Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-08-30

licking and everything. Early y
q the morning all was astir. t
.reat crowds were congregating r
or the big parade and inaugu- (
alton exercises. Doubtless you
lave read that France has done
,ur country distinct honor, asl
we'll as our president, by naming
,ne of her capitals pretty thor
avenue du President
The dedication and
Inauguration of this street at the
Washington monument was an
impressive and historic scepel
and the official group and dis-l
tinguished guests at this cere-|
mony were decidedly cosmopoli-
tan. The official group included
President Poincaire, the presi-
dent of the Senate, the president
of the Chamber of Deputies,
Premier Clemenceau and num-
erous members of the govern
ment. America was represented
by Ambassador Sharp, the staff
of the Embassy, and others of
note included Major Perkins of
the Red Cross and E. w. Carter
of the Y. M. C. A. The British
group included Premier Lloyd
George, Lord Derby the hmbas-
sador and quitea few other nota-
bles. There were also present
the Prime Minister of Canada,
Prime Minister of Australia, and
the Prime Minister of New Zea-
land.
After the ceremony came the
grand parade, and grand it was
indeed. Our boys from the front
who came down to participate in
the march showed wonderful
training. They marched like
West Pointers and made quite a
hit. Our heroes from Chateau.
Thlery with their tin hats
many of them dented-m marched
like veterans. | have never seen
a parade that equalled it. In.
deed | never felt such an incllna
ton to be real soldier. l crav.
ed a gun and helmet. | tel
you 1t was inspiring. The boys
looked fine. carried themselves
lsplendid and were a determined.
on-to-Berlin expression that wor
the admiration of the thousands
lot spectators who were there tc
greet them and see them pass
The crowd of spectators tina,
lined this big wide street thai
would make our Pennsylvania
Avenue in Washington look like
a path beside it was immense
and l believe just as dense as an
inauguration day crowd in Wash.
Iington. They were very en-.
thusiastic too and shouts OF
"Vive lAmerique" and "Vive
IFrancaise'. could be heard
from all sides. Gee, it makes
one feel good to hear a grateful
people like the French shout
"Vive l'Amerique."
The march was almost inter-
rupted by girls, women and men
Iwho wanted to lavish flowers on
the boys in khaki. Indeed many
a girl proved herself a heroine
by running the guantlet" be-
tween the officers who tried and
struggled hard to keep the way
clear for the march. France is
vertible flower garden and the
people surely like to bestoW flow
ers. Washington monument was
practically hidden at The base by
a deluge of flowers. I felt quite
proud to have policeman come
up to me and put a flower on my
coat in memory, he said, of the
fourth of July. All tile "Yanks'
were wearing roses or flowers of
some kind given to them by
some one. l tell you it was a
pretty thing to sec how those
splendid people treated us that
day and helped us to celebrate.
In the afternoon the Y. M. C.l
A. conducted a field and track
meet on the athletic field just |
outside of the city and thousands
of people turned out for it. They
had some splendid races. how.
ever the French champions car
ried off most of the victories. AL
ball game followed the track
meet and that night a splendid
program was pulled off for the
French and American
soldiers (about five hundred of
tllem) at one of the largest the
aires in Paris. The wounded
soldiers were brought to and frol
in specially provided automo-