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j Factory Whistles Shriek Hom-
. ago as Hero's Special Train
Speeds to Philadelphia
FARMERS SHOUT WITH JOY
iVciu York Gives Hero
Enthusiastc Send-Off
"Three cheers for the. next Pre!
dent I" cries punctuated applause on
General Pershing's departure from
New York today.
Fleet of ten nutoq carried partr
from Wnldorf-Astorln to Pennsvl
vania station.
Women armed with bouqueti were
unahlo to present them, ovvins to
crowd in train shed.
Arlilnp before S o'clock. Oenernl
Pershing shook hands with licllbnvs
nnd maids before leaving hotel.
Hundreds of doughboy lined route
to station, and General Perilling ai
kept busy returning snlutes ns ho
passed.
Ninety-one miles of enthusiasm
bordered General Pershing's train on
Its way to Philadelphia today.
It was one wave of hurrah, from city
to city, from the time the train left
the Pennsylvania Station in New Tork
at 8 :05 o'clock.
Passing locomotives saluted, as well
as factory whistles, nni at every sta
tion as the special flashed by the rail
road employes stood nt nttention. At
Rome places they bore American flags
nnd wnved them as the train passed
Between stations scores of farmers
lined up here and there nnd greeted the
party of heroes ns they sped by.
General Pershing frequently went to
the rear of the observation enr and
wnved his appreciation, l'rom the very
engine to the last coach the train was
strictly military. Engineer John Sem
ple served overseas as well n. Conductor
E. G. Smith and Trainmen Hduard Dn
gan, "W. R Hoover nnd C A. Miller.
Trainmaster V.. Y. Mnnclcr. a vetiTin
In the service of the road, was kept on
his toes constantlv to see that the heroes
aboard hnd everything to make them
comfortable.
The greatest outbursts of enthusiasm
between the connecting points was at
Manhattan Junction nnd I!ritol. At
Manhattan Junction hundreds of rid
ers waiting to make connections for
New York nnd other points forgot about
their destinations when the Pershing
train sped by.
Above the din of hurrahs could be
heard shouts of "speech" and "give us
a word," but General Pershing simply
smiled nnd waved pleasantly.
Severnl hundred were massed at Bris
tol station nnd nearby. Many stood
so close to the trncks that the train
narrowly missed their noses. In the
crowd could be teen scverr.l -women
with flowers, but there was no hope
oven throwing them in the window where
the general sat.
' The banks of the Delnwnrc at Tren
, ton were black with people who nt a
distance resembled n miniature plateau.
The solid mass of Immunity became
a sea of waving hands, hats and flags
as the train rumbled by.
When the outskirts of rhllndclphia
were reached the edging landscape was
at many places almost obliterated by
dense crowds. A great chorus of fac
tory whistles nnd bells told the gen
eral that this was Philadelphia. Gen
eral Pershing waved in all directions
and did all that was humanly possible
to answer the. greetings.
Displayed on top of little chimneys
and in many windows were pictures of
General Pershing. The train ran so
rapidly that it wns impossible to read
the. greetings expressed in words.
Kidcra on Special Train
Aboard the Pershing train were the
following officers and members of their
families :
Major General John Ii. nines, Mrs.
John L. Hines, Miss Alice Hines, Col
onel Arlstedes Moreno, lieutenant Col
onel Raleigh W. Greene, Major General
and Mrs. Charles P. Summcrall, Cap
tain Alban B. Butler, Mrs. Alban B.
Butler, Captain Bln.kburn Hall, Mrs.
"W. P. Hall, Miss Ilnll.
Lieutenant Kdounrd Gouin, of the
French nrtillery, aide-de-camp to Gen
eral Summcrall ; lieutenant William O.
Coleman, aide-de-camp to Gtneral
Hines; General Robert I,. Rullnrd,
Lieutenant Colonel A. S. Kueglc, Cap
tain Nicholas McDonald Ma for (' M.
Dewey, Major Earl L. Thornton, Lieu
tenant Colonel M. J. O Bum, l.ieuuu
ant Colonel F. T. Black.
Captain George 11. Adamson, private
secretary to General Pershing; Brig
adier General Augustine Mclntyie, Mrs.
i Augustine, Melntyre, Lieutenant Ralph
Curtin, Captain C. H. Booth, Major
General Edward T. McGlachlln, Miss
Elizabeth McGlachlin, Lieutenant
Colonel H. S. Bitzing, Captain D. E.
