GENERAL PAU

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 100, 22 January 1919, Page 8

GENERAL PAU

.' " i '". "RECEPTION : BY : RETimNED :;;. :; --,.: . SOLDIERS. a • '"!','.The'i''rec'eptkul-";arrang€d by. the local "-Returned ...Soldiers'. Clubhouse Society / tpiGeneral Pau -took,place oh the club's •'.', 'premises: yesterday, .afternoon. .- The '■'■ officer,'.accompauied iby .Commandant, d'Andre, M. Henri Cor--7 .biere/.and Captain - Bryan, Assistant : -Military Secretary to the G.O.C;, N.Z. Forces,-was met on arrival''by. ..-'.'.'.Stbe:-manager, Mr. J. 1.. Fox. On en- :;; .taring the club-the Gortewl was loudly \r\' : cheered, 'and was received by! Mr. J. P. Maxwell, chairman of the Clubhouse Society,-:wnq, N - ; in '<& short 1 .address of \ '■ the' objects of the v ~ Society "which .controlled"the club, and. . po'inled''ou't'its',b;enefit's\to all returned ■; ■ .'.';-. i'XDJr.'-.'Guyiuilunro,,who represented the . New Zealand Returned Soldiers' Asso- ..''■" ciation;" theu presented-' tho General >-.' with the. New_ Zealand Returned-501.... .... diers' Badge, iii gold, inscribed "Pau, 1919," and asked him to accept the.life membership of the association. He said that New Zealand's soldiers had wit-' ■■"'• nessed the terrible damage wrought in France by the Huns, arid had nothing but praise, to 'offer, to the wonderful .-.'■ French" Army. New Zealanders. were : proucLto. haye. heeh associated .with,the French 'Army, in''paying France from being'overrun by the Germans, and the association deeply appreciated this visit of; the .General to its officas. (Ap- ,.- plause.). , ' ■ Before replying, the Ge.neril noticed V Miss.A. Stevens, hon. 'typist to the club, amongst- those" present," and requested ,her .to pin the badge to his jacket.. This request she willingly complied with, and received the General's salutations. • ...-.';' General Pau, whose speech was inN terpreted by M. Henri Corhiere, said that it-, gave him great pleasure to, ac- , cept.the life'membership of the association, and he was proud to.lie con? nected with such a worthy organisation. He wished to thank the associa- -■' tion very much for the badge, which he would treasure all his life. He was proud and happy, and in the name of the whole French nation.he wished to ■■' -.. thank tho New Zealand soldiers for what they had done in the war. The New Zealand troops had done wonderful work in France, and their part in the war would never be forgotten by the French people. The formation of the. Returned' Soldiers' Association was a most worthy idea,' and he congratu- / liited those responsible for tho splendid work already done. After the war of 1870 the French soldiers immediately forincd similar institutions, and these •lived to-day. They were needed, for they kept together those who had fought together for so long, and lie . expressed tho hope that the New Zealand Association would long continue to do. the very excellent work it was now performing. Ho had received many ~' badges during his career, but this one ]ia':would cherish for ever. (Applause.) Before,'' leaving, the General shook hands with all those then signed his name in the club's membership •hook, after which ho was shown over ■the club's premises.

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