The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1921-09-09
The Commercial, Union City, Tenn.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9. 1921.
DR., MeRee's Address.

| terrain Clurcn last 0unuSJ evening
at the regular preaching hour He
was greeted by a very large and at
tentive audience.
The address was along general
lines with particular stress on the
battlefields and the part of America
in the European conflict. DIR. Nc
Rec and party, touring association
of the Thirtieth Division, landed in
England at Liverpool on July % and
proceeded Immediately to London,
the largest city in the world. There
they were taken to the Houses of
Parliament, Westminster Abbey,
Windsor Palace, the London Tower,
and other places. On the way thru
the country DR.. McRee noted the alb
sence of frame houses. English coun-
try homes are all of brick and stone
and the farms are much better I'M
proved than those of our own coun-
try. Cultivation is more systematic
duu lHIcuoINe anu inc CiOpo dlO LipA .
abundant.
From London the party proceeded
to Dover and over tie English Chan
mel to Ostend This is a city of
gambling and horse races, a seaside
resort and the Doctor was not very
favorably impressed with his visit.
From Ostend the party took motor
cars to the battlefields of Ypres and
other sectors. Then they went to
Brussels and all along they noticed
the work of restoration going on
with the finest progress. The work
of appraising damages WAS alone one
of the big undertakings. The ma
tiveg all the way were very demon
strative to the Americans who had
posted flags on the cars. The Bel
gians received them with tears of
joy.
On the way the party was given
an opportunity to see the great can
non, Big Bertha, which was trained
on the city of Paris by the Germans.
Rheims was one of the next points
This is a large city in the region
whore the largest distl1lery in the
world is located, making wine and
champagne, much of which is
shipped to our own country and L.
beled for medical purposes.
From Rheims the route of travel
was to Berne, Switzerland, the oldest
republic in the world, where a pres
ident is elected every year. Switzer-
lchd has practically no army and ma
Wy and no war debt.t Then the party
travelled to Italy, and this is a coun-
Try where the Doctor did not find
many things to suit him. Italy is
infested with pickpockets and pill
fering and it is not very pleasant
to mix with the crowds on the street. |
From Italy they crossed over to the
little principality of Monaco, where
Monte Carlo is located. Here the |
prince reigns supreme and-the people
pay no taxes. Neither are the ma
lives allowed to enter the palace, the
most famous gambling house in the !
world. The building was compared |
by the Doctor to the Congressional |
Library at Washington.
Back to France and TO Paris, one
of the most famous cities of the
world. Here the party had chance
% see the French people in their ma
i've element. Paris is noted for its
Easy morals and the tendency of the
to enter into TIE risque and
,lasc of the sporting world. Both
men and women drink and smoke at
ables placed along the sidewalks,
where they are served from within.
rhe Doctor thought it was perfectly
lorrid and scandalous. He did not
ancy the customs of bonny France.
From the city the party travelled
o Verdun, a walled fort outside
# Paris, which the Germans strug
He'd to destroy and lay waste so that
hey could enter Paris. Here at
'hateau THEORY and Belleau Wood
he Americans entered the fight and
he Germans were repulsed and scat
cred. Here young Stony Maxwell,
ne of the marines, fell, whose body
5 now on the way to America.
The Doctor Caid thst he was the .
ldest member of the party, but he :
TODD the trip apparently as well as
nyone. However, as he stated to
Brother Cunningham, ne took with
i'm the guiding hand of the great
Irvine Presence. =,
The Doctor was more impressed
nth the English people than with
ny of the others. He said they were I
lore like our own. In many re- 9
poets England is a great country, l
ut while the Doctor left one hun =
red per cent American he came back +
wo hundred per cent American.
DR.. McRee had a very compli- |