The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-11-01
ENTRY OF FOCH
AND PERSHING
is TRUMP PHANT
Legion Receives Its Wartime
Leaders With Welcome Fit
for Conquering Heroes of
Victorious Armies.
DEDICATE MEM ORiAL
(By Associated Press)

tBy Associated PresS)
KANSAS CITY, Nov. 1.-The Amer
lean Legion received its wartime com
manders. Marshal Foch and General
Pershing, here today with welcome
fit for the heroes of victorious armies.
Thousands of delegates and visitors
10 the convention of the American vet.
erans, gave the great military leaders
tumultuous greeting, that spoke The
aHectlon OF the American soldiers and
people for the two men,
After hearing the visitors, the con.
vention adjourned until tomorrow
morning to permit the delegates and
the visitors TO attend the dedication
OF the Kansas City memorial to lis
war dead and to participate in ;hs
big legion parade this afternoon.
Marshal Foch brought to the legion
| nalres personal declaration of com.
| radeship and from his government
bore the official greetings of France.
just the appearance of the marshal
was enough to throw the huge hall il
to frenzy of applause and acclaim
and General Pershing was given an
equal ovation by former soldiers who
| served under him.
1
General Pershing was the princinal
business of the morning. and both men
| spoke. This afternoon the 1egion's
big parade was scheduled, with thous-
ands OF legion men, members of the
Grand Army of the Republic and Span
lsh war veterans, and others in the
line of march
/ Legion officials expected to sand
wlch some convention routine into the
morning proceedings, after which the
gathering was to proceed to the Union
station plaza where the memorial
Kansas City is to erect in honor of its
war dead will be dedicated
An impressive program has been ar
ranged, with Marshal Foch, General
Armando Diaz of Italy, General Bar
on jacques of Belgium, Admiral
Beatty of Great Britain, General Perish
ing and John c. Emery of Grand Rap
ids, Michigan, national commander OF
the legion, participating.
| While the memorial is being dedicat-
ed Kansas City will send to President
: Harding at Washington and to the ma
ton as a whole message of peace.
, The message was prepared by R. A.
Long, president of the Liberty Me
!, mortal association in the name of Kan
emblem of peace and good will.
Message to Harding.
The message follows: Greetings.
Mr.. President; greetings of peace and
good will from Kansas City"
I'VE are all assembled in one place
and with one accord consecrating me-
mortal hill to the glory of God and
the honor of those who won the world
war. Foch, the marshal of France
and conqueror of Germany is here;
Diaz, the defender of Italy is here;
: Jacques, the redeemer of Belgium is
: here; Pershing, the American God
| keep" is here; eighty thousand legion
aries, mighty men of yalor are here.
: Fathers and mothers of the glorious
fallen are here. Wounded and crop
ing heroes are here; the mighty souls
of the multitudinous dead are here;
/ the quickened spirit of liberty is here
/ all in one accord-peace.
J "A virgin in white is now liberating
an imprisoned dove with this message
of peace to you and the nation. May
, its flight be swift and strong. May
it escape the armed fowler.
!, Must Become Greed
Peace needs a swift messenger; it
, needs defense from the dangers of
, armament Peace must become the
creed of the world disarmament must
become the code of the nations.
I'm the coming peace council, may
our glorious country win more glory
still by leading the weary nations of
the earth out of the wilderness of
discord and dismay into the Canaan Of
: peace and prosperity
ITO this end this multitude dedi-
Gates itself; for this cause we some
: time fought and ever pray: for this
consummation the world waits more
: than they that watch for the morning /;
| say more than they that watch for
the morning"
Officials today were already begin
ming preliminary preparations for the
1922 convention which will be held in
New Orleans.
Extends Weicome.
/ Pershing, extended on behalf of the
American Legion and his own native
state. Missouri, a formal welcome to
Marshal Ferdinand Foch, of France
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