The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-11-01
PERSHTNG WELCOMES F0CH.
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claiming hinf General Pershing declared1
IF you viii accept me as an ordinary
buddy in the ranks | viii be perfectly
satisfied,p and this brought wild cheer
ing. Tributing Marshal Foch he said !:
Calm, confident. and aggressive this
of the allied armies by his exceptional
qualities of leadership. The world knows
well the story of allied success under his
direction and no words of mine can add to
the glory of that achievement" lie. then
greeted General Diaz, General jacques
and Admiral Beatty, paying a tribute to
the achievement of each.
Marshal Foeh, principal guest of honor
of the day, entered the American Legion
convention hall from Il side entrance,
and went to his box amid cheering just
as the convention was called to order.
He was preceded by a guard of Ameri
cans, holders of congressional medal of
honor, General Jacques of Belgium. Gen
eraI John A.. Gejeune, .commandant of
the American marine corps, and General
piaz of Italy and his party all were
greeted with enthusiasm as they entered
the convention hall. The appearance of
the marshal and General Pershing was
the signal for the widest enthusiasm.
Marshal Foch said in part
I'm responding in mass to the call to
arms of your government, in e%quipping,
training and organizing yourselves as
| idIIutA dS DDSSlDit. YOU ndu III view Oily
the purpose to take your place as soon
as possible in the line of battle.
In numbers: Eighteen months after
the declaration of war by the United
States on Germany. the American army
had passed from electives of $500 Off
GERS and , 5000 men to 10000 officers
and 3.500.009 men.
Effort of organization: If, in the
month of March. 1918. you had in France
but six divisions, six months later you
had II, of which 81 engaged in battle.
Your ship-yards were organized for
intensive production in such q way that
when the war ended you utilized for your
ocean transportation almost four millions
of marine tonnage. instead of $4,000.
available at the beginning of the war.
And MEANWHILE your splendid war
fleet. thanks to its vigilance and its fine
military qualities. protected with an eff
Cheney to. which l am happy to pay trib-
Lutte here. the transportation of your
~Itroops-and material,
Il prodigious effort on the part of
Your entire. nations intelligence, will
Ipower and energy. A prodigiOus effort
which has filled your associates with adj
miration and gratitude and COMPOUNDED
your enemy
1T is you who have made these sacri-
fees: More than $4,000 of your country
men were buried in the sod of France.
May they rest in peace. Your French
brothers in arms watch over them.
Glory TO YOU who survive them and
who enjoy victorious peace. You may
well be proud of your past exploits.
Your country had asked of you to
lay low a redoubtable enemy. You have
placed him mt your mercy and after hay
ing assured every guarantee for the lib
/ erty of our peoples, YOU have imposed
upon him the peace which our govern
ment has dictated. Has not your task
been completely fulflledI
As for me the great honor of my life
will be to have guided along the road of
victory the American army of 1918.
which was a real grand army, beginning
with its commander
The first national convention of the
Womaa's auxiliary of the American
LEGION opened today. Matters to come
i before the convention include framing
a constitution, deciding the membership
qualifications and election of officers.