New-York tribune., 1921-10-25
Cen.P Payot,Head
Of War Supply
Board, Arrives
Aide of Foch, Who Directed
Transport and Feeding
of Armies, to Meet His
Conferees and Report
Gen. Dawes u. S. Member
British, Belgian, Italian Di-
rectors Coming; Banquet
for 5 at Waldorf Friday

Brigadier General Charles Jean Marie
Payot, chairman of the Military Boare
OF Allied Supply, arrived here yester
day from France for a meeting with
lnter-Allied representatives of the
board which directed the great service
OF supply and transportation lehinc
the Allied lines during the war.
Among those who met the French
inner La Lorraine at Quarantine and
escorted General Payot aboard the
army tug Lexington to the Battery
was Brigader General Charles &
Dawes, the American member of the
board. The other three Representatives
are expected to-day. They are General
A. A. McHardy. Of the British army:
colonel Adolphe Cumont, of the Belgian
and Colonel Luigi Lazzi, of the Italian
forces.
Notables to Attend Dinner
dinner in honor of the five will
be held next Friday evening at the
Waldorf-Astoria. The occasion will
nrlng together for the first time since
ene war the members of a tribunal
winch centralized and carried out one
OF the greatest undertakings of the
War-that of keeping all armies in the
field provisioned. A distinguished ar ar
ray of military and official guests win
attend. The speakers will be Governor
Nathan l.. Miller, General John ].
Pershing, John w Weeks. Secretarv
OF War; Herbert Hoover. Secretarv ~
commerce, and Major General James G.
Harbord.
scores Of acceptances from officials
IN New York and outside cities ALREADY
rave rave been received by the committee.
some who will attend are Gloster Arm
strong. British Consul General; Ber-
nard n M Baruch. Major General Hugh
n. Bethel, General Trasker H. Bliss.
maJor General Robert L. Bullard, Brig
aoler General w. D. Connor, Attorney
General Harry M. Daugherty. Major
General George Goethals, CASTOR Lie
pert Brigadier General H M. Lord,
Captain Lorillard, Pierre Mali. Vance
=. McCormick, Bishop William r. Man
nIng, Secretary of the Treasury Andrew
". Mellon. Charles NJ. Schwab. Major
General John F. O'Ryan, BrigadIer
General Guy E. Trip, J. Mahew Vain
wright and Colonel George Van H
Moseley. Paul D. Cravath, chairman
OF the reception committee, will ba the
toastmaster.
With General Payot on his arrival
Yesterday were his wife, Colonel Glenn
ehsen OF ms staff and Captain Charles
6e Marenches- Generals Bullard and
Dawes. Colonel Moseley, Captain Paul
Shapln, Paul D. Cravath and Colonel
George ". Burleigh representing Gov
ernor Miller, took part in the welcome
which was extended the General and
ms party on arrival at Pier A. General
fayot was taken for an automobile
drive through the city in the afternoon
and last night attended the perform
ance OF Julia Sanderson in "Tangerine 8"
To Hold Session at Capital
The five members of the Military
Board of Allied Supply are here to
take part in meeting in Washington
in connection with their official dnties
during the war.
The report of the boards wartime
activities, which has been in course of
preparation ever since the members
disbanded and which now is nearing
completion, will be discussed and an
agreement reached as to the form in
which this work will be presented.
The Military Board of Allied Supnlv
was organized largely through the eff
forts Of General Dawes after the an
polntment of Marshal Foch as comman.
der IN chief of the Allied armies. It
was designed to coordinate the serv-
ices in the rear of the armies. General
Payot had been previously assistant
chief of staff to General Petan and
member of General Fochs staff with
the rank of director general of commu-
nlcations and supply.