Exhibition of war portraits : signing of the Peace treaty, 1919, and portraits of distinguished leaders of America and of the allied nations painted by eminent American artists for presentation to the National portrait gallery . d by the City of San Francisco ,1 GEORGES CLEMENCEAU (Georges EugeneBenjamin), Prime Minister and Minister for War ofFrance, iqi/ to iqzo. President of the Peace Con-ference at Paris, iQiq. Born at the village of Mouilleron-en-Pareds, Ven-dee, PVance, 1841. Educated at Nantes as a phys-cian; went to Paris i860; resided in the United States1865-1869, following his profe
Exhibition of war portraits : signing of the Peace treaty, 1919, and portraits of distinguished leaders of America and of the allied nations painted by eminent American artists for presentation to the National portrait gallery . d by the City of San Francisco ,1 GEORGES CLEMENCEAU (Georges EugeneBenjamin), Prime Minister and Minister for War ofFrance, iqi/ to iqzo. President of the Peace Con-ference at Paris, iQiq. Born at the village of Mouilleron-en-Pareds, Ven-dee, PVance, 1841. Educated at Nantes as a phys-cian; went to Paris i860; resided in the United States1865-1869, following his profession and teachingFrench. Elected Mayor of Montmartre when theRepublic was proclaimed and to National Assembly;member of the Chamber of Deputies 1876-1893 andsince iqoi; Prime Minister and Minister of Interior,iqo6-iQOC) and November 13, iqi/, to January 18,iqzo. President of the Peace Conference which led tothe signing of the Treaty of Peace between Germansand the Allied Nations at Versailles, June 28, iqiq,and presided at the Council of Ministers thatheld its last session January 21, iq2o. FoundedLa Justice i8q8 and its editor until iqoo; editorLe Bloc iqoo-iqo2; LAurore iqo3-iqo7. N/Iem-ber of the French Academy MARSHAL JOFFRE By John C. Johansen, by the City of Chicago Marshal JOSEPH JOFFRE, Commander-in-Chiefof the French Armies iQi5-iqi7. iqiq. Born at Rivesaltes, in Southern France, training at the Ecole Polytechnique in 1870 enlisted at time of Franco-Prussian War asSecond Lieutenant of Artillery: after the war, wasemployed for five years in strengthening defenses ofParis; spent many years in French possessions devel-oping fortifications and railroads; General of Divisioniqo5; served in China; Chief of General Staff iqi4;in command of defenses of Paris and of the Battle ofthe Marne when Von Hindenburgs drive for Pariswas frustrated in September, 1914. Grand Cross,Legion of Honor; member of the French Academy,IQ18.
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