The sun., 1919-09-09

though the Hulver was on hand before
| the appointed time, o'clock.
So the Hulver trailed the destroyers
up the harbor and there was no sight OF
Gen. Pershlng from its. deck until Ho-
boken was reached. An officer of de-
stroyer megaphoned that the Leviathan
had been asked to stop In Gravesend
Bay but she kept right on, II being Of
! first importance that she should reach
her pier on the high tide.
The General, it was learned Lte,,
arose ut z o'clock and therefore mis- ed
the dawn, which was a foggy sort OF an
affair, At an earlier hour the Levia-
thans decks were alive with soldiers Of
the composite regiment intent on missing
nothing of the home sights on this mem
orable morning. Four seaplanes from
Rockaway appeared as an aerial escort,
put had to circle much because of their
speed In order to accommodate their gait
TO that Of the marine procession.
The noisy part OF the trip began in the
Narrows. Several vessels at anchor
turned loose their whistles. From Fort
Wadsworth. on Staten Island, came the
reverberation Of guns--seventeen guns
for the first time
The liner Rotterdam, inbound, Off
Quarantine. where the ,Leviathan did not
pause, screamed as the larger vessel
nassed her. Among her passengers visi-
BILE were Nine. Schumann-Heink and
Louis Brandeis Justice OF the Supreme
Court Tho destroyer Blakely, carrying
the Secretary of War, Senate and House
committees and others, swept by and
turned. Gen Pershing, on the Levia-
thans bridge by this time, returned his
superior's salute The destroyer moved
up closer and went up the bay abreast
of Pershing's ship. Official and private
boats came squealing to join the retinue.
The Leviathan, spouting black smoke
into the mist, resembled a segment of
Pittsburg out for a sea voyage. 4
HIS Home Skaters There.
Banners of many States waved from a
steamboat chartered by the War Camp
Community Service, which came to the
mark with the first brass band of the
day. Tho home Staters were dancing on
a boat called the Zephyr and proclaiming
with the help Of strip of lettered can
vas Missouri Welcomes You" Little
motor boats scrambled in among the
the police boat Patrol got a good posi-
ton close to the Leviathan. The navy
airplanes were Joined in their frolic by
a flock OF army planes. Ferryboats be-
gan to appear off their regular beats
with loads of the city's guests.
Gen. Pershing stuck to the Leviathan's
bridge, acknowledging Salutes and help
ing his boy to decipher the New York
skyline. The din was now ear splitting
Away up on the top of the Whitehall
Building photographers could be seen
picturing everything in evidence except
the noise. At this hour there were few
persons on the Battery seawall Ends
of piers were populated largely by men
In overalls, probably stevedores. Loads
of early commuters on ferryboats were
being held up by the harbor police, but
did not seem to mind. Unexpectedly
they could tell the crowd at the office,
We'll, saw Pershing!"
SO. buffeted by cheering and whistling
and with Pershing now plainly visible
in the struggling sunlight TO all the hero
worshippers. the Leviathan got abreast
of her pier at the Port of Embarkation.
She was warped into a dock beside Pier
4. ON the opposite side of which the I'm
perator was berthed.
Reporters Storm Vessel.
Thanks to Gen. Shanks. commander Of
the Port of Embarkation. who had got
word to Gen. Pershing, the reporters and
photographers from the Huiver went
aboard the Levlathan as soon as the
gangplank was in place. This rather
disrupted the plans aboard ship. where
officers and sailors were at attention to
speed the departing guest. The General
and his staff were ready TO depart imme-
diately. but at word from Gen. Shanks
he turned and led the. boarders to the
upper deck, where the light was good.
A mystified Pershing aid asked,
What does this parade mean?"
TITS all right: the Generals leading
1t = somebody sang out.
Down on the pier Secretary Baker,
Congressman, the citys committee and
Gen. Pershing's relatives were waiting.
But he allowed the photographers ten
minutes. He was striding away when a
woman from Boston newspaper pre-
General" she said, we've been up all
please"
Why" said Pershing laughing, "you
look as fresh as IL you had had a good
sleep" Then. stepping back. he said
earnestly:
"Of course this is not the time for
many remarks To say that am pleased
by this welcome would be superf1uous.
1t is simply overwhelming. / say this
in behalf OF those brave fellows who
went over there and made our success
possible
After this drums ruffled. a trumpet
spoke and the General and his staff
left the ship with all ceremony.
Meanwhile a guard of honor from the
Eighteenth Infantry had been placed on
the pier. and beyond 1t were trim rows
OF uniformed women connected with the
Port of Embarkation. The Secretary
of War and his party had been landed
at another pier and taken overland and
were wedged with Champ Clark, Sena-
tor Wadsworth. Rodman Wanamaker
and other members OF the committees
beside the gangplank. Gen. Pershing,
accompanied down the /gangplank by
Gen. Peyton c. March, the army Chief
of Staff. got handshake from Secretary
Baker forthwith.
welcomed by Sisters.
To little stage In the pier shed the
Secretary of War escorted the General
from overseas, In the front row before
the stage were the Generals two sisters
Mrs. d. N. Butler and Miss Mae Per-
shing, who came to New York from Lin
coln, Neb. They insisted that no effort