Ackers, Chaplain 'William Dye, Pirst
Lieutenant J. M. Andrews, First Lieu
ttnant O. A. Regnner, Captain Jnmes
Ii. Collins, Colonel John G. Suckc
meyer, Genaral W. A. Bethel, Colonel
George E, Marshall, Jr., aide to Gen
eral Pershing; Mrs. Georgo C. Mar
shall and General Fox Conner.
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HELPED DEFEND VERDUN
WHEN GEN. PERSHING TALKS
HE MEANS WHAT HE SAYS
Can Swear. Reaches Decisions Quickly, Has Views on Woman-
hood and Has Objections to Being Kissed by Enthusiasts
WHEN General Pershing talks ho saysj wounded nt Red Cross Hospital No. fi,
something! ' when n contest was going on for a name
The following is vocal shrapnel of the i for the hospital paper
Pershing arietv; "Jleaxen, Hell or Iloboken," snid the
"The patriotism of our incomparable American generalissimo, without a
women, than whom there are no other-, troment's hesitation,
more noble, "ball be our constant in-
spirntion until the grent tnk which has
been intrusted to us shall be nccom-i
plished."
"No!" pounding the table with his
great fist. "No! No, by God, n
"Never mind planning how to con
duct n retreat. You find out how to
get guns and wagons forwaid over bad
roads and tienches damn quick."
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"I don't let nnvthing worry me. I
trv to do n good day's work, nnd when
it is finished I go to bed. And what is
moic I go to sleep."
"Oh, madam," Fershing blushed
when the inspired lady attempted to
welcome him with a kis, "Please don't.
Oh. not that "
money. It's the job
"Damn the
that counts."
"Only by a succession of hard de
civo blows can this war De won. This
is no time for halfway measures."
"I've two divisions down here that
have not fnough supporting nrtillery,
that haven't nny airplanes, but, by
God, they can die to the last man nnd
are ready to. Let me send them in."
"It is the duty of every officer nnd
soldier to kill on the spot any person
who, in n fight, urges nuy one to s.ur-
, render or stop lighting. It makes no
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stranger or a friend, an officer or a
private."
"When I think of the heroism of
the men, their patience under hard
ships, their unflinching spirit, I nm
filled with emotion which I nm unable
to express. Their deeds are immortal,
nnd they have earned the eternal grat
itude of our country."
General Pershing was visiting the
CIVIL WAR "VET" IN CROWD
"Danny" Ridge, In Uniform of '65,
Feature of Pershing Crowd
In the big crowd that gieeted Gen
eral Pershing nt Independence Squnre
today was n veteran of the Civil War
who attracted considerable attention
because of his general appearance. He
is Daniel E. Ridge, of Gloucester, N.
.7. He wore a uniform nnd hat similar
to those used by him dining the Civil
War. He is seventy-five jcars old.
The eyes of the assembled people were
centered chiefly upon the hat worn by
the veternn and an old flag, which hung
across his shoulder and was fastened
round his waist. Mr. Ridge said the
flag had been used over the headquarters
of General Scott in Mexico City in 1S44.
Adorning the front of the unusually
high crown of the hat was the insignia
of a bugle, w hile n crescent shield was
fastened on the side.
The spirit of T,nfnyettc was brought '
hero todav through the presence of ,
Colonel Adelbert le Chnmbrun, who Is,
iittnched to the stniT of Gcnernl Per- '
shing. I
He Is n direct descendant of Gen- ,
ernl Lafayette, who brought France1
to the aid of America in the Revolu- i
tlnn. I
"I want to stand nt the shrine of
liberty, in Philadelphia," he said, "and
realize what n grent monument of Inde- j
pendence rose from that sacred spot."
Like nil soldiers of France, Colonel '
De Chnmbrun Is extremely modest. He (
is n man of soldierly bearing, six
feet tall, and of athletic build. In
view of the fact that he married Miss '
Clara Longworth, sister of Congress
man Nicholas Longworth, ton-in-lnw
of the late Colonel Roosevelt, the
French colonel claims to be just ns much '
American ns he is French. I
"My visit to Independence Ilnll,"'
he said, "brought to memory what
might be called our cradle of liberty,
the Halle Du Gen De Pnume nt Ver
sailles. It was there that the French
people made their declarations of inde
pendence, nnd resolved to establish n
republic."
