Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-07-20

monument. added color to the striking
scene.
King George, from his seat on the
scarlet dais, had a clear view thru u
colonnade of ornate white pylons reach
ing for more than half mile to the
admiralty arch The troops marched past
the reviewing stand to the music Of
dozens of military bands.
Americans in Fine Form.
The Americans led the procession. 1t
was 1890 o'clock when they came
marching with springy step and smart
precision that would have gladdened the
heart Of a West Point commnndant. AS
the Americans approached the stand,
King George and all others, including
Queen Mary, the aged queen mother
Alexandra, and Princess Mary. rose. Tho
king, i'll the uniform of field marshal.
kept his hand to his visor in rigid
salute until General Pershing, had rid
den by. The American troops won
compliments on their formation. The
bayonets Of many were decorated with
flowers and small Union Jacks.
General Pershing Gismounted
hundred yards beyond the Kings stand
and returned to it. where he was greet
ed by all. He stood with King George
during the remainder of the review. A
beautiful picture was the release Of
covey Of pigeons from the kings hand.
U. S. Contingent Larger.
The 10000 paraders camped at Ken
sington gardens yesterday and last night
They were drawn from the British,
American, French, Italian, Belgian, jap
anese, Polish, Rumanian, Portuguese,
Serbian, Siamese and Czecho Slovakian
armies. In the line of march the con-
tingents were arranged in alphabetical
order, the Americans leading. The
Americans, led by General J. ]. Perish,
ing, marched in three battalions of 33
officers and LOO men each. Belgium
had in line 440 officers and men, led by
General Gillian; France was represent
ed by 900 men and Italy by S35. There
were five officers and 80 men for each
of the other allied nations.
Behind the allied section came Vice
Beatty and Keyes and other
high officers of the grand fleet, with a
naval contingent of 1000 men. Then
came one thousand men from the mer-
camille marine and 500 women from va
rious war services.
City Has Holiday.
Next came Field Marshal Haig and
his staff, leading 5000 British troops
of every branch of the service. All the
dominions had forces in line. 1t had been
feared that Canada would not be repre-
sented, because so few Canadian troops
were left in London. At the last moment,
however, a detachment was collected,
and it took part in the parade.
Following the parade, London, which
enjoyed special business holiday, gave
itself up to merrymaking. AS proved by
armistice week, dancing is the most
favored way of celebrating. The au-
thorities provided four huge areas for
dancing on Hyde Park green and Regents
Park, old-time country dances being
featured.
Great Day of Song.
Elsewhere in the city military bands
gave concerts and pageants and scenes
from Shakespeare were given by the
atrical clubs. A chorus of 5000 singers.
under the auspices of the League of
Arts, gave n feature entertainment, the
singers being clad in picturesque victory
costumes. Tonight the Imperial choir
appeared in peace and Thanksgiving
performance in Hyde Park. This or
ganization numbers more than 10000
singers The public was provided with
the words of songs to be sung and was
asked to join in the patriotic numbers.
Fireworks ended the days festivities.