France’s Greeting
To First Americans
Arriving in Paris
A young lady in Paris, Fran
ce, has mailed to a friend in
Newark a clipping from a Par
is newspaper published on the
anniversary of America s entry
into the war, from which the
following is taken, showing
how greatly P'rance appreci
ates the great part America is
playing in the great war.
A. E. PYS BIRTHDAY
COMES TOMORROW;
NOW A YEAR OLD
A year ago tomorrow the
vanguard of the American Ex
peditionary Forces landed at
Liverpool.
On June 8, 1917, General
Pershing and his staff set foot
on English soil. Late in the af
ternoon of June 13 they were
welcomed at the gates of Paris
by such a moving, spontaneous
tumultuous greeting from the
people of the city as they will
remember all the days of their
lives, such a welcome, prob
ably, as they cannot know aga
in till the war is done and the
A E. P\ goes home.
Even as the crowds were
cheering in the streets of Paris,
the piers of the north river on
the other side were astir with
the silent, hurrying, prepara
tions of the first contingent for
departure, for it was the next
day the first convoy set sail
for France.
It was on May 28, 1917, that
the General and his staff, with
as little fuss and feathers and
as much secrecy as an excited
and immensely curious coun
try would permit, set sail from
the harbor of New York. They
were crossing the sea to pre
pare the way, the camps, the
ports, the bases, the system for
the hundreds of thousands of
troops that were to follow
them within a year. The an
niversary of that sailing was
celebrated by the battle of
Cantigny, for it was just a
year to the day later that the
A. E. F. made its first attack
in force.
Strict Orders for Secrecy
The voyage of the vanguard
was hedged with secrecy and
many of the facts and figures
from the log of that voyage are
given here for the first time to
mark the anniversary. The
time has come when we may
turn back and read the first
chapter in a history cf the A.
E. F.
On May 28, General Persh
ing and his men left New York
on the Baltic. Only a few peo
ple knew of his departure and
the great majority of the
American people never knew
that the Commander-inChief
had sailed until the cables
brought back from England
the news of his safe arrival on
the other side.
All through the trip the sub
marine was ever in mind. The
U-boats were then at the hei
ghth of their success and every
one knew that the Kaiser
u'ould have extracted more
real pleasure out of the sinking
of the Baltic than out of the
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sinking of a dozen hospital
ships.
It was in the early hours of
the morning of June 8 that the
Baltic reached Liverpool. When
10 o’clock came, after a fine
breakfast of Queenstown salts,
the Americans marched off tc
be greeted by the high digni
taries of the port and by the
Royal Welsh Fusiliers, who
were drawn up on the pier
with their famous band and
no less famous Angora goat.
A special train carried the
whole party to London, with
the commander-in-chief made
comfortable in the royal priv
ate car. There were great
handshakings at Euston station
Sir John French, Vice-Admiral
Sims, Ambassador Page, and
others were waiting to greet
them when the train arrived at
3:30 that afternoon, and Gen
eral Pershing did not go on
his way till he had first shaken
hands with the engineer who
brought him to London town.
Pershing and his staff were
quartered at the Savoy Hotel,
whose windows look out
across the Embankment to the
Thames. The enlisted men ad
journed to the Tower ofLondon
for the weather-beaten, fabled
structurewhere the little princes
were murdered and where
Anne Boleyn was beheaded be
came that day a barracks for
American doughboys.
The next few days were giv
en over to dinners and recep
tions, to tours of inspection, to
the war work around London,
consultation between the staff
officers and experts in their
line in the British Army. On
June It General Pershing called
on King George at Bucking
ham Palace.
“I am very glad to welcome
you,” said the King of England
to the American Commander
in-Chief. ‘‘It has always been
my dream that some day the
two English speaking nations
should fight side by side, and
today my dream is realized.
We are fighting for the great
est cause any nation could
fight for—civilization.”
Colonels Mistaken for Flyers
There were no demonstra
tions planned or executed for
the Americans in London, nor
any flourish of trumpets an
nouncing their presence. Rut
wherever they went the offi
cers were the objects of the
greatest curiosity. Particular
ly did the colonels attract the
English eye, for it was hastily
assumed that the eagle insig
nia betokened aviation and
there was much marveling that
we should have flyers of such
venerable appearanee.
