Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-28
BIG TOURISTS ARMY
ON0LDBATTLEF|ELOS
Everybody With Shadow of a
Claim Seeing War Zone;
Here's an Itinerary.

They are hitting the victory ttah lr"in
PARIS "a the Rhine ri the public cApcnse
obscure Congncssmcn, members "i MS
tor,csl socict,es. members of committees,
nlavuriehts professional humorlsts, pub
Lr,sts-anyhodV, everybody with the
shadow of claim ON grateful PcrshIng
and army Is scramhling to get out from
PARIS
The initial goat Is the visitors bureau
NJ d n q IN PARIS II would be unkind
10 give away the full particular, including
street addrrss The other principal goat
i the chief of the press contingent a. the
Rhine end of the line one oi the silent
bernos of the war. whose dutN.h IS 20 take
rarc of these privileged tourists m the area
ard shin them back safely and speedily
to Pans
rrNrRARY svGGEsTrp.
IN easy nun IN a nltcd States Army
ear lands Won the FIRST night IN th" well
known champagne centre. where tins
nppular native Temperance beverage
st,ll retatls III 81 and - bottle
I'm route 10 Eprnay YOU 10 well to
actonr through Rheims. whore YOU sec
squads II husky German prisoners "i War
dciue u>rful reconstruction work under
m, su.plct- of lrcnc. haVouct> These
e.,rm,n Notkinr pr,,aacr~ Will knock otI
wn,k and taxi mud interest IN YOU As
xo,i pass ii Nou ar, mot Enmg t'o last, and
you can sometime, hear htm tNclmm tn
on, anothct Nmruh"h,I
The famed runs - "a, Rh'ims 'ath'-
dr. however an not hcIng undulN re-
Constructed lu tart d looked io the
cor-,.-,s,ndcut IS il th,N would H. kept N
state 81 good preservation As 4 4 al
s,,rc, 81 revenue The cN-eathcdral was
sIr, adv apcn tor tourist huslnc~- he
front doors 81, kcp locked and the
.ud, entrance b cautiously fenced nH
Th,r, Is 4 httlc urket window ~ me
errau fence with i ~,ru ovrr u ~ French
Admission only If THE non uniformed
Tb- .,pp4rcnth i Designed - krcp ont
mlllar, deadhrad~
,ft,rth, cauu> Ianitor of he 'athc,lral
IL. looked ,au over hc urN lct Nou ~
thr,urh the laor ln HI, tencr IS ~ did
N, correspondents lnd thrncc show vou
,r,nnd ~, wrecked interior ~ thc Ca
th..lral Nith + ueh flow " information
4a,arInr 81 professionalism MS u,AN
a. veteran rlndt l9~ young COPPER
ana silver uIu, ln t'r runs tit can
trU sau thr Dtubr, % CvcrN shell Nat
..nt,ibtit,,i rs thr ya. Ium d thu rear
,,,rt,.n ai fN aauc ma hc tas Kept
and rotut- uut tu 1nu among hls souNcnlr~
5n 3 eruflwttr dud thsr cam" t.
.hur,h Through thc side Wali ami WOULD
ba,. kucd thc nltor uu tic spNt 4
i had gon, u0 tl>,' has about w
sntarc ,ar,!- y ~lrli fragments aud other
souvenirs neatly lud ont whether TOT
4,, ar mcrrlN iot uNhhtlon purposes
hal NOT the hcnrt 4" Ind out
Rut | dld surrernt"usly attempi ~
nlcA ~ some souvenirs ilcc ~ charge
several small pieces u sometime stained
4lsss windows The !anltor-gulde -p"ited
me and SAID that was All modern >iuii
1905 window glass. lhercupnn ~ oneFed
me several fragments ~ guarantee
1927 vintage stained glass \ i"o franc
tar seemed 20 satisfy hin
ARoJ M CHAM a -rHIERR1
- vnu spend the night a fpernay
and next morning motor eyer wonderful
French highways ia>t IS racc courses
and unlncumhtrcd Is Pecd regulations
va Chalons to Chatcau- lhcrrN where
vou suddenly Ctt warm 4nd cCiu ~
sfudy modern American history OH tie
prmscs
on ,top II II, suburban hamlet of
yauN. in the trough 81 tht >tcCp up an
downb,N ruad i Is substantially as our
ylctorlons 81 and sd left II every house
except ore badly shot % plcc'~ on
.an still 80 n, narks oi The herce house
to house fighting, and II Nou have a
hardened nose Won can pnkf youT tourist
head INTO III, famous sewage tunnel
nnnine under III, NauN road
TIN, crushed province II France has
had ID, courage - lift ~ Its head arain
and ioko among the runs. In he door
va of tht icast ruined house ~ NauN
stands an elderl1 French woman holding
4 brtl, gIrl bv the hand and al be other
cnd oi the village four Youngsters ar
rnmplnc among tho RUNS lpur Frcnct
h,uihe.. nluf erric T. souls not count
ipr the two black eats have returned
and resumed their residence IL the ruht Ish
heap ~ NauN One returned reiugctte
said the government had done mott nc
for them 81 vet that there was no food
supply uulesS YOU walked weary uIies
70 town But the courageous soul added
Ca "a 1t vii do
AMERICAN MASS GHtvEs
As vuu make the steep DE- cent ntc
Vaux vou gci from the Jeff roadside
red flash 81 warning that You are
nov on hAlluwed hsIonC ground IL
u an American mas grave tfty-iuuF
small plan pine crunses ranged neatly
IN two rows afl xed 10 the fssc oi each
ssyoss the supreme decoration 81 honor
for vai1r-a small round metal shield
painted with red and white stripes and
patch OF blue surrounded by green
I'm laurel wreath and with two red and
osne vhlt4 TN streaulers Sometimes the
name of the hero Is scratched on the
lar of the shield sometimes only the
div1son and the identification ruV-
her often only the legend Unknown
Thereafter these bugh1 red blur =
The French lAndecape became iani
lar and frequent ght but the>c first
thai YOU pass hold a post q peculiar
honor. They arr the 'nearest Parl.
platoon u Americas sleeping army
T'ht PrIsSlau guard came not loot
beyond where they lle buried
The grand tour includes short de-
tour - Bcllcau Wood rechrstencd
Bon de Ia Brigade Marine There j.
NO particular hurry about getting here
soon. because II v-il take years for
natures reconstruction wori u rrpalT
these shattered TIE, trunks and tho
junglelike mess made by shells ard
shrRpnei
0FNUINE HFLlC- GONE.
On the other haud sou are to l4t,
s.sr,,sdy for chocc and genuine -o, ,-
mir thUugl undoubtedly he siucNd
French manufacturers III WM relics
will ~ shOr' tim, supply tht waui
nor VII the native handy peasant.
b. slow u plant fi.ke relic and Il IL
vert the crop 81 American com Ih,
livery stable concession al tho nearest
,sfIfnaH r.gtuf Chp4faaU. 17iatrrv should