. Illinois in the World War; an illustrated record prepared with the coöperation and under the direction of the leaders in the state's military and civilian organizations. —the soldiers were admitted free. For officers and men on leave the finest resorts in Europe were balmy Riviera in the south of France and portions of the British Isles,Belgium, and Italy were designated as leave areas. The army took over thebest hotels and billeting accommodations and gave every man in the expeditiona chance to visit the resorts. Another important activity was the publication of army, divisiona
. Illinois in the World War; an illustrated record prepared with the coöperation and under the direction of the leaders in the state's military and civilian organizations. —the soldiers were admitted free. For officers and men on leave the finest resorts in Europe were balmy Riviera in the south of France and portions of the British Isles,Belgium, and Italy were designated as leave areas. The army took over thebest hotels and billeting accommodations and gave every man in the expeditiona chance to visit the resorts. Another important activity was the publication of army, divisional andregimental magazines and papers. The Stars and Stripes, the A. E. ownweekly, was the chief of these publications. It was issued in Paris, with anIllinois officer as editor, and had been of great value since early in the armistice the ban against contributions from officers and men waslifted, and the pent-up flood of literature and art found an outlet in the divi-sional and regimental publications. All combatant units of the expedition were still in France when PresidentWilson and his party arrived to attend the peace conference. Representative. AS BALDRIDGE, CARTOONIST OF THE STARS ANDSTRIPES SAW IT 84 ILLINOIS IN THE WORLD WAR i-i^ - ^ w ^wa ^KdH IP^IqH ;4-*. n b A CHRISTMAS GIFT TO MRS. WILSON Major General Alexander, commanding the Seventy-seventh Di-vision, making the presentation. units of the divisions inthe area around Langresmarched in review be-fore the President onChristmas day, 1918, af-fording one of the mostimpressive sights of thepost-armistice months laterpicked officers and menof the Army of Occupa-tion were formed into acomposite regimentwhich was popularlyknown as PershingsOwn. This regimentmarched in the VictoryParade in Paris on theFrench national holiday, July 14, and later it accompanied General Pershing to London where it was reviewed by King George. Disintegration of the Army of Occupation began in the spring of
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