The fine edge of London’s
curiosity had been a little dull
ed by the fact that American
soldiers had passed that way
before. General Pershing’s
party was the vanguard of the
fighting forces of the A.E.F.,
but even before his coming
members of the Medical Enlist
ed Reserve Corps had crossed
with units for service in British
hospitals, and by the time the
Commander-in-Chief arrived in
Europe, mernbe rs of the Medi
cal Officers Reserve Corps
were already serving in the
British line. They were the
first in France—their service
3tripes will always precede all
others. Base Hospital 4 cele
U. S. Food Administration.
'Sides savin’ fats en wheat, we
got ter save sugar. De bes' way
ter save sugar is ter use syrups en
honey.
A nice li'l pitcher full er 'lasses
convoyed by a fleet er buckwheat
cakes is one er de bes' ways to
’'get crost” wid de sugar projick,—
en it saves wheat flour too.
brated on May 25, the anniver
sary of its first day on French
soil.
The Time of Their Lives
Everywhere they went, the
enlisted men had the time of
their lives, seeing London from
bus tops, feasting royally, and
having free run of the play
houses. The night before the
party moved on, the men had
a lively and unforgettable ban
quet in the non-com’s mess hall
in the Tower of London. The
goose hung high and memories
of that festive occassion were
haunting them still when they
turned out bright and early on
the morning of June 13 to
jcatch the 5:30 train for Folke
stone.
The Americans had had a
good time in London. There
had been friendliness and cor
diality everywhere, but noth
ing to prepare them for the re
ception that waited them in
Paris. It was when they reach
ed Boulonge that the word was
sped on to the capital of Gen
eral Pershing’s coming.
1 here had been no prepara
tions made for a reception, but
the Paris-Midi and other not n
time papers flaunted the tid-1
ings anti by the time the spec
ial train drew in the Gare du !
Nord, there was such a jam i
around the station as would
have bewildered even the mas-j
ter of traffic who stands at
the corner of Forty-second
street and Fifth Avenue. New
York.
As General Pershing stepped
from the train. Marshal Joffre1
came forward to greet him, a
company of Poilus presented j
arms anti the marvelous Garde
Republicaine band broke into
the music of the Star Spangled
Banner. Inside,, the waiting
room was hung with rich, tap
estried curtains, carpeted with
costly rugs, and brilliant with
June flowers. Outside a 1< ng
line of automobiles waited to
carry the Americans through
the streets of Paris.
Tremenrous Paris Welcome
The French authorities ex
pressed their great regret that
the news of General Pershing’s
approach had come too late for
the people of the city to plan
a fitting demonstration. It is
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preparation could have produc
ed a welcome more moving or
more tremendous.
All the way from Gare du
Mord through the boulevards
U> the Palace de la Concorde
he streets were packed with a
heering, laughing, cordial mul
titude. Through that multi
tude the cars could barely
reel) along. From every win
dow and balcony, from every
ear and cab top, from every
terrace table and from every
lamp post,American flags wax
ed and flowers from the french
gardens were showered down
>n the slow moving procession
Flushed and Exultant
Exuberant soldiers, in town
on permission leaped on thi
running boards and led thi
cheering. Gamins perched ir
tree branches tried out theii
new vocabulary with such lab
oriously learned phrases as
“How are you!” or “Hello
good morning.” One man coulc
say only “Cocktails for two,’
but he said it very loud and ht
put no end of feeling into it.
Here and there jn the bij
crowds that lined the curbs yoi
c- uld hear the Australians ant
Canadian soldiers calling ou
“Ay, there, Yanks, how do yoi
like Paris?” And you coulc
see Americans from the Amer
ican colony flushed and exul
tant because America had a
last come in. Late that night
when the various dinners brokt
up and the officers and mer
scattered to their billets, a ,ju
bilant crowd still packd tht
streets and sang and cheerec
“Vive 1’Amerique”
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BARN LS SET ON FIRE
Searcy, Aug. 8.—A largt
barn stored with feedstuff be
longing to C. H. Mann was de
stroyed by fire last night. Mr
Mann, who is foreman at tin
government quarry at Be<
Rock, lives two miles north o
Searcy. There was no insur
ance. The fire was so evident
ly of incendiary origin tha
Sheriff Plant telephoned t<
Conway for bloodhounds
which arrived about dawn thii
morning. They followed th<
trail to the river where it wa,
lost.
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NOTICE TO TEACHERS
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for Independence county wil
be held at Batesville during thi
week beginning Monday, Sep
tember 9th.
All teachers are required b;
law to attend. We hope t<
make this the most helpful in
stitute ever held in the county
You can’t afford to miss a day
Very respceftully,
SIDNEY PICKENS,.
County Examiner
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