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President to Dine With
Men at Chaumont and
Address Them.
WILL MEET PERSHING
Leaves for Calais at 6 P. II.
and for London in
Morning.
SEES FOOD CONTROLLER
Hoover and Hurley Call to
Discuss Relief Work and
Shipping.
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left Paris tonight for q weeks trip
which will take him to American
Army headquarters at Chaumont and
to England. He was accompanied BY
Mrs. Wilson, Rear-Admirai Grayson
and small party. The President is
travelling by military train and VIII
reach Chaumont In the morning.
The President will spend twelve
hours In the Chaumont region, whore
he will take Christmas dinner with
the men at their mess and revfUw
American soldiers. After the review
he will deliver an address which he
already has prepared. Later he Will
inspect the billets In several Of the
villages, and. returning to Chaumont
will be the guest OF Gen. Pershing
and his staff for formal dinner.
British Programme stands
The President will leave American
headquarters at 6 o'clock this evening
for Calais and Thursday morning will
embark on q warship for England.
So fur as Is known here there will be
no further changes in the Presidents
programme In England unless the
British Government suggests them.
On his arrival at Chaumont the
President win be met BY Gen. Per
shinK. the French General command
ing In that district. the Prefect and
Mayor Of Chaumont, French ana
American guards of honor and an
American band. After his reception
at the city hail the President will
review troops composed OF one
infantry battalion from each OF these
divt'ions: Sixth, Twenty-ninth
Seventy Eightieth and
Eighty-second. There will be an ar
tillery unit from the Seventy-seventh
Division and two troops OF the Sixth
Cavalry.
After lunch, at the headquarters of
the Twenty-sixth New E,ngland)
Division the President will return BY
automobile to Chaumont. On the way
he will stop at several small towns
where American troops are stationed
to inspect The quarters and talk WITH
the men.
Sentiment Touches French.
The announcement OF the Presd-
dents intention to share the American.
appealed strongly 20 French sentiment.
which is always touched by atten-
t!ons TO the ''puilus' and 10 the soldiers
Of the allied armies
American officials here are deeply
Interested in the reception which viii
be accorded the President by the Brit
ish people, and especially in the Man
chester industrial district. The Presi-
dent himself looks forward with high
expectations to review Of the troops
on his visit TO England.
With his return to Paris from Eng.
land on New Years the President hopes
the most necessary preliminary or
ganization work OF the American Com
mission will be completed. The bust
ness OF beginning to make peace may
get under way II by then the other
Governments concerned have named
their delegates. Official notification OF
the appointment OF the various dele
gates, 1t is believed, will come within
ten days, although Il is realized that
the British delegates may not be
chosen until the elections are entirely
out OF the way
The coming or German delegates is
cti tn, ind
question of Russian representa- ton has
gone no further than some informal
discussion between the American Com
missioners and prominent Russians
here. Doubts are being expressed by
some diplomatists that the conference.
actually car begin work the first week
OF January as expccted. Some Of them
are inclined TO think that the frs.
meeting night might not be held un-
I'll February.
Hopes Return VIII BE UnnecessAry
In that event the Presidents plans
would be somewhat disarranged be.
cause he has been planning to re-
turn to the United States before Feb
ruary Is, with a good deal accom-
plished, IN a preliminary way at least
The President will he ready to return
to Europe in the spring. but hopes
that this may not be necessary.
President Wilson's official engage
meut was with the Belgian Ministeq
of Foreign Anairs tonight. He pai0
n visit this morning 20 Premier
Clemerceau
The members OF me American peace
delegation will take a Christmas holi-
day. Secretary Lansing will visit his
two sisters. who have been doing war
work at the front.
Herbert c. Hoover, American Food
Administrator, and Edward n. Huriey
chairman OF the American Shipping