Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-09-09
Pine Bluff Railroad Men
 Parade Before kinq GeOrue
London Times Account of evew of, American Troops Bv British Ruler Indica tes People of English
 Capital Displayed Great Enthusiasm


 ness of the experienced campaigner 1 Stern, grave of face they were, look ing straight ahead, as if conscious of the stupendous importance of their mission. It seemed, indeed, as if to them this was as much the road to the war as the shell-broken, dusty highways of France.
 Saluting "OId Glory."
 Louder and still louder rose the cries as the Stars and Stripes came in view. Soldiers in the crowd saluted: men raised thei rhats, and women threw their flowers and waved their handkerchiefs-and some of them sob- bed happy tears of pride such as no man or woman need remember with shame.
 At intervals passed the bands of the Grenadier guards, Irish guards with their kilted pipers, the Welsh and the Scots guards, while flag-bear- CTS with the Stars and Stripes and, in one instance with the regimental color of the unit to which most of the men belonged, headed detachments.
 You could not discover an Ameri- can "type." Most of the men were clean-shaven, finely-built and straight of limb. But all the races which make the nation such delightful and in some ways such complex race were there. There were men of Irish an- cestry, and there were men whose fathers, in the long ago, came from Germany. Today, of course, they are Americans, and Americans of the most undoubted loyalty. But the faces of the men in the great procession were very different, and did not approxi- mate to any given type, and it was deeply interesting to see the varying characteristics that have built up to- days America.
 With precise, determined step the troops swung along Piccadilly to Hyde park corner and curled round Grosvenor-gardens. And still the men shouted hoarsely and still little chil- dren waved their small flags, and still women cried, "God bless vel" and Good luck!"
 At the U. s. Embassy.
 Outside the American embassy in Grosvenor-gardens the crowd was en- ormous. But no halt was made, and there were no speeches. The Ameri- can ambassador, MT. Page, took the salute as his country-men passed, and standing by him were Mrs. Page, Ad- miral Sims, and members of the em- bassy staff. From the Maple Leaf club close by Canadians showed what a Canadian cheer can be.
 Then the Americans went onwards to Buckingham palace to march by the king of people as free as those of the great republic, and to hear the greatest cheer ever raised in London.
 Crowds stretched far down the Mall. People climbed on to the Vic toria memorial and the police had or ders not to interfere. Most of the crowd could see little but the rifle points glittering in the sunlight. But they could hear the tread of the sol diers, and no band ever made sweeter music for them. These cheering men and women could not see the king, who with Queen Alexandra stood in the courtyard, but they knew his majesty was there. The most colorless life had it's moment of radiant glory when the first Americans passed the king. The guard of honor had played the Ma tional Anthem, and after the sudden silence cheers passed like a wave from the palace to the Admiralty arch. In field marshal's uniform the king sa- luted each section as it passed, and those who were near him saw the pride in his eyes, and the smiles as he talked little later, to MT. Lloyd George.
 Present with the king were Viscount French Sir Francis Lloyd, Colonel Lassitery the American military at tache, and his aide de camp, Captain Warburton.
 In the Green park the troops were allowed a brief rest, and after they had joined in the general cheers for his majesty they had some refresh ments, and made their way to Water loo.
 And here they came to the final stage in the journey so far as the public was concerned, and perhaps