Special Parade in Honour of Recipients of Awards 'The annual distribution of decora-Lions to members of the French com: munity "in Sharghal' tode place on Monday and, in view of the net that no less than five decorations of the Legion Honneur were awarded this year, there was a special parade of French troops, police and. naval vatings in honour of the occasion.
'The units taking part in the parade, which was the biggest assembly of French military forees soon here for some time, were one company' {rom the French warships In port, a detachment from the Second Baitallon of the Acth Regiment of Infantey, under Major R. Dourthe, and a large detach ment from the' French. Munlel Police, Four companies of police, Including 12 armoured ears, 16 machine. guns, Seven motor-cycle combinations with' mounted machine-guns, one company of cyclists, anda Russian company of police' under Captain Adenoviteh, were on parade, the whole detachment being under the command of Capt, P. Gaible, deputy. commissioner of police, and chief of the uniformed. branch,' together with Lieutenant P. Blanchet, assistant commissioner, and Monselur E, Gouget, assistant commissioner, Admiral Presents Awards Route Cardinal Mercier, and, headed bby the bands of the naval and military. units, and the French Municipal Police Band, proceeded by way of Avenue Joffre and the Boulevard de Montigny the French Club, where it formed up and awaited the arrival of Vice= Admiral Jean Bstavat, oticer commanding the French naval forces In the Far East, who was accompanied Lieutenant-Colonel Fichepaln, officer commanding the French mille The admit Vous, and the call and this was followed by the combined bands play-Ing the "Marseillaise"" Tre troops presented arms, and the admiral then Aistributed the awards og follows:
Officer of the Legion d'Honneur; Comat, L. Fabre, director of the French Municipal 'Police: Knights of the Legion d'Honneur, Dr. G, A. YVeliot, Mf. Coplain de' Prisques, Mi. Claudon, vice-consul, and MA' 10 Cornee, attached to the French Naval Forces! Medaille Militaire, Messieurs Desbols, ¥. Quivirgier' and Y. lo Berge, attached to the French Naval Forees,
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