Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-05-31 | Page 2 | Wreaths for Resting Place of Doughboys

Commander-in-Chief of Ann-; ies of France Pays Tribute L , to U. S. Soidier Dead. j ft SALUTES GRAVES I j OF YOUNG HEROES j I Wreath From President of U.! I S. Placed at Foot of j Statue. j i PARIS, May 30. In his Memorial Hi Day address, Marshal Pe.tain said: "To salute these graves which mark I I' I the resting place of those of your coin- lr patriots who fell on our fields in the j - defense of France, the commander-in- i chief of her armies, speaking in behalf I. I of the government of the republic, I ' comes with rospect Faithful to the I custom inaugurated by your great Lin- ' coin, and which your oxcellency now observes with such fine feeling on the soil of France, we come here with you today to decorate the tombs of your I heroes, fallen to protect those eternal M- principles whichever have been dear I' to their country Justice, freedom and i independence. I; "Brothers in arms, sharerH of one l: common glory, one common sacrifice, I salute you as heroes whose young! v days found here the end of their work, j I In acclaiming you I voice the, sentl-B sentl-B ment8 of my whole country, victorious H1 aad forever grateful. H1 With Ambassador Wallace and Lord H Derby, members of the American and H British embnssy, representatives of H: Premier Mlllorand and attendin.i: H: French army officers ascended the lit- H tie hill whero stand the heroic size Hj slnluc of "The American doughboy,"" HI and deposited a wreath bearing the ln-scrlption, ln-scrlption, "From the president of the I'ntted States to the American soldiers fallen on the field of honor." Ml oo