Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-06-20

jAshandboysAre takhg part in the
|lwdhd VAr, ells he NJ Mothers day
&asA AsbAefyedfby theEShve-drab clad
Americans, %ho. for tbe. first Tins
1spent this obserya1ce in a foreign
coun8y0i OK INl]L ~ Au6d
i-=-.am-nruef signsd BY si:i|s General General Perish:
ipg came out fpqmNgeperal bsadqqari
tiers that S6a6ky$ MayA fN sh6d{d
tdSfBSasssIsfaaII &e$s B 5saItlon, sa'
airy forces. The ehaplains of the reg
imte1nnts4r preached a on the heroisne OF
lnnopthefhoadn nnptthbteaflhho9agdln andi oSutha7i American
m9tthherh9od that SENDS its rsopst even
200 miles across ,theo seas, asths
IrTotherso ct the 65th sartipsry have
fpne, to fight for the afutureiUn for
eignh soll,R 20 lood9s siGro1ils) odt
|, The men wrote GGMotheFis letters, y
which Which IS, marked mpa1rfk ohaYe,ipreOedenca
oyer All other postal matter in sEu-
rope and ind the, states, and will be
expidited through thal postal chan
nelsi with the. greatest possible speed,
that the mothers I of, f,dAmerica may
ltfhow what their sons were doing and
thlinlkingbon Mothersl da9 in France.
Mothers day, or lie, Fetet des Meres,
as the French sayrswas algala oeca-
sion in the little town where the bulk
OF the men of the 65th artillery are
stationed, The band came, over from
its neighboring, billet and, furnished
the music for a church service and a
concert in the, afternoon. nj ,dmt
Chaplain A. X, Mathews, standing
CT an Ia ancient stone wall beneath
the 1sycamQres that border the public
place, or square, preached to the
regiment Of their mothers, the brav-
est soldiers Of all time he said. He
called upon the men to remember
their obligations To- the, women who
had given and suffered more, far
more, for them than they were giyr
ing for, their county, e sr.dqe
Men think more of their mothers
and Of their God here than they do
at home, because they are farther
from thsformere ndgnearer'the lat
Ter, perhaps, and the sermon had
tremendous effect upon the men, call
ing them, to- a realization Of their
most elemental obligations, 5m
In the afternoon the band gave a
public concert in the 3equare. The
French populace, large portion of
which B.. had heard the mornings
church service, was out in a. body and
applauded happily the American airs
and popular and patriotic songs
Which the band played and in which
many Of the men Joined The citi1
zens, here are very. enthusiasti&about
the troops and, give them every cour-
tesy and kindness, 1t was the Ameri-
cans turn TO- impressed3 however, !.
when the band, in concluding, swung
into the inspiring thunder of ythe
Marseillaise, The men. in1tribute to
the anthem of an ally came to, the
salute. m The French Y heumany' woE
menland the old men. in their smocks
and fsabots, bowed their bare heads
like The peasants in Milletis Angelus
While that song, , throhbing with the
spritp of the yFEenchrepub bic, sounded
through, the ccobbled streets, the 1tiIes
roof cottages and the -worldttowna
,Me town bhas fchangeduin no 3detailg
save through the work of the AmerlD
cams ! since it heard that noble song
at the time of it's inception, the beo
ginning ief sthe great travail sofR the
1nirths ofdths French republic, (which
we npwheall oLas Franco 1dmmortelIeRr
Att parade thatiinightathe peopleJ
cameSagain. sThes mayor OF the towns
asker LieutsColonelt Be- AllKerfoot.9
sompnttandingsthe localy1detactimeht,
for permission torgise the men fl6%-C
Iersi That granted ngIadiy, ltheaiittieT
girls Of the SvillageSpassed along the
oiH!veItdrab files and pinned a buttons.
hole, bouquet -on-the coat -of-each
man and afficeFsand broagbbt9 thsg
lieutenant4ccbhet huge BOUQUET az
large asa ,washtqbg S'Then d sspeecn
~ tn sAnay III and thanks W the Com Com
Tanding officer, and the Marseillaise
followed ijsahe1stars spangled Banner amer
cnded afs ceremony. G 9ir'i'an' o.
"Aon ths %hoie,g Mothers a aaSyg, vt was al
one Of inspiration to the men and Of
a cioseriweldihgS OF the friendship iT9bb Be- 4
tw9en the'FfeHch 'pOplatiOm and 4Rs,
lthen who have come oygeerseasI Ks try try'