Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-29

captured New York today and then sped away to conquer the rest of the country. New York surrendered without strik- Ing a blow. For a long time the city had been waiting to pay off just little of It's debt of gratitude to the Enall man iu hcrizon blue whose skill and daring al martial chess has reduced the proud a-tnie@ of Germany and this afternoon t seized it's opportunity.
 Not since Arnistice Day did the city's millions turn out with such spontsneity and n such numbers. Had the hardy little Frenchran who led ten million soldiers to victory ridden up Broadway iu a war chariot. dragging captives be- Sind him like the emperors of Rome, he could not have received a greater well come than was accorded him as he rode u0 the historic thoroughfare in twen- r'eth century motor car, enveloped in a deiurfns shower of papers hurled from s'yvzcraper windows
 From the Battery. where he was greeted by Governor Miller. to city hall where he was welcomed by Mayor Fly Ian he moved In a great triumphal pro- rassi0n. after steaming un the harbor t0 Inc boom of guns. the cease'ess blast of whistles the roar of airplane motors, 'he shouts and cheers of countless thou sands By his side rode General Persh- .TE Kn0 was nFST TO WelCOUQe HIS btl -orrrade 70 these shores.
 r0ou the marshal n city conferred lts freedom and then he continued his f-tumnha' march un town. This time it was along Fifth avenue he motored. and Fifrh avenue proved as wild with en- thusisSu as lower Manhattan. the finan- ciaI leart of tho world. which had toss ed its days business worries out the window with it's paper showers.
 Eo -rgs eta was another display of enthusiastic we -0-re Cheers were still resounding when The snecial train taking the mar srai 10 Washington on the first leg of 'is journey to Kansas City for the American Legion convention pulled out a' the terminal.
 The T1arshars welcome began a hun sred miles ont at sea. There the liner Paris bearing him 10 the New World was ojined by 12 American destroyers. For time the war craft had it all to themselves but soon through the mist broke a squadron of sesplanes.
 On moved the Paris. passed by the George Washington. which had raced Into port with General Pershing in or fer that he might be first to grasp the ma arShafs hands on American soi1.
 At Quarantine came another welcome. Transferred 10 the navy cutter vigiant Tho soldier Of France clasped hands with Ambassador Jusserand. with As s'sfant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt with mTny other notableS
 But the series of receptions had hardly begun. The next came off Fort Jay when guns thundered a generals salute And then the climax.
 landing a few yards from Castle Gar. nen. where his famous countryn1an La favrtte had set foot on American soil iha marsha found awaiting him recep. t'o1 that even his imagination could no have conceived.
 The stretch of open ground had beer converted Into great stadium. the walls ot which were skyscrapere stretch Ing stories high. At every window or Pho roofs. even ont on dizzy cornices 9; stories above the street were perchet men and women waving flags of Amer Tea and France. On the streets below were massed a great army of welcomers As soon as the soldierly little fgur, l1 the iiEht blue uniform of Franc, stepped oh the dock a mighty shou a-oee few minutes before Genera PSrr>inE had appeared to the sound O ru'fies and fourishes and these were re reafei for the French war hero.
 F0i ward stepped the marshal hi sr----- zap at rakish angle There wa ro'F77g of the merciiess warrior Tn hi s7ti7r face, the keen, kindly eve, a! marching straight ahead he advanced With hands stretched in front of him t greet Arerica's military leader.
 When the greeting was over and th marshal started toward his ear. tn cheering broke forth afresh. Nearly tn d-st of his short choppv salutes wa given 70 ths veterans of France-rne- who had fought with him on the battle scared plains and valleys of the west trr front
 There they were. soldiers of th French artillery and infantry. blue dev is and bird men. some with empt sleeves. al' with decorations
 Next the unarshars eye fell upon a bat tahon o' American regulars. with khal and tin hats. And then. a sight tendere ths1 the rest. a group of Red Cros nurses Tn uniforms Of white.
 Photographers would not permit fl a'fiea Feneraiissirno immediately to ste .n-o h's car. Tor perhaps the first tin n many years, Marshal Foch had f take orders.
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 And fhe marshal didn't seem to mir i- ar being ordered about
 Then started the parade of triurnp As Tho Inc of motor cars moved und Tho elevated tracks, rnotorrnen forgot r7Ne their trains. They just opene trr'r whistles and kept them open.
 It was soon evident that like the hur h'-Tt nstro1 of the subway the ma thal was to stand all the way up tow Tor the crowd would not let him g down He stood the entire way on il re1- seat of his automobile with h fingers constantly at his cap peak
 As the procession swung into Broa way. across historic bowling green. Il marshal found the greatest spectacI Futtering everywhere were the flags America and France. of Great Rrfta and Belgium. of all the allies. Althous Tho sun was hot the marshal must ha' Thought himself in the midst of a bli k7ri. For down poured a never-ceasir shower of white paper So thick "; Inc shower that t nearly plotted o Inc treat spire ot old Trinity. bound F7rds and yards of ticker tape th iuttered from the uppermost stories I'yvsc-apers.
 The o'7wd allowed the procession 3ass. but once past. It hr1ed the stre md pressed on behind the motor car Fan.
 AT could not press into city han Dl