The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-11
MILDLY ENTHUSIASTIC

' As General PerShing came abreast the rigreat grand stand at the Metropolitan fMuseum the great crowd went wild with 1 enthuiasm. He smiled and saiuted with his gloved hand.
 The commander made but one stop on the march and that was at St. Parick' g Cathedral to change horses. He dismount- ed amid crowd of girls representing the Knights of Columbus, eager to be the first to hand him flowers Upon the cheek of the victor he implanted KISS
 Seated on a private stand in front or the Cathedral were Cardinal Mercier and a throng of church digntaries. General .Pershing paused to welcome to America the heroic old man who had so proudly defied the German invaders. The Ca thredral chimes rang out The Star Spangled Banner" as the two clasped hands.
 sI love America with all my heart, and greet vou as one of the worlds greatest soldiers" was the greeting of Belgium primate.
 General Pershing and his officers wore rcne of the many decorations which were awarded them abroad. Even service chevrons were absent from the com mander's sleeve, but on his breast was d tiny silken bar betokening the distin- guished service cross. One of the strlk- ing figures among his staff was Colonel Adelbert de Chambrun, of the frehch army, a grandson of Lafayette
 IN FULL PANOPLY
 .sThis shows the army in the full pan oply of war;" said Secretary of War ba- xer. as the procession passed the revle"- sIng stand. Tt gives the people of New York an opportunity to see ful diVls- ion as 1t went through to the front over .nc hirhways of France The t'escome given :t by the people of New 1erk IS srlc,d;d and in keeping with ,.'' neom- parable pAr.ermance of the division
 In the reviewing stand with MT. Baker were Jules Jusserand, the French ann bassador end Mrs. Jusserand; General Peyton c. March, chief of stair; Aomirai M R. Wilson and Rear Admiral C. ti. Britain. Major General Thomas F. Bar ry. Governor Smith, Mayor Hylan. Major General Guglelmotti, of the Italian em- ha ssy. Miss May Pershing and Mrs. D' N. Butler, General Pershing's sisters Warren Pershing. his son; James F. Pershing, his brother; United states sen ator F. E. Warren, of Wyoming, ms father-in-law, and Major General Jonn F. O'Bryan
 At the head of the First division rode it's first commander Major General Mo- Lauchlan.
 A chorus of Yankee cheers and Rebel yells heralded the coming of the Six teenth infantry, their faces bronzed by German suns. On their regimental flag was the croix de guerre. Like all the units, they marched in close order with light packs and haversacks, mess kits and canteens. Their bayonets were af- fixed to the rifles.
 I After them came the Eighteenth, the 4 Twenty sixth and the Twenty eighth their colors twined with the fourraguere of France, a special tribute to theil her0ism.
 The first artillery brigade. a banner announced was composed of men from 45 states and Hawaii. It's field guns were drawn by tractors. The Sixth field artillery. hauling the 75-millimetre gur which fired the first American shot at the Gremans on October g, 1917. was wildly cheered
 MISSOURI MULES BY THOUSAND
 After the infantry and artillery came rolling kitchens. ambulances and other field paraphernalia with thousands oi mules from Missouri which is Per shing's home. Perhaps the most impress sive moment of the parade was when the soldiers reached the altar of lib erty at Twenty third street, where drums were untitled, colors dipped and officers saluted in memory of the nations heroic dead. At the altar and Victory arch were British, French, Ital ian, Australian and Canadian soldiers 1, uniform, who stood at attention as the hosts marched past Near this point a white-haired civil war veteran in blue uniform exchanged salutes with Gen eral Pershing.
 When the first contingents reached Washington arch. General Pershing dis mounted and, with his staff drove bacl
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