Show S J P G ND FOCI I O DOVE VE TO T GABAY CARPI PEACE MESSAGE H USE I Kansas City Memorial to Dead Will Be Dedicated as s Part of Convention Ceremonies v IA KANSAS SAS CITY Mo I I co 10 Nov 1 1 By Bythe Bythe Bythe the Associated Press ThE Press The American Ameri Ameri- can legion received elved its wartime com commanders com coin manders Marshal manders-Marshal Marshal Foch Foch of of ot Prance and General John J. J here Pershing-here here today with a a. a welcome fit for the heroes of ot victorious armies The thousands thousands thousands thou thou- sands of delegates and visitors to the national convention of the American veterans gave the military leaders lenders a tumultuous greeting that spoke the affection of ot the American soldier and people for the two men After Atter hearing the visitors the convention convention con con- adjourned at 1030 a. a am m m. m con I Until until until un un- til tomorrow morning to permit the delegates and visitors to attend aft nd the dedication of ot Kansas City's memorIal memo memo memorial rial to its war dead and to participate participate participate pate In the big legion parade this afternoon FRENZY OF APPLAUSE v va t.- t. fai t Jt F t t ih J a a a Pet onal d declaration otc of ot c comradeship t d and from front his government gp bore the official greetings D Anne nce Just JUt the appearance of ot th the marshal marshal mar mar- was as enough to throw the huge hall int 13 frenzy of ot applause and ac acclaim acclaim acclaim ac- ac claim and General Pershing was given an equal ovation by th the former soldiers who served under him General Pershing announced th that t the war d department had awarded the distinguished ed service medal to the late Colonel Frederick Frederick Freder Freder- ick W. W Galbraith Galbralth Jr commander of ot the th American legion at the time of ot othis his death last spring General Pershing Perching led the convention In three cheers for tor the marshal 01 of France He did It with the enthusiasm en en enthusiasm of ot a college cheer leader smiling b broadly KANSAS CITY Nov 10 1 Official Official greeting of of their buddies buddles Marshal Ferdinand Foch and General John J. J Pershing occupied a 0 vociferous session of the American legion national convention convention convention con con- this mor morning I The annual legion parade was to follow this this' afternoon The allied commander In chief and the American general were expected to review the parade In which legionnaires members of ot the Grand Army of ot the Republic Spanish wa veterans and others other would parts parti participate pate Immediately after atter the morning seSsIon session ses session seS- seS sion it was planned to go to the Union station plaza where the memorial of Kansas CIt City for tor the war dead w was was s to tobe tobe tobe be dedicated I While the memorial Is being dedicated dedi- dedi I Kansas City will send to President President dent Warren G. G Harding at W Washington Washing Washing- ton and to the nation as a 0 whole a message of ot peace The m. m message prePared prepared prepared pre pre- pared by R R. A A. Long president of ot the Liberty Memorial association in In the name of Kansas City will vill be carried by a 0 dove the emblem of ot peace and good will The nt message said Greetings Mr fr r. r President greetings of ot peace and good will from Kansas City L r f We are all assembled In one place and with one accord consecrating memorial hill to the glory glor of ot God and the honorof those who won the tho World war war ar Foch the marshal marshai of France and conqueror of ot Germany German is here Diaz the defender of ot Italy Is here Jacques the redeemer of ot Belgium is here Pershing the American God keep Is Isher here her eighty thousand legionnaires mighty men of valor are here the mighty souls Of ot the multitudinous dead are here the quickened spirit of ot liberty liberty liberty lib lib- lib lib- erty Is here her here all all all in one accord accord peace J 1 the coming peace council may our our glorious country coul win more glory still by leading the war weary nations of ot the earth out of the tho wilderness of discord and dismay into tho the Canaan of ot peace and prosperity Officials today already were beginning beginning beginning begin begin- ning preliminary preparations for the 1922 convention which will be held in New Orleans theu veterans decided last night The legionnaires were slow In reachIng reaching reaching reach- reach Ing the hall today Until early this morning thousands of them made carnival carnival carnival car car- In the streets At certain downtown downtown downtown down down- town st street t intersections a diverting game with four automobiles proved popular This consisted of ot the four cars charging on as many streets toward the converging point and then swerving or stopping suddenly to avoid a a. collision When Marshal Foch and General Gener l Pershing appeared upon the stage at atI atthe atthe the convention hall this morning there was wasa a large assemblage and both were I given a 0 great ovation as were the other Continued on page 7 7 x l I I l J i I. I I Continued n from o page g 1 distinguished guests s who have been attending th the the- sessions I- I Marshal Lavishes GI Glory ry on America Ameri a II KANSAS KANSAS CITY Mo Nov 1 Fol I.