. The American Legion Weekly [Volume 3, No. 50 (December 16, 1921)]. The famous Fochpipe goes where-ever the Marshalgoes, and is re-placed onlyoccasionally by acigar National Commander MacNider has lunch withMarshal aboard the Legions soecial trai« On occasion theMarshal can be asnappy ArmisticeDay, for the firsttime since thewar, he wore hisfull-dress uniform also the close and canny student of theevery-dayhumanity reflected in the facesof the throngs who came to see him. Members of his staff re-lated a significant story aboutthe Marshal. At a cartainformal dinner in Paris,shortl


. The American Legion Weekly [Volume 3, No. 50 (December 16, 1921)]. The famous Fochpipe goes where-ever the Marshalgoes, and is re-placed onlyoccasionally by acigar National Commander MacNider has lunch withMarshal aboard the Legions soecial trai« On occasion theMarshal can be asnappy ArmisticeDay, for the firsttime since thewar, he wore hisfull-dress uniform also the close and canny student of theevery-dayhumanity reflected in the facesof the throngs who came to see him. Members of his staff re-lated a significant story aboutthe Marshal. At a cartainformal dinner in Paris,shortly after the Armistice,a foreign dignitary becameequally overwhelmed byFochs greatness and spark-ling Burgundy. He per-sisted in leaving his place attable and running up to theMarshal to wring his kept exclaiming: Marshal, you are us how you did it. Foch, smiling and imper-turbable, finally answeredthe query. He lifted hisglass of water and bowed tohis bibulous admirer. By drinking this, myfriend, he said. That is Foch, alert, serenethe —ready


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