Marshal Ferdinand Foch of France will visit Chicago on or about November 6, according to tentative plans made for his visit to the Untied States, William J. McGainley, supreme secretary -the Knights of Columbus, announced recently. The information was received from an official French source, Marshal Foch will be the guest' of the Knights of Columbus, and be the central figure of a mammoth demonstration in which thousands of knights from all parts ct the middle west will participate. Marshal Foch will be made an honorary member of the fourth degree of the Knights of Columbus.
Marshal Foch's visit hinges on military -and political considera tions in Europe. Plans are being pushed forward so that he will come to America as an escort of an American soldier to: be buried in Arlington National Cemetery on Armistice day, November 11.
In New York, Marshal Foch will be' the centre of reception by the New York knights, but the largest demonstration by the order will take place in Chicago. Last August Marshal Foch promised Supreme Knight Flaherty of the Knights of Columbus that he would visit the United States, and on June 26 the Knights of Columbus national board of directors met in Chicago to make definite arrangements for the Foch-Knights of Columbus, Solebraton Chicane Daily Tri-
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