The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-09-01
Paris Is Ready to Entertain
Second A. E. F. Inuasion

many thousands of soldiers during
the war, and which has been des-
| ignated flagship of this second he
gira, docks with General Pershing,
National Commander Howard Saw
age, many other distinguished
guests and whole host of ordi-
nary ex-high privates.
The meetings of the Legion in
Paris will comprise only a part of
the activities. Extensive tours to
all battlefields where American
troops fought have been arranged,
these tours having been divided in
to five districts-the first district
including northern France and Bel
GUM; the second, the Aisne-Marne
region and Chateau Thierry; the
third, Verdun and the Meuse-Ar-
gonne sector; the fourth, the St.
Mihiel region; the fifth, the Cham
payne country east of Rheims.
In addition, many legionaires
arep tanning tours to other coun-
tries. Eighteen European nations
have announced they will accept
the Legion Identification certif-
Gates in lieu of pass ports. -
-Four of the welfare organiza-
tions that served the A. E. F.
during the war are ready to serve
the visiting Legionaires. The Red
Gross has made ready first aid
stations in Paris and at other
points in France; the Knights of
Columbus has secretaries on all
the ships, to provide for creature
comforts; the Salvation Army has
a number of huts established, and
is all ready to start frying barrels
of doughnuts again, and the Amer
lean Library Association has OPP
ened numerous reading rooms
here in Paris.
The high point of the conven-
ton, which opens Sept. 10 and
closes Sept. "a, will be the big
parade on Sept. 10.
In the Place des Invalides, I'M
der the shadow of the dome of the
tomb of Napoleon, the parade will
form, to proceed down the Avenue
du Gallieni, named in honor of
the general who marshalled
Frances famous ''taxicab army"
at the first Battle of the Marine.
Thence the marches will cross
the Seine on the Point Alexandra
LII, swinging to the left until they
reach the Avenue President Will
son. Then they will turn down
the Avenue d'Iena to the Arc de
Triomphe.
Here the French government
has prepared a great honor for
them. For the first time in his
tory, it is according to represen-
tatives of foreign government,
the privilege of passing under one
arch of this famous monument.
The legionaires will observe COM
plete silence as they pass through;
the bands will be stilled and the
marchers proceed with barred
heads past the tomb of the un-
known soldier.
Then the parade will pass down
the world-famous Champs-E lysees
to the Place de la Concorde, where
stood the guillotine that beheaded
a king and queen of France dur
ing the French revolution. From
this historic spot it will proceed,
along streets lined with world-fa-
nous buildings, to the Boulevard
DIES Tuileries, where it will dis
band.
Paris will make holiday for
this event; the government will
have many airplanes circling over
the city.
The first official act of the Lee
glon will be to place wreath up
on the tomb of the unknown SOL
der. This will occur on Sunday.
Sept. Is, on the eve of the con-
vention sessions. Two days later
the Legion, in a body, will pay tri-
butte to the American World war
dead in impressive ceremonies at
Suresnes cemetery, near Paris. On
Friday, Sept. % the Legion prob
ably will participate in the laying
OF the cornerstone of the great war
memorial at Chateau Thierry.