Lilies Our Hospitality
"What are your impressions of
America?" he was asked.
"It has lived up to everything snld
of it," he replied. "Hospitality every
where, and n smile with It."
It was noticed that Colonel De
Chnmbrun wore the medal of the Legion
of Honor, the Distinguished Service
Cross nnd several other decorations
for bravery.
It was only after much hesitancy that
the colonel told what brought the
awards.
"Ask me something about General
Pershing and your brnve American offi
cers," he said. "Too much cannot be
said of them. Their courage was
marvelous, and ns for obstncles there
were no such things."
When his attention was again enllcd
to his decorations, the colonel snld:
"After graduation from the French
war college, it was not' long before I was
brought into action. I wns in the
African campaign nnd wna made n cap
tain during that struggle. At Verdun
I wns made a lieutennnt colonel."
Records of the French wnr depart
ment show, despite Colonel De Cham
brun's reluctance to discuss the mntter,
that he wns one of the bravest soldiers
of France. He stood in the front rank
for deeds of daring. He wns decorated
seven times.
Promoted at Verdun
During the three months' fighting at
Verdun, prior to America's entrance into
the wnr, Colonel De Chnmbrun com
manded the artillery of tho Fortieth
Division. He held his point in the lines
ngninst tremendous odds. A brenk nt
the point where he was stationed might
have changed the result. On account
of the stubborn defense he made he was
promoted from captain to lieutennnt
colonel on the battlefields.
Then enme the Legion of Honor mednl
from Marshal Pctnin. The fact that
What General Pershing
Iccomplishcd "Over There"
He landed at Liverpool Juno 3,
11)17.
Stood on French soil nt Boulogne
on June 13, 11117.
After field nnd trench training,
and when the German offensive was
Inunchrd nt Picnrdy, March, 1018,
Prrshing wns able to Rend his im
mortal message to Foch : "Infantry,
nrtillery, nvlatlon, nil that wo have
Is yours. Dispose of it as you may
desire."
Pershing's First Division, under
his personal cTimmaud, captured
Cnntlgny.
Then followed the Mnrnc cam
paign, the Alsne, the Champagne
and the Venle, nnd finally the St.
Mihiel.
The nttnek on the St. Mihiel
salient wns the first operation of an
Americnn army in Europe.
In twenty-seven hours, In open
vvnrfnre, which General Pershing
had long before urged the nllled com
ninnders to' ndopt, the Americans
drove the enemy out of the territory.
Fourteen days later, September
2(1. the Meuse-Argonne offensive was
launched, to continue in ono sweep
of victory till November 11.
During the finnl month of the war
Pershing relinquished immediate
command of the First Army nnd or
ganized the Second Army and several
corps, which operated as units of the
French, British nnd Belgian forces.
And he "licked" the kaiser!
Every European ally decorated
him.
he wns gassed nnd slightly wounded did
not deter him in the least. Tho ar
tillery, under Colonel Do Chnmbrun,
figured largely in the victorious result,
lie received many other dccorntlons, in
cluding, the Distinguished Service Cross
from Gcnernl Pershing.
On account of his efficiency, he was
made liaison officer between Oenernl
Pershing nnd Marshal Petaln. Toward
the end of tho wnr. Colonel De Cham
brun wns assigned to the staff of Gen
eral Pershing.
Knowing a good soldier nt sight, the
general took n light clutch on the colonel
nnd hns held him ever since.
"A man who goes into the army must
expect to fifht," said Colonel pe Chnin
biun, "nnd there Is no reason he should
talk nbout it any more than any other
man who follows a definite line of busi
ness. The Americans nnd the French
fought side by side, through thick and
thin, ns you say here. I have never
heard the officers nrgue about who did
the most. They agree that it wns good
team work."
ST. JOSEPH'S MEN IN OVATION
500 of Reserve Officers' School Greet
Pershing
More than GOO members of the re
serve officers' trninlng school nt St. Jo
seph's College led the ovation that
greeted General Pershing when he
passed Broad street and Girard ave
nue. A place in front of the thousands of
citizens who stood nt that corner was
reserved for the student officers. They
mnrched from the college nt Seventeenth
and Stiles streets in company formation.
Ench student carried a book Instead of
nrms. The school wns led by Lieuten
ant Richard B. Cecil.
The big gardens fronting on the west
side of Brond street offered a fine point
of vantage for thousands nnd pavements
were packed solidly with other enthusiasts.
