The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-07-17
FRENCH CHEER
PERSH|NG AND
YANK TROOPS
Allied Contingents In Brilliant
TriumphaI March Through
Paris In BastiIe Day Celebra.
ton of Peace.
BY Associated Press.

10
march Of allied and American
troops through Paris began at 8
o'clock this morning. The weat'i-
er was brilliant, being more like
October than midsummer.
A thousand wounded soldiers
with crutches, or in wheel chairs,
and clad for the most part in civil
ian clothes, led the parade, being
preceded by a drum corps. Guns
began firing at minute intervals as
President Poincare placed a
wreath at the foot Of the Ceno-
taph at the Arc D'Triomphe this
morning. 49,.
This empty casket, placed there In
memory of the allied dead, a also
decorated by other wreaths, these be-
ing placed by Premier Clemenceau, a
French soldier, a French sailor, an
Alsatian girl, a girl from Lorraine. and
Col. Edmund eros. This last wreath
was in memory of ~ members Of the
Lafayette %escadrille who lost their
lives during the war. d..
Marshal Joffre, the victor of the
first battle Of the Marine, passed under
the Arc D'Triomphe at 8:45 o'clock.
He rode alone. Behind him came Mar
shall Foch, the commander in chief OF
the allied forces during the final cam
paign OF the conflict. A storm Of ap-
plause arose from he vast throng az
the two marshals passed the presi-
dents stand and moved down tho
brilliant avenue.
Cheers For Americans.
General John J.. P%ershing, with a
number Of American generals, came
next in line and was received with
equal enthusiasm. Forty American
organizations, soldiers and marines,
marching with wonderful precision,
were greeted by a sea of waving hand
kerchiefs and flags and with deafening
cheers.
General Pershing rode at the head OF
the American troops which were sep
arated from the French by a space Of
300 yards. General Pershing's personal
flag, a scarlet field with a row of four
white stars, was displayed for the first
time. was borne by a mounted SER
geant riding directly behind the
American commander in chief.
Colonel Babcock commanded the de-
tachment of American troops that fol-
lowed.
-Four Yank Companies.
The American. troops in line consisted
of a composite battalion. selected from
all the regiments of the American army
Of occupation formed in four com
paniesA The first two companies in
line were separated from the second
two by a detachment of men carrying
40 regimental flags. The color bearers
and guards numbered altogether about
200.
Last in the American section Of the
marines, commanded by Lieutenant
Meyers. Altogether there were in line
a few less than 1900 Americans.
The parade was viewed from advan-
tageous points by about 5000 Ameri-
can army officers and enlisted mem.
The French section, by far the lar
gest in the parade, comprised represen-
tatives Of every military district In the
country, as well as Of every branch Of
the army. Marshal Petain, Generals
Mangin. Humbert, Lyautey, Gouraud
and other famous French military
leaders were In line. '
Girls In Line. cd
Preceding Marshals Foch and Joffre
were a band Of girls from Alsace-Lor-
raine, strewing flowers gathered from
all parts of the republic.
The marchers came smartly to sa-
lutte when they passed the great n
taph-a ~pyramidial structure go feet
high, erected in honor Of the fallen
allied soldiers. This was surrounded
by a winged victory and bore war tro-
plies of all the allies.
Million Went Sieepless.
One million people went sleepiess In
Paris last night, three-quarters OF
them from choice and the others be-
cause they failed to OBTAIN shelter.
Railroad stations all day Sunday dis
gorged upon the already o~vercrowded
city thousands of belated arrivals for
the peace celebration, bearing loaves
Of bread and victuals. Most Of them,
bearing the unmistakable stamp of pro-
vincials, sat last night along the boul -
wards munching sandwiches and
stretching blankets upon the sidewalks.
While the crowds On the bouleva~ Is
were as dense a. or armistice n 1t,
the spontaneous enthusiasm Of Nc n
Der II was missing. Groups were dapc
painfully, to enjoy themselves, but the
majority Of the people were merely
looking on from mere curiosity. Per-
haps the presence everywhere OF leg
less, armless and blinded soldiers
OF the thrOngs. .-..