The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-09-18

The stiffness Of the tomb. the i'm
pTesSiye ceremony. the reverence of
Lbs compunions-cveE the Traditional
is military etiquette which Marshal
Joffrc uhserNed-madc the American
general realize that here was a man
who lived on, though long In las
braVc.
The man and the soldier he could
not help but admire with his poll
cies, General Pershing naturally dii-
f"rcd. Napoleon was essentially the
-Cufuucrur, while everything lerShinE
represented was ir%rcvocably deter
mined upln an aHti-impcrialistic pol
les. Bu, ~ this tomb the American
soldier could feel \apolcon's presence
and the guiding hand of the great
man
Ilcady to- Receive Army.
II wis not long before PcrshiuE was
ready 20 receive the first of that great
American army that was proparius
20 pour into France. Arduous work
for three weeks had been necessary
tu accomplish this. hut the work had
borne fruit tp uu almost unbelievable
degree. He informed the war de-
Uartmpnt mat q great base camp had
been made ready and that every de
tail fCr reception and transportation
In France had been worked out
There was great necessity that this
work be rushed. \ large contingent
of American troops wcr" already ON
the ocean and expected az any time.
with the assistance Of Marshal Juftrc
General porshiug had selected ps %
has" where the newly arrived forces
could receive their preliminary train-
iuE that section south -. 81 Quentin.
This sector of the allied line was Ca
hc Urucd over 90 the American troops
as soon as they had been sufficiently
trained
on june 20. 1917. the arrival of an
unusual number of ships was siguallcd
20 % port somewhere IN France" ~
last the American force for which
France had been waiting for several
weeks had reported. The port COM
muudcr put out boz his launch with
several American Officers.
INpcditioary Force Lands.
\ vcritable armada presented itself
Co the awaiting officers. Huge trans
ports were crowded with men I'm the
familiar khaki Of the United States
uniform. bu every side were those
rrcS hounds OF the sea. the cunVoy-
ING d%cstroyers. and here and there a
big cruiser
Tuc transports were taken in charge
ly tugs. which tuwod them 20 thcir
appointed htrths. By this timc the
tuwusp"oplc had awakened, ana
crowds began to gather at the docks
As the transports were brought
iuwly beside the quays the officers
brought their men 20 a salute Then
came resoundiug cheers from all the
transports. 20 which the p%upulacc re-
Sponded, Near he docks were some
men who did not reply to these
cheers. They were German prisoners
whp ga2od I'm opcn-mouthed astonish-
mcnt az the spectacle.
Suddenly an the whistles of the
craft In the harbOr hcEan In a Wild
welcome The news that the Ameri-
cans were arriving spread with re-
markable rapidity. shouts Of "Nive
Ia France and "Niye les Etats Gnis''
seemed to come from every throat iu
the crowd, which was tltckly dotted
with b uniforms OF French soldiers
and sailors
American army officers from Paris
and American naval officers from
everywhere began 90 appear as IL 10y
magic. together with French general
officers,
I'ershiug's First Order.
The work OF d%eharkation progressed
steadily \ temporary camp VAS pre-
purci I'm town until this had been
completed. On the morning of June
2N General fcrshing accompanied by
General pellctier Of the French army,
arrived To- inspect this vanguard of
NV KlaAN AiHA'lN fAA army UNI wis ~
pour into France and stem the hordes
Of the Hun.
General peyshiuE expressed himself
as highly pleased h a an operation
of such magnitude had been accom-
plished with 50 little preparation and
without the loss Of "a single man.
either by accident or sickness.
The officials of the French town
turned over their authority To the
American commander for the purpose
of maintaining discipline among the
troops General Pcrshing, in the iu-
terest of good order, issued an order
that read,
For the first time IN history an
American army finds itself i'm Euro
pcan territory. The good name OF
the United states of America and the
maintenance 90 cordial relations re-
quire the perfect department of aCh
member Of this command"
To the credit of American troops,
who now have been In France ana In
England for more than 70 year, ana
VINO have multiplied u thousand
times, they have held Go the very
spirit OF that order Issued hy General
l%crshing 20 the first contingent ot
the American army "over there
~PcrShing's Religious ,onsiction.
From the time Of tho arrival OF the
tirst American troops iu France Cen
cral pcrshing has encouraged any re-
llgtous activities in the army Ihe
early training he receiNed az his
mothers knee was his inspiration. \
profound belief I'm Gods aid tn a lusl
cause, characteristic OF the Worries
really great men, possessed him a.
ways.
Abraham Lincoln was noted fbr his
unwa verlnr dependencc upon the Al