The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-01
LEGION MEN
GREET FOCH
WITH YELLS
Hosts of Democracy Give
Great Generals Noisy
Welcome.

Kansas City, Mo. Nov. 1-(Unit-
ed Press. )-~Hosts of democracy"
welcomed their chiefs today.
An ovation seldom equaled even
for American presidents was let
loose by $4,000 American legion
naires this morning when the men
that led them in France were guests
at the legion convention
/ Marshal Foch, General Pershing
General Jacques and General Diaz
occupied seats in the convention
hall when the morning session op-
ened
War Whoops Resound.
AS Pershing and Foch entered. a
genuine western greeting was
forthcoming. The college yells in
termingled with the howls of cow
boys and the war whoop of the
noisy Oklahoma delegation
The smile on General Pershing's
face broadened as a six-foot Mis-
sourian seized the Missouri stand
ard and literally hurled it to the
platform.
Thunderous cheers broke loose
again and the Nebraska standard
followed that of Missouri to the
platform. Texas came next, then
Pennsylvania, and the Philippine
Islands
Laughs Like Boy.
Pershing laughed like a boy as
the Missourians stood on their
chairs, waved flags, saluted and
cheered.
Jack Pershing of Laclede, Mo,
commander of the American
armies, had come home.
After the preliminaries, Foch
and Pershing's entry had been dis
| posed of. after cameras had boom
ed and clicked and Wyoming cow
boys had provoked demonstration
after demonstration, with their
yelIs of Powder River" the assem-
| bly, stood at attention while Mrs.
Allen Taylor sang the Marseillaise
as General Foch stood at attention
displaying great emotion.
Mrs. George Dowder sang '&The
| Star Spangled Banner"
! General Pershing began speaking
as the din died.
Just a sBuddy.7
"I have rather lost my identity
here this morning, General Perish
ing declared, in beginning his ad-
dress. Il do not exactly know
which state l come from. So if you
| will accept me as an ordinary
! buddy in the rear ranks l will be
perfectly contented-"
| AS he concluded speaking, Gen
eral Pershing turned TO Comman-
der Emery of the legion and mott
fed him that the war department
has awarded Emery the distin-
guished service medal for distin-
guished service.
Pershing sat down but jumped tc
his feet and led the legionnaires il
three cheers for Marshal Foch.
The legion greeted Pershing'
references to the disarmament con
ference and aid for disabled ser
vice men and unemployment nois
lily.
/ Silent Prayer for Dead.
He brought his speech to a dra
matte close by calling upon tn
legion to pause a moment in silen
prayer for the dead in France.
Marshal Foch then started his ad
dress.
1t was Marshal Foch, the soldie
and hero of the Allied nations VIII
was heralded at convention hal
al
come ever heard here.
But a little earlier, it was Ferdi
nand Foch, the deeply spiritua
man, who attended mass at the pri
vate chapel of Bishop Thomas Lii
lis.
FOch Attends Mass,
True enough, he was accompanie'
by General Desticktr, the Count o
Chambrum, Major Demitry, CaptaiI
IL'HopitaI. and others of his staff
and hundreds were gathered out
side the chapel to catch a glimps
of the great warrior. But it wa
the man whose faith had bee
strengthened by trials of war whic
destroys many faiths, who emerge
strengthened and not embittered b
losses, who went to the chapel
The man, who when in the ma
tons capital, had gone to mas
before receiving congratulation
from President Harding.
Following in worship were Gen
eral Diaz, Italian hero. and Gen
eral Jacques. Belgian hero.
Resolution Raps Harding.
| Shortly before II o'clock tn
. morning session of the convention
, adjourned to attend Kansas City
liberty memorial for its war veter
ans.
A resolution criticising and con
, demning President Harding for hi
attitude toward ex-service men, q
reflected in congressional actor
was printed and circulated on tn
floor OF the convention The pre-
posed resolution particularly call
: attention to what is called Lack {
, sympathy for former service mel
j The circular was circulated b
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