Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-08-16
4tIl Of july
in France
ED GEN TRY
Writes About Great
American Demon
stration in Paris

land no honor seem ed to be tt
great to bestow upon it, saw
II French woman run up to an
American Red Cross nurse who
was carrying flag and kiss it in
the most impassioned way say.
ing: Il love it ! love it Ameri.
can soldiers were shOwered with
flowers. Allied soldiers were
everywhere. "Tommy" laughed
at Sammy; Sammy" grinned
at Tommy" and the "poilu'
beamed on both, while the
French ladies' bestowed flowers
aud smiles Oh all petite French
Madamoisell, even pinned a rose
in the button hole of your bus.
band and / meant to send it to
you, but l lost 1t. We reached
the place in time to see all the
French officials arrive in their
carriages, the one bringing the
President being drawn by a span
of nice blacks one of them look
, ing so much like "Rex" that ]
almost thought 1t was he. On the
platform, besides President Poin.
care. were M. Clemenceau, the
! French Prime Minister, David
Lloyd George, the British Prime
Minister. Sir Robert Borden,
Premier of Canada, Marshall
Joffre. the Ambassador from all
the Allied countries, including
our own Am bassador, and nearly
all the Prime Ministers. Also
the President OF the French Sen
ate and Chamber of Deputies and
other high French officials. 1t
was said to be the greatest con.
gregation Of world known state
men gathered in one body since
the war began. 1t was a wonder.
frl meeting TO be held at this
time with the Germans in less
than forty miles The great
statue of Washington, standing
in kind Of Square was showered
with flowers, after some little
girls in white had devoutedly
placed large wreath at the foot
of the monument When they
were through, the monument
looked like a heap of +, ses, carna
lions and every kind of flowers
to be seen. The speeches of ded.
ication and response were cheer.
ed at almost every word. People
Great French aeroplanes pat
rolled the Heavens overhead to
see that no Boche raider had a
chance to disturb. As the cere
mony closed and the three thou
sand american soldiers fresh
from the fighting line, including
two companies of the Marines
who drove back the Germans at
Chateau Thierry. headed by their
military band and escorted by IA
detachment of French. cavalry
made their appearance before the
assembled statesmen, the great
grandstands on either side of
the line of march shook with
cries of "Vive L'Amerique".
Each regi uents colors were
greeted with stor ms of "Bravos'
When u Frenchman ask me what
the blue banner represented and
| told him they were the Marines
FIR ON Chateau Thierry. he almost
went into mysteries. From the
stands, windows and even tops of
houses, roses, da sizes, lilies and
CARNATIONS were showered in
pIofusion upon the smart, clean
shaver. and vet war tired fgh ting
men in khaki. Then followed a
regiment of French soldiers and
last "a compeny of Red Cross
nurses, both receiving great
ovations from the crowd. All
during the parade, a daring
French aviator was charging the
very air with daring feats over
head. Looping the loop, back
ward and forward; making
spiral descents and swOoping
down over the crowd until Il
seemed you could almost touch
him with your hand, the grea,
wings OF his machine glistenlng
in the sun. which thea bursted
from behind clouds. The crowd
then followed the parade To
yther celebration which you no
doubt read about and will take
too long to tel. as they read
most all alike. 1 did not go 10