The Bolivar County Democrat., 1921-01-01

city in Offering bitterest resistance to the Ger
mans in 1870.
First came mutated soldiers and veterans OF
the Great War. then troops from Alsace and l-or-
raine and then cOOnials. General Bertoulat. gov
Of Paris, followed. preceding flags used In
the late war, behind which came General Faq'e
and staff. bearing artillery flags. and General
Derescas and staff, ubove whom waved cavalry
standards.
Faded and shattered flags of 1870 recently re-
trieved from POtsdam and Berlin and carried by
veterans of the Franco -Prussan war. escorted the
car bearing the heart of Gambetta who resisted
desperately giving these very flags to Prussia in
the hour of defeat.
delegation of nonconmissi oned officers Of all
arms separated this car from. the 155-gun car
riage upon which lay the body Of the unknown
soldier. President Millerand and all members of
his cabinet walked behind it, accompanied by the
three French Observation-Disclosures the hero Of the
Marine; Foch. whose genius accomplished the final
defeat of Germany. and Petan. whose defense OF
Ver,un, will forever live In French song and story
The procession terminated with delegations
from the ST. Cyr and Polytechnic schools, repuh-
Iicap guards colonial infantry. Senegalese units.
ayation officers. two batteries of I3s and ore OF
1858 AS the procession entered Boulevard Sante
Michel there heard in the distance. from the
forts surrounding Paris. the first shot of 100
gun salute.
Ar 80 O'Clock the procession reached the
Pantheon. where President NIillerand made
short address. 1t then continued down Boulevard
St Michel and Boulevard st. Gerraain eros II.
the Seine by the Chamber of Deputies bridge. II
circ,ed Place de In Concorte. passing the statues
Of Lille ana Strausburg. and proceeded up the
Champs Elysees. 1t reached the Arc de Triomphe
at noon.
Armistice day was observed all over the United
States and in many ways. No national cele
bration was held and where the buglers blew tnpe
to American dead 1t was to the 'Sodier Dead
tba "I1nEnOWn Dead"
Secretary Of War Baker was asked to authorize
the removal of the body of an unidentified Amer
lean soldier from France for nterment in the
MANNED Victory hall. Pershirg square. New YORK
city. He refused the authorization.
Mr. Baker said that If the United States were
TO follow the example of Great Britain and France
such burial of an American soldier should he in
tbe omphItheater at Arlington or in some of the
government public buildings He said that the
removal of body to the planned victory nan IN
New York wou1 set a precedent and that mnny
other cities and towns would mot be contented
to De denied the same opportunity 10 SNOW rev
erence and respect.
Whatever the result. American precedent
has been aIreadr set. In fact. America set ii for
the world In Arlington rises monument, dedi-
Gated more thai half century ago with cere-
monv. on which is this inscription;
"reneath this stone repose the bones of two
tbousand one hundred and eleven unknown SOL
diers ruthered after the from the fields of
Ruu Run and the route to the Rappahannock |
Their remains could not be identified hut their |
names and death are recorded In the archives of
their country and grateful citizens honor them
as of their noble army of martyrs. May they rest
in peace Sept. A. ID. 1866"
Armistice day seems destined to come to mean |
to the whole world what Independence day means
to America
How better express that meaning than through |
honors TO the "Unknown Daad?"