Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-07-27 | Page 9 | French Mourn for Dead Heroes

American Soldiers Taken Daily From Hospitals in : i Paris to Cemeteries. !t j BUGLER SOUNDS TAPS Service Held in Little Chapel and Crowd of French i Gather at Grave. PARIDS, July 27. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) Four, five and In many cases, six thousand miles from their maternal hearth, the American Amer-ican dead, heroes of the second battle of tho Marno who have succumbed from grievous wounds in Paris hospitals, hos-pitals, are mourned dally by French mothers, sisters and fathers who feel tho emotions of these heroes' kindred at home. Daily, tho funerals leave the city hospitals for the little Suresnes conie'-tery conie'-tery dedicated to Americans by the city of Suresnes, located on a hill on the west of Paris overlooking the French metropolis. Daily, the Republican Repub-lican Guard in their picturesque and historic military attire maroh forth to the funeral to bestow Franco's regard upon these American heroes; and though no volley is fired because it is forbidden by tho French authorities, tho American bugler sounds "tapB" with impressive toning. I A service is held In the little chapel . i in the hospital. Protestant chaplains I , olticiate over tho dead of their faith j and Catholic over theirs. Tho hospital i I organization such as can bo spared, I? including nurses, orderlies, clerks and doctors attends the service. The bodies are borne from the chapel to waiting ponderous army mo-i mo-i tor trucks. The Republican Guard and tho marines form an escort. As each body is brought to the conveyance, these military units execulo "present J arms." When all the dead have been ; Placed upon their military bier, the Procession to the cometery starts. At Jj the head are the chaplains in motor cars. Then follow the motor trucks and i last tho guard of honor. j The coffins are draped with Ameri- j can flags. Each one bears two wreaths, j ne given by tho Republic of France 1 and anothor by the City of Paris. Tri-, Tri-, I color ribbons bind tho wreaths. In lei- f,erfi of Bold, tho ribbons are marked . J Au Befenseurs do la Patrle." ,; The little procession winds its way : , along the boulevards. The French j wiow Its significance. Without excep-, excep-, "on as it passes, every pedestrian Btops, uncovers and bows in homage to the American heroes. Reaching the summit of the hill of Suresnes, the interment of the bodies begins. A cr5wd of French mothers and sisters gathers at the graves. They reverently listen to tho chaplains pronounce pro-nounce the last words, and heavy of heart, they feel tho experience of those thousands of miles away. The American bugler takes his place and slowly and feelingly sounds "taps." The assemblage is moved to tears. At the final tone, the command is given and tho military esgort returns re-turns to Its post in the city. The mothers mo-thers and sisters return to their homes feeling the heaviness of the committal of the Amorlcan heroes to the grave. Their thoughts are carried to the mothers mo-thers and sisters back home. The Suresnes cemetery is tho gift of the Suresnes municipality to tho American Am-erican army. It is beautifully situated in the midst of a cluster of trees. Tho city of Paris can be viewed from the location. The walks are arranged In the form of a cross. The surveying was done by American engineers. no