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

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days and that when they rounded
the m up they had so many they
did not know what to do with
them. 1 had planned my trip to
be in Paris on Thanksgiving.
where I had turkey dinner in a
French restaurant, regardless of
cost. 1t was another great day
in Paris, when the Capital well
coined King George and his two
sous. I crowded in until / had q
splendid view of the whole pro-
cession, which included the King
and President Poincare in a car
rage drawn by a nice span of
blacks. I think it must have
been the same team which drew
the President in the Fourth of
July parade. You have doubt
less read of the great display of
captured war material on display
in the Place de la 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 magnlfi.
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 height Of about fif-t
teen feet overlooking the Place
de la Concorde, which by the way
is the place where Louis. XVII
and Marie. Antoinette, with thou.
sands Of Others were beheaded 4
After the King had passed and
everybody became restless they
broke the Enclosure around the
aeroplanes and before the Gem
darmes could stop them. had lit
orally torn FIVE 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 gun down on
the street when somebody yelled
to one of the crowd to "throw
one over. 1 never knew wheth.
er he meant one souvenir or one
aeroplane, but the crowd took it
to mean the latter. so they yanked
one of the largest planes, weigh
ing several thousand pounds
right over the wall into the street,
fifteen feet below. where the
crowd tore it to pieces, even tax
ing heavy iron bars from the
guns nearby and hammering
pieces off the engines and other
strong parts, before the police
could get them away. I stayed
out of the crowd but a few "sous'
got all of it wanted from small
boys after the crowd was dis
persed.
Last week we had a call fol-
men to 60 with the army of &C.
cupation to Germany. I volun.
tered and was notified Sunday
that l would be sent. possibly
leaving here for Paris tomorrow.
So do not be surprised If my
next letter is written from some
castle on the Rhine. 1 have &c
sign up for at least four months
service to be sent, but as am al
ready signed for the duration Of
the war, which I could not very
well claim was over until peace
is finally signed, I decided that
four months would not make So
! much difference, after all. Be-
sides will have new work in {
new field and time will pass fast
er than il I stayed here. shall
hate TO leave here as I have been
right in the camp here for nearly
Eve months and have made some
: good friends among the officers
and men, as we'll as Y. M "A
, workers. - ssfi.es.s -
Il Our mutual friends back hom'
: continue to write me insisting
) that my letters. are interesting
but when You get tired OF them
{ Iiust .schuck" them in the vast
, basket and write me 9 protest
,, I am hoping to be ID Paris Sat
u rday when the President ar
rives- and i'll am / will writ
I you about it. / think this tri
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