The Archive · 1927

A Memorable Coach

Compiegne, Nov. 11.

In a clearing of the Compiegne Forest the railway conch in which. the Armistice was signed nine ago was ceremoniously established to-day on the very spot in which it} stood on that memorable occasion.

Among those present were Marshal Foch and Admiral Sir George Price Webley Hope, who was pre-gent at the signing of the Armistice in 1918, At the conclusion of the ceremony, Colonel Mott, the United States Military Attache at the American Embassy -in Paris, presented Marshal Foch with a gold medal similar to those worn by the presidents of the American Legion.

The Marshal was deeply touched

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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