The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-01-10
PERsH|NG GIVEN
HUGE RECEPTION
BY CH|X PEOPLE
A. e. r. Commander swsmped and
Surprise 10 Complete as Local
People Literally Take Charge
OF Train.
OVERWHELMED" STATES
GENERAL IN ADDRESS
o. c. w. oIrIs Give Bouquet and
"i5 Rahs"; Legion Presents
Commander With Bouquet:
Spends Hour In City.


Hundreds OF people swarmed at
the Rock Island station hera ycstcr
day afternoon TO greet General John
J. Pershing as he passed through
the city. en- route from Fort sill TO
Kansas City. Fort Lcavenworth and
Washington.
Tho general and his party-G Gen.
Chas. q. DAVIS. director Of the bud.
get: Gen. George V. II. Mosley. as.
sistant director Of the budget: Col
Geo. c. Marsaali. General Perahing's
aide: J. +. Gosiaan. president OF the
Rock Island railroad. and T. c.
Walch. Mr.. Germans private secre
tary-arrivcd here yesterday after
noon In n special car attached TO
Rock Island passenger train No. 706.
from Lawton and Fort Sill. The car
was sidetracked here and attached
TO passenger train No. 80. north
bound, which left the city at $3.50
o'clock.
Presented With Bouquet.
A reception committee from the
Chickasha Chamber OF Commerce
and the Raymond T. Hurst post OF
the American Legion was the first
to receive the general. The address
OF welcome in behalf of the entire
city was delivered by G. w. Austin,
president of the Oklahoma College
for Women, who presented the gen.
eral with a beautiful boquet of
white carnations as a gift from the
school. In behalf Of the American
Legion. Ex.-Capt. Wade H. LaBoon
presented the A. Il. +. leader with 4
boquet of red roses.
"overwheImed,' He Said.
"This was SO unexpected; I'm
overwhelmed" General Pershing
said In Ills response to the address
of welcome. The response was short,
as the crowd began to jam nearer
for the first hand-shake.
Oklahoma College for Women yell
leaders were on the job and the gen.
eral was greeted with yells by the
feminine rooters' "Fifteen rahs for
Pershing,' was twice given, sand
witched with one of the college
songs. The students carried banners
bearing the letters 20. C. W.
The general spent more than 30
minutes in the Misunderstanding festi-
val" After he had grected several
from the rear platform of his spec
ial car, line was formed on the
depot platform. 1t was estimated
that he shook hands with more than
800 people.
"Thank you for taking care of my
boy while he was over there" said
one aged man as he grasped the
hands of the general. "Did he get
back all right Pershing said.
"That's fine, I'm glad to see YOU
he replied to the affirmative an
swer. Several introduced themselves
as Missourians and received special
greetings from the general, who
etka
In Civilian Clothes.
The general was neatly dressed in
civilian clothes, wearing a felt hat,
white collar, knit tie and well-fit-
ting dark green suit. His aide, Col
onel Marshall, was dressed in Mill
tary attire, as was Gen. Mosley. Gen.
Dawes was resting and did not make
an appearance.
Escorted by his aide, General Per-
shing returned to his private car
about o'clock, shortly before the
arrival of the train which was to
carry the party to Kansas City
from which place they will go to
Fort Leavenworth before returning
to Washington. Several admirers fol
lowed himd to the door steps OF tho
car andanot until he had disappeared
from the car platform did the greet
ers leave.
Repetition Formed Quickly.
The reception given the Ameri-
can general was almost extemporan-
eous. That he would arrive here on
Rock Island passenger train No. ZIG
was not generally known in the bust
ness district until after o'clock
when Legion post officials here
telephoned to Fort Sill and obtained
the information. The Legion and
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