The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-09-19
Gen. PERSHINC
WELCOMED HOME
Passage Through New : York
Streets Marked BY Big Dem
onstrations From Crowds. .
NATION IN GREETING.
River and Street Traffic, Tied UP by
Throngs-Greatest, Event Since
Armlstice Day-Thousands'
~ rGrset- Americas A'Jack:

New York.-General John j. Per-
shing, commander-in-chief of the A.
f. F.. came home, from FRANCE and was
weleoped IN q naanhsr Vhissfl fally cons
Neyed to him the gratitude and pride
with which the American people Aesei.
mate his services in Heading the ma
tion's greatest army to victory in the
worlds greatest war. !"
From the time the sea monster Le-
tiathan; arrived in the Hudson-a shad-
owy giant in misty sunrise-until the
general insisted upon an intermission
for a much needed rest, he was the
central figure of demonstration which
for brilliancy and gayety has rarely
been equaled in the history. Of New
York city.
The presentation of his permanent
commission as a full general in the
regular army, accomplished by the sec
rotary Of war ten minutes after the
general had stepped upon American
soil, while pehaps the most important
tribute was merely an 'auspfciots be-
ginning of what was 70 follow. A riv-
er pageant on the Hudson from Hobo
Ken through surging crowds on Broad
way and Fifth avenue, exercises at the
City Hall, during which he was given
the freedom of the'city for four days !;
a reception, luncheon and a dinner
and theater party in his honor-all this
was part Of the crowded and colorful
program. None was surprised, there
fore, when 'the distinguished guest.
good naturedly remarked that, il this
continued long he. would almost wish
that the war, had gone on" F.
The general accepted it all quietly
anG simply. He, was pleased to be
home. He could not conceal that, but
neI her could he conceal the fact that
he would have preferred TO come home
WITHOUT so much fuss being stirred up
about, it, He bowed, nodded, waved
or smiled acknowledgment of the
cheering. The Pershing SMILE; Incl
dentally, will without doubt take it's
place among the famous smiles of
America AN great Americans seem to
have a characteristic smile. There was
the Roosevelt smile, and there are the
Taft and Wilson smiles, and now there
is the Pershing smile, quite as striking
as any of the others. The people liked
it immensely, but more than that they
liked tire brief responses made by the
general to the eulogies delivered by the
secretary of war, the governor, of New
York andvthe mayor of the city,. He
accepted all of thenrwith a reserva.
tton, that reservation being that he ac
cepted them not for himself, but for
the boys who went over and fought and
died for the flag. 1t was this that con-
vinced the people that Pershing was
truly great man. r. ..r----
The Leviathan, bringing, besides
General Pershing, his picked '"com-
posite regiment" and what is left of
the First Division, "the. first to go oyer
and the last. to come back, ''tied up at
Hoboken at-9:55 o'clock d, IN. After
exercises. of welcome on the pier, dur
ing which Secretary Baker. presented
him with the commission of general,
the.p6lice boat PATROL took him to the
Battery landing at 10 90 o'clock.
Then came the street procession,
hfch will linger in the. memory of
New Yorkers for many a day. The
"Rroadway Canyon" between Battery
place and Park row, presented a spec
tacIe- comparable only to the Mad
Thursdey" of November Z last, when
the premature. announcement Of an
arfnistice thatameant victory set the
city on its head.
. People, w re crowded, five and six
deep on beth sides Of the street; from
Hundreds Of Office windows high In; the
@,ir there was ver;table; snowfall of
confetti and. r9rn bits Of paper; miles
and miles of ticker tape thrown pro-
niScuous Y from the same windows be-
came interlaced and tangled in nidair,
giving the highway the aspect of a
street lin another, more fantastic
world; airplanes glided as low as pos
sible over the thoroughfare,,w while whis=
ties anu automobile horns blew. and
church bells rang for an hour without
intermission. ::
The. crowds unleashed reserves of
enthusiasm that had been held in re-
straint by recent strikes and other
sober concerns. Here comes Per-
shingy =, "Hurrah- for Black Jack J"
'.We're glad to see you backr' Such
were the cries that pierced the air
wlren whistles and other noises gave
them chance to be heard.
> ANOTHER AMERICAN SLAIN.