Arizona republican., 1919-09-09

he turned to his son and handed him the document with an injunction 10 keep it. safe. The sergeant" kept it safely all right, but later on in the great crowd at the city hall, he got separated from his father. much to the Idismay of the general. When the boy was recovered his father asked anxiously:
 Warren, have you got the commis- sion?''
 "Yes. sir" replied the sergeant" promptly.
 Well, see that you hold on to it."
 The army and officialdom did not have it all their own way at the pre- liminary reception at Hoboken. Among a little army of welfare workers who greeted General Pershing were 50 girls. three of whom were decorated for bravery under fire while serving with the First division. Eight naval sea- planes scared and circled over the Le- viathan as she steamed up the bay and included in the committee at the dock was Rear Admiral Morgan, command CT of the cruiser and transport service.
 But it was reserved to New York to begin the real ovation to the return ing hero For hours before the arrival of the general, "the Battery was thronged with patient thousands who stood in serried ranks silently waiting. As the liGtle boat with its distin- guished party steamed up to the pier an irproar began such as Manhattan prob ably never had heard before. From a 1 thousand factories and vessels steam l sirens shrielled out a raucous welcome i but vainly tried to drown the roar of cheers which rose and fell and rose 1 again. Overhead airplanes dipped and | circled but the drone of their engines was scarcely audible and the most val- liant efforts of the fire department s band served only to give the impress sion of a number of men who were si- i lently trying to blow themselves up after the manner of the frog in the fable.
 Ovation Moves General At first General Pershing seemed to be suffering Iaore from embarrassment ] than any other emotion. He walked 1 swiftly from the landing stage to his gaily decorated automobile and settled l himself down in his seat like a man who has an important journey to make and wants to get it over with as quickly as possible But as the long procession of cars started up Broadway he was engulfed in a flood of enthusiasm be- fore which no man could have re- mained unmoved.
 New Yorls's financial district was a bedlam of noise and a riot of color. Every window in the huge skyscrapers was packed and even the cloud piercing roofs had their quotas. From these a storm of many colored confetti de- scended in the surging crowds beneath The mists had disappeared with the mounting sun and the brilliance of the scene was entranced by streamers o1 tled. white and blue ribbons which were 1 shot through the air from hundreds o1 l windows.
 The enthusiasm of the spectators found vent in one unrehearsed incident i which was received by General Per shing with apparently mingled feelings As he entered the city hall flanked by Governor Smith and Mayor Hylan a woman burst past the police guard and implanted a sound kiss on his cheek Another woman, stirred to emulation attempted to repeat the feat bu
 the general raised his hand 1T supplication. "Oh, madam" he said please don't-not that"
 The ceremony at the city hall, where General Pershing was officially wei. comed, was Dr1e1. AIter the mayor had delivered his address of welcome and the general had made a short re. ply, the party emerged again and th' : procession was resumed
 As the procession advanced up towr steam sirens grew few but at stee foundry two husky former "dougl
 boys" whose somewhat grimy khak trousers explained how they had beat
 en their swords into pruning hooks proved that the American soldier ha 7 not an unjust reputation for ingenuity
 They had erected an enormous piec : of sheet iron on the pavement an, l with two hammers made a racket whicl I seemed to please them. whatever tn