The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-05-30
we're HEROES OF GREAT WAR
Detachment of F'Blue Devils Slip
Away from Hero Worshiping Crowds
at Great Lakes = Come Here and
Dine With Chamber of Commerce.

Kenosha wOrshiped at the shrine of
French heroisln after two glorious hours
on Tuesday afternoon when detach-
ment of the famous Blue Devils,'> the
men of France, who fought the Germans
to standstill at the Marne, the Somme
and at Verdun, marched down Main
street and received the pIaudits of the
people of KenoSha. They cano un-
nouneed and Kenosha had no chance to
give them the welcome that thew we're
entitled to, but in a feeble way Keno
sha told these men that it appre-
eiated the things they had done to
bring world democracy nearer
1t was the most distinguished bOdy
Of fighters that had ever been seen in
Kenosha- There were ten of them and
they swung off iitney bus past after
five o cloek In the evening and in
minute they were the tfobserved Of all
observers. This detachment of the
famous heroes of France were among
the ninety-ffve who have been touring
America to boost war propaganda and
they just naturally tired Of hero wor-
ship and slipped away from t'a crowds
at the Great E.akas y Station
and came to Kenosha.
They dSdn t want 10 be entertained:
they just wanted to get away from it
all and sport like boys hack IN the
fields of France. They accepted with
smiles the plaudhts of the people; they
shook hands and saluted. and didn t care
bit if the small boys walked right up
to them and fingered the Cross of France
which many Of them wore proudly.
They even gave Kenosha chance to
shake hands with man who wore the
Cross of the Legion of Honor and
they paid no attention to the fact that
number of them wore the British
Service Order.
They wore their blue tam o'shanter
caps jaaintilly on their heads and their
blue uniforms all covered with the
honors of war extracted crowds wher-
ever they stopped.
They may be the "most vieions''
men that an army ever sent 10 the
trenches, but at that they had come
back with smile and they looked like
boys here in Kenosha. They may have
cut hundred and fifty notches in the
barrel of their guns, but in Kenosha
they were all smiles and gentleness.
1t took Kenosha an hour to learn
that the most distinguished fighters in
the world were paying the city a visit
and then crowds thronged the streets
seeking chance to shake their hands
and mutter some word of patriotic ap-
probation. Of course the Blue Devils
did not know what the men and women
were saying to them.
The Chamber of Commerce did the
honors for Kenosha and took the boys
over for dinner. They knew that one
of the biggest receptions ever given a
soldier was waiting for them in Chi
cago, but they elected to stay in
Kenosha and they stayed until late
in the evening
In the party visiting Kenosha were:
Joseph Pattier, Ernest Destrsd, Gilbert
Cattagneau, Louis Garteik, Leon
O'Claude, Vincent Oinqunt, Louis
Richelet and Jean Tricon.
These fellows have been a part of the
forces who have borne the, brunt of the
war for France. Most of them have
seen nearly four years of service and
all of it has been on the very front Of
tine battle lines. They were peace low
ing peasants in the Vosges region when
they answered the call to war. Now
they are the most romantic and famous
group of men travelling from the war
ridden countries of Europe Every one
of them have stood under the sword
from four to sixteen times to receive
the commentator of their commanding
officer and of France Every one had
felt once or more the sting of the bull
let or the baydnet Of the Hun and while
in Kenosha they TESTED at the scars of
service and voiced their desire to get
back into the lines to fight for France.
Happy go fteky Dare Devils of War,
they were the most interesting visitors
of peace. They talked of the great war
with the few men who could speak their
language and when they were told that
the Germans were advancing again
they declared that their highest ambi-
ton was to get back and be wounded
again, if this would aid 10 stopping tina
s46uSu esee- ryf the Hlaa