The sun., 1919-09-11
LEADS FIRST DIVISION IN

! OF relief got of his horse and turned II
over to an orderly.
Say. boy" he called to Frank Mem
ilsen, who brought Jeff to New York from
| Staunton, Va, you have made me
| happy This is certainly wonderful
horse, and I'd like to ride him for the
rest Of the day"
Glad 10 hear it. sir" said Meniken,
who was in the seventh heaven.
And I want to tell you that want
| to ride Jeff in the Washington parade"
| added the former Tenth Calvaryrnan.
He sure Is beauty"
MenilSen, at loss for words on 80
| astounding an OCCASION could only re-
peat that he was glad to hear it.
Gen, Pershing hoped TO be able to
get back to the stand at Eighty-second
| street in time to review part Of the
parade, but instead took the advice of
Col. Quekemeyer and prepared to leave
for the Waldorf. Photographers were
swapping him for the hundredth time
when from the sidewalk at the northwest
corner OF Fifth avenue and Washington
| Square North came running n boy. His
hair wa, tousled. his sweater olive dr-ib,
| his age 6 years and he sang out, Hello.
| Mr.. General Pershing."
why, hello, Sonny" beamed the Gen.
| eral. whats your name and how do
| you feel?'
A Kiss for This "sonny."
Not catching the answer. the General
| bent over the boy and learned that he
\ was Francis Geiger. son Of a newspaper
man OF Irvington. N. ]. This confession
of paternity did not dismay Mr.. Gen.
Pershing. He kissed the boy, patted his
head and assured him that he certainly
was one bright little man.
| with that ha WAS off IDtOwn- Bit at
! Waverly place and Washington Square
an irresistible temptation presented it.
| self. There, spread before hungry
| General, were hundreds OF brown pies,
baskets from which doughnuts were pop
ping and tubs of brick ice cream, to say
nothing Of cold boiled ham and pickles.
1T was fare for the marchers, pre-
pared by the Mrs. Van Ingen unit of the
Red Cross. In jiffy the Generals car
was stopped by his order. He shook
hands with Mrs. Van Ingen and her
comrades, who avowed later that this
compensated them for two years of war
work The Generals steel gray eyes
were fixed on that array OF food. Lake
a boy who doesn't want to appear TO be
asking for the thing he most desires, ne
remarked MY, but this looks good
| Wont you have some, GeneralF' sug-
gested Nam selle Red Cross.
well. now, / believe 1 WILL" he said.
But recalling the meals that were com
ing to him later as the guest of this
| or tllat group of the city's population, ne
contented himself with doughnut and
| brick of ice cream on plate
! After all he was a General in hurry.
| So Sixth avenue a moment later was
! treated to the spectacle of John J. Per
! shing moving rapidly northward ana ap-
sorbing \ spoonful of Ice cream between
| h ~ dnnRhnllt.
| He reached the Waldorf a little after
| noon. Few persons had left the avenue
! the parade was still on. with the artl-
! lery and a lot more yet to come. A rev
minutes later the crowd that had seen
him leading the procession an hour or 30
before beheld him surveying the scene
| from a hotel balcony outside the second
floor. He went there as the guest OF
| Gen. T Coleman du Pont, who was CIV
| ing a parade party.
The General was wearing gold bowed
glasses. which had not been in evidence
previously. After quarter of an hour Of
| this he moved up floor and Joined his
aides and relatives in watching the rest
| OF the parade.
He had luncheon in, his own apart
| ment. When he finished Mayor Hylan
called with Rodman Wanamaker, chair
man of the Mayors welcoming commit
| tee. His Honor grasped the GenerdI
hand and said:
st want to congratulate you on the
wonderful showing made by yourself
and the gallant First Division, to-day.
The parade was the most magnificent
spectacle 1 have ever witnessed. 1 know
that all New York as we'll as the tran
| silent population, numbering more than
! a million, / am told, who visited our
! great city to do you homage are in
hearty accord with my sentiments. II
was without question one of the greatest
parades ever held in our city. Again
allow me to extend the clty's congratu-
lations."
Mr.. wanamaker added his testimony
as to the appeal of the parade and the
city's pride in being host to such a
wonderful lot of men," The General re-
piled that he was proud of 'em too, and
glad to have a chance to say that New
York had extended them every possible
courtesy.