Evening star., 1919-07-14

with wonderful precision, were greet
ed by sea of waving handkerchief
and flags and with deafening cheers.
Pershing's Personal Flag.
Gen. Pershing rode at the head OF
the American troops. which were
separated from the French by space
of 800 yards. Gen. Pershing's persona
flag, a scarlet field with row OF
four white stars, was displayed for
the first time. 1t was borne by a
mounted sergeant riding directly be-
hind the American commander-in.
chief.
Behind Gen. Pershing rode Maj. Gen
E. G. Harboard, chief of staff, follow
ed closely by three aids. Col. Georgs
meyer and Maj. Thurston Hughes
Behind these rode Two, Army corps
commanders. Maj. Gen. Henry T. Aller
and Maj. Gen. John L. Hines.
!. Next came four, rows of American
A01licers. N the drst row rode Maj
Gems. Brewkter, tangntt, McGlechlin
LIE Jeune, Howe. Hersey and Lafitte
In the second row were Brig. Gems
Poore. Russell. Bethel. Harte
Marshall, Rice and sIaden. In the
third row were Brig. Gems. Mcintyre
Walker, .Cruikshank, Conner, HAHN
Craig. Davis and Booth. In the
fourth and last row rode Brig Gems
Mosely, Neville. Parker, Bamford
Mccoy and D. F. Craig, and Coils
John M. Knight and Collins.
Col. Babcock commanded the de.
tachment Of American troops that
followed.
The American military band was
composed of 1875 men. The American
troops in line consisted of a compo-
site battalion selected from all the
regiments of the American army OF
MES The first two companies in
line were separated from the second
two by a detachment of men carrying
forty regimental flags. The color
bearers and guards numbered alto
gether 200.
Last in the American section OF the
procession came company of $50
marines commanded by Lieut.. Meyer.
Altogether there wer in line few
less than 1890 Americans.
Triumphal Marching Step.
The marchers used the so-called
"triumphal marching step" by direc-
ton of Marshal Foch- This calls for
128 steps to the minute.
The parade was viewed from advan-
tageous points by about 5000 Ameri-
can Army officers and enlisted men.
During the parade this morning the
roof of a house on the boulevard St.
Martin collapsed. Eighteen persons
were injured.
Million Sleepless.
PARIS, Sunday. July Is (by the
pie will go sleepless in Paris tonight.
three quarters of them from choice
and the others because they have
failed to obtain shelter.
At o'clock this evening the rail-
road stations were still disgorging
upon the already overcrowded city
thousands of belated arrivals. bear
ing loaves of bread and victuals. Most
of them, bearing the unmistakable
stamp of proyincials. were sitting
along the boulevards and streets
sandwiches or stretching
blankets upon the sidewalks. Some
visitors, apparently awed by the con-
gestion of the thoroughfares in Paris
have decided to return to their pro-
vincial homes Immediately and the
ST. LaZare station was crowded dur
ing the evening with disappointed
visitors who were returning to their
homes.
While the crowds on the boulevards
were as dense as on armistice night.
the spontaneous enthusiasm of No
vember IL was missing. Groups were
dancing. singing and striving hard.
almost painfully, to enjoy themselves,
but the majority of the people were
looking on from mere curiosity. Per
haps the presence everywhere of leg
less. armless and blinded soldiers
proved a deterrent to the enthusiasm
of the throngs.
Curbs Profiteers.
NJ. Raux. perfect of police. threw
a damper upon the greedy satisfac-
ton of the renters of balconies when
he ruled this morning that the
would be responsible for
the safety of spectators huddled
upon vantage points, some of them
INFESTED and regarded as unsafe.
1t became known today that Sub
lieut.. Jean Navarro. the aviator
who was killed last Friday. had
with a large moving picture
concern to fly unoer the Arc de
tract was SO alluring that it is report
ed another aviator has undertaken to
fulfill it. Experts figure that the
smallest airplane has leeway of
only five feet on each side under the
arch. The police are taking most Sc
we're measures to prevent airplanes
from even rising from the neighbor-
ing aviation fields. and may prevent
the proposed flight, which, besides
attempts the feat, places spectators in
Jeopardy. Even il an aviator should
succeed he would be liable to a six
month Jail sentence.
All the evening and until late at night
4 seemingly endless line of somberly-
lad persons filed slowly and silently
Continued on Seventh Pace1