Show AMERICANS IN PARIS A bril brilliant brilhart haDt fete has been given at a hall in the boulevard des dee capuchins capuchino by the committee of the of the united states in p honor of the detachment of infantry of marine which since the month of may made the service of guard in the american section of the exposition before the officers and soldiers of which this det del cament was composed had re embarked at havre to return to their native country the american ex po wishing to testify their appreciation of the detachment during the six months that had elapsed determined to make a public distribution of medals specially designed and struck commemorating this historic fact the ceremony took place in a salon I 1 in n the form of a a botu rotu rotunda ada decorated with the colors an and i flags of the united states stales and further enlivened by a profusion of flowering plants at 9 commissioner gen eral tuck of the united states took his place upon a stand erected for the occasion while commandant Mal maigret gret representing the president of the french republic colonel delorme representing the minister of the french navy and the representative senta tive of the minister of foreign affairs seated themselves at his side ranged banged around the hall were the american soldiers preserving the same irreproachable attitude as when the distribution of awards took place at the palace of industry and making with their parade uniforms a picturesque frame to the black habits babits of the invited guests commissioner general tuck was the first speaker in an allocution which was repeatedly applauded applauded by the audience he than thanked ed the detachment tach ment for their devotion to the Int interests ersts of the ex ants after felicitating felici tating them upon their martial bearing he expressed his le gratitude latitude rati tude to the french nation for the warm reception with which the american soldiers had bad met at their hands casting afterward in his remarks a coup daw clasil over the exposition he pronounced it a grand buc success cess 4 this is a fresh start that la prance france has marked on the highway of progress he said 1 I do not doubt for my part that in fifty years hence bence equally as many marvels will have had bad their birth as in the half cela century tury past the french exposition of 1889 is as the commencement comment ement of a new era commissioner tuck then called forward captain cochrane who commanded the detachment of american soldiers and presented him with the medal and a diploma the lieutenant and under off officers ivers afterwards came to him at the foot of the stand and each received his medal all AJI were warmly applauded the young drummers had the same success in bearing off rewards of merit the distribution finished captain cochrane gave a speech full of happy thoughts and poetic allusions thanking the organizers of the fete and expressing his hia joy at having been delegated to the exposition M edmond de lafayette senator having taken his place upon the platform at the moment hen captain cochrane commena Is oration the captain rendered homage amid resounding applause to the grandson of the liberator of Amer america las some words of thanks pronounced I 1 in D english by the descendant of lafayette were again made and then the invites and the soldiers passed into a hall ball adjoining where a lunch was served during this time the official of Fran france ceby by request signed their names to a register which should be reported by captain cochrane to the of official racial navy corps of his own country translated from a paris journal by GEORGE HAMLIN SALT LAKE CITY dec 17 1889 |