Evening star., 1933-11-05


year that have a wor,d-wide issz. sig,
America a number Of dates, some cl
which mean little or nothing to ,1I7o tn
has its holidays which find ourselves not
particularly interested. But this is not so with
Armistice day where we find the allied coun-
tries of the World War. and our own, of
course, celebrating, as unit, the one great
victory over Germany
There have been many g.eat changes in the
world since the armistice was signed on
November IL 1916 Perhaps as many as one
sixth or one-seventh OF all the people now
living date their births since that time, and
equally as many have passed beyond recall
History tells that when the British sur
rendered at Yorktown and marched between
the lines of American and French soldiers
drawn up for the occasion, the bands Of the
defeated army played THE World is Turned
Upside Down" and it was in 1918, and
seems to have been so ever since tnen,
although when the news OF the armistice was
received in Washington November L.
created a gladneSS that h" night WaXed into
riotous hilarity.
employees, headed by Vance Mccormick and
band began to serenade the President, and, as
Lincoln had done after the news OF the sur
render OF Appomattox reached the CITY MI.
Wilson appeared OF the portico, ana MS
proclamation clinched the certainty OF peace
1t read:
my Fellow Countrymen
The arnistice was signed this
morning. Everything for which America
fought has been accomplished 1t Will
now be our fortunate duty to assist by
example by sober friendly counsel and
by material aid in the establishment Of
lust democracy throughout the world.
WOODROW WILSON"
PENNSYLVANIA avenue was at no other
time crowded as it was that night. People
lust seemed to be beside themselves with
JOY The demonstration was general and
spontaneous. knew where he was
going: he was just on his way, and that meant
to walk from the Capitol to the White House.
and back again, or dance, as he saw nt ana
many chose to do the latter. Many VINO coulo
sing and many who could not but were willing
to try used this form Of amusement to give
vent to their enraptured feelings Few arrests
were made for members Of the Police Depart
ment, which had also taken on the spirit OF
the occasion, were willing to let cltlzens' lot
once at least. kick the lid clean on.
Fully 100000 joyous Washingtonians were
out for big night. and they had it. President
and Mrs Wilson drove from the White House
to the Capitol and back again through TINS
cheering throng of WashngtonianS many OF
whom were armed with tin horns, rattes, tlh
pans iron pipes or anything that could express
III lUloc JUy UVCl lllC hAiVWN~oS "A"V sS'~
war was ended and that our boyS-and some
girls, too-woud soon return home Some did
not return were left behind, where certain
SPOT today is marked with white Carrara mar
BILE cross while others were brought back to
their beloved America and placed in Arlington
and other cemeteries throughout the country.
They were sons of the North. sons of the South,
sens of the East sons of the West, and de-
scendants OF the same Blue and Gray who
fought opposite sides in the War Between
the states. Many paid the supreme penalty,
but they died for one principle, one country and
repeat the well known poem;
mo more shall the war-cry sever,
Or the winding rivers be red;
They Danish anger forever
When they laurel the graves Of our Dead
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the judgment day
Love and tears for the Blue;
Tears and love for the Gray!"
THE vastness of the World War cannot be
appreciated unless we refresh our memory
with figures, for the statistics show that ON
November II, 1918, there were serving in the
military and naval forces of the United States
nearly 5000, 900 men, the exact number given
being 4,791,172. To this vast number, the Dis
trict of Columbia contributed not less than
27,621. OF these the War Department records
448 as having died in foreign lands, 1853 as
wounded but recovered and The Star Of Febru-
ary 27, 1919, prints memorial list OF 2o7 Dis
trict soldiers who died on the battlefield or in