Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-07-05
GEN. PERSHING
RECEIVED BY The
king OF ENGLAND
U. S. Officer Is Presented to Brit.
ish Ruler at Buckingham
Palace.
BRITAIN WELCOMES US. MEN
London Newspapers Praise American
Soldiers and Declare Help AS
sures Victory in the War
Washington Plans Big Force.

Paris, June 11.-America's active
cooperation in the war was again
demonstrated with the arrival Mt q
French port of the United States ma.
val collier Neptune carrying n large
quantity of the most modern railroad
supplies. The supplies are most ur-
gently needed on the fighting font.
London, June 11.-Gen. John j.
Pershing was received ut buckingham
palace by King George. He was pre-
scented to The king by Lord Brooke,
commander of the Twelfth Canadian
infantry brigade.
General Pershing was accompanied
to the palace by his personal staff Of
twelve officers. After the audience
the officers paid a formal call to the
United States embassy.
Detailed stories of the landing of
General Pershing and his party and
the arrival in London fill n large part
of the news columns in the London
papers. Arrangements for the stay of
the Americans in England. plans for
the future, biographies and portraits
of the American general and pictures
of his reception at the port where he
arrived, crowd the news from the front
into second place.
The fact that "Pershing is on the
| job" has brought Il deep feeling Of
encouragement to the British people
and it was reflected in the compliment
tary articles in the press.
| General Pershing has been n busy
man since his arrival. A program of
conferences has been mapped out and
he will be In close consultation With
the British military officials until he
leaves for France.
| There are fifty-seven officers on Gen
eral Pershing's staff and they will be
as busy as their chief.
1t includes experts in sanitation,
medicine and camp construction and
representatives of every branch of the
service, including commissariat, avia-
ton and artillery. There are a con-
siderable number of civilians with the
party for clerical work.
| Plan Much Entertainment.
The American residents of London
have prepared an extensive program
of entertainment for the Pershing par
ty, but it is doubtful if all of it can
be carried out. The Americans prOba-
bly, will be too busy for SO many social
affairs.
On Monday night Walter II. Page,
the United States ambassador. will
give "A dinner in honor of General
Pershing and his staff. On Friday
night the American party will be en-
tertained at the theater. A week from
today the party will be taken for a
trip upon the Thames and will visit
Windsor castle.
| Detailed stories of the landing of
General Pershing and his party and
the arrival in London fill large part
of the leading news columns in the
morning papers.
Dwell on Meaning.
The editorials, while welcoming Gen
eral Pershing personally, dwell parti-
cularly upon the, significance of the
arrival of the American advance guard
as symbol of perhaps the greatest
of all the great events in the midst Of
which we are living-so visibly great
that none can pretend to foresee what
the full harvest will be for the English
speaking world, ana the sacred doc
| trines II accepts"
Emphasis also Is laid on the Ger
tainty of ultimate victory which Amer
lean cooperation is believed To insure.
A typical expression of this confidence
reads:
"Ours is the burden of today. but
the burden is made light by the knowl-
edge that the cooperation of the Unit
ed States is an assured fact"
General Pershing aud the twelve of.
ficers of his senior staff are the guests
of the British government at the Savoy
The rest of the contingent is being
looked after by American societies in
London.
U. S. Plans Big Force.
| Washington, June 1l.-America will
be represented ON the battle front by
at least 100000 fighting men before
winter, according to present plans, II
became known here.
Thousands of men now being en-
listed through voluntary recruiting
will have their chance to get into ac-
ton long before it was generally eX-
pected. 1t became known that re-en-
forcements to be rushed to Pershing
will be composed largely of these re-
cruits, of whom 107 900 have entered
the army since war was declared
The war department is moving
largely along the suggestions of Mar
shall Joffre that men be sent to France
with little training and undergo a
course of intensive preparation be-
hind the lines there.
| General Pershing will proceed to
France from London soon. to confer
with the officers leading the French
and British armies actually ut the
front.