New-York tribune., 1922-05-31
France, Joins
IL. S. in Homage
TO Soldier Dead
chief Celebration at Arc de
Triomphe; U N k n o W n
Poilu Gets Medal and
Flowers From Americans
Foch Speaks at Graves
Ceneralissimo and Ambassa.
dor Herrick Pledge Anew
Countries Friends hin
sp.cio, Cob'e to The rr,b,sn.

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| PARIS. May 3o,-All France Joined
I,o-day in honering Americas dead.
Memorial ceremonies in score of
Cemeteries were addressed by French
,,nen as well as Americans.
The chief celebration was at the
lire de Triomphe, in Paris, where be-
,ore large gathering Frances un-
lmown poilu was decorated with gold
amedsl presented by the American Vet
jssans OF Foreign Wars. The presenta-
ation was made by the organizations
Isdjutapt general, Ruel Elton. Myron
jT Herrick, American Ambassador IN
Ia brief address offered to the unknown
holder and to France "the homage of
IAmerica's affection and testimony of
lher immutable friendship" Colonel
aHslsey Dunwoody, representing the
a,merican Legion, placed wreath on
a,re poilu's tomb identical with the one
placed at A. ington to-day.
I Marshal roch, General Weygand and
many other French generals were pres
snt with Admiral Jaures, in full uni
3.orm, and Colonel Fontana aide de
camp to President Millerand, who acted
as his representative. Archbishop Chap
tai. dressed in flowing purple. repre-
! sented Cardinal Dubois. American SOL
diers from the Rhine and French infan-
.rymen saluted the Unknown Soldier.
while military bands played American
snd French anthems.
Foch and Herrick Speak
At Suresnes Cemetery Ambassador
l Herrich and Marshal Foch spoke. stand
ing by the American graves. The Am
1 bassador thanked Foch in the name of
1 ,he United States for Frances observ-
I snce Of Memorial Day. while the gen
4 erallssimo insisted that that was the
1 least France could do as an expression
Of gratitude for the generous sacrifice
made by the Americans.
Major General James G. Harbord,
American chief of staff. who led the
1 I'd Division in the Battle Of Belleau
Wood, delivered stirring eulogy to
the Americans who lie buried there, as
1 well as to those who survive
They did not fight and die here for
America alone" he said. "Ther hero
/ ISM cannot be explained by cold theo-
4 RES of profit and loss. A real senti-
ment OF hatred of wrong and cham
pionship of right brought them to Eu-
rope. That sentiment still lives to-
day"
PARIS, May 80 (By The Associated
Press Memorial Day has slsnifi-
tshce in every French home where
there are children, because several
million French school pupils were told
today what the American army and
people did for France during the World
War
Americans decorating the graves Of
American soldiers buried in France
Afound that one of the most touching
Features was the procession of chill
3dren with flowers which they had
picked themselves to place on the SOL
oilers graves with their own hands
Expressions of gratitude for all that
America had done for France furnished
the chief feature of the principal me-
n morial services held at the Suresnes
Cemetery.
Orphans Sing L. S. Anthem
tSe French people made the day their
own. During the Suresnes ceremony
a chorus of French orphans sang the
Star Spangled Banner" in English
having had three weeks of instruction.
Ten thousand persons, including sew
/ eral thousand Americans, heard Am
bassador Herrick.
Charles Bertrand. president of the
| l1terAllied Federation of War Neter-
4 'ns, received an ovation when ne de-
;ared that if the governments Jailed
TO cement the friendship between
France and America which had been
I wrought with the blood OF millions,
q hose who had fought and lived would
q rot stand by and see destroyed the
4 thing for which they had dearly paid.
While the bodies of $4,000 have been
4 taken home and most of those remain
ing have been gathered in the six per-
8 manent American war cemeteries some
remain in scattered spots, where they
we're first buried and where they were
left in accordance with their families
8 wishes.
To each of these places-vast ceme-
3 'eries and lone graves alike-their COM
& rades of the American Legion and rep
8 fesentatives of tho French people to-
] day took flowers. Where possible the
4 ceremonies were participated in by men
who knew the fallen heroes, or who
served in the units to which they were
sttached.
Major General Harbord, who COM
4 manded the I'd Division during the war,
1 also went to Chateau Thierry, where he
4 spoke as the representative of the
1 army, and the American naval attache
IN Paris, Captain Frank B. Upham, for
the navy. At each of the other ceme-
teries prominent Americans took part
IN the services.
At Bony, Adjutant General j. Leslie
k'ncaid, of New York, addressed a
memorial service for American soldiers
i who died on that battlefield.
1 Ambassador Herrick and representa- =
ives of nearly all the embassies in
Paris attended the memorial services
IN the churches, and uniformed mem
ners of the American Legion stood at
attention at their altar rails.