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 later he went to the Cavalry school at Saumur on the Loire. where he studied cavalry tactics and practiced rough riding.
 In 1S7S when 27 years of age, Fer dinand Foch went to the Tenth Regi- ment of Artillery at Rennes with the rank of captain, and remained there seven years. In 1885 he was called to Paris to enter the Superior School Of War. It had been established by Louis XIV in 1751, anc. numbered among it's students Napoleon Bona 1 parte. Foch graduated fourth in his class in 1887 and went to Montpelier where he soon became a staff offlcer. In 1891 he returned to Paris as ma for on the general army staff, soon going to Vincennes as commander or the mounted group of the Thirteenthi Artillery.
 After three years at Nincennes, Foch returned to Paris and on Octo- ber 31, 1895, he was appointed asso- ciate professor of military history, strategy and applied tafis at the Superior School of War. He was then A years old. and was just at the be- ginning of that period of his career which has left such an impression upon the military life of France. one l year later he was advanced to head professor after exactly quarter of l century spent in the study Of the art ] and science of warfare. One of ms biographers, who studied under him ] at that time speaks of Foch, the teach- er in the following terms
 "Foch spoke without gestures with an air of authority and conviction; his voice, serious. harsh, a little monoton- ous; simplifying his phrases to press l home in every possible way a rigorous reasoning: provoking discussion; al- ways appealing to the logic of his hearers; sometimes difficult to follow because his discourse was so rich in ideas; but always holding attention by the pentraton of his surveys as well as by his tone of sincerity. He was the most profou I'd. and the most orig inal of the professors at the School or War which at that time counted in its teaching corps many very dis- tinguished. minds and brilliant lee turers such Lieutenant Foch seemed to his students, all eager from the first to give themselves up to the enjoyment of his lessons and the acceptance of his inspira ton"
 
 then came the anti-clerical wave, sweeping new leader into the school "Foch,'' declares one writer, ''adheres devoutly to the religious practices in which he was reared. and one of his brothers belongs to the Jesuit order. These conditions made his presence at the school impossible under the reli- l gious intolerance of the day. Rather than sacrifice his faith to the new or der, he left the school and went to the
 Twenty ninth Artillery at Laon as lieutenant colonel. In 1903 he was . made a colonel and went to the Thirty ; 'fifth artillery at Vannes in Brittany. Two years later he was summoned to , Orleans to be chief of staff of the Fifth Army Corps, and on June 20, 1907, was . made brigadier general and passed to \ the general staff of the French army at Paris.
 Again he was made commander of the Superior School of War and re- sumed his interrupted work there. His } influence extended throughout the } whole school. and all of France, atheist anti clerical and bigot, laid aside its 5 prejudice and malice to give thank.
 that the nations military training va. 5 in his hands.
 
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 of sixty came the white plume and he a was made a general, taking comma nc e of the Thirteenth division at Chaumon 7 just above the source of the Marne Or Q December 17, 1912. he was placed at tht Q head of the Eigth Army Corps a s BourGes, anG on August 2S. 1913. h, = took command of the Twentith corn. = at Nancy.
 i And now we come to the days wher \ the hope, the courage and stamina O the worlds truest and bravest heart | was tried in the crucible of bitter at ! tack and ominous defeat. France ans England and Italy were being battered \ to their knees; Belgium was bein, raped and ruineG the whole worl, stood aghast as the hated Hun pounde, into and across northern France hi victorious armies almost at the gate Of Paris.
 ! Foch with his Twentieth corp fought it's way through the center 0 the Bavsrian army and into German Lorraine. The unexpected happened E and Foch's valiant army was with drawn from German soil to defend it own. He was soon called to the com manG of the new Ninth army Mos of them were worn out. II was shortt after that Foch sent his famous tele gram to general headquarters: M center gives way. my right recedes ' the situation is excellent. l shall at tack He did so and succeeded. H fought bravely, brilliantly and success fully and those who were nearest hir
 during these trying times say that : great religious serenity pervaded an illuminated his soul"
 In January, 1e17 Marshal Joffr
 reached the age limit Of 65. He urge
 with enthusiasm that General Foch h
 his successor. Serious reverses to tn
 allied armies forced the selection of
 guiding hand for all the units, an
 every member of the conference met |
 name the man asked that Marsh:
 Foch be placed in supreme command From that moment began to date tn victorious outcome of the great strug \ gle. Foch co o-ordinated the variou | armies into a solid mass, and directe
 where every blow should be strucl | The wisdom of his strategy soon be
 came apparent, and the possibility
 the world being dominated by the Gel mans forever vanished
 To those who saw him in his tent
 on the battlefield. Marshal Foch w.
 the greatest of all military leaders young captain said. of him:
 Marshal Foch is a man still youn | though 65; slender and supple ar
 rather frail; his powerful head seen like flower for stem too light Whs
 first strikes one about him is his cle;
 gaze, penetrating. intellectual, but aboV | all and in spite of his tremendo, | energy, luminous. This light in h | eyes Spiritualizes a countenance Whit
 otherwise would be brutal, with it's b