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TIKSI'AY. Al'Cl'ST 1 1 tS
FOCH. THE MAM OF THE HOUR
True greatness, it lias been said, is
nil) brought out by a great < ris*s
The man of talent and genius often
lies hidden and obscure while lesser
men have their day, but let a great
danger threaten, let an extraordinary
peril put the very existence ol a na
tion in jeopardy, then charlatans re
tiring in meek and (hastened sihm
b aa e the master mind a clear field
for action In no < ase is this truth
• tilied more completely than in that
of (leneral Ferdinand Foeh. the coin
mander ill « lliel ol all He allies lore*
i ti the woiei'ii trout. Known hejon
the fall of HU t only in arm> eireb
i l,i tin ator ol the v ;ir college and
. brew (1 taetieiall, lie leaped, a 1 m o i
i?i a m b beer, into puldi» fame a
Up b-a'liiu’ ligure in the most '!• • oiv
1 11 b * of the present W ir, tile battle
. ! : be Marne.
(ieii( ral Foeh wa> born at 'barber
on August 4. 1Kr> 1 His father was
secretary general of the prefecture,
ami had three sons, one of whom is a
Jesuit, the other n lawyer at Turbos,
while the third, of whom we speak,
has just been elevated to the highest
rank possible in the allies forces. At
the Jesuit college of St Ktieniie voting
Foeh was noted for bis love of study
and exemplary conduct. There he ac
quired that same precision and
method that have since made him
famous. He was. at one of his early
masters said, "made for tile Polytech
niijue,'’ the great school for mathe
natieians and sir.iO'gists. But with
his v •••»’< •• ri. 1 falmits he com
bine i love i ir literary studies that
v. a . ' .t passion Histor\ espe
cially a| ; « a!»d to him and he early
learned to < ai r\ himself in imagina
tion to the am lent battlefields, whose
glorious traditions he was so capable
of upholding In 1ST’., alter his first
year at the l*olyte< hnbpie. he received
;• eoinmis'-don as sublieutenant, and
from then on he made his way by
slow stages until in l!*u7 he was ap
pointed to brigadier, commander of
artillery in the Tilth army corps, and
director ot the Toole de (iuerre. In
Tall be was made general of division
and in 1!»1L’ was sent to Cambridge
to the British maneuvers as head ot
the Trench military mission when
the war broke out he was in com
mand of the Twentieth corps at
,\'nnev * . » r
4 i^i • x, , » I
Piaetiiallv his entire course i rom
nil) lieutenant to general has been
spent with the troops, and thus he
has had ample opportunity to put into
practice the strategy which his keen,
precise mind had formulated. As di
rector of the Kcole de (Iuerre his work
was not tin* cut and dried tactics ot
the hook strategist; it was rather at
art, fin* product of a man who had
found his work and loved it With
his passion for clearness and aceu
raev, his missionary like zeal, and his
intense, flaming patriotism, he had at4
eomplished wonders in his teaching
His boundless energy infused inti
others a similar lire. He worked hare
himself and permitted no shirkeri
about him. In all bis teaching hii
aim was not to give bis officers a se
rule of conduct for every emergency
but rather the necessary mental dl
reetion for reasoning out their prob
lems for themselves. "My pages,” hi
says, "are beacon fires on the peak;
to guide the mariner in the storm.
General Koch is an ardent disciph
of Napoleon Uke the Little ('or
pora), he believes that the victor I
he that "gets there with the mos
meD." Like him, too, be is a firn
believer in the all-importance of the tir
morale of troops. War. to his, or
mind, is m ‘ rely a physical com- w
hat; it is s, •»;i 1 and intellectual as |
well \ l to him is lost only w.
when defeat is acknowledged; con- u-j
versely. it is won when the army \
steadfastly refuses to accept defeat.)
It is not won by tin haphazard rush v
.1 ».i so many wild animals; the vie- (,f
tors are those who pursue their nut- fp
neuvers with prec ision and confidence,! p<
giving way to no obstacles and hold-,
ing linn in tin* face of all danger*.
To this end stric t discipline is an ab- af
solute requirement. Not a blind obedi* w
• nee. hut an intelligent, harmonious? fc,
cooperation with the commander’s vv
will and the use of every possible y,
means to carry out his plans. \ hat q,
t h is t he C la h ol t Wo w ills, and t he v
vic tor is h«* whose will i< tie* stronger, c
\ dearly defined end to he* gained, a ]r
«■ ingle aim in all nmnds. tin* same holy
anger in «‘\ery breast, a supreme. nf
united ettort these* at»* the forces ,,,
that win battles. <
Prom tliis it is clear that Poch is a ai
ma.i of studitis mind, a thinker and ol
a strategist, and tin* time of need re in
v ca h*d him also as a man of stirring, d;
smashing action. On the* ath ol S»*p- in
temhe-r. 11*1-1, Von Kluek gave* file (
Piencli gc*nerals the inspiration for •!<
the battle of tin* Marne hy ex|H»sing hi
his right Hank to an attack They hi
immediately seize this opportunity
and fall upon tin* Herman wing Poch.: n
with three army corps, holds the cen
ter of the line*, and it is here that the r«
Hermans seek to avenge themselves <p
for tin* repulse of their right think, a
Pur four days Poch stands firm under v
a terrific bombardment and desperate p!
