Show F French General Coming H Here re reo 0 o- O 0 07 0 0 O- 0 q 0 Tercentenary Visitor or 0 0 o- o 0 0 o- o Plan Tour for Noted Fighter I Robert Robert George Nivelle Nivelle former commander in chief chiefS GENERAL C. C S of of the French army and other delegates of or France to the Pilgrims Pilgrims' I s' s tercentenary celebration in the United States will visit Salt keto to witness witness s spar par part LOf of Utah Utah's 8 commemoration of the la landing ding ding- of the Pilgrims if efforts ff being made by bythe the municipal tercentenary committee meet with ith success cess Invitations have haye been sent to the Mayflower council leaders of New York where General Nivelle and and h his delegation will attend a meeting of the Mayflower J council December 1 The delegation plans to visit several cities of the United States during the commemoration I events as evidence of Frances France's deep deep interest in the movement While General Nivelle is the only delegate whose appointment has been announced in France it is 15 understood that the delegation will include many other well known military and civil perso lages General G Nivelle besides being well known in America as the military genius who replaced General Petain at Verdun is considered the best fitted man to head the French delegation as his mother was an English woman and he spent much of his early life with his mothers mother's family in England His meteoric rise during the late war provoked comment t all over the world He entered the war as colonel of the Fifth regiment wa wag made general of or ofa ofa ora a brigade on October 24 1914 and commander of a division a few weeks later He was made commander of ai ala army array corps December 23 1915 and less than a year later he was appointed appointed appointed ap ap- ap- ap pointed to succeed Marshal Joffre as as' as commander in chief of the French arm army S For his success in defending Verdun General Nivelle was made a grand of officer officer officer of- of of the Legion of Honor |