New-York tribune., 1919-09-02
Foch Bids Farewell to the
American Commander
on Deck of Leviathan
With a Final Tribute
Both Recall
Deeds of War
U. S. General Declares
That Conflict Has Made
Friendship L AS ling

BREST, Sept. 1.--General John j..
pershing, commander of the American
Evolutionary Force, sailed from here
to-day on the transport Levlathan for
the United States. The steamer left
port at 3 o'clock this afternoon
Marshal Foch came aboard the
transport shortly before she sailed and
made feeling address to the depart
ing American commander.
Will Guard War Graves
"In leaving France said the Mar
shal. you leave your dead in our
hands. On our soil we viii care for
them rehgiously and zealously, as
bearing witness of the powerful aid
you brought Us.
These dead viii bring from Amer
ica many thoughts Of remembrance
ard pious visits and will bind still
more strongly our already close union.
Recalling with emotion the hours we
nave lived together some of them full
u anguish. some glorious I am struck
aard in the hear IN passing with you
the last moments Of your stay among
IS. On your arrival you said: 'Lafay-
cite, we are here Allow q French sol
der of to-day 10 return thanks to YOU
aat IN few words recall the work
you have done for the rights and lib
erty If the world
Marshal Foch then reviewed the
American effort and continued:
This army, raised in all haste, with
still only elementary instruction. re-
Gently organized and commanded by
young officers, without military tradi-
ton, passed rapidly into your hands
You have shown yourself to be in the
largest sense organizer, soldier, chief
and great servant of your country,
crowning The generous efforts and no.
bic spirit of America with victory by
your armies.
Speaks for Dead
"f," concluded the Marshal, "the
clouds Of war should gather again in
the future, would not these dead rise
from their tombs and make their voices
heard once moro BY a world which
already knows that the same cause, the
cause OF liberty, has united US since
the time of Washington and Lafay-
ette?"
General Pcrshing replied by bidding
farewell to France in the person of the
marshal, ito her gallant poilus, to her
pdtNouc men and to her noble women"
You have done me the signal hon
o. ne said, "of paying me a final
.%lA'; % It Is fitting that you should be
Nhe last to whom | say farewell, be-
cause Of our intimate service together
III the days OF anxiety and victory.
tIlVeQ p-aiep tn Er1nro
me American army, in fulfilment
VI VI 'ne will of the people, came to
france because we stood for the same
principles of right and because the
common ideals of the two countries
called for mutual action upon this
foundation. Close comradeship and CO.
operation rapidly moulded our fresh
aAu aggressive young manhood into an
army which under you as the Allied
'eaaer was to turn the tide of war
1o have fought beside the glorious
a,my OF France, and been of your peo-
t!e' during more than two years, has
gwen gwen our relations an affectionate
soach and makes cur parting one of
saauhess. But III these deep sentiments
mere Is an abiding confidence between
out peoples which insures to the world
our constant friendship and our COM
mon purpose in behalf Of humanity.
In leaving with France oux dead we
ore, ore consoied to feel that their graves
VIII De tenderly care for and become a
sssclcd shrine that Will still more firmly
''hd US together
Farewell From Pcrshing
In his message Of farewell to the
1lehch people through the press, Gen
'fai fershlng said:
nore than two years ago I arrived
- arls with small group of officers
ss, sma men. as the advance guard of our
Im!' Since that day vast host of
.,n'ef'cans have come to France, lived
homes. ''1 : : WI ''e" ~ '''o'i
,o IL 1t is possible for different nations
~ ~ ahuerStand each other. then we feel
.;"S ,"' we carry back with us an apprecia-
ans O' oi France and its people, its art
the;. M us culture. Our soldiers found
r;va r",,l Selaxation i'll Paris, along the
t.;s tls OF the Pyrenees and in the noun
dsrts,, .s lhey have shared with the won
ana ul peasantry of France their joys
and sSo'rtows; they have fought, suffered
Wiz aIeo BESIDE the poiius and rejoiced
MI III; them IN the final victory. Such
cav "k''hg OF peoples in common
Of f1e tho IS unprecedented in the history
ws 'pe world. In taking our departure
shn 1--we one regret-that the people
euss.a nave formerly known US only as
ledss0 ana visitors are without know
Cans. '1o i'ie VI the Ameri-
"a, rays Tribute to French
pe,;os zone OF US will ever forget that
iora,ooo OF the war when the American
ihS.ees h...es were assembled and trained for
s sa.'le under the protection Of the
the OF France and England, holding
foroseo enemy at bay. Nor will we ever
shsn mat moment Of the struggle
~. We found our opportunity to join
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