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American Legion Convention in Paris, September 1927
Legion Convention Page 4
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3 forbidding gesture. He began speaking, from manuscript and in French. It was not until later in the day when I obtained access to an English printed newspaper that I learned what he had said. But each mention of either America or France was the signal for a great outburst of applause. The marshal wore the natty blue uniform and red topped cap of the French army. Altho it has been almost ten years since he passed out of the public eye as commander-in-chief of the Allied Armies and altho he is well along in the 70's none would guess that he was more than 60 or 65. There lingers a hope in the heart of every one here that he may be on hand ten years from now when the third A. E. F. will make a pilgrimage to France but the mortality tables are against this eventuality. Foch talked in loud tone and with unconcealed feeling. None could doubt that his greeting to the Legion and his professed friendship for America were from his heart. No event in America would furnish a basis for comparison with the scene which took place at the close of the brief address. A pep meeting before or a touchdown during a football game is the closest approach
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3 forbidding gesture. He began speaking, from manuscript and in French. It was not until later in the day when I obtained access to an English printed newspaper that I learned what he had said. But each mention of either America or France was the signal for a great outburst of applause. The marshal wore the natty blue uniform and red topped cap of the French army. Altho it has been almost ten years since he passed out of the public eye as commander-in-chief of the Allied Armies and altho he is well along in the 70's none would guess that he was more than 60 or 65. There lingers a hope in the heart of every one here that he may be on hand ten years from now when the third A. E. F. will make a pilgrimage to France but the mortality tables are against this eventuality. Foch talked in loud tone and with unconcealed feeling. None could doubt that his greeting to the Legion and his professed friendship for America were from his heart. No event in America would furnish a basis for comparison with the scene which took place at the close of the brief address. A pep meeting before or a touchdown during a football game is the closest approach
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