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Payot, CH. (fl. 1919-) to General Dawes

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02679.68 Author/Creator: Payot, CH. (fl. 1919-) Place Written: s.l. Type: Typed letter signed Date: 8 July 1919 Pagination: 1 p. ; 22 x 27 cm. Order a Copy

He informs him that by order 3127, the French commander in chief cited him in the orders of the army; "By his breadth of spirit and his constant effort to put in common the resources of the two armies..."

Dawes, Charles Gates, 1865-1951

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