New-York tribune., 1921-11-20

Murray Butler, president Of the
an honorary degree to the forne,
armies on the occasion Of the iatf,
France." and "vive Foch!" in unison.
From Columosa the Marshal was
driven out Riverside Drive to 155th
Street for the laying of the cornerstone
of the permanent home OF the Ameri-
can Academy of Arts and Letters,
where other thousands were gathered
| to greet and cheer him. AS the gen
eral approached the building through
the quadrangle q dweler in nearby
apartment house played "The Marsel-
laise' on mechanical piano, causing
the Marshal TO halt and cast an inquir-
ing eye in the direction of the music.
Robert Underwood Johnson, secre-
tary of the academy, read an original
ligan Sloane, its president, delivered a
brief address. Marshal Foch stood by,
the silver trowel in his hand, watch
ing the workmen adjust the corner
stone, which he pounded into place with
stonesetters mallet, and then stood
back smilingly to survey the results,
Before the ceremonies began the
Marshal was presented with the gold
medal of the society. designed by Rob
ert Aitken, president of the National
Sculpture Society. Bishop Manning
pronounced the invocation and bene
diction at the laying of the stone and
Professor Brander Matthews, of CO.
lumbia, placed under it historic docu-
ments and those of current interest.
Address at Banquet
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Society in the evening at the Waldorf
Marshal Foch and DR.. Butler were the
speakers. In introducing the famous
soldier the president of Columbia Uni
versity said:
This is neither the time nor the
place to review the history of the war.
This is the time and the place to re-
call those qualities of mind and heart,
those traits of character and those
fruits Of study that by their concentra
ton IN a single human form produced
the leader that won the war Marshal
Foch himself, as professor of the Ecole
ee Guerre, had been teaching the pro-
found truth that not physical force
alone, but character, strength of will
and the conviction that victory was not
only possible but certain, were the
chief elements of success. All this he
illustrated to the utmost Whether in
command of division or of corps OF
OF an army, or as commander III chief
1t was always the same personality, the
same characteristics, the same knowl-
edge and imperturbable high purpose
that were revealed.
ut would be as unfair as ungracious
to fail to speak of our debt to Marshal
Jonre, whose calm, sure judgment of
men quickly selected General Foch for
most responsible command and hurried
him to it. When the history Of the
war is finally written it will be known
to all men how greatly the Allied
armies are in the debt of Marshal
Jo1fre for his wisdom and his insight
IN choosing those who were to bea,
high responsibility in the armies then
under his command.
III was the fortune of Marshal Foch
with the warm approval and most ef
fcctlve cooperation of the genera
commanding the American EXpedit;on-
ary Forces, General Pershing, to be-
come the successor of George Washing
ton and Ulysses S. Grant as commando,
IN chief of the American armies in the
neld. He is therefore to us no longe,
Marshal OF France alone, but one who
mas been general commanding the ar
mles OF the United States in the field
Il present to You our distinguished
his presentation than those with which
ne himself opens his notable "Eloge d.
Napoleon":
81 lie prestige de ce nom a concui.
Iadmlratlon du monde, il est non moins
4 certain que son eclat grandit, q mesurt
que lie recul du temps permet dc
mesurer lamplcur de la tache accom-
plie. e.'1Ferdinand Foch Marechal dc
France.
Reception at Theater
Marshal Foch, in brief response
spoke of the unity Of the Allied com.
mand In the war that made victory
possible and in referring to the dark
days of 1917, said:
When | telegraphed your President
that ! must have 100 divisions by June
!, 1918, your President replied, you
shall have 100 divisions by June /. 1918
and as many more thereafter as voy
may need" He spoke of the fine
friendship and understanding existing
between the French people and America
and IN onclusion said: $50 surely as
we have understood each other in the
past we shall understand each other in
the future. We may not live together
as one nation, but we shall live to-
gether as one great family"
Marshal Foch left the Waldorf at 1C
ociock for the Capitol Theater to at,
tend the public reception in his honor
under the auspices of the American
Committee for Devastated France
When his machine rolled up at The
front of the Capitol the vast crowt
winch had lined the sidewalks in antici
patton of his coming paid no atten
tion to the few policemen on the scene
and surged around the Marshal's ma
chine, almost sweeping the distin.
guished visitor from his feet. In the
trip up Broadway to the Capitol The
Marshal got his first glimpse of The
Great White Way.
Frances Aida, Giovanni Martine]li
and Leon Rothier, of tae metropolitan
Opera Comrany. sang, and Rosina Gall
md the MetroDciisan's ccros de hail~t
4 appeared at the performance at tht
Capitol. Major William f. Deegan, stats
commander Of the American Legion, de-
| liverod a salutation TO the Marshal
and there was spectacle, 'The Dawn
Of New Era, '.arranged by S. L. Roth