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i FOCH SELLS STORY i OF AMERICAN ARMY K08*?- ' - TAKES IT AS HONOR TO HAVE; GUIDED SUCH A FORCE. -Vv- V gpgv ' ff IT WAS A REAL ARMY. 8%vk . ' Allied Commander-in-Chief Addresses Convention of American Legion, j Tells of Spirit of the Army. Ti-11 - iu. /\f Marahal tr ouuwmg is one icai, ui Foch's address before the American Legion convention: "Officers, non-commissioned officers and soldiers of the great American j army: j "My dear comrades of the Ameri-| can Legion: "I cannot tell you how great is my satisfaction at finding myself amongst you, valiant soldiers of 1918, to live again our glorious] memories. Three years ago, the first of November, 1918, the entire American army in France took up vigorously the pursuit of the defeated enemy and did not halt until the | i uciiuau outt^uuvi. "Hour of glory for the American army, a proper culmination for a military effort, prodigious alike in its intensity as in its rapidity. One and all :f you .have had your share in it. You may well be proud. feV "In responding in mass to the call |?y to arms of your government, in equip|||b-" ping, training and organizing your- ! Ep|| selves as rapidly as possible, you had^ Bpj*- in view only to make your places as soon as possible in the line of battle.; "In numbers: Eighteen months, after the declaration of war by the United States on Germany, the * American army had passed from effectives of 9,500 officers and 125,K/ 000 men to 180,000 officers and 3,-1 S? ' fArt ftAA IOUU,vui; men. "Effort of organization: If, in the month of March, 1918, you had in France but six divisions, six months | . later you had 41, of which 31 engaged | ^ in battle. , "Effort in instruction: In order to have officers, non-commissioned officers and men rapidly trained, you multiplied in America as in France, your schools and camps, which became centers of prodigious activity. ."In order to arm you and camp you, the American manufacturers worked without respite and supplied all your needs. "Admiral effort also in transportation. You swept away every obstacle which interfered with the bringing of your units from the centers of instructions to the ports of embarka I "In France you improved me pons of debarkation, created new installations, increased the traffic of the railpi;-.. road system by work of all kinds and multiplied your storehouses and hosPpfe. pitals. "Your shipyards were organized for intensive production in such a way I Prince Albert is sold in toppy red bags, tidy red tins, II handsome pound and half pound tin humidors and in the pound crystal glass ffi humid or with sponge moistener D top. * Winston-Salem. N.C. ft "v - / i~'~ a *. ' that, when the war ended, you utilized for your ocean transportation almost four millions of marine tonnage, instead of 94,000 available at the beginning of the war. "And meanwhile, your splendid war fleet, thanks to the vigilance and its fine military qualities, protected with an efficiency to which I am happy to pay tribute here, the transportation of your troops and material. "A prodigious effort on the part of your entire nation's intelligence, will power and energy. A prodigious effort which has tilled your associates with admiration and gratitude and confounded your enemies. ; "This splendid spirit of an entire nation we find again on the battle- j fields of France, where it was blaz-i 1 oned in the admirable virtues of bravery and heroism. "It was the spirit of tne second and third army divisions which one month later took part in the battle of the Marne and distinguished themselves immediately in the operations 1 around Chateau-Thierry and in BelI leau wood. Again it was the spirit of those five divisions, which on the 18th of July, participated in the various counter offensive of the 10th and 6th French armies between the Aisne j and the Marne and contributed in great measure to the victory. I "Finally, it was that spirit which animated all the American army, when on the 24th of July General Pershing formed your splendid units! under his own direct command. "On the 12th of September, 1918, the first American army delivered its first battle on the soil of France. It dislodged the enemy from the St. Mihiel salient, where he had en trenched himself for nearly four | years, threw him back beyond the foot of the Meuse. "From the very first the American army entered into glory. How many further laurels was it yet to win? "The St. Mihiel operation was nearly ended when the American army attacked on a new front.