The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, November 10, 1921, Page 6, Image 6
i FOCH SELLS STORY i
OF AMERICAN ARMY
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Allied Commander-in-Chief Addresses
Convention of American Legion, j
Tells of Spirit of the Army.
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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
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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
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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!
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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
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let the joy that
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feel" and the friendship of a j
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For, Prince Albert's qualityagrance?is
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the national joy i
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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."
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