Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-08-16

to them of their own military hero.
Good old Duggie!'' they cried on all
sides, and tension of emotion came
to the face of General Haig as he can
tered along on his chestnut colored
horse. No Marlborough or Wellington
could have had any such welcome, of
fered with such frankly heartfelt in
tensity, as that with which Haig was
greeted by his fellow men of Great
Britain.
For a few moments there were gath
cred together in one imposing, impress
sive and historic group, in full view
of every country of the world, men
whose names and deeds are now ia
miliar throughout the whole world
the king and queen of Great Britain,
the Prince of Wales, Foch, Pershing,
Beatty, Haig, Lloyd George the Ital-
ian General Mautuon-a galaxy of in
ternatiOnal celebrities it seldom falls
! to the lot of anyone to see at one time.
But the procession continues The
Anzacs, General Byng, who with his
famous tank corps broke the German
line at Cambrai the Earl of Cavan,
who led the allied forces at LOos and
later broke the Austrian line on the
Piave river in Italy; Chetwode and
Chauvel, who few months ago were
pushing their victorious forces
through Palestine; General Briggs,
who became famous at SalOniki Lu-
kin, whose forces sustained fearful
losses bearing the brunt Of attack at
Delville Wood. The 1914 men, refer
red to as the "Old Contemptibles" be-
cause of the German reference to the
little contemplate army Of the Eng
lish," were given great ovation.
These are the men who who in 1914
stole across the channel at night and
appeared suddenly and without warn
ing at Mons as defenders to be reckon
ed with.
I am told that the defender of kut
watched the procession, also that a
riderless horse belonging to General
Maude was led in the procession in
honor of the memory of the man who
did things in MesOpOtamia, but l did
not see it.
For nearly half an hour the process
sion was arrested, like long inter-
mission at football game. During
this period it was curious to see hum
dreds of demObiliZed soldiers and 9th
ers approach the dais and greet and
be greeted by the king, with a hand
shake here, Il word there, and still
other hundreds with cameras taking
snapshots of the noted group. A young
lad in khaki, with the keen, bright
face which distinguishes him at once
as an American, is received on the
dais and is greeted effusively by every
one there. 1t is Jack, the son of Gen
eral Pershing.
The Australians, the Canadians, the
aero squadrOnS, the tank corps, the
intelligence department, represented
by an army dove cote with carrier
pigeons, and last came the women
workers, through whose tirelesS eff
forts comfort has been brought to the
sick, the wounded, the exhausted, and
whose hands have tenderly closed
many eyes after the supreme sacrifice
had been made. 1t seemed to me as
these ministering angels pass by that
/ can see phantom figure at their
head-the figure of one who was bru
tally done to death-Edith Cavell.
The most appealing incidents occur
red at the memorial erected in White
hall and inscribed to the memory of
''rhe Glorious Dead" As each gen
eral and each section and unit of the
long pageant passed by Il silent tribute
was paid to the memory of the boys
who now lie sleeping under the star
lit skies of France and Belgium, of
Italy and far away Turkey.
Four guards We're stationed, one at
each corner of the monument, who
stood silently at parade rest" Many
homemade wreaths of flowers, con-
structed by loving hands in memory
of those who We're absent in their long
sleep, were scattered in profuSion
around the base. The silent SaluteS /
to this reminder of those who fell car
ried the impressiveness that could |
never be effaced from memory.
And thus passed the review in honor
of the return of peace to the world /
the tribute of the British empire to
the ending of a fearful nightmare of
carnage and life taking, which has
despoiled the whole civilized world of |
its young manhood. Peace again
brought to the troubled peoples and |
nations of the world, and with the re-
turn of peace the dawn of il new era
for civilization, Il new order of things
This means the real commencement |
of rebuilding the shattered world. In
it's rebuilding let us make the world |
better and brighter than it has ever
been before. Let us make it forever
impossible for another great war to
occur, otherwise the war now ended |
will have been in vain.
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