Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-08
his cap to hold and the boy stood close
beside him throughout the ceremony.
Mayor aylan Speaks.

| UScaoc ulfn THROUGHOUT tnS CcTeHnous
Mayor aylan Speaks.
In officially greeting the genera
Mayor Hylan extended the city
cordial and sincere welcome" an
congratulated him on his achieve
ments as commander Of the most re
markable military force in the histor
| of our nation
The mayor devoted much of his ad
| dress to welcoming the LIST Division
| ana coupled with Its record the frs
French soil in the war-James E
Gresham of Indiana. N. D.: Hays o
Iowa, and Thomas Enright of Penn
sylvania-as typical of the heroisn
and part of the history of the first di
vision to land In France, and the last t.
leave"
In concluding his speech the mayor
brought forth the greatest ovation Of
the city hall reception by declaring:
winning the war has made the
name Of Gen. Pefshif1g historic for al
time
Goes to Waldorf Astoria.
After the exercises at city hall Gen
Fershing and his party rode through
cheering throngs to the WaIdorf-As-
toria. where they were guests at a
commander rode up Lafayette street
into Union Square past a statue of
the heroic champion OF the American
colonies. Gen. Pershing arose and st.
luted as his car swept by, recalling to
those who were with him his historic
words-''Lafayette. we are here''-as
he placed wreath upon the monu-
ment in Piopus cemetery in Paris.
Preceded by the Gathering mounted
police. the procession moved up 5th
avene to the hotel. abot which
there was another sHrging crowd.
Gen. Pershing arrived there at 11:40
and went Immediately to his rooms,
accompanied by Secretary Baker and
his staff
Constantly Kept Busy.
Informal visits and receptions occu-
pied Gen. Pershings time this after
noon and the program for this even
ing is as follows:
$50 p.m.-Private dinner at Ritz
Carlton to Gen. Pershing and staff, by
Rodman Wanamaker.
$3.50 p.m.-Party will attend Hippo
drome performance.
Gen. Pershing with his stan will
occupy the entire third floor of the
Waldorf Astoria Hotel. A force of
hotel employees has been working for
a week to get the generals private
suite of ten rooms in readiness for
the distinguished visitor and the deco
rations and arrangements for the big
banquet Wednesday night will sur
pass anything ever achieved before
by the hotel. Reservations for this
dinner have been over subscribed and
the mayors committee will send tick
cts to applicants in the order in which
they were filed SO that the late reser-
vations will not be accommodated.
Send Message to Ship.
The welcome of the city began while
the Leviathan was still far down the
bay. A message from Mayor Hylan
said to Gen. Pershing:
The citizens Of New York thank
God for your safe return. and as the
mayor of the city I wish to extend to
people"
Dawn barely had broken when the
Leviathan doomed through the mists
off Ambrose channel lightship. Steam
ing slowly through the narrow pas
sageway, the great steamship was
while seaplanes circled overhead.
Boom Generals Salute.
The forts which guard the harbor
doomed generals salute as the ship
crept past Quarantine and nosed
through the Narrows into the harbor
under the shadow Of the Statue of Lib
erty. While the guns still echoed, the
whistles Of merchant vessels from
the seven seas. sturdy tugs. gaily-
decorated ferryboats. excursion craft
of every kind, ana the sirens Of fac
torfAa IN ~horA i0ined IN a discffrt1 n 4
salutation.
Shores Are Lined.
The shores Of Staten Island. Brook
lyn, New Jersey ana Manhattan were
greeting came family across the wa
tiers Of the bay to the familiar figure
on the bridge. They made up the
vanguard Of the vast army of well
corners which already had packed Bat
terry Park and OVERLOOKED into the
streets beyond.
The great liner came up to her pier
at o'clock. and a. she was being
warped into her berth there was a
tremendous vo1ley Of cheering from
the crowd assembled there. Gen. Per-
shing. smiling in appreciation. with
head barred. bowed repeatedly in re-
Spouse. Once he forgot his dignity in
his enthusiasm at returning home and
waved his cap as he saluted the hap
py throng.
LIST Division Band Plays.
The LIST Divisions band of 100
pieces on board the ship. the members
Of which had served throughout all
the fighting in which the veteran unit
had been engaged, began playing in
response to the welcoming strains
from the pier. and "Hail. Hail, the
Gangs All Here" and other airs min
gled with the cheers.