The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-17
FOCI.,s ALTER EGO

FOCE'S ALTER EGO
Raymond q. Carroll. one Of the
best Informed Of American CORE
spondents in France during tho war.
and at present tho London corre-
spondent OF the Philadelphia Public
Ledger. says 4, In tn. belief Of many
competent military critics that Gen.
WeyEand. and not Marshal Foch. IL
tho great soldier Of France.
Foeh. he says. has received an tho
praise and WeyEnnd has done the
work. wcywnnd ~ Foch's chief OF
staff Foch. u IL DECLARED. has tenn
ornamental defects that weigh heay.
liy against him. while wcyEand Is n
marvel Of patience and capability.
Devoted 10 Foch. more devoted 10
France. and content 70 let tho mar
shai get all the honor 10 long rs
victory came TO the allies
Mr.. CAROLS report may be cor
rect There Is nothing singular In
the fact that men question Foch's
abilities. IL always has been no. In
Napoieon's time there were persons
who credited 20 bertrand much Of
the work that Bonaparte did. Ham,
ilfon even to this day " believed TO
have planned the campaigns OF
Washington. Certainly Hamilton
saved the immortal George from a
horrible blundcr when tho Father OF
His Country had everything arranged
to kidnap Cen. Howe. tho British
commander at New York.
Hamilton did not learn OF the plot
until tho day before IL was 10 be
sprung. Howc'E headquarters were
In broadway. near where the Bowl
ing Green building now stands. II
was his custom to remain at head
quarters until late In the evening.
incidentally INDUCING literally in
port ~ine. OF which he was inor-
dinateiy fond. Then. when sleepy
and heavy with liquor. he would walk
unattended along a bit Of lane TO his
home, some distance In tho rear. and
not far from the river.
The plan was TO seize, bind and
gar him. hustle him TO a boat and
row in haste To Paulus Hook, now
Jersey City. and take him 20 WASH
ApRt - tfIH III JfTNfY.
Hamilton. when he learned OF the
scheme. protested. General" he said
10 Washington. Howe In a block
head. We know his mental processes.
We know what he will do in every
circumstance. If you seize him. the
British will put another man In COM
mand. He cannot be more stupid. II
win take "A long time TO study him
and learn 20 check his moves. There
is n possibility the British may select
n capable officer. That would en-
barrass tIs. We have nothing TO fear
while Howe commands and much to
lose N he II removed by us"
Washington called off the kidnap-
ers.
Mad Anthony Wayne gets the
honor for the capture OF Stony Point.
yet the scheme was suggested by Col
Fluory. of tho French force in Amer
lea, and. when Wayne was wounded.
1t was Fluery who took command.
Effort has been made to credit F1ucry
with the triumph. He Is entitled to
much credit. but II was Wayne
whose dash and spirit made victory
possible.
Nearly every great commander
has had his detractors. Grant had
hundreds OF them. Possibly Hannibal
Alexander Charlemagne and the 9TH
ers we're not immune.
weygand may be marvel Ms a
chief Of staff. Just as was bertrand.
but no ono who studies the campaigns
of Foch can doubt where tho genius is.
In every move you can see Foch, for
years and years before, i'm his lee
lures as "A military instructor. he laid
down the exact principles that
undcrlay the allies movements from
May 10. 1918. up TO the great day,
November IL. when the Germans
cried Halt Enough"
Foch has one theory in war:
Strike, strike hard. Never give rest
10 the enemy. and never let him
know where you will strike next.
Read his lectures and you will not
believe In the Weygand tale.