Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-11-09
FOCH LAUDS j. s.
AID; WILD OVATION
General Pershing Leads Veterans
in Frenzy OF Cheering.
MARINE HERO RELATES DEEDS
Reviews Admiringly the American
Contribution 20 Victory. Speaking
in Praise of the Rapidly the
Great Armies Formed.

Kansas City. Mo-. Nov. Made
Weicome by the leather lungs Of co.
Co nzhtiug men. Marshal F0ch. COM
mander la chief IL the allied armies.
spoke a comrades greeting % the
buckos n the American Legion In con-
ventiuu here.
he praised them Tor their heroism
~ tire Argonne aud the Mouse, and
indorsei the purposes u their post
war organization. In answer they
Just hnwlesl and threw their hats and
pressed into the hall until the walls
bulged. Il was the maddest moment
OF a gloriously mad reunion.
General Pershing had introduced
the marshal % the convention rs "our
commander. hOn0red not only for the
nHectiunate relationship ~ other days,
hut also for the unity he represents.
the unity which has grown out Of war
time associations and now sustains
the ideals 81 our republic"
Tie reviewed admIringly the Amer
lean contribution 90 victory. speaking
In praise % the rapidity with which
the great armies formed. the SAIL Of
the navy. the stupendOus efforts OF
American shipbuilders. Then he
turned 10 the last weeks Of the war.
Praise for Heroes.
This splendid spirit 81 an entire
nation we find again on the battle
fields of France. where II was blazoned
IN the admirable virtues OF bravery
and herolsm." he said.
1T was the spirit ~ the Second and
Third American army divisions which
took part In the battle 81 the Marine
and distinguished themselves imme-
dlately In the operations around Chi
teau ThIcrry and In Belleau Wood.
Aruin "a was the spirit az those five
divisions which. on the 18th 81 July,
participated In the victorious counter
offensive Of the Tenth and Sixth
French armies between the Alsne and
the Marine and contributed In great
measure 20 that victory.
FINALLY. Il was that spirit which
animated ats the American army when.
on the 18th ~ July. General Pershlng
formed your splendid units under his
own direct command.
ION the 18th of September. 1918
the FIRST American army delivered It's
first battle on the soil % France. II
disIotigcd the enemy from the St
NfIhIeI salient. where he had en-
trenched himself for nearly four years.
and threw him hack beyond the foot
a. the hills ~ tire Meuse. From the
veyy first the American army entered
into glory. How many further laurels
was % yet On wing
~The ST. Mihiel operation was near
IL ended when the American army at
fnrkr,l On e new front. on the 18th
a. September % was engaged ON tie
rleht wing ~ the vast allied offensive.
The point 20 direction assigned 10 IL
was Mcziprcs. On the Meuse.
-perloycd from the left hank ~ the
Meuse 20 the eastern confines Of
Champagne. "a had thuee army corps
I'm Tine un a front Of nearly forty kilo-
meters.
Netting Could Halt Yanks.
Before d stretched the region ~
the Ar-unne. formidable emplacement
~ the German defense. n wooded ter
rnIn. rugged. different In its very ma
ture. and rendered more 50 by all the
defensive organizations which had
been accumulated during the last four
years.
Nothing could discourage or check
your army. II threw itself with gen
erous arlOr into the immense melee.
Fighting without respite night and
day Tor month. advancing in spite
~ the pitfalls and the counter-attacks
81 the enemy. Il succeeded. by pure
force ~ tenaclty and heroIsm. in llher-
ntirr the wild region 81 the Argonne.
amer s.. MIhiel. Il could now In
scribe proudly upon It's banners the
name ~ the Argonne.
ION tire 10th ~ October. this great
task finished. II joined hands with
the Fourth French army In the defile
a. Grand IRE.
~On the 1st ~ November. Just three
wears aso. the First American army
again attacked. aud. in a splendid nd
vance reached Buancy. penetrating
the German line for more than ten
kIi0meters
-Ti1c enemy. this time. retired def
nitely: the stars and Stripes NJ once
took NJ the pursuit and. six days
later. noatcd victoriously over the
Neuse recnnQucred.
~Aftcr s.. Mihiel. after the Argonne.
the American banners now bore the
name ~ MeuSe. In few months you
had taken 5000 prisoners and 400
cannon from ire enemy