New Britain herald., 1918-10-23
CHAPTER XVI. (COntipued1

 Pershing could get into his car to drive to the station, a great crowd had congregated along the streets in response to the cry, "The Americans have comeH"
 Thunderous cheers greeted the gen. eral as he passed along and, turning to the French commander at his side. he remarked
 This reception is of great signif- canoe. It makes us realize to the fullest the importance of American participation. America has entered the war with the intention of doing her share, no matter how great or how small that share may be. Our allies can depend upon that From the present moment our aims are the same"
 The towns along the route from Boulogne to Paris had been advised of his coming and at each station crowds had assem- bled to greet him.
 At Paris he met with the greatest reception that had been given to any one since the outbreak of the war. From the moment the Notifications were reached every housetop, wall. and window was filled with cheering F'rench-men and women.
 At the Care du Nord special cor dons of troops lined the platforms while ranks of soldiers fanked every street for blocks and patrolled the route of the party all the way to the Hotel de Cri1lon In the Place de Ia Concorde which had been placed at General Pershing's disposal as his headquarters.
 Paris turned out by tens of thou- sands, and it seemed that every one was waving an American flag. Cries of "Vive PAmerique!" became a sus- tained roar all along that densely crowded way.
 Among the many prominent ofn- cia1s who greeted General Pershing upon his arrival were Marshal Joffre, General Foch, the American ambas- sador, and MT. Painleve, minister of war.
 The masses in the streets, as they followed the automobiles from the station. seemed to regard the coming of Pershtng in the same light as they would view the advent of the army itself. He was the living, concrete proof that Americas gigantic re- sources and boundless reserves of
 
 coming to the aid of France. They forgot the sufferings of the past three years: they forgot the rumors that some of the allies were making a separate peace; they forgot the men ace of the submarine. Here at last was America to help then--Amsr1cs which had always stood in popular imagination as the symbol of limit less greatness.
 In the person of the simply dressed American commander they were cheering the whole American army millions strong if need be--to carry the war to victory. They saw the Stars and Stripes, emblem of fiber ty, at last going forward beside the tri-coIor to the battlefields of France,
 AS General Pershing stood on the balcony of the Hotel de CrtfIon that warm July day and looked down upon the cheering multitude, thrill came to him like that which must have possessed the great Lafayette when he arrived at the headquarters of the little Continental Army and was greeted by the first American sol- diers in our great struggle for free dom.
 AS in the case of Lafayette, his presence was a promise of aid in the time of need. He realized that, al though France was giving him her greatest token of appreciation, these cheers were intended for the mighty nation, a sister republic, whose uni form he wore.
 He was exalted in the name of the United States; but he would not have been human had he not felt also a personal satisfaction in being the representative of the nation for whom the cheers were intended.
 It was not possible for the general to refuse acknowledgment of this reception. In a few words he told of his mission:
 "As a man and as 8 soldier, I am profoundly happy-proud indeed of the high mission with which I am charged. It is important to announce that we are thee precursors of an army that is firmly resolved to do its part on the continent for the cause