New Britain herald., 1919-07-14
Thousand Wounded Veterans, il Wheel Chairs and on CrutCheS, Head Triumphal Procession
 in Paris
jOFFRE AND FOCH ARE ,< GIVEN GREAT OVATION

Officers and Fighting Men Take
 Prominent Part In Days Festivities Universal Presence of Lcglcss, # Armlcss and Blinded Soldiers Proves & Deterrent to Enthusiasm. sA Paris, July IA, (By the Associated Press )-The triumphal march of allied and American troops through Paris began at s o'clock this morning. The brilliant weather was more like October than midsummer. A thousand wounded soldiers with crutches or in sFEhcel chairs and clad for the most part in civilian clothes, led the parade < preceded by drum corps. F Guns Boom In Triumph. r. Guns began firing at minute inter- I NalS as President Poincare placed a wreath at the foot of the Ccnotaph at x the Are de Triomphe. This empty cas- ! ket, placed in memory of the allied dead, was decorated also by other .Wreaths these being placed by Pre- < mier ClemencCaU, a French soldier, &. French sailor, an AIsatian girl; a girl from Lorraine and Col. Edmund Gros. This last tribute was in memory of = members Of tho Lafayette cscaGrillc Who lost their lives during the war.
 Marshal JofTrc Rides .Alonc. Marshal Jofrrc, the victor of the first battle of the Marne, passed under the Are. de Tromphe at 3:45 o'clock. He rode alone. Behind him came Marshal Foch. the commander i'll chief of the allied forces during the hnal campaign of the conflict X storm of applause arose from the vast throng az the two marshals passed the @B'residents stand and moved down the brilliant avenue.
 ls> Welcome for Americans. ---
 Gen. John J. Persning, with a mum Der of American generals. came next in line and was received with equal enthusiasm. Forty American organiza- tons, soldiers and marines, marching with wonderful precision, were greet ed by a sea of waving hand1erchiefs and flags and with deafening cheers It is estimated 100000 people went sieeplesS in Paris last night, three quarters from choice, and the others because they failed to obtain shelter. The railroad stations disgorged upon the already OVercrowded city thou sands of arrivals bearing loaves of bread and victuals,
 Wounded and Crippled Everywhere.
 While the crowds on the boulevards :. were as dense as on armistice night the spontaneous enthusiasm of No vember 1 was missing. Groups were dancing, singing and striving hard, al most painfully, to enjoy themselves, but the majority of the people were merely looking on from mere curiOs- ity. PerhapS the presence everywhere of legless, armless and blinded sol diers proved a deterrent to the enthus- 7 dasn of the throngs
 During the parade the roof of a house on tho Boulevard St. Martin collapsed. Eighteen persons were in jured:
 Pershing Heads |. s. Boys V General Pershing rode at the head 4 pf the American troops, which were separated from the French by space Df3300 yards. General Pershing's per asonal flag, scarlet field with a row ,Df four white stars was displayed for the first time. It was borne by a , mounted sergeant riding directly be- hind the American commander-in- chief.
 Behind General Pershing rode Ma ior Gen. H. G. Harbord, chief of staff < followed closely by three aides, Col. z George gs8Marshau, Jr., Col. John G. Quekemeyer and Major Thurston Hughes, Behind these rode two army torps commanders Major Gen. Henry T: Al1enfand Major Gen. John l.. Hines. .s
 Four Rows Of Officers
 Next came four rows of American sfDfficers.4s Tn the first row rode Major ! General Brewster, Langfitt McGlach- $ lin. Le sJeune, Howze, Hersey and La Sdtte. ' In the second row were Brig. FGenerals Poore, Russell, Bethen, Harts, Marshall, Rice and Saden Tn the third row were Brig. Generals Me ;. Intyre, Walker, Cruikshank, Connor Malin Craig, Davis and Booth. In sthe fourth and last row rode Brig
 Generals Moseley Neville, Parker Bamford, Mccoy and D. F. Craig: and Co.'s. John T. Knight and Collins
 Col. Babcock, commanded the de- tachment of American troops that fol- lowed.
 The American military band was composed of 126 men.
 s Troops From All Outfits.
 The American troops in line con- sisted of composite battalion select ed from all the regiments of the Am arican army of occupation formed In four companies. The first two com panies in line were separated from Inc second two by q detachment of men carrying 40 regimental flags. The