The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-01-01

city In Offering bitterest resistance to the Ger
mans In 1870.
First came mutilated soldiers and veterans OF
the Great War. then troops from Alsace and Lor-
raine and then colonials. General Berdoulat, gov
ernor Of Paris followed, preceding flags used In
the late war, behind which came General Falque
and staff, bearing artillery flags. and General
Derescas and staff, above whom waved cavalry
standards
Faded and shattered flags Of 1870, recently re-
trieved from Potsdam and Berlin and carried by
veterans of the Franco-Prussian war, escorted the
bearing the heart of Gambetta, who resisted
desperately giving these very flags to Prussia In
the hour of defeat
delegation of noncommissioned officers of all
arms separated this car from the 155-gun car
rage upon which lay the body of the unknown
soldier President Millerand and all members Of
his cabinet walked behind 1t, accompanied by the
three French marshals-Joffre, the hero of the
Marine; Foch whose genius accomplished the final
defeat Of Germany, end Petan, whose defense of
Verdun will forever live In French song and story.
The procession terminated with delegations
from the st. Cyr and Polytechnic schools repub-
lican guards, colonial infantry, Senegaese units.
aviation officers, two batteries OF 15s and one OF
1865. AS the procession entered Boulevard Sainte
Michel there was heard In the distance from the
forts surrounding Paris, the first shot of 100
gun salute.
At $50 o'clock the procession reached the
Pantheon where President Millerand made a
short address. It then continued down Boulevard
st. Michel and Boulevard st. German. crossing
the Seine by the Chamber Of Deputies bridge. It
circled Place de la Concorde passing the statues
of Lille and Strausburg, and proceeded up the
Champs Elysees 1t reached the Arc de Triomphe
at noon.
Armstice day was observed all over the United
States and in many ways. No national cele-
bration was held and where the buglers blew taps
to American dead 1t was to the Soldier Dead
and not to the "Unknown Dead
Secretary Of War Baker was asked to authorize
the removal of the body of unidentified Amer
lean soldier from France for interment in the
MANNED Victory hall, Pershing square, New York
city. He refused the authorization.
Mr.. Baker said that II the United States were
to follow the example of Great Britain and France
such burial of an American soldier should be in
the amphtheater at Arlington or in some Of the
government public buildings. He said that the
removal Of a body to the planned Victory hall In
New York would set precedent and that many
other cities and towns would mot be contented
to be denied the same opportunity to show rev.
erence and respect
Whatever the result, an American precedent
has been already set. In fact. America set 1t for
the world In Arlington rises monument, dedi-
Gated more than half century ago with cere>
mony, on which is this inscription
"Reneath this stone repose the bones of two
thousand one hundred ard eleven unknown SOL
diers gathered after the war from the fields of
RulI Run and the route to the Rappahannock.
Their remains could not be identified but their
names and death are recorded in the archives Of
their country and It's grateful citizens honor them
as of their noble army of martyrs. May they rest
i'm peace Sept. A. ID. 1866"
Armistce day seems destined to come to mean
70 the whole world what Independence day means
to America.
How better express that meaning than through
honors to the unknown DeadT'