The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-07-18
bAST|LE DAY IS
EVENT IN PARIS
YANKEE FIGHTERS ARE WHOLLY
cHEEREp As TRtuMPhAL
MARCH PROCEEDS
PeRSnING LEADS AMERICANS
Thousand Wounded Soldiers With
Clutches and Wheel Chairs Head
Parade.-Douahboys Selected
From Al Regiments

Paris. July 1.-THE triumphal march
Of allied and American troops through
Paris began at 8 O'Clock yesterday
morning. The weather was brilliant.
being more like October than mid
summer.
A thousand wounded soldiers wNh
crutches and wheel chairs and clad
for the most part in civilian clothes.
led the parade. being preceded hy'a
drum corps. Guns began firing ut
minute intervals as President POincare
placed wreath at the foot of the
cenOtMph mt the Arc d'TriOmphe yes
terday morning. This empty casket,
placed there in memory Of the allied
dead. was also decorated by other
wreaths. these being placed by Pre-
mier Clemenceau, a French soldier, Il
French sailor. u girl from Lorraine
and Col. Edmund Gros. This last
wreath was in memory OF ~ members
of the Lafayette escadrille who lost
their lives during the war.
Joffre Is Present.
first battle Of the Marine, passed under
the Arc d'Triomphe ut S:45 o'clock.
He rode alone. Behind him came Mar
shall Foch. the ommanderin chief OF
the allied forces during the final cam
paign of the conflict. A storm OF up
vi. 81, II,
the two mar>llal> passed the preSi-
dents stand and moved down the bril-.
liant avenue.
Gen. J. j. Pershing. with a number
of American generals. came next In
line and was received with equal en-.
thu>iasm. Forty American organiza-
tons. soldiers and marines. marching
with wonderful precision. We're greeted
by a sea of waving hundkerchiefs and
flags and with deafening cheers.
Pershine Heads Troops.
General Pershing rode at the head
of the American troops. which were
separated from the French by the
space of 300 feet. General Pershing.s(
personal flag. Il scarlet field with
row OF four white stars, was displayed
for the first time. 1t was borne by
mounted sergeant riding directly be.
hind the American commander in chief.
Colonel Babcock commanded the de.
tachment of American troops that fol.
lowed
The American troops in line con.
sisted of a composite battalion selected
from all the regiments Of the Ameri-
can army Of occupation. formed in
four companies. The first two com
panies in line We're separated from the
second two by detachment of men
carrying ~ regimental flags. The color
bearers and guards numbered alto.
gether about 200.
Crowds Are Dense.
While the crowds on the boulevards
were rs dense as on armistice night,
the spontaneous enthusiasm of Nov.
II was missing. Groups We're dancing.
singing and striving hard. almost pain.
fully. to enjoy themselves. but the ma.
jority of the people were merely look.
ing on from mere curiosity. Perhaps
the presence everywhere of legless
armless and blinded soldiers proved
deterrent to the enthusiasm of the
throngs. 1t became known yesterday
that Sub-Lieut. Jean Navarro. the avi.
ator. who was killed last Friday. had
contract with large moving picture
concern to fly under the Arc d'Tri-
omphe in monoplane. The contract
was so alluring that II is reported an.
other aviator has undertaken to full.
fill it. Experts figure that the small.
est airplans has leeway of only five
feet on each side under the arch. The
police are taking severe measures to
prevent the proposed flight. which be.
sides risking the life of the aviator,
places spectators in jeopardy.