CHAUMONT WILD
IN WELCOME TO
NATION'S CHIEF
In Field Near Langres Presi
dent Pledges Preserva
tion of Ideals
By Associated Press
Chaumont, Dec. 27. President
Wilson on Christmas Day pledged
himself ito the American troops in
the field to attain a peace which
would preserve the fruits of the sac
rifices they have made. Standing
with bared head in a field near Lan
gres, over which Caesar had march
ed with his legions centuries ago,
the President told 10,000 American
infantrymen that, now they had
done their part to win the ideals
for which America entered the war,
they could depend upon him to sec
that they were preserved.
Chaumont Rivnls Paris
The President came up from Paris
to spend Christmas Day with tho
men who have done such a great
part In the winning of the war. His
toric old Chaumont, headquarters of
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FRIDAY EVENING.
the American' army, did Itself proud
In its roception. In Its homely way
It rivaled Paris, and in tho depth of
Its sincerity It fully equaled It.
Cold gray cloud banks shut out
the sun and the ground was wet
and sodden. But there was no damp
ness In the welcome. Chaumont
simply went wild. The American
troops, muddy, cold and soaked, but
bappy, seemed just as enthusiastic
as the country people.
Spccclies in French Tongue
The President's train arrived at
9 o'clock In the morning and the
party went at once to the city hall,
where there was a formal reception.
There were speeches, all In French,
by the gneral commanding tho dis
trict, the mayor and the prefect.
The President nodded apprecia
tively and smiled from time to time.
Just as he began to make his reply,
the military band in the square out
side broke into the strains of "The
Bnttlo Hymn of the Republic," and 1
the President spoke to tho dramatic
accompaniment of the notes of the
famous old American fighting
hymn.
Not Unlike Gettysburg
The preliminary ceremony soon
was over, and the President and his
party took motorcars to Langres,
where selected troops from six divi
sions were waiting to be reviewed.
They were gathered In a field, which
might be likened geographically to
the battle field of Gettysburg. It
lies on a gentle slope between two
elevations, with a range of hills on
either side and a road running along
the top of one of them.
Just as tho caravan came up on
the crest overlooking the troops,
a very old French woman standing
at the roadside waved frantically at
the passing cars to take In a bouquet
of flowers she wanted to give to Mrs.
Wilson. The long line of cars had
swept on, showering the dismayed
old woman with mud, when the
President caught the situation and, j
stopping the line, sent a colonel back ;
through the mud to get the old 1
lady's flowers. Having taken them j
in, the cars proceeded.
A temporary boardwalk had been I
built over the quagmire of the re-1
viewing field to the stand and there
the President took his place, sur
rounded by General Pershing, Mrs.
Wilson, Rear Admiral Grayson,
General Liggett, General Alexander
and General Hale, commanding tho
26th Division.
General Pershing opened the
ceremony with a brief speech in
which he presented "the victorious
army" to the President.
Wilson Speaks Earncstly
The President addressed the
troops as "My fellow countrymen,"
and silence, which he characterized j
as the quiet of peace, settled down
over the spot as every man of the
10,000 stood at attention and strain
ed to catch the President's words.
He spoke for about live minutes,
earnestly and as loudly as he could.
Probably half the troops heard him.
They all seemed to recognize the his
toric significance of the occasion.
There stood before them an Amer
ican President, the first in history
to review an American army on for
eign soil.
Every man taking part in the re
view had seen action. War crosses
were plentiful; the men had been
through all and were veterans In
every sense of the word. There was
an unmistakable flash of wholesome
pride In the President's eye and a
catch in Ills throat as he looked at
them and remarked what a privi
lege it would be to have been one
of them.
Plays American Melodies
The moment the President finish
ed speaking, the review was on
men, guns, horses, dogs, of the latter
a select assortment. The headquar
ters' band began with a French air,
then switched to "The Stars and
Stripes Forever," "The Suwanee
River," "Maryland," and "Dixie."
The notes of the American airs
were wafted over the bleak fields
to the blue hills In the background
as the men begun to move, march
ing in company front formation,
wheeling past the reviewing stand,
eyes right.
First came the men of the 6th
Division, veterans of the Meuse and
Argonne offensives; then infantry
and machine guns of the 26th, vet
'erans of the Chemln Des Dames,
Chateau Thierry and the Argonne.
The men of the 29th, also In the
Argonne offensive, were next, and a
composite battalion of the 77th. De
tachments of the 80th, who were in
the fighting at Verdun last Octo
ber and detachmelnts of the 82nd
followed. The review was brought
•to an end by a long train of am
munition wagons, dragged threugh
the mire by the inevitable army
mule, who seemed to be the least In
terested of all, and a company of
fifteen whippet tanks.
Presents Division Emblem
At the close of the review Gen
eral Alexander stepped up to the
stand and presented Mr. Wilson with
one of the little silken statues of Lib
erty which the men of the 77th wear
on their shoulders to denote their
division.
The President and party then re
entered the motorcars, going to
Christmas dinner with the officers
of the 26th Division, composed en
tirely of New England troops. Din
ner was served In one of the empty
wards of an old French hospital
several miles away. It had been the
President's wish and plan to dine
with the troops themselves, but in
the crush of arrangements some- j
thing went wrong and the plan was I
not carried out.
