
were profound and sincere.
II Is beyond my capacity 20 describe II
further. Here were mothers mourning
the loss Of other mothers whom they
had never seen, did not know, nor
would they ever know. II was not 50
much foe the sons that lay buried
there but those that were left behind
to mourn. All these women had
the loss Of some kin since
1914 and their sympathy was genuine.
All Pause In Silence.
There were other persons In the
cemetery who had come 20 honor their
lead In the same way and as / looked
they all stopped and read "A nos
les Americana paused
md In silence gazed at the crosses and
passed on.
This was Palm Sunday. but I had
forgotten that and found myself be-
leving II Memorial day back home.
We left the field and continued on 10
he garden on the outskirts Of the
own. Here some two hours later as
NE sat In front Of the malsonnette
II one end OF the garden. mademolselle.
struggling through q sentence In Eng
Iish. was suddenly interrupted by a
volley Of rife fire.
"Ecoutez :" (listen) she said. "Qu'est
que c'estT' (what Is thatD Another
Volley and then another. No one
stirred. A bugle note struck the air.
lie clarion" said mademoiselle, and
lgnin complete silence.
From far away IL came. but In the
intense silence II was easily distin-
unstable. and when the last note had
He'd away mademolselle turned 10 me |
nd said: quest cue c'estT'
After a second found my voice and |
vas Just about 70 explain when
''Ecoutezl-
Another volley. followed by two
Dore. Again the clarion. And again |
said: -Qu'ess que c'estf-
Final Sad RteS
Well I knew what Il was. and before |
could tell her In my mind ] could
,lainly see the open grave exposing
or the moment It's contents: the FIR
ne squad with rifles pointed over the
lpening: the corporal giving the words
Il command. The final note OF taps"
Idded the last touch OF sadness 20 the |
picture and | told mademoiselle as
'est could the meaning Of II all. She
las been working IN n hospital since
he beginning OF the war. so she IN
lerstoOd very readily.
Monsieur wns M the other end OF
he garden and had only stopped his
work Just long enough 10 look M at
he firing. and. not understanding |
went back TO his work. Now he came /
~, declaring he was tired aud DID not /
feel Ike doing any more work that |
afternoon. Nine Toilet insisted we
visit her garden before we go home. |
70 we put up the chairs and left