assaults. On the fifth he* sends JofTre qt
tin famous dispatch. "Outflanked on a
the right, outflanked on the left, Sit- ti
nation on the whole < v client. Am al
going to advance.' \nd advance he J r«
does, falling with truly Napoleonic I ■
daring upon the enemy - flank He- i
p(> ition i- now desperate The die <•
i ■ a t ; lid In ■ in us! abide h v h .s d< a 1
i i -ion. Ii hi - supporting division uu •:
d. , I;r«>.s eti i euiii** up ill time, all
1 v # 11: il not lalui e H- ph ids l
with his troops in land firm nut •!
promise them help I y noon Midd •
comes ami <Jn» • » t:i fall to ai n e
I'oeh s< mis out more r.ppe »! -. and
i oIdy the troops respond Iknallv. ai
• ; in the . . ennm. < im s.ui appear
and the lialaliir swings toward the ^
side ol the Drench The Hermans re
1 il
treat Doch was again "the anvil on
which victorv was forged."
i p
Though the battle of the Marne is1
Koch’s greatest aehievement, he has .
still other laurels in his wreath. In
the long battle ol Klamlers his part
was no less important and decisive
'The Hermans, overwhelmingly stipe ()
rior in number, were pushing the (
Hritish hack and the Drench were
coming up to support them. Dixmude
'was threatened. Hut I'oeh had not ^
lost his iron temper in the face of ,
danger He ordered the sluices to he (
opened and flooded the land, barring
the Hermans from Dunkirk Hut now
a new battle was beginning around jv
Ypres and the situation looked des- j(
perate for the allied forces. The kai ^
ser was with his troops, waiting to
make his triumphal entrv into X pres.
More positions were lost, and the al t
lies deemed it advisable to retreat.
In a couu.il of war I'oeh addressed
the Itritish commander. Sir John
Drench. "'Hu* Hermans have sixteen
army corps on our iront; we have ten.
including your command. If you re
e 1 shall remain here with eigh
e against two As for me, eon
lat may. even if it costs me my lif
shall not give way. I give you n
>rd for ft. as a soldier, and do y<
xi* me vours." And French gave
plan for a counter attack was draw
• and executed. Town after tov
is retaken The kaiser was robin
his expected triumph, and Foch
e early morning o copied the ii
rial headquarters
General Foch has ilways been
rvent Catholic. He hears his pie
he hears his honors, simply at
ithout ostentation. Mthough
lew that his military advaneeine
18 hampered l*\ his practii.il t a it
t through the year In* never s •<
ed it for worldly distinctions 'IT
»s well exemplified in Hm", w h
emenceaii. the French premier, w
oking for a director of the Krole
ierr»* He had considered gen* a
ter general, hut wan finally driven
initiate Foch The latter, too wi
Hire Of 111** hostility of the preiili
id his government to all things Cat
i* . replied abruptly "Why, sir. it
ipossible! I am not even a cam
te. Moreover, do you not know
y family and myself, all praetici:
it holies, and my brother an exil
suit0 What will the hostile asse
y say at my appointment?" "Yo
other a Jesuit!" said (Temene.a
A'hat do 1 rare about that? He e
it prevent your appointment."
Such a man is General Foch i
ligious honesty, confidence, tr:
lillity. boundless energy, impertm
ile good humor have made him a
•rite of the army, and in him th
ace their unwavering trust TT<
lalities, together with his keen bra
id thorough mastery of military t:
•s. make him a tit leader for f
lied tones. \nd we Americans
sf assured that the path to \icto
ill In* as short as po: sibb win
*cli. the master strategist, tb* In
the Marn»*. j-> in command *»i t
lied ton •• Wha! a 11 * 1»t and 1
■ 11 i< »n hall nb a ( a t bolie *d : i
< '• Mem! ! ’"i h h. * . Miir c.,tb <
>\ . 'ho. • ■nr«* 11 • *«I .i: tit'- annie
ie republic. h -II !• >11* •bis 1* ;i !.
lip in IT *n* *■’ \* * York Ai.* ■
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PROTECTS CHILDREN
rillilS'l I\.\l.\. \im l:: Sitrw
is decide I oil the square dcjfc l
legitimate children.
Laws recently enacted gi\e
etc national recognition’'
did horn out ef wedlock. In bo <
g Norway takes the lead amo
< dn n nations
'Hie legisl itinn e. t: hlishing the
nm-dbility of the state n providi
• r the “nurture, protection and e<
ition" oi illegitimates.
The state henceforth will hold 1m
irents “equally and continually
umsilde.” *he child t<> he •■tilitI*»<1
ringing up. maintenance, traini
id education from both lather a
ot her
Ihe new attitude thus establish
that the child welfare problem mi
‘ solved for the sake of the child a
ie state
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ipon tin- "Iti*e|i tlull'll * I'lacer mining
claim, situate on right limit of «'hitit ti
1 creek, ailjoiiiiiiu No. s creek claim ami
“r eii hrs! tier oi benches, in Nizlnn
min in rz district, Met’arthi recording
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recorder of ^:iill recording prei tin t.
in order to hold said claim Utnl’T 'lie
provisions of Section kM-4 oi the lie
vised Statutes of tile i'nited States
and tlie amen intents thereto approved
lamtarv ... IsSn. concerning annual
labor upon in.ning claims, being tile
amount reiptired to hold said claim
for tlie period ending on the dlst day
, of December. 1914. amt tlie Hist day
of December. 19U1: and if within
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tribute your proportion of such ex
penditure as a co-owner, which
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