Dinner In Simple Fastilon
The President seemed to enjoy the I
dinner none the less. ' It constated !
of army bread without butter, roast I
turkey with dressing, boiled onions, I
French lettuce and coffee with j
cream. All was served in the stm- I
plest style and with the littlest cere- (
mony. |
From dinner, the President went I
on a tour of billets In the nearby |
neighborhood, all of them on the f
road returning to Chaumont, and I
inspected personally several of the 5
places where the men live with old I
French families, some of them in |
thatched huts. i
Greatest Day of His Life
The resident told those about him (
that he had par-ed through the i
greatest day of his life.
The Fi4nch though It was a great ?
day for them, and the Americans I
were sure it was not less great for I
them. All the American troops in £
the vicinity# who were not concerned I
In the review, were somewhere to (
see what was going on. k
WARSHIPS GOING TO DENMAHK '
Copenhagen, Dec. 27.—The Amerl- |
can legation here was Informed that 1
American warships would arrive at 3
Copenhagen probably Saturday. It E
was said they would remain here sev- |
eral days on their way into the Bal- a
tic sea. |
STEAMER AFIRE AT PIER
Raltlmore, Dec. 27.—The steamship '
Florence Luckenback. due to sail to- |
morrow for France with foodstuffs l|
and gasoline. Is afire at a Locust 3
Point pier. The cargo Is being re- M
moved by the United States fire patrol, (j
POPE BENEDICT
FINDS TASK IN
KEEPING PEACE
Assures Members of Sacred
College He Will Strive
For Durable Peace
Dec. 2 7.—Pope Benedict
sees In the result of the world war
his task of repairing the moral ills
of the war no less than the material
damages. In replying to the greet- j
Ings of the members of the Sacred '
College, who presented their Christ-}
mas wishes to him, the Pope said he I
wondered if It were not tho Holy'
Father's task to dissipate, as far as
lay In his Tower, the dangers of fresh :
perturbations which might result,
from excessive national hatreds and >
passions.
The Pope said ho hoped his work
opens Saturday at 9 a. m.—closes at 9 p. m
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henceforth might be an echo'of tho
decision of the peace conference and
mainly directed to the cares add In
structions of his children and the
protection and direction of workers
and the counselling of the wealthy
classes for the good use of thelf
wealth and authority.
The Pope expressed a wish that
tho decisions of the coming peaco
congress not only would rc-cstabllsh
order, but would give a new birth "to
human sentiments which will render
communion with our brothers and
the sacrifices made for them sweet."
The Pontiff declared that he would
do all in his power to facilitate ac
quiescence in the decisions of the
congress In order to Insure a just i
and durable peace.
Pope Benedict expressed doubt'
whether the tempest that had devas- J
jtated the world had not left in the i
'hearts of men the deadly remains j
[of ancient rancors, unwholesohie i
| germs of discord, vengeance and re- '
'prlsals. The very ardor of war and'
the passion for defense of country,)
'the Pontiff added, were noble In |
.their origin, although It was natural i
1 that in principle they could easily
; lead to excesses and make the germs
of social discord more grave. '
WAR PUTS LEAN
FARE ON ENEMY
CHRISTMAS MENU
Nearly All Feasters Compelled
to Resort to "Schlcch
telhandel"
By Associated Press
I Berlin, Dec. 27. —The Germans,
j particularly those living in tho
i larger cities, had lean faro for their
| Christmas dinners.
So much has been said about the ]
I food situation that It is under- j
' standuble If there is an Impression
j in some quarters that the situation
j has been exaggerated. Here, how
over, there Is one excellnt barometer
I of the situation, namely, "Schlecht
handel," as illegitimate traiflcking
In foodstuffs is termed, and tl|ls is I
beginning to diminish markedly,
A month ago it was possible to |
buy butter, sausages nnd some other j
articles from these surreptitious j
dealers'at high prices. During the |
last fortnight, however. It has bo- j
come Increasingly difficult to flful |
these things, and even tho best "con- |
nccttons and sources" now are un- L
able to produce more than occa- (
slonal small portions at greatly in
creased prices.
When the crafty dealers In this
business cannot longer secure arti
cles, there can hardly be a doubt
that it Is because they do not exist.
Wealthy people. It is true, still can
'obtain limited quantities of what
used to be considered necessaries,
but now are considered luxuries,
though at terrifying prices. In one
particular case one man in Berlin
} paid 540 marks for a ham, the eggs
; to go with It costing three marks
! apiece. A dinner recently purchased
at an Unter Den. Linden restaurant,
consisting of thin soup, fish, meat
and a baked apple, cost 62 marks.
Coffee would have cost three marks
additional.
What such prices mean can best
be realized when St Is considered that
DECEMBER 27, 1918
1 the highest daily wage of a skilled
I German mechanic rarely reaches 20
I marks.
I Those In the poorer walks of life
I all declare that It Is absolutely lm- ■
possible to keep body and soul to
! gether on tho rations distributed on I
food cards. The correspondent can |
declare on personal knowledge that ,
It was Impossible even in the winter
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j; fabric which "give and take" >27'DNDEEZIWEAR. \A, \
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!! body, and preserve the shape of fedTOnMaß
11 the garment despite long wear
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UTICA KNITTING CO., Makers I
i Wwwwvwwivwwwwvmvwvtv^M^HP>wn^Mi^
of 1910-17 to exist on th offlchjM
rations. In other words nearly
one was compelled to resort tS
"Schlechtelhandel."
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