The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-04-05

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General Fooh was BORN u Metz but
the scncr'l like Murshal Jofns. b. of
ulspu, parent. &C. his furbrars Tor
man, generations having lived ir th"
mouutH,us 81 southern France. like
Juffr, hc hn- 1lur cSc s II q rir
compirNiou but except Tor that tul
for his cultural name ho is French
through and through tie i- g. yclrs
old
roch has long We read boon snocr-
ed 10 ns q professor one who reu
and roud again the campaigns ~
Caesar and Napoleon. writing books
uu w1r and sleeping Boz ghntcauN dur
Ing maueuvcrs. says current opin-
ION ne taught strategy at the war
academy FOR Years being rated there
q prdaut. slightly ftntastichi with
AN pb-cssiun on the subject of Napol-
con Ills active wears were thought
20 Dee over. for ne saW service iH the
campaign Of 1870 and he has hcrn
'roubicd with rheumatism. Every ten
years or $50 Foch would bring ont e
new volume ON some technical aspect
~ strntegy his specially. lie does.
not seem go have given himself forth
~ % tacticlnn, despite his minute
study ~ artillery Foch went about
the Crcugoi works for u long time IN
q workman's blouse. Tor he mad been
commissioned To mako the official
report ON The gun hat has since done
so much To- the Germans along the
Marue and the Aisnc.
"Foch seems to impress an students
OF his character az nervous, NOT 10 say
mpetuous. out OF tuucE with am rcoI-
ity apart from army NE. and q typ-
ically southern Latin In temperance,
lie thinks much more of the essential.
Is Gnllic qualities, says the Rome
TrIbunn. than toes the cool. careful
Ioffrc Fuch win go IN FOR grand
charges. tremendous surprise. daring
st|ratcgical conceptions what they
know in France as the Nnpoleunic gcs-
turc. Sic thinks Ihe French genius
lends Itself 10 this. and Napoleon
thought so too. Not that Foch ts
fnmboynnt. our contemporary warca
u. tie has lived very simply always
mo-tl, ls "a professor ~ the Ecolc ~.
Gucrro and commander of "a ditisrn
~ home Its people were poor aud
when ne WA % student az the roiN-
trchuic. One story runs, he lived ON
olack bread. ONE OF his bruthers WA
then boo training for tho priesthood
The parents OF General Fuch wcr"
thrifty In the French sense. but thcN
found IL difnrult 70 educate their sons
literally Hts nbutcmious habits, no
pa.rcd lu Youth nad maintained ever
since. have kept him thin and robbed
him likewise uf the on~r and self cone
ndcncc displayed 10y h,s own -unordI
mates
Foch Is credited by he Dchnt- with
knowing the human element lu IN.
French army better than any man live
Ing when hr taught at the war
college. ambitions captains tried harl
To- get % diploma there Tor IN, s1hu
~ "a starr position Foch woedcd OFT
al shIrkers rcmorselessly Hls pr'-
,ate lifc has always been sumcW q
droary ana monotououS tud b. be- A.
legged ~ him that he makes the la
horious DAYS ~ his staff du'I % iu.
slpld Foch has always lived very
much d.onc and his face and mauu,f
show hat Tie has known no soc.ol
career except formal calls on Inc 6"
ccptiuu dnys ct garrison hostos~es
he vps lon the habit of giving din'
ucr4 about tWi.e % year tp his STAFF,
'rhc French officer. ho might re-
murk who. the soup nHwc ou should
resolve 90 perish with ginr, The 0u-
,cr,nuou would Dee received with the
utmost respect FOR luteroourro pee
tween Officers ~ different ranks s
uuu-uai iu the French army and care
tu.Iy ordered by etiquette i'ochs re-
murk- had o. bee caught up rrpcst' 4
is , profound and original idea
There I- mo- starr officer m tla
French army under 40 who b. u"f
AFRAID OF tho r'och eye and chin ur
who would risk one ~ hi- r,furt- The
general w1- so long tt On" war Doi.ese
that ucar,, officer .raIr,J -iu., tho
present D,utur, u,ru has th, Fu %
stamp uu him
Tho Paris Figaro -ts+ F'rh hr.
EuuW,.d4, rU,rgl and ,@Np,i.'u,.
tie sets ,uul- anre a- well us ureuch,
lc Dr. e. temperament 1- we'll la "a
character SO one Jld hv apo
pear 10 the front tnau every come
marder received % visit ruch rll
, waited up splendid ISOLATION Nc r"rl
| st. each colouci uy name while eve
rrs corps commander without 'N''n-
| ton had attended his lectures