Show II I I F och Ha Hails il Yankee Comrades 1 31 iF it K Ili 1 II i I Eloquent July 4 Greeting Sent SentI I I INDIANAPOLIS July 3 The 3 The following message message from Marshal Foch I to the American log legion ion cabled from the legions legion's Paris post and addressed to Franklin dOlier national commander was received at legion national headquarters here today To the National Commander and Members of the American Legion on the tho Occasion of the Anniversary of or the Independence of the Url United ted Stalest Statu Dear Commander and my Dear Comrades France Comrades Franco and her army have rendered recently a solemn tribute tributo to the glorious memory of your brothers brother who have fallen on the battlefields of France Franco for the defense of W We with you on this Fourth of July the anniversary of your independence Noble Washington will remain its eternal champion and our fellow countrymen Lafayette Rochambeau and Grasse were were its enthusiastic pioneers Fraternally united by the American victories our peoples have piously I kept in remembrance this sacred flame of justice and humanity Your YourI generous spontaneity your courage your faith your broad broad mindedness I your disciplined youth your love for the France of Jeanne Jeanno d dArc d'Arc Arc of MarI Marquette Mar- Mar I quette of Champlain of Lafayette and of the po ilu move us aa profoundly My dear comrades of the American Amoric legion I hail you as tho tha worthy I grandsons of the tho officers noncommissioned officers officer and privates whom Washington commanded Like them you have havo sacrificed much but like them also allo you will remain beloved children of the tho American nation I It will be the honor of my my life as a 11 soldier and a French man to have had among the army of democracy and of liberty your splendid army brill brilliantly commanded always alway ready for any offensive I Heroes of tho the dark hours of yesterday comrades in battle let us bo be brothers and faithful friends in the peace efforts of tom tomorrow I France and America did not fight for conquests conquest We hate hale war we weI I 1 simply imply defend the soil of tho the fatherland I Washington and Lafayette have hav reminded the soldiers of idealism idealism It was WIS with the exclamation My heart enlists in the service of liberty that Lafayette left Metz Metr liberated today to embark on the tho ship La It was Wal with the words worda Lafayette we are hero here that my y friend and comrade General Pershing brought to tho the French and to the allied armies the tho assistance of your millions of men Our orphans supported by your admirable men and women will I lay flowers at the foot of Washington's Washington statue our soldiers will render I military honors to your flag upon flag upon which is emblazoned forever the tho name of Chateau Thierry St St. Mihiel Thiaucourt and of the Argonne In their name I salute your sti spangled eta spangled fl flog flag O to the tho glorious dead of your three wa wars asleep in divine divino peace I express the respectful and affectionate homage of Cf the sincere friend of the tho United States Signed FERDINAND FOCH I |