The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-11-04
FOCH GREETED
BY CITIZENS
OF INDIANA
People Pour Into INDIANAPOLIS
From Every Nook and Cor
ner of Hoosierdom-Great
Crowds Line Streets.
SPECTACLE GORGEOUS

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. T. - Ferdin
and Foch, marshal of France, was the
guest of Indiana here today, and thou
sands of people, from every nook and
corner of the Hoosier state gathered
to give him welcome.
Elaborate military ceremonies, an
automobile race, informal receptions.
banquet, and a great parade that
rivaled in military splendor the march
ing of the Hoosier boys on the We'll
come Home day two years ago, were
all On today's program.
Hundreds of Indiana National
Guardsmen poured into Indianapolis
on special interurban cars today to
take part in the parade in honor of the
Marshal. Troopers from Elkhart
Portland, Newcastle, Ft. Wayne, Terre
Haute. Marion, Noblesville, Windfall,
Columbia City, Goshen, Muncie, Koko-
mo, Greensburg, and Upton were
here.
Crowds Line Streets
On the marshaPs arrival at the
union station at o'clock this morn
ing, only small reception committee
greeted the military genius of the
World war, but outside was a throng
that lined the streets to the downtown
hotel where Marshal Foch made his
headquarters. The famous Black
Horse troop from Culver military
academy was a special escort from
the station.
Attend Reception.
After the greeting, Marshal Foch
and his party and the reception
committee entered automobiles and,
escorted by the Black Horse troop,
moved through cheering crowds in
Meridian and Washington streets to
the Claypool hotel, where a brief re
ception was held.
AS the coaches came alongside the
main body of the waiting group, they
gathered into closepacked mass at
the steps of the car in which the mar
shall and his company were, and even
before the train had come to a full
stop, they could see through the win
dows a little band of blue-clad forms.
| There was storm of cheering, spon-
taneous and prolonged, for the watch
! ers knew that one of those forms was
f. that of the man whose vision and cour-
/ age, whose complex gifts summed up
| in the great word genius" availed
to make 10,0o0,00o men become as Z
! single sword in his hand, who welded
the most stupendous army ever form
| ed, and with it overthrow the greatest
| menace that civilization ever or
| posed.
! Another moment and the man him
| self stepped through the rear door
! and came down the steps; a figure
| less than the medium height, slight,
/ rather than full in mould, precise and
self-possessed in gesture and giving
| at once the impression of exceeding
| force and tenacity. This impression
/ was reaffirmed by the face of the man,
chin of that width and strength of
| chiselling which is the sign of a will
| inflexible.
The grizzled, grayish moustache did
not conceal the lips, or the look of
! firmness they wore, yet the cut of
/ the mouth was not unkindly. The
face was overrun by creases that told
of care, of trouble borne so long that
| the stamp of it shall never entirely
pass away. But in the eyes of the
man the reality of his character was
revealed, still more convincingly.
Transformed by Smile
They were wide apart, gray eyes,
that looked coldly down on the wait
ing group, for an instant. Then the
marshal smiled and his face was trans
formed. and whoever saw him knew
that he carried large heart under
the gray of his cloak. He gave the
quick, vivacious French salute, and
stepped down to grasp the hand of
former Governor Ralston, who was at
the lower step of the coach.
Marshal Foch," said Mr.. Ralston
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