Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-08
Is Met by Secretary
Baker and Other
High Officials.
LAUDED In ADDRESSES,
HE GIVES MEN CREDIT
Waves Cap Around Head Is
Throngs Cheer ON His Trip
Through Streets.
By the Associated Press.

AAVuSn 0uSSSs
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September s.-Gen.
Pershing is home again!
He returned today on the huge
Leviathan. itself symbolic of victory
over Germany. The commander OF
the greatest host ever gathered under
the Stars and Stripes, came back
world famed and was hailed as con-
quering hero should be.
He came back today with four stars on
his shoulders-the fourth man to
wear them under the American nag.
Sad of face, stern and 1mpassiVe q
splendid figure of a soldier, he might
nave been thinking of the day TWEEN,
ty-Seven months ago when he sllppeo
secretly out of the harbor on his way
to France to prepare the way for the
hosts that were to follow. Then ne
was only a major general.
The Leviathan arrived at Hoooken
shortly after s o'clock. but it was 1888
when the great liner locked. Gen.
Pershing did not come ashore until
after 8 o'clock.
The welcome given him would have
quickened the pulse of the hero OF
! Roman triumph. Fresh from the capi-
tails of allied Europe. where honors hao
been heaped upon him, it remained for
New York to show the first American to
lead an army across the Atlantic that
Home sweet home" has a meaning
deeper than Hail to the chief"
No foreign threats could voice the
cheers. no alien hearts could pulse the
greeting that was Gen. Pershing's here
today. There was hint of tears in the
welcome. for those who gave it knew
that not even the plaudits Of grateful
people could Danish from the sad-faced
mind the OF his OWN
| life's tragedy. -
Steps Ashore at 9:2O.
Gen. Pershing stepped ashore at
$40 o'clock. Waiting for him at the
end of the gangplank was Secretary
Baker with hands outstretched. Be-
| hind Mr. Baker were Senator warren
| Of wyoming, Gen. Pershing's father
! in-law, and Mrs. Warren. with VILE
! the Treasury. Back Of this httms
group were Gen. Peyton c. March.
chief Of stan. a score of generals asse
/ members of the mayors COMMITTEES OF
! welcome.
! Miss May Pershing and Mrs. Butler.
sisters of Cen Pershing, from Lincoln.
Neb.; Mrs. Paddock. the generals sis
! ter-ir-law, and his nephew, James
! Pershing. met the commander-in-ch ief
as he left the Leviathan with his son,
] warren PerSnlng, ten years oiu, dHu HiS
brother, James Pershing.
LIST Division Men as Escort.
| AS Gen. Pershing was escorted TO
! the upper deck of the pier a guard OF
honor from the LIST Division stood at
present arms, while a large detail Of
| officers saluted.
Along the whole length of the pier
there was a double line of soldiers ana
welfare workers, who had seen sery-
| ice in France. AS the commander app
| preached there was a fanfare Of
| trumpets.
Mr.. Baker Extends Welcome.
/ master of ceremonies, escorted Gen.
Pershing to a platform where he well
coined him on behalf of the nation. At
the close of his address Mr.. Baker
manent commission as a full general
| in the American Army The COM
mander bowed his acknowledgments
| and then, leaning over the PLATFORM
who displayed all a small boys a.
light in the proceedings. .-s
| Mr.. Bakers Welcome.
In welcoming Gen. Pershing. Secre-
! tary Baker said: .., -
J about two and a half years ago, by
| the Presidents direction, l had the
honor of designating you to lead the
armies of the United States in France
Today you return, your mission ac-
. complished. with victory written on
the banners of the greatest Army the
nation has ever had and with the
priceless foundations of liberty ana
| freedom saved for us and for the
world as the result OF our partfcfpa-
! ton in the world war. *.
1.-The task intrusted to you required
| all the imagination, all the energy.
and all the genius of great com
mander. From the first you had the
complete confidence OF the President
and the Secretary Of War This con-
fdence remained mistaken to the END.
"From the beginning you had all the
support the people OF the onieeu
States could give. You and your great
Army embodied for them their country
and their countrys cause. They work-
| ed with devotion and self-sacrince P
sustain and supply you with troops
and equipment. Their hearts wen
overseas with you and their prayeIs
for your welfare ana tnat Oh s"es
men were constant.
Brought Double Inspiration.
Doubtless the confidence and affec-
ton of your fellow citizens were an
inspiration TO you III the houIS Va
nrepa ration and in the hours Of bait
tie. and the superb exploits OF the
Army under your command were IN
turn an inspiration to our natfon2i
effort.
.sThe great victories are now won.
Your magnificent Army has returned
and the soldiers who once marched
through the thickets of the Argonne
are citizens again, filled with hi9h
memories of great deeds and carry
ing into life the inspiration whfch
membership in that great company
and sacrifice for that great country
eneendered. Your return closes the
history of the American expedition
ary forces. The President had hopes
to be here personally to speak en- be-
half of the nation a word of welcome.
In his enfc-s0 absence he has direct
ed me to speak 1t.
'I bid you welcome, gratefully. on
behalf of the country you have served
and on behalf of the people whose
sons you have led. The condolences
with which we sent you away you
have sacredly kept. Wherever there
is a soldier or a friend of a soldier
there is a lover of liberty; wherever
there Is q heart which rejoices at the
deliverance of mankind from its hour
of peril you and your great Army are
remembered and loved. You return
not only to American soil. but to tbs
heart of the country.
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