Show I i Today Today's S A. A Anniversary S r 4 4 On July 3 3 1917 General Petain commander In chIef of oC the French armies operating on the French front issued the following order In regard to the Fourth of July celebration of United States troops Tomorrow the Independence day celebration of or he the United States the first American troops which have lave debarked in France Francc will defile in Paris Later they hey will join us us at the front Let us salute these new ew companions in arms who without thought of gain aln or of conquest but with the simple desire of defending the cause of liberty and right have come cometo cometo to take their places in the ranks beside us u.s. Others are preparing DR to follow them They will wm soon con be on our soil soU The United States means to tout put ut at our disposition without reckoning their sellers soldIers soldiers sol sel sol sol- dIers lers their factories their vessels and their entire country They want to pay a hundredfold the debt of f gratitude g which they owe to Lafayette and his companions From all the points of the front a single shout on n this July 4 will be heard Honor to the great sIster ister Long live the United States States' |