Show HONOR POINCARE AS BLUE DEVIL Alpine at Front Call Cal Him Captain Receive Letter of Thanks Paris Pl Au Aug 13 The H.-The The president of ot the French republic regularly receives his COP copy of or Le DIable au Cor Cor which which might bo be translated The Devil of at tho the Fellow one Fellow one of the tho many newspapers published b by tho the French soldiers in the tho trenches addressed to him as RA RAYMOND Y POINCARE Captain of ot the Alpine Cl This particular paper Is the organ of or the Alpine Alpino light infantry known as the Alpine whose blue uniforms uniforms uni uni- forms and devil dare rage cou-rage courage ha have e earned for tor them the tho nickname of oC tho the blue devils Tho The president has written the Alpine a letter latter to thank them no not alone for sending him their paper but for the tho courtesy title the they have havo gIven him My d dear doar lr comrades he writes I 1 thank you for Cor sending me mo regularly Lo La DIable au nu cor but I particularly particular thank you for sending sending- 1 u It to me n-ic In an nn U. U u upun lU coy iny name appears th the title his dear to me mo and which binds me mo to you ou Captain of the Alpine Every cry time Ume I open such an envelope I feel a n. little thumping of ot m my heart and experience a avery very er real emotion In which Joy and melancholy arc mingled I am i er very happy in thinking that you ou regard mo me as one of or you ou and only onh sorry sony not really t to be lie e beon one of you at the head of oC one of your our valiant companies In these tragic hours I not bound b by other duties how proudly would I don your uniform of blue devils de Each time that I am with you ou I almost yield to the temptation temptation tion not to leave leave you Last Monday when hen I paid a visit to tho the to the tho Third brigade of the thc Alpine your our welcome a again waked to tome me mo that feeling You received mo with the accents o of the SI- SI dl di-Brahim you ou sounded in m my ears cars the refrain of or my ol old battalion you jou OU decorated decorated decorated deco deco- rated the tho houses of the tho villages os and oven even the trees along the road you set setup setup setup up pretty prett triumphal arches in which tho the moss of ot the forest was as wed wedded cd to the engines of ot war you designed charming charming- decorations out of barbed wire which tomorrow will wUl be stretched In front of oC your our trenches trenches trenches-In In a word you ou were most ingenious In feting me tho the representative of ot the republic of oC France But you ou put Into your demonstrations demonstrations demon demon- emon- emon of oC sympathy a warmth BO so cordial BO co familiar you famIlIar you put into them so much that you at nt once took from our me meeting Ung every vestige of ot ceremonial of at official constraint And so it If was given Iven me to see you ou close at hand to mix with you ou thore there In Inthe Inthe Inthe the mountains better to appreciate your our efforts your brn bravery ver and your our success I admired your our wonderful bearing and your sublime gaiety nor gaiety nor did it surprise sur sur- prise me And when whon on the suggestion of oC the commander In chief I 1 presented cr crosses and medals to some somo of you I Included In that homage all of ot your battalions j 1 Honor arid glory to the Alpine e RA RAYMOND Y IO D POINCARE |