The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-01-02
YANKEE SOLDIERS
FIND FA|RYLAND
LUXEMBOURG TURNS OUT IN il.
lATiCN TO WELCOME -,
AMERICAN BOYS
FLAGS co " As THE BOCHE GOES O.
Girl Duchess And General Pershit!
Review The Troops As They Pass
Through The Capital
(From Stars and Stripes)

neaQ, American troops entered the
city of Luxembourg on Thursday Of
last week, and straightway fell in love
with it.
They were captured. They were
ately to the capital Of this tiny duchy,
set like a jewel in the center of Eu-
rope-surrendered Internationally to
its laughing, w~arm-hearted, uproari-
ously hospitable people who are apt
to burst at any moment into French,
English or German, but who use all
three to say: Were darned glad to
see you"
To the tired doughboys, weary from
many weeks in the mud and desola-
ton of Argonne, Luxembourg seemed
like the promised land, and the city
itself gave them such a tumultuous,
jubilant welcome as they have not
known since they set sail from home.
Even the memories of that wonderful
Fourth of July in Paris last year faded
away beside the greeting that warmed
the American hearts at the gates of
Luxembourg.
The helmeted and heavy-packed
doughboys-Ihey were "a battalion
from the battle-scarred houses gor-
geous with all the colors of France
and Luxembourg and America, marched
under banners with such legends as
Welcome to Our Deliverers" and
Welcome to Our Saviors." From
every window and from every side
walk the people cheered, while the
children ran alongside shouting, "EEp
'Eep 'Ooray." And from up there on
the balcony of the palace, where she
stood beside General Pershing, the
girl who is the ruler of Luxembourg
smiled down on the Yankees.
For the beautiful Marie Adelaide,
Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, is only
a girl. She was no more than 19
when the German army swept across
her frontiers on that mOmentOus July
81, 1914, and so began the invasion
which ended last Wednesday.
No one who has read "The Prisoner
of Zenda" a look upon her whom
the Luxemburgeois call their princess
without thinking of Flavia. The sight
of her driving through the streets OF
her ancient city recalls always the
old Gibson illustrations for that rom
ance. Indeed, Luxembourg is a coun'
try of Through the Taride
maps would seem to indicate that its
debatable acres are jostled by Ger
many, Belgium and France, you know
better. You know the little duchy is
bounded by the Black Forest, Zenda
and Graustark.
1t is so prepos' erously small for a
sovereignty. 1t is no bigger than
Rhode Island. It's navy is not, and its
army, when recruited to full strength
is no larger than an American com
pany. Service therein ensures the
soldier a striking uniform and a not
particularly hazardous existence. II
is all infantry, that army. There is
no artillery. There is a favorite joke
in Luxembourg that the army did gel
some guns once, but hat they found
they could not indulge in practice fire
without shooting up the ~neighborine
countries. There are not SO m my
people in the whole realm as there
are in Syracuse, New York. The cap
ital has 25 5000 inhabitants and about
the same number of political parties
1t was on Wednesday that the frs
Americans-oficial forerunners Of the
army-arrived in the city, and from
the windows of their hotel watched
with no little interest while the las
Germans vanished up the street, some
with the red brassard Of the revolu
ton on their arms, their band ded
antly fiourishing the "Marseillaise.'
Even then the Stars and Stripes were
lying from a hundred house fronts.
Then the people got ready to wei
come the American host. A picture
of Mckinley emerged from some oh
scure resting place and was properl.
hung. Picture post cards of LIE Pres
ident Wilson blossomed miracnlousl!
in every shop window. the orchestr:
at the Casino practiced up on some
ragtime and some old Sousa marches
popular American fiction like "Onke
Tome Hutte" 7on Beecher-Stowe AM
the "Lederstrumpf-Er zahlung" ant
DER Letzte Mohfkaner" a Fenni
O Cooper came to the fore in tn
book stalls. The clocks in the cit!
were moved forward from German Il
French time. the barkeeps got on
some faded recipes for Martini cock
tails. and the price marks in TIT
stores were changed from 4 marks u
IL francs. Luxembourg was ready 10
the Americans.
Their approach was heralded by thi
proclamation from General Pershing
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