Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 143, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 July 1917 — Paris Plans Celebration For “Sammies” On Fourth. [ARTICLE]

Paris Plans Celebration For “Sammies” On Fourth.

Paris, July 2.—Paris is going to make Wednesday the most glorious Fourth of July in history. It’s to be “America day." General Pershing has, of course, drawn lots of cheers, but what’s going to happen on the Fourth of July will just make the welkin ring. There are plenty of American soldiers in Paris now; plenty of navy officers. But the spectacle of serried ranks of France’s latest defenders marching is one that will be saved up for July 4. x Arrangements were completed with General Pershing’s approval today for the dispatch to Paris on Independence day of a full battalion of American “Sammies” in regulation marching order. They will exhibit their steps to the Parisian populace. They are due in Pari? early tomorrow morning, and from that time until they depart, probably on July 5, Paris proposes to show them a fine time. There will be speeches and special amusement—-and back of it all the solid, heartfelt gratitude of France expressing itself to its newest ally. First news of the American troops arrival was heralded by the biggest headlines Paris newspapers have used in many a day, and French editorial writers outdid themselves in welcoming the Americans.