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Show BLUE DEVILS IN ! NEW YORK CITY 1 American and French Heroes : Given a Warm Welcome in New York City. NEW YORK. April 30 One hun-i hun-i dred and five heroes of the French army, members of the famous Chasseurs Chas-seurs Alpine corps, nicknamed "Blue I Devils" who arrived today, and the 'fifty veterans of General Pershing 'a 'army who came yesterday from overseas over-seas gave New Yorkers a series of i thrills yesterday. Patriotic fervor reached a high pitch wh n General Pershing's soldiers, many of them wearing the French war cross awarded for bravery, marrhed up Broadway from the Battery to the city hall, where they were formal I v received by Mayor Hylan. After the i ceremony they scattered throughout the city to aid in the Liberty bond campaign The arrival of the French-: French-: men was entirely unexpected. They also came to help the Liberty loan campaign. Although there had been no formal announcement Of B parade by the Americans, Am-ericans, a great throng lined lower Broadway I ed by a detachment from tho New York state guard, the veterans veter-ans many of them mere youths swung up the thoroughfare with light step, notwlthstandinp the heavy trelghl of i heir full equipment, wearing wear-ing their steel trench hats. Spectators went wild with enthus iasm as the men, perfect In form, filed by. Their hnppv, rugged faces reflected reflect-ed appreciation of the cxtraordlnarv welcome. Dignified business men and financiers threw their hats high into the air and danced in almost boyish glee, while several women broke through the police cordon to kiss the marchers The cheering all along the route was deafening and the flag and handkerchief waving lent a kal-eidscopic kal-eidscopic effect to the scene Arrived at the city hall, Mayor Hylan Hy-lan addressed the soldiers from the balcony, saying in part: I welcome you men in the name of your proud countrymen I welcome you in the name of the men, women' and children of this city, and I vish to say to you that we are proud of you j and of the manner In which you have conducted yourselves while on foreign soil " The city was just recovering from -this outburst of enthusiasm when the visiting Frenchmen heroes all and named "Blue Devils'" by the Germans because of the color of their uniforms and their fighting qualities, arrived. They appeared at Liberty loan committee com-mittee headquarters on lower Broadway Broad-way after having traveled through Fifth avenue and several downtown streets on auto buses from the steam --hip pier. Their reception was only exceeded b that accorded Pershing's veterans The "poilus" with their smart uni forms and the Tarn O'Shanters of the Alpin corps, made a dashing appearance appear-ance as they drew up in company formation for-mation before the Liberty loan headquarters head-quarters and marched Into the building build-ing to be photographed and interviewed inter-viewed as a preliminary step in their efforts to aid in the Liberty loan. At the headquarters they met some of the American heroes and the meeting was the signal for a demonstration that I lasted several minutes and Included vigorous hand shakes, congratulations! and expressions of admiration in French and English. Every man in the French contingent! had won one or more decorations for extraordinary bravery and virtually all had seen continuous service since the outbreak of tho war. All of them also had been wounded, most of them several sev-eral times a few as many as eight times. They wero welcomed to Amer ica by Ernest Guy. representing Andre Tardieu, French high commissioner to the United States, and Guy Emerson of the Liberty loan committee. "It is with pride that France introduces in-troduces to the citizens of New York these fighters who come to them as i he Americans came to France when General Pershing offered to General Foch t i ery man under his command " said Mr. Guy. "France sas deeply moved by that offer. Our desire is that .New York may be moved by the sight of our poilu. As these soldiers of France parade your streets, we ask you to remember that e cry dollar lent to the government of the United State? will put new heart into soldiers of the allies and every cheer given to them will give some German cause for thought." LaSt night the poilus were formally formal-ly introduced to General Pershing's veterans at a dinner given in their honor at Liberty loan exhibit, where Franco-American amity reached its height. James Y Gerard, former ambassador am-bassador to Germany, was the principal prin-cipal speaker. The Americans were disbanded last night as a unit. Sixteen of them will remain here to work for the Liberty loan, while the others will go to other cities to campaign. Sergeant Hugh Marsh will command a detail to Philadelphia. Sergeant Owen C. Haw kins will head a delegation to Chi- cagO, Sergeant John J. Heffcrnan, who was In charge of tho men on the trip overseas, will head a squad assignee' 10 Washington and Sergeant Edward Creer. will command a detail to Boston Bos-ton 9 l oo |