New-York tribune., 1919-09-11

HuCSl SOiulcI lJduScu moment In
passing through the arch, and his staff
officers followed suit All bands fol-
lowed with muffled drums and colors
dipped.
At each pillar of the arch a stal,
wart doughboy stood at parade rest,
with head bowed.
train their men at home nine months
and give them full three months
training in France before they sent
them into battle, and that, imagining
that Americans would be trained with
the same rapidity, no greater and no
less. he estimated that America
would count as force in the war in
1919 and 1920, but not in 1918"
Mr.. Baker then sketched the work
of the American army in the spring
and early summer Of 1918, telling Of
Chateau Thierry and the elimination
of the St. Mihiel salient.
"Only Refreshed Courage"
"The operation only refreshed the
courage of our army" he said. ON
stead of being an exhausting enter
prise, instead Of being one from which
our men sought to retire in order that
they might rest, the night had scarcely
thrown its blanket over the second day
Of the st. Mihiel salient when all the
roads of Northern France we're filled
with artillery, and with equipment, the
impendimenta of war, moving off under
the cover Of darkness, under secret
which no one knew except
one person, the commander in chief of
the American army, and perhaps Cen
cral Petain, moving off, scattering, os
tensibly for an attack to be made
upon Metz; and before the German
Intelligence Service had confidently as
sured the German high command that
Metz was to be the next object of at
tack, the MeuseArgonne battle had
begun.
"If l may speak in General Per-
shing's presence of his share of it
mander. He foresaw what none of
those around him had foresccn: That
when America really put her shoulder
to this wheel it would move uphill to
the top and then downhill to the bot
tom. He built no railroads and no
warehouses in France for an army of
500,0 900 men. When the sea was still
infested with submarines, when we
were still building cantonments and
camps on this side and the. draft
boards of the country were still going
out to the farms and the factories and
the workshops and calling the raw
and militarily untutored youth of
America into camps General Per
shing was planning for an army
OF 100000 men in France. Ana
when he got his army together he
used his resources soon, as soon as
they were ready. 1t is those qualities
! think-the imagination and the dar-
ing and the courage that permit men
to use their rcsources-that make
great commanders
Archbishop Hayes Speaks
Archbishop Hayes in praising Gen
eral Pcrshing declared that the leader
of the American Expcditionary Forces
"has led the armies of freedom to fight
not only for the freedom of this ma
ton or of this time or OF this day
but also for freemen yet unborn who
will come down the ages and bless the
name Of General John Joseph Per-
shing."
"And so l say" continued the Arch
bishop, may God tonight bless Amer
ica, may God bless our soldiers and
our sailors, may God bless the army
and the navy. may God bless this great
soldier whom New York has honored
only anxious to honor in the days that
are to come"
General Pershing, said the Arch
bishop, "comes home, not having sim
ply destroyed, but having built up,
even to greater heights, the liberty
and American justice and American
mercy and American love for all man
kind. Therefore, l feel, as inter
pretcd that to-day, that there stands
a warning to all, no matter who they
are or Of what blood or of what
people, or of what cline, a warning
to them that no one can trihe with
Uncle Sam when there comes ques
tion of law and order, of justice and
of right. of mercy and of love to all
mankind"
Archbishop Hayes said he brought
General Pcrshing the tribute Of rclig
ion, adding. II will even venture to
presume that | speak for the Protest
ant chaplain and the Jewish chaplain,
too when ! say in the name Of some
three thousand priests, ministers and
rabbs that YOU gave them an oppor-
tunity to build up the soul of the boy,
and there was no barrier, no discrim-
ination made by America with regard
to religion during this war
1.-THE American army was not only
question Of ammunition, of man power,
of military genius on the part of his
staff, but it was a question of putting
into the souls of our soldiers a realiza-
ton that they depended upon God, that
their strength was in God"
Presented With Colors
Before introducing General Pershing
Rodman Wanamaker presented him
with the colors, a flag for every state
in the Union. and members of the
Police Reserves marched in and took
their places behind the dais. each bear
ing silk flag.
General Pershing," said Mr.. Wana-
maker, "you have received the decora-
tions, the highest honors of all the
European countries that you have been
an; we have regard for our decoration
as the only one that really exists in
this country, and would like to say
to you, sir, that on behalf of this ma
ton, on behalf of the citizens from
Maine to California, North, South, East
and West, as represented in this great
City of New York, the greatest city
i'll the world, We wish to give YOU the
decoration of all America, our flag.
the flag that you fought for and
brought back more honored than ever
before. / wrap this flag around you
with all the love and affection of the
citizens of New York and of this coun-
try, and thank God that you have been
spared to come and receive from us the
best we have got"
Fallen Heroes Honored
Pershlng, with Mayor uvlan entered