Evening star., 1921-11-01
FOCH'S EYES MOIST,
PERSHING BITES LIP,
IN LEGION WELCOME
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and soldiers OF. tho great American
My Dear Comrades of the Amer
lean Legion:
satsfseioa sseao1 tell you oSnE soM great !,
amongst you. valiant soldiers of 1918.
to live again our glorious memories.
Three years ago. on the 1st of No
bember, 1918, the entire American
Army in France took up vigorously
and did not halt until the German
surrender.
Hour Of glory for the American
Army. proper elimination for a
military effort, prodigious alike in its
intensity as in its rapidity: One and
all, you have had your share in, it.
You may well be proud.
I'm responding in mass to the call
to arms of your government. in equip
ping. training and organizing your
selves as rapidly as possible, you had
In view only the purpose to take your
of battle.
I'm numbers: Eighteen months after
the declaration of war by the United
States on Germany the American
Army had passed from electives of
$500 officers and $4,000 men to $780,
900 officers and 3.500.000 men.
Effort of organizations: If, in the
month of March. 1918, you had in
later you had forty-one, of which
thirty-one engaged in battle.
Effort In instruction.: In order to
have officers. non-cOmmissioned Of
ficers and men rapidly trained, you
multiplied in America, as in France,
10 n toh l.
came centers of prodigious activity.
In order to arm you and camp
you the American manufactures
worked without respite and supplied
all your needs.
Admirable effort also in transpor-
tation. You swept away every obstacle
which interfered with bringing your
units from the centers of instruction
to the ports of embarkation.
I'm France you improved the ports
Of debarkation, created new installa-
tions, increased the traffic of the rail-
road system by work of all kinds
and multiplied your storehouses and
hospitals.
'Your shipyards were organized for
intensive production in such a way
that when the war ended you utiliz-
ed for your ocean transportation
almost four millions of marine tom
mage, instead of $4,000 available at
Cites "Splendfd War Fleet"
And. meanwhile, your splendid
war fleet. thanks to it's vigilance and
its fine military qualities, protected
with an efficiency, to which l am
happy to pay tribute here, the trans
portation Of your troops and ma
terial.
"a prodigious effort on the part of
your entire nations Intelligence, will
fort which has filled your associates
with admiration and gratitude and
iconfounded your enemy.
This splendid spirit Of an entire
nation we find again on the battle
fields of France, where it was blazon-
ed in the admirable virtues of brav-
cry and herofsm.
TT was the spirit of the I'd and
Sd American Army Divisions which
one month later, took part in the
battle of the Marine and distin-
guished themselves Immediately in
operations around Chateau Thierry
and in Belleau Wood. Again 1t was
which, on the 18th of July. participant
ed in the victorious counter offensive
of the 10th and 9th French Armies be-
tween the Aisne. and he Marne and
contributed in great measure to that
victory.
animated all the American Army
when, on the cath OF July, Gen
Pershing formed yuor splendid units
under his own direct command.
"On the 12th~of September. 1918, the
first American Army delivered its first
battle on the soil of France It dis,
lodged the enemy from the st. Mihiel
salient. where he had intrenched
himself for nearly four years. threw
him back beyond the foot Of the hills
iof the Meuse. From the very first
the American Army entered into
glory. How many further laurels
was it yet to win?
Portrays St. Mihiel Campaign.
"The ST. Mihiel operation was nearly
ended when the American Army at.
tackled on new front. On the 25th OF
iSeptember it was engaged on the righ
wing of the vast allied offensive. The
poin of direction assigned to it was
Mezieres on the Meuse.
"Deployed from the left bank o,
the Meuse to the eastern confines OF
Champagne, it had three army corps
kilometers.
Before it stretched the region o.
the Argonne, formidable emplacemen
of the German defense. a wooded ter
rain, rugged, difficult in its very ma
ture and rendered more SO by all thu
been accumulated there during th'
last four years.
Nothing could discourage or checl
your army. 1t threw itself with gener
Gus ardor into the immense melee. Th'
| task was a rude one. but it was car
ried out to a thorough finish.
"Fighting without respite night ant
! day for month, advancing in spit
of the pitfalls and the counter-attack
of the enemy, it succeeded, by pur'
| force OF tenacity and heroism, il
| liberating the wild region Of the Ar
| gonne.
Argonne on Its Banners. .
| after st. Mihel it could now in
! scribe proudly upon it's banners tn,
name of the Argonne.
! ION the 18th Of October, this grea
| task finished, it Joined hands with tn,
4th French army in the defile of Crane
Pre-. .
I'm consequence of this, the enemy
| resistance was severely shaken; tn
moment had arrived to give him tn
| final blow.
ION the 1st Of November Just thre,
| years ago today. the 1st American Arm.
| again attacked and, in q splendi,
advance, reached Buzancy, penetrat
Ing the German line for more thai
ten kilometers. 90
| "The enemy this time retired de
| finitely; the Stars and Strips at ono,
took up the pursuit and, six day
| later. floated victoriously over tn
Meuse reconquered.
after st. Mihiel, after the Argonne