New-York tribune., 1919-09-09
General Escorted to Port
by Secretary Ba k er,
congressman and CITY
and State Officials
Son Shares HOnOrs
OF Big g Reception
Commander Speaks at
Hoboken and NewYork:
Sees Show With Men
General Pershing is home.

General Pershing is home.
The commander in chief of Amer
lca's overseas armies sailed up the
bay yesterday morning to a rpcep-
tion such as never before has been
accorded homecoming hero. He
came back to an accompaniment of
booming guns, shrieking sirens and
roar Of human voices.
General Pershing's face bore lines
that told of the strain of two wears
and half of the most exacting task
ever the lot of an American SOL
dier. There was a whiteness in his
hair that was not there when he
sailed from New York. But he
smiled, and the handclasp he Of
fered to those who greeted him had
lost none of its frmness.
Nobody knows how many New
Workers and visitors actually par
ticipated in the reception that be-
gan the moment the Leviathan was
! sighted through the mists far down
the bay and continued until late into
the night. But it was estimated that
more than 100000 men, women
and children saw and cheered the
leader Of Americas victorious army
abroad during the day.
To Ride Full Distance
In that time the general answered
the greetings from President Will
son, delivered to him by Secretary
of War Baker at Hoboken, the Of
fetal welcome of Mayor Hylan and
city officials at City Hall, and the
spontaneous outbursts of those who
stood for hours on curbngs to
glimpse him as he passed in an au-
tomobile.
He placed himself unreservedly
in the hands of the city, whose guest
he becomes for three days. He
readily agreed to forego the COM
forts of reviewing his troops from
an official reviewing stand in to-
morrow's parade in order to ride
with his men the entire length Of
Fifth Avenue.
"The people will want to see
you," General John McAndrew, his
former chief of staff, told him.
So General Pershing said he
would have his favorite horse ready
for the parade.
The general threw his headquar-
ters at the Waldorf open to all
those seeking to see him during the
afternoon. Then he attended a pri-
vate dinner at the Ritz-Carlton Ho-
tel rendered by Rodman Wana-
maker. He closed the day as he
had said he would prefer to close
it, with his own men. He attended
the night performance at the H
podrome with as many of the Of
fcers of his staff and members Of
the 1st Division as could Obtain:
seats IN the big theatre.
General Up at O'clock
Long before the giant Leviathan be-
gan to slice the waves Of the Lower
Bay, finally to come to anchor and
then move again slowly through the
Narrows and TO her berth, kilograms
and letters were flowing into General
Of the American compass-missives of
welcome back to his native land and
of thankfulness that finally the leader
Of the Americans in the greatest test
had safely set foot again on American
soil.
veloping the Lower Bay. that the
massive ocean transport, her super
structure dotted literally below the
three great tunnels with the white
raiment Of American sailors. came into
view yesterday morning about o'clock.
Nearer her outline loomed stronger
against sombre slate-gray cloudbank.
blood red sun. As the patrol boat
footed three long blasts-the first wei
come to Pershins-the big bulk slowly
and almost ponderously began to get
under way, and eager eyes scanned the
bridge for the figure Of the commander
IN chief. Despite the early hour, il
was there-the broad. erect shoulders
unmistakable. his face toward the
native soil which he quietly left more
than two years ago.
Driving through the mist, rays FROM
the freball sun dissipated The haze