The evening world., 1919-07-14
Gen. Pershing Leads 40 U. S.
Organizations in Bastille
Day Parade.
FOR JOFFRE.
Hero of Marne PrecedeS Foch
-WreathS in Honor of
Dead.

The triumphal march of Allied and
American troops through Paris began
at 8 o'clock this morning. The
weather for Bastille Day was bril-
liant, being more like October than
midsummer.
A thousand wounded soldiers with
crutches or in wheel-chairs and clad,
for the most part, in civilian clothes,
led the parade. being preceded by a
drum corps.
Guns began firing at minute inter-
walls as President Poincare placed a
wreath at the foot OF the cenotaph at
the Arc de Triomphe this morning.
This empty casket, placed there In
memory Of the AIlied dead. was also
decorated by other wrehths. these
being placed by Premier Clemenceau,
a French colder. a French sailor. an
Alsatian girl, a girl from Lorraine
and Col. Edmund Gros. This last
wreath was In memory OF seventy
two members Of the Lafayette Es-
cadriIle. who lost their lives during
the war.
Marshal Joffre, the victor OF the
frst battle of the Marne, passed un-
der the Arc de Triomphe at s.Ib
o'clock, He rode alone. Behind him
came Marshal Foch, the Commander
Chief OF the Allied forces during
the Anal campaign Of the conflict. A
storm OF applause arose froth the
vast throng as the two Marshais
passed the Presidents stand and
moved down the brilliant avenue.
GREAT RECEPTION FOR PER-
sHIho AND u.ne. TROOPS.
Gen. John J. Pershlng. with 4 num-
Der OF American Generals. came next
in line and was 'received with equal
enthusiasm. Forty American organ
lzations. soldiers and marines,
marching with wonderful precision.
were greeted by a sea OF waving
hAndkerchiefs and nags and with
deafenlng cheers. t..
The American troops were separ-
ated from the French by a space Of
800 yards. Gen, Pershing's personal
flag. a scarlet ield with a row Of
fouf white stars. was displayed for
the first time. II was borne by a
mounted Sergeant riding directly be-
hind the American COMMANDMENT
Chief.
Behind Gen. Pershlng rode Major
Gen. II. q. Harbord. Chief OF Stan,
followed. closely by three aides. Col.
George c. Marshall jr. CQi. John q.
ouekemeyer and Major Thurston
Hughes Behind these rode tW0 army
corps Commanders. Major Gen. Henry
t. Allen and Major Gen. John T..
Hines
AMERICAN OFFICERS IN LINE
AHEAD or TROOPS.
Next came four rows Of American
officers. In tho FIRST row rode Major
Gems. Brewster. LangfitL Mc0iachlin.
Le Jeune. HOWE. Jersey and Lafitte.
In the second row were Brig. Gems.
POore. Russel. Bstbsll. Harts. Mar
shall, Ttios and Bladen.
In the third row were Brig. Gems
Mcintyre. waiker. cr1ikshsnk. Con-
nor. Msiin, Craig Davis and Bogth
In the fourth and last row rode Brig
Gems. Mosely. MELVILLE. Parker. BAN.
ford. Mccoy ADD y. y. Craig and
Coils. John 7. knighi and Collins.
Col BabcUck commanded the De.
eachmsnt Of American troops that
followed. The American Blitar9
Band WaA composed of 20 men.
The Americsp troops IN line con.
sisted Of = composite battalion ss
lectsd from All the regiments o. IN,
American Army Of Occupation
formed ln four companies. The 6rs
{. two companies in lins were sepaFstse
from the second Two 0y ostacb men,
OF men carrying forty reEimeots
fiags. The color bearers ana Kusrdi
numbered altogether about 2OO.
Last in the American sectl0n u "a,
procession came company Of lJ0 ina-
rines commanded ny Lieut. Meyer
Altogether there were in Ice q fsu
less than 100 Americans.
The mhrchers used the sg-esuss
"triumphai marching ftsy' ~ oifse
ton Of Marshal Foch This calls foi
ISs steps 70 the minute.
The parade wac ylossc from 80
yRntageOus points NJ abOUt an
American Army Ohlcsrs sBd sElistsl
| men.
The only unfOrtunats Incident in fhi
early hours occurred when ~ F,yf n
house on the Boulevard g. Nanli
collapsed Eighteen persons we're ~
jured.
President PoincaTe Will give q ban
quet at the Palace of the ElyEsa ~
night IN honor OF the maTahals, EeH
erals and admirais OF France and 81,