The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-09-09
TRIBUTE FROM
CITY AND NATION
TO PERsH|NC
He Hears High Praise of His
Work "Ov onfta,
GEN. LAUDs NEW loss
1t Is Reported That Pershing May
Quit Army and Become Banker
in Chicago

New York, Sept. 9.--Gen. Pershing
escaped for while today the resump-
tion of the tumultuous welcome that
greeted him on his arrival from
France, yesterday. He remained in
his room until time to review two
thousand boy scouts and school chill
dren in Central Park. Tonight he II
be the guest at the Elks reception. He
will lead the big parade of the First
Division tomorrow.
Generals, lesser military men, rela-
tives of the newly arrived officers, of
fetal committeeman, and others
boarded the police boat Patrol when
the Pershing ceremonies at Hoboken
were over yesterday and voyaged to
the Dock Department headquarters at
Pier A There automobiles took the
party to City Hall, where Governor
Smith and Mayor Hylan waited on the
steps. City and State officials shook
General Pershings hand, the crowd
set up great cheer, and the military
within. Two by two they ascended
to the Aldermanic chamber, where
Mayor Hylan, on behalf of the city.
formally became host to General
Pershing and his staff during their
stay in New York.
Chicago, Sept S,-An invitation to
General Pershing to be Chicago's of.
fetal guest Is to be authorized at to-
morrow's meeting of the City Council.
The Chicago Association of Com
merce has already telegraphed the
General a cordial invitation to visit
Chicago at his convenience and be
its guest.
General Pershng, it was learned
during the day. may become a citizen
of Chicago. and factor in a banking
International in character,
in association with Brig Gen. Charles
G. Dawes, President of the Central
Trust Company of Illinois.
Such an institution. for instance"
suggested the Vice president of one
of Chicago's largest banks, like the
Morgan house in New York--a
Chicago bank that can swing tran
sactions in Europe for Western capi-
tai that now has to go to New York
for its necessities"
General Pershing will arrive in
Chicago during the week of Sept. 81,
and will be the personal guest of Gen
eral Dawes, according to tentative ar
rangements that await the final ap-
proval of General Pershing. The pre-
sumption in well-informed La Sale
Street circles is that the visit will be
more than personal and that real bust
ness will be discussed having direct
bearing upon the suggestion indicat-
ed.
ut is entirely within reason that
plan for great financial organiza-
tion in Chicago may be in process of
development, and it is more than
reasonable that a combination headed
by General Pershing and General
Dawes would be most powerful, parti
cularly at this iuncture in interna-
tional affairs" was the comment of
particularly wellinformed man in
Chicago financial circles.
Presumably, General Pershing
would be ready to quit the army for
civil life, having attained the highest
rank possible. Except in an emer
gency, the size of the army for many
years will be small, compared with
that which General Pershing com
manded, in fact as well as in name.
Under the existent army organiza-
ton. even though he is a General, he
would be subjected to the Chief of
Staff and, of course, to the Secretary
of War. In five years he will have
reached the retiring age in the army
1t is quite reasonable to believe a
Pershing-Dawes arrangement is cook
ms"