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...sculptures including two of his own. The California sculptor, Arthur Putnam, is generously represented. Gobelin tapestries and Sèvres vases were contributed by the French Government, and the Queens of Rumania, Yugoslavia and Greece sent examples of their respective national arts. Marshal Joffre laid the cornerstone; Marshal Foch planted a tree in the garden of the "palace...
...called on by Marshal Foch, who leaves card when told...
...ceremony was simple and impressive. The French Tricolor, at Marshal Foch's command, was hauled down to the call of the Marseillaise, played by French bugles and a Marine Band from the U. S. S. Pittsburgh. After this the Stars and Stripes were run up to the tune of the Star-Spangled Banner...
...Marshal Foch, in tears, was the chief spokesman. He called Belleau Wood "the cradle of victory" and said: " The men who died here are safe; they will be guarded by us religiously." He described the Wood as the scene of the turning point of the War and paid eloquent tribute to the U. S. Army...
...true poetry, is the chief. In statesmanship--who is there? The cynic is apt to quote the great Disraeli, saying that "the world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians". In the art of war there is no single outstanding figure, unless the title of Marshall Foch be changed from that of a great patriot to that of a great inctician. It is almost as if, in an age of mass production there were no men truly great; but the question is one which the present cannot decide. And meanwhile men of today can do little...