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Pershing'3 Visit Today Marks
Anniversary of First Big
WorK Overseas
ALSO OF THE SECOND DRAFT
It is n significant coincidence thnt
Gcnernl Pershing enters the city to
day, the first anniversary of the bnttle
of St. Mihiel, the first great offensive
of the American expeditionary force.
General Pershing's task was to
straighten the German line, and the first
army under his commnnd did it with nn
effectiveness which gave the Germans n
terrific blow.
Today nlso Is the anniversary of the
second draft in this country, the regis
tration of youths of eighteen to twenty -one
nnd men from thirty-one to forty
five years, the making ready for use of
.the bulk of America's manhood in
crushing Germany.
Job Pershing Faced
It was the task of the American nrmy
to drive the bocho from the St. Mihiel
salient to the cast of Verdun, where the
German line bulged out. General Persh
ing's men were to straighten this line.
At the same time the French, British
nnd Belgians were to attack along the
whole front. It wns n critical stage in
the war, and succcsb nt any one point
would cause the enemy to make a gcn
ernl withdrawal.
Four German divisions and two Aus-trO-Hungnrian
divisions held the sali
ent which the Americans were to throw
bnck. It formed n wedge protruding into
the French lines. The town of St. Mi
hiel formed the junction of the roads
crossing over the Mouse. The position
wns of grent value.
General Pershing divided the First
Army into two pnrts, tho stronger of
which wns to move against the south
side of the German wedge, while the
other group was sent against the eastern
side. French troops were to form the
connecting link between the two Amer
icnn groups nnd to movo against ths
point of the wedge.
In the attack proper Gencrnl Per
shing used the First, Second, Fifth,
Forty-second nnd Eighty-ninth Divi
sions. Three divisions were held in
support nt Pont-a-Mousson. nnd nn-
other the Twenty-sixth was actinu
with tho French on the western side.
This formntlon represented every type
or American troops regulars, marines,
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who formed a pnrt of tho Second Divi
sion, National Army men and National
Guards.
A year ago this morning at 0:30
o'clock the nttnek began. Tho Amer
ican artillery had paved tho way, nnd
the Americans moved forward with thnt
spirit which so astonished the encm
nnd the Allies throughout the latter part
of the war.
By noon tho Americans nttncklng on
the south side of the salient had ad
vanced five miles on n twelve-mile
front, between the towns of Fey-cu-hayc
and Xivrny, capturing Thinucourt,
Pnnnes, Mount Sec nnd Nonsnrd. The
Americnn cavalry had moved forward
toward Vigneulles.
The Americnn group on the western
salient moved from Lea Kpnrgcs, taking
Vigneulles and Combres.
At daybreak on tho next day it wna
found that the German line had been
straightened nnd tho wedge no longer
remained. The German line now ran
from the Moselle at Pagny nearly to Bo
zonvnuy, from southeast to northwest.
By noon of the 13th tho two American
gamps had joined across the salient.
'file enemy had lost 13,000 prisoners
and large quantities of artillery, am
munition nnd stores.
Always Stood for Fair Play
General Pershing's old neighbors In
Missouri saw that lie had the qualities
of greatness even when ho was very
young. A. J. Caywood, formerly post
mnster of Laclede, Mo., Pershing's
bitthplaeo, said: "The secret of his
success in handling men is his sym
pathy with them, lie hns always stood
for fair play."
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Figured He Raised Right Arm Ten
Times to Block
How many times General Pershing
saluted whilo passing through the streets
of Philadelphia waa beyond computa
tion, for his salutes came fast.
Vociferous cheering compelled him to
keep constantly nt his work of saluting,
ljej did It with the grace and precision
o long practice und seemed to extract
enjoyment from it.
. He passed through forty blocks and it
' Is figured he saluted ten times in his
progress through each block.
f STREET VENDORS BUSY
1 Mny Returned Service Men Sell
1' ' Pershing Ribbons and Cadges
fTodiy's the day for street vendors.
i General Pershing lias brought with
'i mm a wave oi prosperity to tne sellers
? of buttons, badges, flags and the other
f.Lias and ends that go with parades,
ft" celebrations and jubilees.
J la the streets everywhere are vendors,
u tome bplding positions at corners and
f i ome moving amid the great throng lu
tk streets along tho forty blocks'
Jfcrr.jru wMdi Gi neral rcrshlci pttjme.
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