Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-19
RECEIVES SUPPLY HERE
 OF TRIBUTES FROM FRANCE

VI nioO E0 r f1OM hANOE
 A supply of memorials, an eloauent tribute to the Americans who fought on French and German soil. have been received by Corporal Daniel A. Silli- van in charge of the local army re- eruiting station. post office building, to be presented to soldiers and form CT soldiers who served with the Amer 1can Expeditionary forces in France. It had been intended by the French gov ternment to issue these memorials to the soldiers before they left France, but unfortunately they were not ready in time to be given to all. The French government gives this memorial to show it's great appreciation for their sacrifices, their : Eeroisun, their achievements. it has reuuested that: l they be presented to them individu- ally.
 All that is necessary to receive one of these memorials is for the soldier or, sailor to present your discharge to l Corporal Sullivan at the recruiting station, to show that ,yoH have served overseas. f
 The following is the text of the memorial from France to the Ameri-. can Expeditionary force:
 Soldiers of the American army are credited by the French government with being largely instrumental in lWinning the victory which came to 1.-the arms of right and justice on No- lvember Il, 1919. when the armistice Germany begged. was granted. This appears in a souvenir pamphlet dedi- fcated to the American soldiers who fought overseas and which will soon
 be presented through recruiting of
 ficers throughout the United States, to every American soldier who saw service with the American Expedition
 arv forces and who did not receive
 one before leaving France
 The memorial voices the feeling of
 France to America and Americas mo-
 ble sons,' who were over there, not
 emitting those who gave their all for Liberty. Tn an eloquent introduction appears this high tribute to American soldiers:
 At the most critical moment of the struggle which has. lasted for three
 years against German imperialism, you came as strong youths into country 7 where the young had perished. To the
 weeping you brought smile, to those
 who had been desnoi1ed your gener-
 osity restored hope. to the fatherIess : children you offered joy. The sum- : ming up of these recollections must remain an inspiration to you and to I. those who follow you in all future q efforts.
 Often. marching toward dusk, along
 some valley road in France you have watched the lights as they began to ,I shine out from the windows of the ,.I little farm houses. while the mista gradually enveloped all but the shadowv forms of objects almost fn- distingusnable. Let it be so in your minds when you think of France; re- ! which almost two million men have died to save and those hearths where
 a fire still burns. though the poilu
 who left it will never return. If any harsh -thoughts remain. let the mists unfold all that is not the romance of l this war-the drawing together in : fraternal love of those who have sui I fered. This is the prayer of France
 Together with the gratitude of her liv- l ing. there is the stirring memory of her
 dead. It carried it's messages to you as blessing from those who, because of your gallant sacrifice, shall not
 have given their lives in vain" II The memorial in fact, is a history 1T : tabloid form of Americas partieipa- 5 tion in the war beginning with Can 5 tigny, where the gallant First Divi- : sion made history. to the attack or
 the heights of Sedan, just before tht
 armistice was granted.
 The soldiers of the American Expe lditionary forces who wooed and wo1 s brides among the French people vii :. find most interesting that portion o n the memorial dealing with the hom, : life of France.
 r In conclusion the memorial says q l''You have taken part in the great D est adventure upon which h,Irnanit' : has so far been launched. You hay = seen your friends fall by your side, yo' e have yourselves, perhaps. been face t i face with death.
 1T Your contact with men of man : nations, your journey in foreign land: T the discipline you have accepted tn n close association with Americans frof ' every state in the country, will hay a inevitable changed your point C r, view. It has been said that you cam # in the war as crusaders. When yo le readn home, you will take up you ls work in the same spirit.
 s' The American army was great be V cause the men in it were moved to I ., their best. Though you disperse g a ,,, soon as you touch the shores of tt II.e United States, a common, determine ,s .. tion will hold you together it will bin '' you in fraternal union to the con
 rades by whose side you fought
 france. In 1ffbs AmerleanS conquere
 the liberty of. their own country. i'd this war you have helped to win fire, d dom for the universe.
 re At the time you entered the "; to with the French and British armies
 their maximum strength, all efforts ay dispossess the enemy from his firm st intrenched position in Belgium an B. France had failed. Your brillis nd dash, your uncalculating. spirit of sa r. rifice. checked the coward moveme h. of the adversary. Your, great nun
 bers made possible the final ali, of offensive which forced the Germal S. first to retreat and to capitulat
 France will ever remember you al nd intrepid chief, as the generous al it's heroic citizens e a great country al r. democracy the Expeditionary Fore
 of the new and better world who re hope is in America