Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-27
DETAILS OF, PRESIDENTS
 VISIT TO CHAuMONT

 fBy The A. P.l-President Wilson to- day pledged himself to the AmericaA troops ir tha field to attain peace 1 which would preserve the fruits of the sacrifices they haee made. Standing | with barred head in a field near Lang res, over winch Caesar had marched l with his legiors centuries ago, the l president told 10000 American infan- 1 trymen that, now that they had done their part to win the ideals for which l America entered the war, they could depend upon aim to see that they were preserved,
 The president came up from Paris to spend Christmas day with the men who have done such a great part in the winning of the war. Historic old chaumont, headquarters of the AmeFis can army. did itself proud in it's re- ception9 In its hemely way it rivallea Paris and in the depth of it's sincerity it fully edAatled it.
 Cold grey cloud banks shut out the sun and the ground was wet and sod den. But there was no danhpness Tn the welcome. ChaumonJ simply went wild. The American troops, muddy, cold and soaked, but happy, seemed just as enthusiastic as the country people.
 The presidents train arrSyed at nine o'clock in the morning aud the party went at once to the city hall, where there was . formal reception, There l were speeches, all in French, by the general commanding the district, the mayor and the pFefect. The president nodded appreclatye- | Y and smiled from time to time. Just as he began 10 make his reply, the mil | staFy band ia the square outside broke | Into the strains of aefhe Rattle Hymn | af the Republie,' and the president spoke to the dramatic sccompaniment l ,f the notes of the famous old AtheFt~
 can lighting hymn.
 l The prelilA'nary ceremony soon was l over, and the president ard his par 1 " took motor cars for lsangres, where 1 selected troops from six divisions were | waiting to he reviewed, They were l gathered in a field. which might be l likened geographically ia the battle field of Gettysburg It lies on a l gentle slope between two elevations, l with a range of hills on either side | and a road running along the top o1 one of them.
 l Just as the caravan came up to the l crest overlooking the troops 9 very old i French woman standing al Inc road side waved franttcally at the passing ears to take in bouquet Of mowers
 she wanted to give to Mrs. Wilson The long line Of cars had swept on showering the dismayed old woman with mud, when the president caught
 the situation, and. stepring the line
 sent a colonel back through the mue to get the old lady's flowers. Having
 taken them in the ears proceeded. A temporary boardwalk had beer built over, rEe quagmire of the re I nI4 nA
 president took his place. surrounded
 by General Pershing, Mrs. Wilson
 Rear Admiral Gfaysen. General Liz gett, General Alexander and Genera Hale, commanding the Twenty-S Sixu
 division.
 Genera, Pershing opened the cere mony with brief speech in which h lpr ! ented the victorious army to tn < president
 The president addressed the troop , as 'sAIy Fellow Ceuntryrpen" and silence, which he characterised as tn
 quiet of peace, settled down over tn 1 spot as every man of the l0,900 stoe
 1 at attention and strained to catch th
 presidents words He spoke for aoeu
 five minutes, earnestly and as loud
 | Iy as he could Probably half tn | troops heard him. They :.ll seemed recognize the historic signiteance ( $ | the occasion. There stood befoP' 1 them an American president, the frs ' in history to review an American arm n on foreign soil.
 f Every man taking part in the re s view had saen action. War crosse . were plentiful the men had bee $ through all and were veterans in ever h sense of the word. Thera was an un | mistakable flash of wholesome prid
 in the presidents eye and catch
 his throat as he looked at them an
 remarked what q privilege it woul
 he to have been one of ihem, q The moment the president finishe q speaking, the reyiaw was on-mel '- lect assortment. The headquartel '' band began with rerch air, the S switched to The Stars and Strip Forever The Suwanee River 'r ,Mayl ind" and Dixie"
 ls The notes cf the American airs we y waited over the bleak fields to u
 blue hills in fe background as | 'e men began to move marching in cor K pany front formation, wheeling pa :; the reviewing stand, eyes right. = First came the men of the Sixth [ ,a vision, veterans of the Mouse and A T. gonne offensives; then infantry al
 baetine guns of the Twenty Six
 veterans of the Chemin des Damn
 Chateau Thierry and the Argenl
 The men e the Twenty Ninth, also ae the Argonne offensive, were next, a m a complete battalion Of the SeVent n- Seventh DetachrtNts of the Big n- 1 tieth, who were in the fighting CT Verdun last October and detachmer to of the Eighty Second followed. T ly view was brought to an end by To r. train of intuition wagons. tragg ed through the lnire by tie ;nevital 57 army mule, who seemed to be the lea or interested of all, and d company ag fifteen whippet tanks.
 ue At the close of the review Genel