Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-26
EXECUTIVE MAKES
|. CHRISTMAS VISIT
TO HEADQUARTERS
With Mrs. Wilson He Is
Given Enthusiastic Well
come by Chatmont.
SCENERY REMINDS HIM
OF HILLS OF VIRGINIA
Tells American Soldiers He Is
Proud of Their Record
in War.
GLAD FRENCH LOVE THEM
Finds Allied Statesmen in Accord
With His Views for Per-
mancnt Peace. M
GLAD FRENCH LOVE THEM
Finds Allied Statesmen in Accord
With His Views for Per-
nahcnt Peace. ~.
L!.y Assnclnted prcss. |

T!;y Associated Press,
CHAUMONT, December e5.--Presi-
dent Wilson received q most cordial
welcome to-day from the people OF
cIossiS assoetateG " with Mt the hist history ee Of
the American eNpedtionary forces in
France, and is now the Headquarters
town from which -\merica's' part In
finisnine the war was directed
The presidential train. which left
Paris at midnight, drew into Chau-
mont station at o'clock this morning.
General Pershng. General Wirbel, the
French officer commanding the zone.
OF Haute Marne, and NJ Levy Alphan-
dery. Mayor of Chaumont were on Sthe
PLAT form to receive The President and
Mrs Wilson, who. after rcspondingf3to
the cordial greetings, passed through
n salon hung with red tapestries and
tiags~ros the courtyard. where II com
papS Of the One Hundred and Ninth
french Infantry and company OF
tHe one Hundred and Second American.
infantry were drawn up to render
honors l7tsgt
q The cNterior of the etatinn and .tHS
courtyard had been decorated for tho
2Sca ., $40. SION by American soldiers With
passing the guard OF houoryin review,
/ ne PRESIDENT took his place Il: II motor
Isity halt Dense crowds massed be-
T, hind the lines OF guards in khaki: The
streets were brilliantly decorated ana
hung with banners bearing insrEiI4
tions OF welcome. 100 fE
AS the party passed through the
people OF Chaumont joined in a con-
tinuous acclamation OF the President
WEATHER BETTER THAN
USUAL DESPITE COLD RArN
All this part OF France lay under u
gray cloud and banks of drizaling
eoid rain when the Presidents train
declared the weather was exception-F
ANY iine as compared with the usual
Grand OF weather, and every one had
peSpattcred khaki uniform. a5S
ihinss We're in motion early for the
review When the President raised
tn ne curtain of window in his car
the first person he saw was a strap
ninS american douGhboy on guoru,
pr"s pno i5.n, Ernve,y ely came, came to salute. The
cst sn,iiia ,ins. -; ana made him the happis
passing gave Il ''vive Wilson 49,
rs ms train moved in the Presiihnt
saM on every hand monuments Ito
r,nnrica :rm..rT. particlpation in the war.
evsrywhere very MSes srsa ana P'sS 1ce of suppIss
Swarmsd on locomotives, box cnrs
To- ee aet i'ps ,.ir,y ana every point of vantage
shout merry Christmas'' o's' t
HILLS AND WOODED RIDGES
t'hE THOSE or OLD VIRCISIs
ING Ing ioiks back home would have
:" 80 'itu ,'t II the dreariest Christmas DaV
Lor these American troops and eS;i
HIIm,.y iIdn!y Z very happy one for the pres-
III" ti .!ookInS forward 10 every fcnturat5
ne remarked tha: The rolling biiis nj
Wir9.iei, WWinogied ridges T, locked not unlike the
Ni.S!h!a NILS. where he was arS,s
home P' SUI When at
70 IN hin1 reSponss $, T6s to an address presented
MS ARRIVAL here to-day president VIZ
son said: e'iueHl Wiz
II feel that | have been pecu,;arIv
honored in the generous recentinn ptiiu,iariy vn,,
it..N maNe gwen me. and it is The more de-
fr:on, ~ ~ oec.;use IL so obviously comes
,o 'hat lt is an instructive response
h,..tne tne feeling that is in my own
nr,saSi ni,, because think that even You.
cannot but realize tho depth and sjna
SeritN or the feeling o. the GnItad
states Tor France. s'rt
" is an ancient friendshin bu,;,
mas peen renewed and has taken on e
mos oniv n3"'n fcn,Itii IT Is ,riendshiP which is
Il communion OF principle
AhERiCANS FELT At HOME
As SOON AS THEY ARRIyru
ba,,,t'Hi noH nave spoken so generously and
sprung up between yourselves an, 20 n,,
soldiers, That is because they ca ~
10y 10y on!y 10 associate themselves with
you as the champion OF liberty. b,,t
theN c2me with personal affections In
thrir hearts for the peopie or Isranc.' s.
ana II must have been that which Won
realize They did not come as stranr
ers IN their thoughts They brourhY
With them something that made tLai,,l
fcci at home the moment they ,ynfa
III iiaNre or at Brest In France
30 J am very much moved by heinz
tnuS drawn. as they have been. into
your midst and into Your conferences
2nd wish to thank YOU very warmiv9
Tor them and the people OF the Jinitaf
states. j. like them. shall carry taw..w
with me the most delightful recolie9.SSF
tons md In my heart Shall .I,rays
shy as | now say: 'Niye Ia France 80
PhESlDENT REVIEWS N'S'sggss ii5
nE'rACHMENT Of FIRST ARMY
Immediately after the reception ny a
the Hotel de Nille President Wti.,oIis8 z
with General PershinS and party. t,,s3.ss 3
tored 10 Humes. where the President
reviewed a detachment of the F,fst8
Arny OF the American expedittonary q
forces. '''fs.ss f - = z
Ing said: ~
"Mr, President and fellow soIdler.s
We are gathered here to-day q to Sd,s 4
honor to the commander of our armies s
and nayics. For tho hrst tip,agiE 4 4 III
american President Will review III,
An,crican army on t2reign} soii4- tiIs
soil OF sister repubiic, heaico whsjSn ,
gallant, trooI,s ae have f9Dg NJ 10 SE y
store peace to the worIJ. ~ u =
speaking Tor you and your cok1xs "