Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-09-28 | Page 23 | Honor Heroes at St. Mihiel

ImieiiEs mpiL High Tributes Paid on Bat- I tlefield to the French and American Dead. First Stone of Monument la j Laid by Treaidrnt Poin-care Poin-care of France. BY CONGCR REYNOLDS. 'Ch'cago Trlburd "Tid, . 'op: riRht. SAINT MM UK!.. Sep'. 1' ( - ! :i 1 r' V'i't . ? 7. A ' i : i j" ! ' ,'. i .oM 1 (r.4 wrro p'J"r ' 1 'K ' tbtu':(h MTtlH u :-vi nun In t'n.u- i Mt"'J.., go:' u'ld from lln- n.-w I'toi-t thflr "-Mh'iMi'it 'of.r Iki-J t-r,i i : - h d . i iTdy H-U;-drr C-'u- r.-l Hr.rr. . nthi mil ohaufftur, ';itln!! v.:tr ' r-niii'-ll u.ri-.-r :.n-i tht. 1 rf hn .i-rn-- p.-url.'nl Ufm t hu only A nnfrio.-ux (' : w tni-ss ih f-U- if th? firel an nl -i m , Of HtMT.ltiOtl. i '1'ti pflro'rial or"nicnI-s f ncl'idt d inm i f.-r t':o faUfti. ht;l'iK lie- f!rt F-ir-ne of n ! l':i'iai-iiTirii'i tnuii u i.-i; t hy PrvHdftit )'f.!pc-nr, df.jt.v.H..n i,r im- rviill:try oere- j ni"i'j and t rin ini r ai lull of an 0:.iUJ.ry for j I h.- viV rn:s n (I -.id ha wt-pt v. !i t)rlu if t h-v run Id hnf '?( fd e'lloh'v uT :h-ir :;'jrif h- I l-'-h'jp of ru:i!i. -.f(r- I ft!;.: !m lh- o.iMiAtlral a rtplLa uf u ta 1 1 lr f ) 'd rp.iv b t)f.-n fii-ihlf-n-d. ifn our 'U ff tl- uMtf .vtM.d.-t moMi f.-ll tliu folds Iff t h- hi" i U'ld f-1 r pvti. on t h: ot h r r I l ' I ri'-olnr. i ( r l 'n- n m;o,.' r.i t- a fcolcrvu fii'iTal v rvire was iM-rfornit'd. Tln ii tl' bishop :pokr. j Tribute by Bishop. "How vond-rful the Ameri'Mns wre." he r;.ild. "S c taw thrm piicting In uur depart merit of tht- Meufe hph-ndld. Joyous, ardent in their dvhlru to n:vt the for. I t,tid our b-.v.: vhen w- aid, 'Tliey f f'Kht h do the FrMn-n.' f;tpy feM on ttie fiId of honor. .ar rtlun we iau I h k rii t c.T.'icry wiirr? v c j;o : o pa y ho:i.niii to tiipm. H:for Hoj arniit-s of ' Anerloa In Kranon tht hl.-hop u W-rdun .".cvtptN the o,.nl fnKKK-riit'i.t to Ku.i'd i rH.-iou.vl' lh" toinhs of your lo rutis.'" !'r. Md?nt rolnoar r-vf:il.-(i -mc Hi tic ;l:r.ovn history hI'oui the laUir.K of Ht. . N;!hll htn i.r him',, cf th' nionuni'-nt . (.'floit b-forw lh.o- AirtrnTi; r;i!ii-. hf , vn!d, the fri-nh gnial tti'.ff had tudld i th-) poib!llty of rduolntf th thrent;ii-' thrent;ii-' k salfnt. Always it do.-lded it did not ! Iihvo th- ffff-tives to risk. Only vhen the A. K. P. bnaiiio formidable could the ' proje-t bf imd'Tt: ken. (Int-ra! I'erslilnr wanted to attR-k lonif , l..-forc tlw hiKh iMMiinianrt (rave him the ' tnk. Ltarnlnc th fJcrmans wer pre-parinfj pre-parinfj to withdraw at hn avlRiioei daf h!.s attack chuk'U tht hi retreating and he won a prr.a.-olns; :cior". Preside tit I'oinoare said dfnral Perilling wanted I to sniat-h on through tho 'Jerrnans new line, but Marfh-1 V preferred to save the Americans for the gen oral offensive j of Kh;ims and Verdun, 'First Stone Laid. ! The Btono the president laid w as Inscribed In-scribed : "Grateful homage to tiic Amerl-i Amerl-i can and I-'rench armies." Africa received j also a souvenir plaque showing the figure ; of Deliverance Rtrikinc chains from t'.ie 1 outstretched arms of tit. Mlhlel. At the head of Deliverance ioatb the American flag. In accenting the plp.que. Brigadier General Gen-eral Harts forgot the Jatiu custom of kissing the giver. Taking his cue immediately imme-diately after the French officers, who wore receiving a like courtesy, he slipped through the crowd found the little girl ad kissed and pat td her diet Its. The movie men abandoned the scheduled ceremony to catch the spirited American bestowing his kisses on the little daughter daugh-ter of France.