New-York tribune., 1919-09-09

cordial greeting and their heartfelt
home, General Pershing. Long life
and happiness"
McAdoO Wecomes Commander
Ex-Secretary Of the Treasury, Will
lam G. McAdoo, on his own behalf then
welcomed the commander in chief
with a few words, spoken impromptu.
congratulating Pershing for the great
work he had accomplished in France
and expressing satisfaction that the
general came back home with a hat
band the same size as when you went
over"
Representing the Governor of Mis-
souri, and the Mayor Of st. Louis, Mrs.
F. NJ. Swacker, Of the Missouri metropo-
two sealed messages. These the gem
eral handed to his son, who eagerly
graspcd them.
The speechmaking had lasted less
than fifteen minutes, when Secretary
Baker formally introduced the COM
marder in chief, who spoke briefly and
feelingly. His phrases came slowly and
at first rather indistinctly. Soon he
was enunciating clearly in what ap-
pearcd to be a strained voice. He
paid high tribute to the men who had
the cooperation and the confidence re-
posed in himself by the President and
the Secretary of War.
A military guHrd Of honor hanked
each side of the big pier shed as the
general and his party filed out toward
the boat which was to take them to
the Battery. Welfare workers, in spot
less uniforms-Y. NJ. C. A., K. of c.,
Salvation Army lassies, Jewish Welfare
Board and other organizations-con-
tnued the double line guard on either
side OF the shed as the party passed
through.
Greets Women on the Patrol
The city's welcoming boat, the Pa
troll, hugged the pier while General
Pershing was delivering his first brief
address on the other side of the Le-
viathan. At its conclusion the gen
waiting crowds.
"Welcome home. Jack" shouted
somebody aboard the Patrol.
General Pershing waved his hand
and smiled reply. Little Warren
grinned and waved his hat.
Aboard the Patrol Secretary Baker
and General Pershing we're led to the
bridge-a mere toy as compared to the
bridge of the great liner they had Just
left-where they again lined up before
the cameras and motion picture ma
chimes that had been placed at points
of vantage on the lower decks.
The band played "Home, Sweet
Home" General Pershing whispered a
greeting to two women who had sue
ccedcd in reaching the bridge, and the
former Secretary of the Treasury sig
nailed the photographers that that was
their opportunity for another good
picture.
Welcomed at Battery
The landing at Pier A, the Battery
was made at 1916 o'clock, in the pres
ence of a vast crowd. There was a
roar of welcome that came from the
streets, the windows and the roofs OF
the skyscrapers Of lower Broadway ant
the environs Of the Battery, and there
was vertable blizzard as the volumes
of torn paper and colored ribbons that
had been prepared for the occasion
were released from the upper windows
The machines of the Pershing party
moved slowly up Broadway to the &C
compartment of the ever-swelling roar
of welcome. General Pershing bowee
and smiled and shook bits of paper
from his cap and uniform coat as he
proceeded. He answered several ques
tions put to him as he rode toward The
City Hall, but his attention was con
sumed by the doings about him, ant
he volunteered no remarks.
At Nassau Street the machines were
diverted from Broadway. Crowds tina
lined the sidewalks and made pedestrian
traffic impossible marked the progress
of the party to the City Hall.
The general smiled a greeting, how