New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-21
Precautions Taken by Fed
eral Agents and Police at
Pennsylvania Station
Met by Committee
Thousands Cheer Commission
on Way to the Biltmore,
Its Headquarters

BeIgiums war mission TO the United
States arrived in New York last night.
The train bearing the commission
reached The Pennsylvania station 1T
II o'clock.
Elaborate precautions had been made
by the Federal authorities and the Po-
lice Department to guard its members
from the moment they set foot in the
city, and from half an hour before the
train was due until the distinguished
visitors were we'll on their way up
town in automobiles no one was al
lowed near that portion Of the station
through which it was necessary for
them to pass.
As a precaution the officials of the
railroad arranged to take the members
. of the mission from the track level to
I the street in elevators, where sutOmo-
biles, each separately guarded, awaited
them.
Committee Meets Mission
The first to greet the members of
the mission was the executive commit
tee of the Mayors Reception Commit
tee, which was headed by George T..
Wilson and which included Controller
Prendergast, Fire Commissioner Adam
sen, Acting Police Commissioner God
| ley, Frederic r. Coudert, chairman Of
the Mayors Committee of Citizens;
Major General Daniel Appleton and
staff, Oliver Hartman, Henry S.
, Thompson, William C. Demorest, Hun
ter Wykes, S. L. Martin, executive sec
/ rotary to the Mayor, and George Feath-
ston.
! The automobiles bearing the mis-
? sion and the committee drove through
3 West Thirty-third Street to Fifth Ave-
/ nue., up the avenue, which was verita-
bic Golden Way" with its hundreds
/ of specially placed arc lamps, to Fifty
ninth Street; then through TO Broad
way and down the Great White Way to
. Forty-fourth Street, where the cars
. turned off 70 the Biltmore. which is to
+ be the headquarters of the mission
while in the city.
There were good sized crowds out
side the station, at the Plaza and at
Columbus Circle, and as the members
. OIL the mlSSlOH "ulIltu ny llltS HtiC
greeted with enthusiastic cheers, to
which they responded by dotting their
hats and waving their hands.
Official Reception To-day
The official reception of the mission
will be held at the City Hall at 1880
this morning. At the specific request
of the visitors this will be the only
public function arranged in their
honor. There will be number of
private dinners and receptions rendered
them this evening, however, by various
members Of the Mayors committee.
This afternoon the mission will be
taken on an automobile trip through
part of New York, Brooklyn and Long
Island, returning to the Biltmore at 7
o'clock tonight.
The mission is headed by Baron Mon
cheur, and includes Mr.. De Cartier de
MGrchrenne, Belgian Minister at Wash
ington; Lieutenant General lie Clercq,
of the Belgian Army; Major Osterrieth.
also of the army; Hector earlier, Lieu
tenant Count d'Ursel, an army Off
GER; Jean Mertens, Warren d. Robbins,
secretary of the embassy. representing
the State Department; Captain 7. c.
Cook, L. 5. A., military aid to Lieuten-
ant lie Clercq; James G. Whitley, Of
the Belgian Legation, and Mr.. 0'Con-
nell, special agent of the State Depart
ment.