Show DENVER CITIZENS HONOR PERSHING General Greets Cousins an and Renews rs Acquaintance With Sergeant Denver Colo Jan Colorado 13 Colorado honored General John J J. J PershIng PershIng- to to- to day From the moment the tho commander of ot th the American expeditionary forces stepped from his train at tho Union station this afternoon to tho hour he be returned to it prepared to depart for Cheyenne General was ua acclaimed ac- ac claimed d on every hand The Tate general ended his da day with an address to a a. cheering audience that titled filled the municipal municipal muni muni- cipal auditorium As the general Jeneral stepped from his private private vate car ctr amon among the first to greet him was Wils Sergt II H IS It Johnson of oC the h Elg-h Eighty Eighty- ty- ty ninth division who swam tho the Meuse o while on patrol dut duty preventing his c company from being o annihilated b by the Germans Tho The Ben sergeant ant had been decorated decorated deco deco- eco eco- rated in Franco lJ by the general and bore boro other decoration from other allied governments o General Perching Pershing P remembered him and exchanged greetings greet greet- ings Children ln Homage c 1 T Pershing Cyrus P Pershing and James II II Pershing who lit Iho o in Denver Uon and who aro aril cousins of or tho the general were among those who met him elm lm Tho general was driven cn through tho downtown IStre streets ts which were lined with thousands of citizens AI an afternoon mcLin meeting for tor school children ren at tho the auditorium fifteen thousand youngsters oun JS were t so o full of enthusiasm u that tho the general ral had hall great difficulty In speaking to them General Pcr Pershing spent some timo In inspecting n Un United tl States las government hospital No o o. o 21 at nt Aurora uror Ho lIo shook hands with man many of or the patients nn and 1 told each one 0 ho 11 hoped ope ho would woul Join tho the American legion t M Je Legion oll I r want over every man who wa was In the army in 1 to Join loin the tho American Legion Leg tho the general said bald lId Going through thy the infirmary th the tho general shook tho the han hand of or eVer man and wished them a a. speedy return to health To the Hed Cross nurses OS the he general gave O especial thanks s for tor their war ar work Every man who went to the fi fighting fightIng fight fight- ht- ht Ing Inc front was Inspired to do his bc bet best t b by some ome goo good 1 woman Oman Ml he I |