The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1921-11-26
BLACK TROOPS
SAVEDFRANCE,
SAYS F D c H
Receives Degree at
Howard


WASHINGTON, ID. c. Nov 12.-
The Howard University held cere-
monies attendant upon the confer
ring of the degree of Doctor of Laws
on NJ. Ferdinand Foch. Marshal of
France. Commander-in-Chief of the
Allied Armies, on the University
campus, Wednesday afternoon at five
O'Clock, November IS, 1921. Mar
shal Foeh made the visit to the How
ward University TO be entertained as
its guest upon the special request OF
DR.. Emmett j. Scott, the Secretary
Treasurer Of the University. with the
approval OF President J. Stanley
Durkee, through Colonel James A.
Drain, a member of the Entertain
ment Committee of the American
Legion which has charge of arrange
ments in connection with Marshal
Foch's visit TO the United States. and
also through NJ. jules Jusserand,
the French Ambassador.
's-1'ne program IN connection Win
Marshall Foch's visit TO Howard
University included the Hallelujah
Chorus from the Messiah by the Uni
versity vested choir, prayer by
Rev. Francis J. Grimke; the greet
ing TO the Marshal by President J.
Stanley Durkee; a response by Mar
shall Foch. the tribute from the col
ored soldiers of the World War by
Claude W. Blackmon, Sergeant Ma
jor of the 36Sth Infantry, a mem
her of the class Of 1928 of the Uni
versity; the conferring of the degree
OF Doctor OF Laws on Marshall Foch
by President Durkee upon his being
presented by Justice Stanton J.
Peelle. the President of the Board
OF Trustees OF the Howard Univer
sity: and the singing of the Alma
Mater and the Marseillaise by the
student body
In comforting the degree on Mar
shal Foch after his presentation by
Justice Stanton J. Peelle, President
Durkee said: Ferdinand Foch, Stu
dent. Teacher Author, Patriot, Lover
of Law and Justice, with supreme
faith in God and in the right, Savior
of Civilization, honored and loved
by mankind, generalissimo of the
Allied Armies by virtue of the
authority vested in me by the Board
OF Trustees of the Howard Uniyers-
ity, | confer upon you the degree OF
Doctor of Laws. together with all
the rights and privileges pertaining
thereto"
Marshal Foch in Response to Greet
ing from Howard Praises the Uni
versity and the Work OF the
American colored Soldiers.
Marshal Foch, in responding to-
the greeting of Howard University,
said: Il find 1t very easy to express
nv sentiments of gratitude for the
cordial reception accorded me, when
| reeollect the eommendable and in
dIspensable service rendered by the
colored troops upon the SOIL OF
France. | knew well that Howard
University contributed largely In the
war. knew also that through the
love and energy of this great insti-
tuition of learning as manifested Tor
France, that the soldiers actuated
by these impulses gloriously fought
In France. Although our green sod
now covers the bones of many OF
your beloved comrades, France shall
not forget the magnificent efforts of
Howard University, and the costly
sacrifices made by the Colored sol
diers. the shedding of their blood
upon the altar of freedom shall mark
an important epoch in the history of
human action. | can assure you that
the French people are lavishing both
love and care upon the tombs of the
American soldiers whose bodies are
now In France
In the requests which were made
by DR.. Emmett J. Scott, who served
during the World War as Special AS
aistant to the Secretary of War, In
the effort to have Marshall Foch visit
the Howard University, attention
was called to the important part
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