Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-11-02
The Welcome to Foch.

1minds Of men were on matters other
than martial glory and military ac-
compiishment Ferdinand Foch, a
/ marshal of France, lands on Ameri-
can shores and New York gives him
the greatest welcome accorded any
nero since Dewey returned from Ma
nii!a Bay after his triumphal con-
4luesIlof the Spaniards. 1t was a MT
ling welcome to the wars greatest
nero by the greatest city in the world
and shows that America has not for
gotten the great service he render
ed the allies, and through them the
world, when he solidified the disor-
ganized millions of allied troops and
swept back the Germans after months
of tenacious effort of getting ready
for the great drive. 1t was the valiant
army of America which made posi-
Die the triumphal success in the late
summer and fall of 1918 and it is fit
ting thar the doughty little general
from the land of Lafayette come to
America to meet again in person
many of the comrades of the world
war. The general is here primarily
TO be the guest of the American Le-
gion annual meeting in Kansas City.
oi.i ~. &c h;e orr;voI tho New
York Times printed editorially very
well deserved tribute to the distin-
guished French soldier which is in
cart as follows:
Marshal Foch, the victorious cap
tain in the greatest war the world has
known, arrives in New York today
70 attend the convention of the Amer
Ecan Legion in Kansas City as a
guest, to visit many cities that will
be proud to do him honor, and to be
present at the ceremony of the burial
of the unknown American soldier at
Arlington. He may also act in an ad-
visory capacity to the French delega-
tion at the conference in Washington
TO limit ornaments. It has been the
dream of millions of Americans to
nail the commander of the allied ar
mics whose genius and audacity turn
ed the tide of war in the summer of
1918, shattered the prestige of Ger
man arms, and brought the struggle
10 an end by an offensive that for
sustained power and unfailing skill
was without parallel in history. The
dream is now to come true.
The great Marshal's progress from
: city to city will be an unforgetable
event to the men and women of this
generation, and the record of it will
be imperishable. There is really but
one answer to the question Of who
won the war, and it is Foch. The AL
lies were victorious in the great war,
says Raymond Recouly, mot only be-
cause of their loftier morale, but be-
cause they had the advantage of CO.
ordinated military talent in their
leaders, which found its highest ex-
preston in the keen intelligence and
strategic genius of their Generalissi-
mo-Foch.' History would have been
written differently if the commander
of the Ninth Army Crops at the first
Battle of the Marne had been passed
over at the meeting in the Douellens
when the question of unity of COM
mand was at last settled right. 1t can
not fail to be the judgment of posA
terity that the occasion found the
man.
"Marshal Foch comes to America
not as a soldier only. 1t is character
istic of the man that he does not rec
ognize his greatness. There has never
been a famous commander more mod
est, simple, unselish and human.
Since the armistice he has exhibited
unsuspected qualities of statesman
ship. Ferdinand Foch is the true Ad-
miral Crichton. In every task and
duty to which he has been called he
excelled. It is impossible to think Of
him with awe: The man in the street
feels very close to Foch. Il know they
love me, over there exclaimed the
Marshall on approaching our shores,
but love them too. My joy in meet
ing them will be equal to their joy in
meeting me- Nobody doubts the sin
.cerity of the. friendly anticipation,
any more than one doubts the gan
uineness of the great Frenchman's
tribute to the American Army in
France on independence Day. Great