New-York tribune., 1921-10-17
Cheering ngCrowds LineWay
as He Arrives to Law
Medal of Honor on the
Tomb of British Hero
Admirers Try to
Embrace His Men
Observation-Disclosures
Paid Great Tribute as
ii Marches to Banquet


Press) s).-General Pershing, who comes
to London to take part in the ceremo-
nies attending the laying of the Con-
gressional Medal on the tomb of
Britains unknown soldier, arrived here
from Paris at o'clock this evening.
He was met at Victoria Station by
distinguished reception committee from
the various government departm
The General was the first of the party
to step off the train and was greeted
by Sir Laming Worthington-E Evans, Sec
retary for War, who introduced him to
the others, while hundreds of onlookers
who had streamed through the gates
applauded.
Among those who shook hands with
the American chief of staff were Lord
Lee of Fareham, First Lord of the
Admiralty; Lieutenant General Sir
Travers Clarke, Army Quartermaster
General; Admiral Sir Henry Liver,
Second Sea Lord, and Sir Herbert
Greedy, Secretary of the War Office.
Accompanying the party was Field Mar
shall Sir Henry H. Wilson, chief of the
British staff who had been in Paris on
official business.
At Folkestone, where General Per-
shlng dlsembarked, he was met bv the
mllltary and naval attaches of the
American Embassy
Pershing Cheered Repeatedly
Within five minutes after his arrival
mere the General entered a limousine
accompanied by his aids, and as the
car passed through the gates and en-
countered the crowds lining both sides
Of the thoroughfare hearty cheers
were given again and again. General
Pershing went direct to the American
Embassy, where he will stay while in
LONDON and later was the guest of the
Ambassador and Mrs. Harvey at a din.
ner party, which included Earl anc
Lady Haig, the Secretary for War anC
Lady Worthington-Ev Evans, the First
Lord Of the Admiralty and Lady Lee
Niscount and Lady Astor, Vice -Admira
bert p. Niblack, u. S. n, and Mrs
Niblack, Rear Admiral Nathan c
Twning, L. S. n, and Mrs. TwiniMl
and Major O. n. Solbcrt. American
y 3.
The Star-Spangled Banner" playeC
b. the Welsh Guards Band, and the
cheering of thousands of men anC
women, boys aud girls greeted the
composite battalion from Cobcnz wher
the special train rolled into the Vic
toria Station two hours after the ar
rival of General Pershing. The bat
TALON consists of $50 men from thu
5th, 9Th and 18th Infantry, with banC
Of thirty pieces and twenty officers, al
under command Of Major r. O. Barton
1t was welcomed in the name of the
British army by Major General Hugh
Sutton, representing the army council
The battalion was twenty-seven hour;
on the way from the Rhine.
Led by the Welsh Guards Band, thu
Amel cans started on twenty y-minut'
march to the Duke of York's barrack
in Chelsea, where they will be th'
guests of the Territorial Army Associa
tion of London for two davs.
The approaches to the Victoria Sta
ton were jammcd with people, and tn
streets were d solid mass almost to tn
barracks.
Try to Embrace Americans
The Americans were checred every
where, and great crowds brought u
the rear, whore the marching policeme
good naturedly kept the young peopl
! from embracing the soldiers, all O
whom were picked men. The American
carried full field equipment and wor
steel helmets, newly polished for tn
occasion.
At the barracks the reception com
mittee waited for the Americans, an
at II O'Clock. the battalion sat down t
an English American dinner of roas
mutton, potatoes and hot mince pic i
a great hall topped with six larg
American flags. The dinner was serve
on five large tables, covered with whit
and having d red stripe down the Ger
ter, forty girls in blue acting as wait
resscs.
At Dover the Americans were enter
tanned at luncheon by the Royal Iris
I Fusilicrs. Major Barton and the off
GERS were the guests of General Ne
HaiE, commander of the Southeaster
Army District.
The naval party which will partic
pate in to-morrow's ceremonies, cor
sisting of fifty men and fifteen officer
from the Olympia, also arrived tt
night. The naval men had a similar re
ception at Paddington Station b
crowds of admirers The sailors wi
be guests of the British Naval Associ;
tion during their stay in London.
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