The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-11

Immediately behind Marshal Foch A
squadron of Republican Guards will
lead the procession, then come Marshal
Foeh and his staff, then Gen. Pershing
and the American generals, then Field
Marshal Haig at the head of the High
landers, Irish Fusiliers and English
troops.
Gallant little Belgium will be repre-
scented next by Gems. Guillain and Lee
man, the hero of Liege. Gen. Diaz, the
Italian commanderin- chief, will be next
in line. Contingents from Japan,
Greece, Poland and Portugal, Serbia.
Rumania, Siam and CZecho-Slovakia,
consisting of one company and flag, will
march in the order named.
Marshal Petain. with Gems. Castel-
nau, Debeney and Berdoulet, military
governor of Paris, will immediately pre-
cede the French detachments from TWEEN
ty-one army corps, bearing the flags
of all the French regiments which have
seen service during the war.
| The Polytechnic schools from st. Cyr,
Versailles, Fontainebleu and St MAX
ent will then file past After the Repub-
lean guards, firemen and French lum-
bermen and woodsmen will march de-
tachments of colonial troops from Nor
Deco. West Africa and Asia
Admiral Renarch will lead his heroic
marine fusiliers, with "Yser' and
| 'sDixmude' inscribed on their banners
The guns of France will be feature
! of the parade-one battery each of 75s,
''The terror of the Boche''; loss and
/ 165s and a long distance gun.
The cavalry, which since 1914 has
suffered somewhat of an eclipse, will be
represented by companies of Hussars
| Dragons and Cuirassers The tanks,
which were greatly instrumental in
bringing the war to a successful conclu-
| sion. will bring up the rear of the pro
cession, the baby Renaults preceding the
! medium type tank of 1917 and the mon.
| strous engines of 1915.
The number of troops taking part il
the parade will be less than in the cele
brations of July ii last year. Previous
to the war it was common occurrence
on Frances national holiday to hav,
| 10000 soldiers marching on the boule
wards. But these 10000 men this yea
will represent the glory and valor o
France, Great Britain, America and al
the allies. Not one whose tunic is un
adorned with the war cross will be per
mitted to walk among the French troops
The American detachment is now as
sembling in Pershing Stadium. Ever,
member of it has citation, and tn
regiment will worthily uphold tn
American tradition.
Even Germany will have q place i
the Victory parade. German flags caI
, tured in the bitterest battles of 1915
in the memorable days of the User, tn
Marine, the Somme and Verdun will
carried by the, units which emerged viz
I torious from these engagements. TheI
! is one flag, at present at the ministr
of the interior, in Pans 5 private ofic
The staff is broken and the banner
. in shreds. 1t is the flag of Fort Vau
which Major, now Lieut.. Col. Rayna
defender of Vaux, will bear down II
bOulevards. NJ. Pans s eyes filled wit
tears as he told the correspondent t
i day how he regretted to part with Il
Z flag even for few hours. The flag WI
be returned to the Pantheon after Il
parade.
Under the Are de Triomphe there
:, being constructed huge catafalqu
with an empty coffin embodying t
souls of the million and a half men WI
died for France. At this point t
troops will come to attention Marsha
Foch and Petain. Gems. Pershing, Gu
lain and Diaz, Field Marshal Haig al
other high officials will salute, the Sc
diers will present arms, while the ebu
Ter trumpcts Long Live the Dead. =