Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-09
Americans Choose to Pass
Up Gaities of London
for Active Service.
AIR FLEET IN FRANCE
Uncle Sans Soldiers to
Be Fighting Enemy
Before Long.

! LONDON. June S.-G;07 y. m)-
! Headed by Major General John J.
/ Pershng, its commander. the first
representatives. of the American army
/ that is TO enter The European war dis
embarked this morning at a British
| pert after an un"vcntful voyage of ten
| days on the White Star liner Baltic.
/ The party was received with fun milf
tary honors and immcdiltoly en-
! trained Ter London, whore it arrive.
/ thus afternoon and was welcomed by
/ the Earl Of Derby, the minister OF
war; Viscount French commander OF
! the British homo forces. and tho
! American officials
AvlatorS Land in France.
Almost simultaneously came news
OF the landing in Franco of one hun
dred a'iators from the American
naval flyihe corps. the first of the
/ .L'acrican fighting forces to reach
France.
General Pcrshing said to The AS
sociated Press thnt he and his fellow
! Officers We're eager TO get into harness
/ 1t their base IN France ns quickly as
possible
a. a tR
and the members If the General staff
who viii perform Tho prciiminary
, work ror Tho fir.. rirhtin,, f,,.,., r,,,,
Icr 81 officers ncd ara nccor,nnrloJ
by , squad % some fiTtv nrivntcs and
q large civilian clerical force
n,,,,. uo,o,o n,o,,.,.,.
,rho ,n,,n,aa,, ..,t,.'.,.
and various British organizations
| nave prepared an extensive program
! marty I'M ~ ~ do,,h,,,,i 40 ,,,'at, -,
il will he carried out nc c,ereral
pershinp befors heing informcd ot
the plnns exnrossed a desire ,h,t
there be n minimum nf anvtbins, in
tho nature Of eocinI nntortaiur,ent
Tho entire contingent devoted i,saIf
10 the hardest kind of work of an
organizinr nature turnout the iour-
ney
S,,,, ,,,..o ,,,.i,.,, go, .,,t,. .,
On tbe v,rious co,n,1i,toos Of artar-
tainmcnt fnr the American contingent
or, Mrs John As,or Nrs wbiteiaNv
poid NJ w vvii,on pbtrr. and
Ntrs y rr,fp McI;crrn,y ana Xyash-
inrton Wood AImeric poget and f.,
W nIocLwcu
;rIn rrr,,tn, In tho conttngort will
no tho ,',,osts or tho pritisb arnnv in
H. n,rroci,y -, ,ha Tn,rar 90 On.
49, E'o,,.,tir,, f,o,,, aI,to,nohnos
"a rrnne,, cxrb1rgo nffice vas readv
,, ,t,, ,,,,,,,'.,, ia,,cf of th,, Arneric,ns
,nd .oon no officers and mon we're
,,,-., "',, - ~, ci,,, -, 6,,siress
ana sirbtsceinp Ar thetr hotel the
Hn',,.,,,n,, ,,fr,ccrs mot r,,r, Rrf,ish
ar,t S,,noli,n officcrs
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The snip arrived IN hlipor !dle llSt
night. having crossed "lthout alshtlhs
u hostile craft Nheh the PASSENGERS
came on deck on the last morning OF
me voyage they touhu torpedo podt
dcSlroycra .stortlnS lhcm on elher
side. When with dlitlculty they dis-
covered lhru the marine slaSs[a t@nat @
t'.' W. ,..''. ~, nntbusi',sr, bicb in
cressod Vim ~ n,trol Win the same
familiar l'lag Al the stern Joined the
Itt,io sr,,adron I,tor
mo cnminp of tho American sol
oicr. L,d hocn kont secret outside Of
firl,I ,irclcs aud there ,yns mo- crowd
patbar.d M the pier AS would nave
Loon tho cosc hrd the townspeople
been aware of the event. There was
, lara. yroun Of pritish admiralty at
m" l,nding station with their
,,o,lo, ca,' lands and poId trimmings.
u,b,cb dcuo,od that th,, Yenrcrs be-
Io,,ged to mo '.toff Tbc blue of the
me- v.os ronroiented and the lord
r,nvor ,vitb his .,ilt chnips of office
,nd Tho offi.iaIa ~ the mort were there
49, ,.i,.o ,vcIrnme to tho Americans.
connnarv Of the roval Welsh
,,,s,iiors 80 fresh khaki trim and not
iehod 10 tba las, hutton was drawn
49,, IN douhie limo facing the steamers
.,Jo vim mo rNp,mcntal band ahead
fo,y n,ces 70 tho front in proud
.,,to ana bcid in leash nv a rigid pri-
voto w,s nonu.oth white goat. the
-, C,,,ot,s regin,ent,l mascot of the
i,,i,,sh army a rroup of forty Brit
'sh ant Amcrican nowspnuer men AMI
- co,,, nttor nersors who had come TO
moot nasseugers completed the as
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