The sun., 1919-07-15
HALT AND BLIND
LEAD VICTORSIN
PARIS TRIUMPH
Honor Place Given to
Manned Thousand in
Great Parade.
OVATION TO GENERALS
Americans Greeted With
Sea of Waving Handker-
chiefs and Flags.
MEMORIALS AT ARCH
Poincare Places Wreath at
MEMORIALS AT ARCH
Poincare Places Wreath at
Foot of Famous Structure
as Guns Fire Salute.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
! PARIS. July 1.-THE conquerors in
the great war marched to-day in a VIC
| tory parade under the Arc de Tri-
omphe. Picked units and individual
heroes represented each OF the allied
armies.
! Several million grateful persons,
mostly French. but with many thou
sands of their allies, struggled forward
along the line OF march for an oppor-
tunity to wave and shout their graft
tude to the men who saved them from
German Imperialism.
The great triumphal arch. conceived
| by Napoleon to commemorate his VIC
tory at the battle of Austerlitz, took on
new historic importance when the AL
lies marched through the massive pile
OF masonry which dominates all Paris
and moved down the Champs Elysees
! toward the Place de la Concorde.
The place OF honor in the procession
was not accorded to the Generals and
the smartly equipped troops. 1t was
given to a thousand mutilated soldiers.
who passed under the arch and In
front Of the reviewing stand where
stood President Poincare, moving halt
ingly and out OF step as best they
could.
Some Blind, Some Halt.
Many were injured, some were blind,
were on crutches or Iimped along with
the aid Of canes. Few OF them were in
uniform. They represented all the de-
partments Of France. all branches Of
the military service and all walks of
life, as was indicated by the variety Of
their civilian attire. They made no ef-
fort to maintain military formation, but
marched as we'll as they could to the
airs played by the military band which
led them.
Great crowds filled every inch OF space
in the many streets and boulevards that
commanded a view OF the parade. Bal
comics were packed and roofs were black
with people. Many hung in the trees
The wounded soldiers were a surprise
TO the crowds, which were slow TO re-
alize who the men were because OF their
disorganized and non-military appear
ance. But when the great throng
grasped the situation. cheers rose slow
ly at first, and were taken up by the
crowds far from the limo OF march, which
caught the shouts OF the wounded"
Marshals Joffre and Foch followed,
Joftre riding slightly In advance OF Foch.
There had been so much speculation as
to whether Joffre would be in the parade
that his appearance with the Command
er-in-Chief provoked wild enthusiasm.
Neither wore the dress uniform of a
Marshal. Joffre wore the black tunic and
red breeches OF prewar days He car
rted Marshals baton with seven stars
and sat his horse with n vigor which dis
proved the rumors that he was not able
to ride. Foch wore gray uniform.
Cheers for PershinK.
Gen. Pershing came next. and he and
the American Generals riding with him
were greeted with no less enthusiasm
than the two great French Generals
American doughboys not participating
In the parade. had found places of van
tage in the treetops and on the house,
tops, where they had been attracting
much attention by their enthusiasm even
before Gen. Pershing and the American
troops passed. As the Americans
marched by the organized cheering of
these doughboys was audible above the
martial music and the shouts OF the
mighty crowd.
The American soldiers and marines
marched with a snap and precision
which won the special attention of the
spectators. as on July I. The French
commented especially on the extreme
youth and vigor OF the American troops
as contrasted with the other troops,
which included much older men.
The Belgians were greeted with much
enthusiasm throughout the line OF march.
The crowds, of which many had stayed
up all night TO get places, never seemed
to tire of applauding.
The British, Italians. Japanese. Portu-
guese. Serbs, CEechs, Rumanians and
Poles were all greeted warmly. Then
unstinted applause was showered on the
French forces, which closed the parade,
The trlumphal march OF allied and
American troops began at s o'clock this
morning. The weather was brilliant,
but more like October than midsummer.
Guns began firing at minute intervals
as President Poincare placed a wreath
at the foot of the cenotaph at the Arc de
casket placed there In memory of the
allied dead. was also decorated by other
wreaths, the latter placed by Premier
Clemenceau. n French soldier, a French
sailor. an Alsatian girl. a girl from Lor-
Taine and Col. Edmund Gros. The last
wreath was in memory OF seventy-two
members OF the Lafayette Escadrille
who lost their lives during the war.
Marne Victor Rides Alone.
Marshal Joffre. the victor of the first
battle of the Marne, passed under the
Arc de Triomphe at S:45 O'clock He
rode alone. Behind him came Marshal
Foch, the Commander-in-Chi Of the al
lied forces during the final campaign Of
the conflict A storm Of applause arose
from the vast throng as the two Mar
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