Evening star., 1918-05-30
AMERICAN HOMAGE
PAID DEAD ABROAD
Soldiers Observe Day From
Flanders to Switzerland,
Battle Line to Sea.
FRENCH BRING FLOWERS
By the Associated Press-

By the Associated Press.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE. May 30.-From Flanders to
Switzerland and from the battle line
to the sea the American expeditionary
forces today are paying homage to
their dead. Wherever American flags
are flying they are at half-staff. and
before the day is over the Star Span
gled Banner and flowers will be placed
on virtually every American grave.
At some points the ceremony took
place early in the morning. while 9TH
er exercises were held at various times
throughout the day.
At one place in the vicinity OF Lune-
VILE the graves had been decorated In
the morning darkness when the enc
my could not see clearly, for the SOL
diers performing this duty might have
drawn the German fire. as did the
burial party.
Here both the British and French
fiags were placed on the mounds with
punches of wild fowers-great blood
red peoples and yellow and white
daisies.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, May 3o.-From Flanders to
Switzerland and from. the battle line
to the sea the American expeditionary
forces today are paying homage 70
their dead. Wherever American flags
are flying they are at half-stan. and
before the day is over The star
Spangled Banner" and flowers Will be
placed on virtually. every American
grave. At some points the ceremony
took place early in the morning, while
other exercises were held at various
times throughout the day.
At one place in the vicinity OF Lune,
VILE the graves had been decorated
in the morning darkness when the
enemy could not see clearly. for the
soldiers performing this duty might
have drawn the German fire. as did
French and British flags were placed
on the mounds with punches OF wild
fower-great blood-red poppies and
yellow and white daisies.
Decorate Nurses Graves.
Another early ceremony took place at
one of the largest Of the base hospi-
tails, where the nurses and some of the
less seriously wounded men visited the
graves and covered every mound with a
flag and crowned each with wreaths. The
last resting places Of American women
who have died in the service OF their
country as nurses were honored equally
with those of the soldiers who had fall
en- in the line of duty.
IN close to the American lines north
west Of Toul khaki clad troopers. with
the dirt Of the trenches still clingine
TO them, lined up before the hallowed
spots where the fallen sleep and par
ticipated IN services in honor of the
dead.
Tributes From French. /.
On the hillside between Nancy and
Luneyille, where the first America ms
Killed in the war are buried in a lit
tie inclosed plot in the Franco-Amer-
| ican cemetery. the ceremony was also
| held at an early hour. Here the
graves were literally smothered under
the heaps of flowers and wreaths
brought by the French population OF
the Surrounding country. Many OF
these tributes were in place long be-
fore the services started. having been
brought to the cemetery and laid on
the graves the previous evening.
From the air, men Of the American
flying forces swooped down and scat
tered flowers over the spot where
Mai. Lufbery and other American
heroes Of the air lie buried.