The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-07-15
.PERSHING' PICKED
MEN MARCH IN PARIS
TRUMP HAL PARADE
AMERICANS PROMINENT IN GEL
EBRATION or EiSTII.E DAY
IN FRENCH CAPITAL

Paris. July 1.-THE triumphal march
of allied and American troops through
Paris began at o'clock this morning
The weather 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 civilian clothes,
led the parade, being preceded by a
drum corps. Guns began firing at
minute intervals as President Pom
care placed u wreath at the foot of the
cenotaph at the Arc dTriomphe TINS
morning. This empty casl<et, placed
there in memory of the allied dead, was
also decorated by other wreaths placed
by Premier Clemenceau, a French sold
ier, a French sailor, an Alsatian girl,
a girl from Lorraine, Col. Edmund
Gros. Colonel Gross wreath was in
memory of ~ members of the Lafay-
cite escadrille who lost their lives dur
ing the war.
Marshal Joffre. victor Of the first
battle of the Alarne, passed under the
Arc d'Triomphe at S:45 o'clock He
rode alone. Behind him came Marshal
Foch, the commander in chief of the
allied forces during the final campaign
of the conflict. a storm of applause
arose from the vast throng as the two
marshals passed the presidents stand
and moved down the brilliant avenue.
Gen. John j. Pershing with a num-
Der of American generals, came next
i'm line and was received with equal en-
thusiasm Forty American organiza-
tions, soldiers and marines, marching
with wonderful precision, We're greeted
by sea of waving handierchiefs and
flags and with deafening cheers.
General Pershing rode at the head
of the American troops. His personal
flag, a scarlet field with a row of four
white stars, was displayed for the first
time 1t was borne by a mounted ser
geant riding directly behind the Am
erican commandments
Behind General Pershing rode Mai.
Gen. II. c. Harbord, chief of staff, fol
lowed closely by three aides, Col.
George c. Marshall, Jr., Col. John c.
Quekemeyer and Maj. Thurston
Hughes. Behind these rode two army
corps commanders, Maj. Gen. Henry 7.
Allen and Maj. Gen. John l.. Hines.
Next came four rows of American
officers. In the first row rode Major
Generals Brewster Langfitt, McGlach-
lin, Lejeune, Howe, Hersey and Laf-
lite. In the second row were Briga-
dier-Generals Poore, Russell, Bethel,
tarts, Marshall Rice and Sladen. In
the third row were Brigadier-G GENERALS
Mcintyre, Walker. Cruikshank, Con
ner, Malin, Craig, Davis and Booth. In
the fourth and last row rode Brigadier-
Generals Mosey, Neville. Parker, BAN
ford, Mccoy and ID. f. Craig, and Coils.
John Il. knight and Collins.
The American military band was
composed of 126 men. The American
troops in line consisted of a composite
battalion selected from all the regi-
ments of the American army of occu-
patton. formed in four companies. The
first two companies in line were sep
arated from the second two by a de
tachment of men carrying 40 regimen
tai flags. The color bearers and guards
numbered altogether about 200.
Last in the American section of the
procession came a company of $50 ma
rines Altogether there were in line
a few less than 1900 Americans.
The marchers used the so-called
"triumphal marching step" by direc-
tion of Marshal Foch. This calls for
12S steps to the minute. The parade
was viewed from advantageous points
by about 5000 American army officers
and enlisted men.