-Fol- Fol Following lowing Is the text of Marshal Fochs Foch's address address before the Am American rican legion convention Officers Noncommissioned Officers and Soldiers of the Great American Army My Dear Comrades of the American Ls regio I I I cannot tell you how great my satisfaction at finding myself amongst you valiant soldiers of 1918 to live again our glorious memories Tree Three years ago on the first of No- No amber 1918 the entire American army In France tOOK up vigorously the pursuit of the defeated en enemy my and did didn n not t halt until the German surrender Hour of glory for the American army army a proper culmination for a military military mili mili- t tary ry effort prodigious alike in Its int in- in t as In Its rapidity One and all all you u have ha had your share in it ft You may may well be he proud I In responding en masse to the call to arms of your government In equipping equipping equip equip- ping training and organizing yourselves yourselves yourselves your your- selves as rapidly as possible you had hadIn hadin hadl l In view only the purpose to take your woo 1 possible in the line of place as soon as battle ARMY GROWS QUICKLY after In numbers eighteen months I the declaration of war by the United States on Germany the American I had passed from ef effectives of army officers and men to officers and men Effort Efort of organization If It in the month of ot March 1918 you had In France but put six sic division six months of which later you had one forty-one thirty-one thirty engaged In battle Effort in instruction In order to have officers noncommissioned officers and men rapidly trained you multiplied 11 in America as in France Franco your schools and camps which became centers of prodigious activity I In order to arm you and camp you the American manufactories worked without respite and supplied d all your needs Admirable effort also in tion You swept away every obstacle which interfered wit with bringing your units from the centers of instruction to the ports of embarkation In France you improved the ports of debarkation cre created ted new installations installations installations increased the traffic of the railroad railroad railroad rail rail- road system by work of all kinds and multiplied your storehouses and hospitals hospi Your shipyards were were organized for intensive production in such a way that when the war ended you utilized for your ocean transportation almost of marine tonnage instead of available at tho beginning of tho the wa waI war FLEET PLAYS BIG PART I And meanwhile your splendid war fleet thanks to its vigilance and its fine tine 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 tho the part of willpower willpower will willpower your entire nations nation's intelligence power and energy A prodigious effort which has filled tilled your Sour associates with admiration and gratitude and confounded con con- fOUl d founded d your enemy This splendid spirit of an entire nation nation nation na na- na- na tion we find again on the battlefields of France where It was was blazoned In the admirable virtues of bravery and heroism hero hero- ism 1 It was the spirit of tho the Second and Third American army divisions which one month later took tool part in the battle battle battle bat bat- tle of the Marne and distinguished themselves immediately in the operations operations operations opera opera- around Chateau Thierry and in Belleau wood Again it was the spirit of those five divisions which on the of July participated in the victorious victorious victorious vic vic- counter offensive on the Tenth and Sixth French armies between the Aisne and the Marne and contributed in great measure to that victory Finally it was that spirit which animated ant ani mated all the American army when on the of July General Pershing formed your splendid units under his own direct command START WITH VICTORY On the twelfth of September 1918 the First American army delivered its first battle on the soil of Fr France nce It dislodged the enemy from the St. St MIhiel Mihiel MI- MI hiel salient where he had entrenched himself for nearly four years threw l Him im back beyond the foot of the hills of ot the Meuse From the very first the American army entered into glory How many further laurels was it yet yetto yetto yetto to win The St. St l operation was nearly nearly nearly near near- ly ended when whon the American army at attacked attacked attacked at- at tacked on a new front On the ty-fifth ty of September it was engaged d don on the right wing of the vast allied offensive The poi point t of direction as assigned assigned assigned as- as signed to it was 1 the Meuse Deployed from the left bank of the Meuse to the eastern confines of Champagne It had three army corps in line on a front of nearly forty kil- kil om Before it stretched the region of the Argonne formidable employment of the German defense a wooded terrain terrain terrain ter ter- ter- ter rain rugged difficult in its very na nature nature nature na- na ture and rendered more so by all the defensive organizations which had been developed there during the last four I ye years Nothing could discourage or check your army It threw itself with gen gen- erous rous ardor