Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1921-11-03

of cssrmsay. and \ sesssA IN srpae~
tunity
Mislaoss nall wore
Not since Dewey resarnea fro0
Manila. nut aimee Armi~ssce ~. as4
the risya millions turn cui win suuA
spanfsnesty and In such numhsrs
Had the hardy iittls rrUmrAmoA
who led aa.0o0.eA0 soldisrs - .vtcsaFy
ridden up broadway b = war ohartu6
arsxginx cau&fvss hshina him like -
smperors III Roma. he coni1 nj haso
received Z greater welc0une than -
accorded him ~ he ru0e 10 the htsr
toric thurcughfAre In twsntb~eh csa-
fury motor car. snvslapea n asls9
ing shower Of paper hurried from SKY
scraper windows.
From the fsAtisy, whsro ~ wuo
greeted by Governor Mfllsr. 70 city
hall. whsre he was welcomed ~ May~
or Hylsn. he mcve6 IN Z great t<
umph&i procssxinn. aftsf SCANNING -
the hGrbr to the hoom n guas -
cssselsas blast Of whistles. the rusr
| III Airplanss' mutorx. the nh0uta ~
cheers Of countless thousanda.
esrshi~s Nssss ~ssA MsrsMss.
ny his aide oen~rai rsrshinG. whs
1 In the dark days at the wAr led acrosa
the Atlantic Amerina's nghtin& Usa
who took their place& under the oAn-
ner Of victory. II wAa ospsrsi fsr@
shing who ~as Arss 20 welcome his
IA a A. -
Upon the Marshal the city conferred
its freedom, and thcn he continued
hts triumphai march MP town. 1Aia
time II WAS along Fifth avenue he mo
torca. and Fifth avenue proved ~ via
with enthusiasm ~ iowsr Manhattan.
the financial heart of the world which
had tossed its days business Worries
out the window with its paper show
ers.
More cheers ~ station
Al the Pennsylvania station there
was another display of enthusiasts
welcome Cheers ware stiil resoun1-
Ing when the speriAi train tAking tAe
Marshal TO Washington on the ttr~e
leg Of his Journey to KAnsas City f0e
the American Legion convention pwli-
| I'd Of the terminal.
The Marshai's welcome began hsA-
| dred miles out NJ seA. Taere -
liner Partx. hearing him 10 the New
World. WIS Joined hy 10 American -
strcyers For time the warcraft hAA
n all to themselves. hat aeon through
the mist broke n squadron OF sea-
planes. Tho Marshal raised his hsa1
as the familiar sound Of spattsrsag
motors was heard :
The Paris WAS passed by the George
Washington which had raced into pof<
with General pershing In erder that
he might he hrst to grasp the mar.
| shAis hand on American soil
Al Quarantine came another wei
rome Transferred to the navy cutter
viciiant. the Soldier OF France ciaspsA
hands with Ambassador Jesscranl.
with Assistant Secretary Of the Navy
Roosevelt, and with many other not
ables
But the series u receptions nd
hardly begun The next came "a Fort
Jay. when guns thundered a generals
salute a-sa
And then the climax
Near Iassyesse's Landing Place.
Landing q few yards from Castle
Garden where his famous countrymAn.
Lafayette. had set foot on American
soil the Marshal found awaiting him
. reception that even HIS imagination
could not have conceived
The vide stretch al open ground had
been converted into q great stadium,
the walls Of which were skvscrapers
stretching stories high. Al every win.
6ow. on he roofs. even out on dizzy
cornices rs stories above the street
we're perehed men and women waving
the Tags OF America and Franco. On
the streets below were massed great
army OF weic0mers men, women and
little children Indeed. II seemeA -
n ali the little girls In New Ysrk
| were fhpre with homo nets which thn1