Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-11-22
F0CH GIVEN MEDAL
BY SCHOOL PUPILS
1,500 Washington Children
Pledge Funds to Build Two
Schools in France.

School children of America, repre-
sented by 1900 pupils of Washington's
public schools. today added their trib-
ute to the nationwide homage that
has been paid Marshal Foch when
they presented to the allied COM
mander gold medal and a pledge to
send to France funds for the con-
struction Of two schools for French
children
Gen. Pershing. Ambassador Jusse-
rand, District Superintendent of
Schools Baliou and other officials wit
messed the presentation. which was
made at the base of the Lafayette
monument in Lafayette Park shortly
after 1890 o'clock
Each public school of the District
was represented at the ceremonial by
ten or more pupils. High school
cadet officers in uniform formed a
guard of honor around the monument,
which was draped with the coI"rs of
France. A second line of honor was
formed by school girls, each of whom
held an American flag.
Marshal Praises Gift.
Marshal Foch, upon receiving the
medal, which was presented by ]. NJ
Halsted, president of the French res
toration fund. expressed appreciation
not only of the honor conferred upon
him, but of the desire Of the school
children of America to help the school
children of France. No finer gift
could be made, he declared, than one
contributing to the rebuilding of the
schools of France.
The marshafs speech was inter-
After he had concluded, the military
leader shook hands with the cadet
officers and the school girls who
formed the honor guards around the
monument.
Officials Of the French restoration
fund said they expected to be able to
present Marshal Foch with a check
for $250.000 for the construction of
the proposed schools in France before
he sails for home on December IA
This money is now being raised in
schools throughout the country and
in Alaska 1t is proposed to name
one of the schools the Washington
Lafayette and the other the Foch-
PerShing.
Medal Weighs 1 1-3 Pounds.
The medal given to Marshal Foch is
a solid gold one, weighing one and
one-third pounds. 1t is engraved on
one side with the shields of France
and the United States and on the
other with a map of the United
States.
Marshal Foch left at / o'clock this
afternoon for hurried visit to Bal
timore and Annapolis and will return
this evening to be the honor guest
at dinner to be given by Hugh
Wallace, former ambassador to
France. This function will conclude
the round of festivities arranged in
honor of the marshars visit, as he
will leave tonight for a swing around
the continent and will not return
here before sailing for France
In Baltimore this afternoon he
will be the guest of the American
Legion. He will be presented by
Mayor Broening with a silver key to
the city, which was made by wound
ed men who saw service with the
American Army in France Later
Johns Hopkins University will confer
upon him ,the degree of doctor of
laws.
A review of the midshipmen is on
the program for his visit to the
United States Naval Academy at An
napolis.
Praises Y. NJ. C. A. Work.
Marshal Foch conveyed the graft
tude of France to the Y. NJ. c. A, last
night, for the services that organiza-
tion rendered in the late war At the
dinner given in his honor at the New
Willard Hotel by the international
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