into the Immense melee I The task was a rude one but It was carried ou oui to a thorough finish Fighting without respite night Ight and I day for a month advancing in spite of the pitfalls and the counterattacks I of the enemy it succeeded by pure force of tenacity and heroism in libI liberating liberating lib lib- I crating the wild re region Ion Ion of the Argonne ARGONNE FOLLOWS ST. ST MIHIEL After St St. Mihiel ft it could now In Inscribe inscribe inscribe in- in I scribe proudly upon its banners the name of the Argonne I On the sixteenth of October this I II I great task finished It Joined hands I with the tho Fourth French army in the II defile defile of Grand PreIn PreIn Pre In consequence of this the enemy's resistance was severely shaken the I moment had arrived to give him the I final blow I On the First of November Just I II three years ago today the American I army again attacked and in a splendid splendid splendid I I did advance reached Buzancy penetrating penetrating penetrating pene- pene pene pene- tho the German line for more than I IThe ten kilometers I The enemy this time retired defiantly defiantly de defiantly de- de th the Stars and Stripes at once I took up the tho pursuit and six days later later later lat lat- lat lat- I er floated victoriously over o the Meuse I I I After St. St after atter the Argonne I the American banners now bore the name of Meuse In a few months you I had taken prisoners and 1400 cannon from the enemy Glory to the First American army glory also to those of your jour our divisions which distributed among the French and British armies contributed In great creat measure to the final success both with the Fifth French army t to I Ithe the northwest of of ot Rheims and with i ithe the Fourth French army in which the they carried in magnificent assault the tho strong positions of or again with the British armies for the capture capture capture cap cap- ture of ot the famous Hindenburg line or with the group of armies of Flanders pursuing the enemy upon the road to Brussels ENEMY DEFEATED During this time your Second army Impatiently awaited to attack In its I turn In the direction of Metz which al already already atI at- I ready was stretching her arms to us I for deliverance but harassed and de defeated defeated defeated de- de i the enemy laid down his arms i I A solemn hour which compensated all sacrifices freely consented for tor the I cause of right It It is you ou who have made these sacrifices sac sac- more than of your countrymen countrymen coun coun- were buried burled In the soil of ot France May they rest In peace Your French brothers In arms watch over them I Glory to you oh who who ho survive them and who enjoy victorious peace You may maywell maywell maywell well be proud of your past exploits Your country has asked of ot you to tolay tolay tolay lay low a redoubtable enemy You have placed him at your mercy and I after atter having haying assured every guarantee for the delivery of ot our peoples you have Imposed upon him the peace our government dictated Has not your our task been bee completely fulfilled v As for me the great honor of of my life will will be willbe the be to have guided alon along the road of victory the American army of I 1918 which was a real grand grand army army beginning with its commander Pershing Welcomes' Welcomes I Military Guests KANSAS CITY Mo 1 Mor Nov No- 1 John John J. J commander of the American American AmerIcan Amer Amer- ican expeditionary forces extended on behalf of the American legion and his own native naUvo state Missouri 1 a formal welcome to Marshal Ferdinand Foch of France commander in chief of t the tTe e allied armies I most cordially greet you said General Pershing in an address be before before before be- be fore the national convention of the legion at which the French rench comI commander commander com com- man mander del was the guest of honor not I only recalling the affectionate relationship rela rela relationship of ot other days but rela-I rela also recognizing the patriotic unit that has grown out of those associations I and the common purposes that exist to uphold more faithfully those Ideals that lie at the foundation of this great republic of ours M le Ie Marechal the American legion legion legion le- le gion is peculiarly honored by your our f j i i presence here among us We extend I j jan Ian ian an equally cordial welcome to that I intrepid leader of Italy's victorious I armies that crushed the military autocracy of Austria General Diaz and to tho the representative of the brave Belgian army whose courage defied the tho staggering blows of German militarism mili mili- General Jacques and to the great captain who commanded the British naval na forces whose efficiency on the seas made the land victory possible Admiral Lord Beatty The Theople people ople of America everywhere await awaitI I the opportunity to do you homage Personally I am extremely delighted to extend to you the tho greetings of the American armies that crossed the sea seato seato seato I to fight beside you ou General Pershing then turned his attention to the legion and praised i its campaigns for Americanism and kindred kindre ideals He Ire urged the legion to continue its efforts to bring into I I being a military |