- On the 25th of September it was engaged on the right wing of the vast Allied of-1 fensive. The point of direction as-1 signed to it was Miesiers, on the Meuse. * '"Deployed from the left bank of: the Meuse to the eastern confines ofj the Champaigne, it had three army! * 1 ? a n I corps in lieu on a rront or neany *v i killometeri. The Supreme Effort. ! ''Before it stretched the region of I the Argonne, Formidable emplacement of the German defense, a I wooded terrian, rugged, difficult in; its very nature and rendered morei so by all the defensive organization! which had been accumulated there j during the last four years. "Nothing could discourage or| check your army. It threw itself with j generous ardor into the immense me-| lee. The task was a rude one, but it was carried out to a thorough finish. "Fighting without respite night j and day for a month, advancing in j spite of the pitfalls and the^counterj gga I yiij and let the joy that * We print it right here that it feel" and the friendship of a j 0 GET ONE! And ? get son mg a howdy-do on the big sm< For, Prince Albert's qualityagrance?is in a class of its ow Lch tobacco! Why?figure out 1 your tongue and temper wl rince Albert can't bite, can't p atented process fixes that! Dfinra Alport tc a rovplfltifttl it ?L A 1UVV 1A1UV1 W AU MAW VAM [y., but how that delightful fl nd, how it does answer that lbert rolls easy and stays put it. And, say?oh, go on and get o it right now! R1NGE A the national joy i ? \ attacks of the enemy, it succeede by pure force of tenacity and here ism, in liberating the wild region c the Argonne. "After St. Mihiel it could now ir scribe proudly upon its banners th name of the Argonne. "On the 16th of October, this grea task finished, it joined hands wit the fourth French army in the defil of Grandpre. "In consequence of this the enemy' resistence was severely shaken; th moment had arrived to give him th final blow. "On the first of November, jus three years ago today, the first Amer can army again attacked in a splendi advance, reached Buzancy, penetral ing the German line for mare tha 10 killometers. "The enemy this time retired def nitely. The Stars and Stripes at one took up the pursuit and six days latei floated victoriously over the Meus< reconquered. "After St. Mihiel, after the Artgor ne, the American banners now bor the name of the Meuse. In a fe1 months you had taken 45,000 prisor ers and 1,400 cannon from the enc my. "Glory to the first American army glory also to those of your divisions which distributed among the Frenc and British armies, contributed i great measure to the final succesi whether with the fifth French arm to the northwest of Rheims, or th fourth French army in which the carried on a magnificent assault th strong positions of the Orfeuilles; c again with the British armies for th capture of the famous Hindenbur line, or with the group of armies a Flanders pursuing the enemy on th I Uctu IU JU>i UOSCiO. "During this time your second ai my impatiently awaited to attack i its turn the direction of Metz, wkic already was strengthening her arm to us for deliverance; but harrasse and defeated, the enemy laid dow his arms. "A solemn hour which compensai ed all the sacrifices freely consente for the cause of right. "It is you who have made thes sacrifices. More than 75,000 of you countrymen were buried in the so of France. May they rest in peaci Your French brothers in arms watc over them. "Glory to you who survive the] and who enjoy victorious peace. Yo may well be proud of your past e) ploits. "Your country had asked of yo to lav low a redoubtable enem; You have placed him at your mere and, after assuring every <guarant for the liberty of our peoples, yo have imposed upon him the peac which our governments have dictate< Has not your task been complete! fulfilled? "As for me, the great honor < my life will be to have guided on ti roa'd of victory the American army c 191S, which was a real, grand arm; beginning with its commander." it o nina ? f U [/1J/V I some P. A. s due you! : you don't know the joy'us jimmy pipe ? le Prince Albert and ake-gong! - flavor?coolness? n! You never tasted what it alone means len we tell you that - 1. /"V 1 1 arcn i uur exclusive 1 a makin's cigarette! iavor makes a dent! hankering! Prince because it is crimped the papers or a pipe! LDtKI smoke d A^A A^A A^A A^A TIT TA" ATfATTVy TA"?^? A""A""y TA"f^T "A" "AT "A" "A" "A" "Av TA :| Your Town:| Your M e oj* e J* *""" it; J The industries of your HOME TOWN ne d is a mistaken idea of many people that t n" when they wish to purchase building ma town will never grow and expand by the i- & When you buy from your home concern e 4t4 self by helping your town. The outsid r> t taxes. Dave vour streets, or educate voui X that yourselves, and your home industri X expense. 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