Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-11-16
LEGION PERFECTS
PLANS FOR PART
IN F0CH WELCOME
Ex-Scrvice Men VIII Com.
pose Marshal's Personal
Bodyguard.
BAR VETERANS WHO
ARE NOT IN UNIFORM
Members of Body Pledge
Whole-Souled Co,Opcra-
ton in Exercises.

France. ns tho Erny littIc nrurc In
s"riSon blue and jnunty red cnu
""s whirlcd rnpidIy through the city.
The Ercnt warrior. although alert
and dcbonair. pininI. wn. n IIttIc
tired from the strrnuous round of
receptions TINT have marked nj.
'isit In im-ricn. lie cnme here fr,,,
princeton. y. -. where earlier I'm ,h.
""' '"c honorary drErr of doctor Of
laws had heen conferred upon him
by Princeton UnIrrr.Ity.
f'hhs ior INC part Richmond Post.
No. j. "i the American Legion. is To
""F IN IN: reception and entertain
"'h' "' Marshal Ferdinand Foch.
commander "f the allied armies In
'"e world war on the occasion M
MS visit TO i,ichmond mex, W.dpcs
uay Were perfected last uirbt a, :,
n"cinE OF the post In the audi
''TinW OF 'nc Chamber -: CcIn,ncr,.
Resolutions were adopted inyit,n.
an eN-scrrice men to par,icit..t. !,
ne formation OF a guard of hon,r
"hich viii act as III. narsh,l,s nor.
sonal bodyeuard during hi. s,av
~ thls city and his pisri,naEe Ia
one OF the oattieGelG.i near Rich
hohd' and requiring all former serv
! ice men 10 parade In fun uniform.
Pledge Whnic-Souied Co-op.r,,,,r
Members OF the legion present fol-
lowing a stirring appeal ,rou, ,heir
commander. Calvin SatterfieId. urging
'heir "hoie-souied co-oporntion In
the Foch Day exercises. piedpcd
H',r uhstinted support and 100 per
cent attendance IN the parade.
~ was tho sense Of the meeting
'hat the position colored service men
"ic 10 occupy in the line of march
De iet TO General Jo Lane stern.
.NdJntant-Gencral of Virginia and
sfahd marshal Of the parade.
i.nud Former President.
| Reports from delegates 10 the ma
tional convention OF the Legion in
Kansas City indicated that States
eouth or the Mason ana Dixon line
| were well represented. and that the
! ieEionnaires were loud in their praise
! OF eN-Presidcnt Woodrow Wilson. to
| whom they nffectionately referred as
| their wounded comma nder- in chief"
a movement is on foot looking TO
attendance upon the 1922 convention
| IN New Orleans by delegates from
| virginia. Maryland and the District
OF Columbia in a body. a steamer 10
be chartered for the round trip.
| Leaves Washington mt 5:3o.
| Marshal Foch will leave Washing
ton a, 1880 o'clock on the morning
OF November %. When the train
passes Acca, the Richmond Howitzers
Will fire salute OF seventeen guns
from the field adjoining Broad
! Street station. When the marshal
energies from the main entrance of
the station, the bands grouped out
side will play The Marsellaise." the
| French national anthem, and The
! Star-Spangled Eanncr."
! When Marshal Foch places a
| wreath at the base OF the Lee Monu-
ment. he will be greeted by Colonel
| Robert r. Lee. grandson of General
Lee. and Mrs. Lee.
! In addition to the bands enumer-
atcd in this paper yesterday. the ar
| tiilery band from Camp Eustis and
the First Regiment Band from Pc
tersbnrg, also will be In the parade
as will the Acca Temple Shrine Band
| Odd Fellows Band and colored band
| for the coiorcd eX-service men.
Map of Richmond Defense.
4 map OF the defense OF Richmond,
with lettering In France, Is being
prepared for the Information of Mar
| shal Foch when he visits one or more
| battlcflelds around the city The
| party will be escorted by motorcycle
| Police especially detailed by Major C.
a. Sherry. for the OCCASION
In Marshal Foch's party will be
FIVE officers. although General Maxine
Weygand the marshars chief of
STAFF. and regarded as one Of the
worlds greatest staff officers, will not
be one OF them.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Company yesterday received a tele-
gram from the Staunton Military
Academy. saying the cadets would be
here for Foch Day.
Coleman Wortham, head Of the Red
Cross in Richmond. said Yesterday
that 700 Red Cross workers In uni
form would be in the parade.
All Quito flown bands will be quar-
tered at the GrayS Armory.