The Winslow mail., 1923-08-03
SENTIMENT IN UNITED STATES
FAVORS RUHR OCCUPATION
is OFFICERS OPINION

General Henri Gouraud, one of the
great military leaders of France, who
has recently been appointed govern
or-general of Paris, passed through
Winslow Tuesday on his tour of the
United States. He was en- route for
Houston, Texas, his next stop
General Gouraud is touring this
country as the guest of the Rain
bow-Division Veterans. His journey
covers more than $500 miles, and
when he finishes his swing around
the American Continent he will have
been entertained in more than sc
large cities and will have been greet
ed by millions of people.
When member of the general S
party was asked what the distin-
guished guest Of the Rainbow Divi-
sion thinks of the United States, he
replied, "The general thinks America
is a great country. He is receiving
a rousing ovation in every city that
he visits"
Although the general does not
speak English, he is an easy man to
meet Members of his party said that
this characteristic endeared him to
people wherever he went. Many
great military men treat civilians and
those below them in rank with not
a little contempt, but members of
the generals staff intimated that the
new governor-general of Paris is not
one of them.
One of the things that pleases the
general in this country is the warm
sentiment he is finding here for
France. Staff members intimated
that they are finding the sentiment
in this country in favor of Frances
occupation of the Ruhr district. The
generals party hardly expected to
find this sympathy from a foreign
people.
General Gouraud's life has been
one of brilliant achievement in the
service of his country. In 1894 Gou-
raud, then a sublieutenant, sailed
for Africa, where he remained twen-
ty years in the service of the colon
ial army.
He was wounded three times in
1898 in the expedition against the
great native chief, Samory, of the
Sudan. For his bravery he received
the Croix de la Legion d. Honneur,
and was made a Chevalier. He con-
quered Samory, whom he overlook
after a daring pursuit in almost i'm
passable regions, inhabitated by can
nibals.
This feat of arms earned for Gou-
raud the appointment as major. He
was just 80 years old at that time.
He pacified many warlike tribes
inhabiting the French possessions
bordering on the Sahara Desert.
While in Africa he was made Grand
Officer" of the Legion of Honor (of-
ficer of the second grade).
On his arrival in France, he was
appointed to the command of the 10th
Division, joined. it to the east of the
Argonne, and in the course Of the en-
gagements fought in that forest dur
ing the world war, his shoulder was
pierced by bullet, but he remained
at his post.
Having been appointed commander
of the Colonial Army Corps at the
close of January 1915, he was called
upon in May to take command of the
Expeditionary Corps of the Darna-
nelles.
Here with the English, he gave
battle to the Turkish Army in its
fortified positions. He was struck
by a shell that threw him into the
air; he was picked up unconscious,
with one arm crushed and both legs
broken His arm was amputated.
He was made commander Of the
4th Army in Champagne on Decem-
Der 13, 1915 During the following
year, he kept this front intact by a
series of combats and surprise act
ions and at the same time formed at
the rear of the Army a group of
schools, the influence of which on the
training of the different divisions that
went into the 4th Army was excel
lent
In July 1918 Ludendorff was pre-
pairing to launch an attack against
the 4th Army. General Gouraud re-
ceived information of this attack, and
strengthened the defensive organiza
tion of the front. Reinforced by the
42nd American Division (Rainbow Di
vision) General Gouraud launched
his artillery counter preparation be-
fore the German preparation began.
When the German attack was
launched, it broke against the un-
shakable wall of the French and
American Armies. This battle, has
sometimes been called "the turning
point of the war, as matter of
fact was that, for, the allied armies