Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-07-17
PERSH|NG PAYS
HIGH TRIBUTE
To FIGHTING MEN
Says Germans Must Comply
With Every PromiSei Two
Hundred Thousand Ameri-
cans to Remain on Rhine,


London, July 16,-The government
gave a dinner in honor of General
John J. Pershing and his staff to-
night. The guests included Field Mar
shall Sir Douglas Haig, who presided; ;
General Sir Henry Seymour Rawlin-
son, commander of the Fifth British
army; General Henry S. Horne, COM
mander of the British army in
France; Lieutenant General William
Riddel Birdwood, commander of the
Australian and New Zealand troops
in France.
General Pershing, with his staff,
was presented to the king and queen
at a garden party at Buckingham
palace this afternoon. The American
ambassador, John w. Davis, and
other members of the diplomatic
corps also were presented.
General Pershing conversed for
some time with the Prince of Wales.
Earlier General Pershing was the
guest of the American Luncheon
club at the Hotel Savoy. General
Pershing was loudly cheered when
he entered the dining room. He
thanked the club for its hospitality
to him and the American soldiers
and paid high tribute to the British
for their part in the war,
Praises American Army.
at must have been with a sense
Of great satisfaction" said General
Pershing, that you Americans liv-
ing in England learned of America $
entry into the war, and with what in
tcrest you watched the coming of our
expeditions, the first the naval con-
ttneent under Vice Admiral Sims,
who quickly recognized that the diff
ficuties demanded an increase Of
craft for destroying submarines and
unity of command. / give him and
the navy thanks for their attitude to
ward the army and feel safe in say
Ing that never before was there such
a complete unity of action between
these branches of the service.
II won't undertake to tell you what
the army did, But | want you to know
that its personnel was imbued with
patriotism and devotion to the cause
of liberty and filled with an aggres-
sive determination to carry out the
will of our people at home. When that
first division entered the battle line
and fought a brilliant battle at Cam
tigny, its success set an example for
the future of the campaign and later
had electrical effect on our allied
armies, which had been fighting for
three years. and gave them new hope.
Then came our efforts in the great
counter offensive at Chateau Thierry
and scissors, where with the allies
we took the initiative from the enemy
and maintained it to the end of the
war | need not recall what the Amer
lean army did at st. Mihiel, nor how
it fought an historically decisive bat
: l. To-, 4 |, tot,
my's line and made further resistance
impossible.
VIII CoePCc Germany.
But peace has victories no less
than war, Now that the end has come
it is for us to look forward to so
luton of great questions at home and
abroad While carrying on this work
and preparing for peaceful years to
come, we must insist that our late en-
emy fulfill every obligation peace has
imposed on him. 1t must not be un-
derstood because We are not leaving a
large army of occupation, we will not
insist on fulfillment to the letter of all
the conditions"
General Pershing said that the
American army was rapidly being
sent home, only about 100000 being
left.
1T would do you good if you could
see those magnificent troops" he
added. Their fine morale and splen-
did discipline have been a great pride
to me and other officers in the high
command. They are returning home
with a broadened view of life and its
obligations and are determined to
fulfill their duty as American citizens
They are entering on "a new life with
the same patriotism with which they
fought the war and made such a glor-