Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-01-10

days and that when they rounded
tn, m up they had so many they
did not know what to do with
them I had planned my trip to
be in Paris on Thanksgiving,
where had turkey dinner in a
French restaurant. regardless Of
cost. 1t was another great day
in Paris, when the Capital vel
coined King George and his two
sops. crowded in until I had q
splendid view OF the whole pro.
cession, which included the King
and President Poincare in q car.
riage drawn by q nice span Of
blacks. I think it must have
been the same team which drew
the President in the IFoufth Of
July parade. You have doubt.
less read of the great display of
captured war material on display
in the Place de Ia Concorde. The
hundred of guns of every size,
tanks, balloons, In fact everything
was completely covered with peo-
pie to see the King as he passed
through escorted by the maguifi.-
Gently equipped French Cavalry,
with their shining helmets and
long black plumes, which looked
like horse tails to me, hanging
from the top of their helmets
down the back of their neck.
The captured aeroplane display
is at the end of the Tuilleries.
which at this point has been
raised to a heighk Of about 6f.
teen feet overlooking the Place
de Ia Concorde. which by the way
Is the place where Louis XVI
and Marie. Antoiuette, with thou.
sands of others were beheaded.
After the King had passed and
everybody became restless they
broke the Enclosure around the
aeroplanes and before the Gen.
darmes could stop them. had lit
orally torn Eve or six Of them to
pieces for souvenirs. The police
fought and wrestled with them
for an hour but could do nothing
I was standing ON q gun down on
the street when somebody yelled
to one of the crowd to ''throw
one over. I never knew wheth.
er he meant one souvenir or one
aeroplaue, but the crowd took it
to mean tn. latter, so they yanked
one of the largest planes, weigh
ing several thousand pouuds
right over the wall into the street,
fifteen feet below. where the
crowd tore 1t to pieces, even TAX
ing heavy iron bars from the
guns nearby and hanmerina
pieces off the engines and other
strong parts, before the police
could get them away. I stayed
out of the crowd but q few ''sous'
got all of it wanted from small
boys after the crowd was dis
persed.
Last week we had call fol
men to 60 with the army OF oc
cupation to Germany. I v0lun'
: teered and was notified Sunday
that would be sent. possibly
! leaving here for Paris tomorrow
So do not be surprised II my
, next letter is written from some
J castle on the Rhine. have I,
J sign up for at least four months
! service to be sent, but as ! am al
ready signed for the duration o
the war, which | could not very
, well claim was over until peace
, is finally signed, I decided that
four months woald not make 81
I much difference, after all. Be
sides I will have new work In /,
| new field and time will pass fast
. or than II I stayed here. Ishal
hate 10 leave here as l have been
right In the camp here for nearly
Eve months and have made some
good friends among the officers
and men, rs well as Y. M 6. A
} workers.
Our mutual friends back hom'
: continue 70 write me insisting
J that my Letters are interesting
! bat whss yos esk,iTsd OF hem
: Just ''chuck" them In the vast
, basket sud write me q protest
] sm boptng TO be Ia Paris Sat
: urday when the President ar
: rives and III am ! win writ
you about L. I think this triI
. 20 Ger many 10 Q hne chance.
. suppose "a fools luck" kept M
from the frout during the war
! Otherwise. I have had avery fin'
. experience during, my eigh