Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-09
GEN. PERSH|NG IS
GREETED BY KING
American Commander and His
Staff Are Received at Buck
ingham Palace.
ALREADY HARD AT WORK
By the Associated Press.

LONDON, June 9, 11:15 am.-Gen.
Pershing was received this morning at
Buckingham Palace by King George
He was presented to the king by Lord
Brooke. commander of the 18th Ca
madam Infantry Brigade.
Gen. Pershing was accompanied to
the palace by his personal staff Of
twelve officers. After the audience the
officers paid a formal call at the United
States embassy.
After the formal reception the king
shook hands with Gen. Pershing and
the members of his staff and expressed
pleasure at welcoming the advance
guard of the American army.
The afternoon was taken up with con-
ferences at the war office. Tomorrow
Gen. Pershing and his staff will attend
service at Westminster Abbey. The
general will dine with Ambassador
meet Premier Lloyd George and his
chief associates in the cabinet Other
guests will be Paul Cambon, the French
ambassador. and Vice Admiral Sims,
U. S. N, who met Gen. Pershing for
the first time on his arrival yesterday.
Tuesday evening members of the Brit
ish cabinet will give a dinner to the
general.
Welcomed by British Press.
The American privates with the
Pershing party are being entertained,
when not occupied with clerical or rou-
tine work, by a civilian committee and
by committees of British soldiers
Detailed stories Of the landing of Cen
Pershing and his party at Liverpool
and the arrival in London fill a large
part of the leading news columns in
the morning 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 in Liverpool
crowd the news from the front into sec
ond place.
The editorials, while welcoming Cen
Pershfng personally, dwell particularly
upon the significance of the arrival Of
the American advance guard as a sym
Dol 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 speak
ing world and the sacred doctrines it
accepts. Emphasis is also laid on the
certainty of ultimate victory which
American cooperation Is believed to
insure. typical expression of this con-
fidence read: Ours is the burden of to-
day but the burden is made light by
the knowledge that the cooperation Of
the United States insures the glory of
tomorrow"
The Americans were surprised to
icdfH VI the elaborate arrangements
for their entertainment made by their
country men and women, and also of
the plans made to facilitate their work.
The privates in the contingent will be
the guests of the British army in the
barracks in the historic Tower of Lon
don. Everything, from automobiles to
a money exchange Office, was ready for
the convenience of the Americans, and
soon the officers and men were scat
tered over the city on business and in
sightseeing. At their hotel the Ameri-
can officers met many British and
Canadian officers. Everywhere from
the port of arrival to London the
4 American and British officers scruti-
nized each other with professional in
terest. each sizing up the other
While the Americans are keen1v in
terested in their new surroundings
and the sights Of the country, they are
giving themselves to the business Of
war. There is no atmosphere of an ex-
cursion jaunt about the trip of the
American contingent. 1t has been work.
and work Of the hardest kind. with
them since they boarded the trans
atlantic steamer in civilian clothes aft
er she had left her pier in an Amert-
can port.
The officers in the contingent came
States and the business Of stan or
ganfzations. with its various branches.
was begun only after they met on shin
board. The days on the ship were given
to staff work and studying the French
language. Gen. Pershing said to the
Associated Press that he and his fellow
officers were anxious to get into har-
ness at their base in France as quick
ly as possible.