The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1921-12-10
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oeh4 marshal 6f France, commando,
sin Chief of the allied armies, honoret
quest Of South Carolina! ~
y This great little Frenchman, in
whose hands. mot many months agr
rests the livesAof million of men ant
the probable destiny Of the entire
world, came to the Palmetto state to.
day, and as surely as he ever con.
quered a foe, so did he triumph hero
this afternoon among friends. From
all parts of, the commonwealth @
grateful people sent representatives
to pay homage to a man whose mill
tary genius will never be forgotten
but who, like Washington, Is not only
great in war, but in peace
To Greenwood fell the distinction of
the generalissimo's official visit and
no place could have more proudly
done the,honors. 1T was kept in mind
throughout that though this thriving
Piedmont city was the setting for the
scene, the welcome accorded was in
behalf of all South Carolina.
The generalissimo has been given
celebrations from the Statue of Lib
erty to the Golden Gate, in the West
the East, the North and now the
South. There have been larger dem
seustrations but it is safe assertion
that nowhere during his stay in the
United States has he had a more
wholeHearted, hospitable reception
than that accorded him in Greenwood
Marshal Foch has been dined, (but
not wined) from New York to the
Pacific coast, yet it is safe bet that
his acute French taste for good
cooking has nowhere been better sat
isfied than when he partook tonight
Of his prize Greenwood turkey and
accessories! Likewise when he feasted
>on the South Carolina possum, he ate
a dish fit for the gods.
Thirty minutes! How brief a time
yet how much took place within, it's
limits The special train arrived
practically on time amid the sound of
whistler and sas the official delega-
tions had met him at Abbeville, no
time wss,s lost at tho depot. As he
aGghted he Was eheeted and march.
ing through o spick and yypan, line esoi
! ,Reilsy ! NilitaEy Inst adsta
to waiting automobiles and driven to
the city square. There the principal
ceremonies took place. His approach
was the signal for a great outburst
which must have thrilled even a man
like Foch who for weeks has been
cheered as no foreigner has been
cheered in America before.
A poll of the crowd would have
found names of we'll known men from
all sections of the state. The COVER
nor, although decidedly unwell, made
the trip anyway that he might greet
Foch. A large number of his staff
were present, Maj. Louis Osborne, the
assistant adjutant general, being in
charge of military headquarters.
Former service men did not hesitate
to wear the o. D., and men of high
and low rank, those decorated and
those not, were here. 1t is estimated
that about $1,000 people saw Foch in
Greenwood.
The marshal came to the United
States as the guest of the American
Legion and therefore today he was
the immediate guest of the South
Carolina legionaires. Travelling with
him are National Commander McNi-
der and Past Commander D'Olier. 1t
was therefore highly fitting that Nor
ris c. Lumpkin, state commander, in
troduced Gov. Robert A. Cooper, who
presented the generalissimo. The Ian
der college students sang "The Mar
seillaise." The marshal was in the
midst of mounting the platform when
the girls began to sing the national
anthem of his country. Immediately
he came to salute, the crowd giving to
it the same respect as is shown "Tht
Star Spangled Banner" The chair
occupied by the marshal was loaned
by Mrs. Joseph R. Allen Of Columbia
having been used by the Marquis de
Lafayette while attending reception
in Columbia in 1925.
Commander Lumpkin greeted Mar.
shall Foch as the great son ol
France" and as the "last of a great
line of warrior Chiefs" and Gov. Rob.
ert A. Cooper, who after briefly tell.
ing the general of the esteem and af.
fection in which he is held, presented
the genralissimo as "the first soldier
of the world"