Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-11-04 | Page 3 | French Honor American Dead

INCH HONOR AMERICAN DUO Nation Pays Tribute to Soldiers Sol-diers Who Fell During World War. PARIS, Nov. 3. (Havas.) Notwithstanding' Notwith-standing' Uio snow and cold weather, reports re-ports reaching Paris from the provinces, say large crowds attended the ceremonies leld Saturday to honor those who died 3n the battlefield. Wreaths were placed on the graves of American soldiers at Montfaucon. PARIS, Nov. 2. France, which yesterday yester-day paid homage to its war dead at the graveside, met today In religious or moral assemblages in honor of the dead. A requiem re-quiem mass was celebrated in all Roman Catholic churches by special authorization authoriza-tion of the pope, and many civil assemblages assem-blages were htld In memory of fallen combatants. , .' ... Yesterday evening and all through the night mourners were praying In the churches. Thousands of candles were placed by relatives of the dead, gathered cemeteries than last year, when victory had not been attained. Admonitions to the living to do their patriotic duty In the elections as the fallen J soldiers had done theirs in the field, I marked many sermons and editorials. Car-I Car-I dinal Amette. who officiated at the cathedral cathe-dral of Notre Dame, published a letter urging Frenchmen to consider only the welfare of their country and cautioning them to vote against Imperfect candidates. I On the battle fronts yesterday great crowds moved out before dawn toward the spot where their loved ones had fallen, J and knelt to pray in the biting cold wind S and falling snow. At Verdun in particu- oiamld the elaborate funeral trappings of the chapels. The two daj'S' service for the dead were attended by the great bulk of the nation, virtually every public man participating In some ceremony. Byt actual count the pilgrims to the Paris cemeteries numbered 361,140. Nevertheless, the police records showed that there for 45,000 less in the lar, thousands climbed to the fortress-crowned fortress-crowned heights and crowded the battlefields battle-fields around the city. President Poincare, along with Marshals Foch and Joffre. diplomats and officials, attended today the prolncipal official ceremony cere-mony at the Pantheon, the entrance of which was. lined with crepe and hung with flags. VERSAILLES, Nov. 3. Captain Andre Tardleu of the French peace delegation, and many T'Yench officials participated in the decoration of the graves of war heroes In the Versailles cemetery today. Accompanied Accom-panied by American, Knglish and Italian deputations, they marched in procession from the city hall to the cemetery, where Itbe graves of the war dead were covered with flowers.