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Show UTilSllf WITH PQGR) S Beehive Men in VJ First Division Make' Splendid Showing. 1 Salt Lake Women 0n ception Committee Welcome Heroes. 1 Special to The Tribune I I NEW YORK, N. V., Sep, General Pershing led the f:i,n' V division parade in :isbi,,-,n in its last formation as ;i ft,,;,,',, t he was followed by more lli-,n ijj trained Ftah boys. L , The fighting sons of t,,- ,v I western state have be, bron'.'a " tanned through iV.ontlis P1- ,lr, servi,,, and to alt ap,,,,,,,,', , f ready for any kind f miK:, palion from reclaiming t,,, ,,,,, , keeping books. An e.illnisi:iSii', J crowded into the little " H,,,, )' room of the Hall of States Inhere, In-here, wlifre they were riv,-iv(-open anus and made to ;Yr n,,, had reached the gate that f,p,,K , " last overland hop to their !,iit08 Betore the soldiers .b-parted'J U Washington, the city 8 ')(,,,, jl hummed with activity. Lit,, J -other divisions and rcgim, ., , have come home- through na hirst division men arc k.-cnlv im,.p to hear from someone from' ll01Me i the homo town newspapers Jp' in demand than 11m War Camp munity service passes eniitlinei.n bearers to tho city's best ih-l performances. ' ! Pershing Visits Hall. . ; A dinner recently attended " score of Utah mien, both from , I army and navy, brought, lo :l ,-f,frtS i busiest week in the history of t,0 division of the Hall of' (States foil it was founded by Mrs. V. Hewer! ards of Salt Lake. The arrival at I tertainment of the Utah ri;irwiu)y" in the First, division was tlieehii' traction. Three big (lavs wertFvf home coming of the giant l.evli with General Pershing and the ; division, the parade 1111 Fifth ai and a visit to the Hull of Stall : S General Pershing and his staff in t . he paid a glowing tribute to tin rtPT men who are back of the worn, !?' V "It was this spirit of f c-1 1 ov, t,li i of support, both ia America at :t France, that kept up the morale o armies," said the commander. .",' "' not praise too highly the spirit o it citizens back of such organiulii) j this, and of tho workers rheiin "' It was they as much as the ne ' France that won the war." The general arrived at the Ha "''a States from a visit to Mrs, T:m Roosevelt, widow of 1 lie former 1 dent, at Oyster bay. H first ft the Missouri delegation, after i,. he visited state desks, Utah incl t"s' where he shook hands and chatted T'" Mrs. Richards, Mrs. Frank H. M ir; nell and Miss Helen Richards of y Lake, who represented Utah oi , ... reception committee. Western Spirit Shown. ;rn" The parade was by far the b ,,, j military attraction ever In Ne City. It cannot be said that trie : division looked any better tain tin-;;-.,-ond division, which lays claim to 1 losses and harder service ev..-n t.,1 .e First, but there was a big .ni-ai.a j, favor of the First uivlslo.i. it '" , bead, Genera! Pershing, and a.. 1 " York as well as one minion 'a s$, seemed suddenly crazy for an o?'r ot seeing the coinmand-.T. ) ' army autonjooiles, headed r.y t iy ment of motorcycle noiicenien. -" ahead of the general at ,'orty r,'i hour In order to make vay .or ti.( ! mander as he visited different pol .. ,r;. the city and in the Waldorf Astoria, . he stopped while here, the looay wa - i tinually crowded, the overflow n.u , r.1( streets on both sides. ,., Shortly after the parade, t.-.e f" -" vision to a man put on the W , ( French war honor. It consis.s o, l cord swung in a circle over and ant - -a. left shoulder and was awaroeu io tr ciency. bravery and service 1,1 'J of the Frc-nch government, on.y divisions; received this decora ion-- a f( each for America, Great Br.ull France. ,. .-.,...'.. ' The homecoming; of t.-.e Le.U"' ,l l!K found the hall of states,"'.' me f . . that western spirit wnicn 'i s -; ' praise for the entire owanWJ mt The hall of states steamsi.lp .,. of the reception commit. e-s ' Newton D. Baker, secretary o. .,..;! staff to greet the former Cw -t f port and its cargo of fijtatii A 1 Its chief competitor In the r.K. -t. i. bav was the Missouri oeieg..--:- ;f had a steamship for Usee, . banners and the s'.ozan, r. ..q.,, Home State Oreets Ksm. t) committee of New yor,; ci. . . It had three laifre Jerry posal. was unable to qua,...- - - . K. leaderft. ' ;vfl0r ! Women Run Things. H, u, I On the day of the pursue t -e -:tv-states delegation met vU-j verse. An entile woe.. , . for it. The mayor's er;''"-'.-L.'tl-,.,( ' '')' gotten, however, to S ;.r that effect, anu t.-.e u:r .', ing under orders to eep " !zed persons, oeclh.ee. to . western boosters. ..,. ;b '' Ktah's da-legation of . , op took matters Into its. I ' three hurried to the . y;fr traffic tangle, one of the t-.. but Mrs. Richards, and ;., ..'at, contrived to find tne.r "-'.' , , struggling mass of potfeeJ T the altar of the Victor ;::a.iu ; .ho surrounded by K'fO oi After much ca.kding and 1 ' women and a Civil war s joined the party. ":1? f'sli y'on,,-I y'on,,-I who found them a place ji which the entire parade s-:. , full packs and a" . l- The Utah committeemen..- . iaraVe banners with the . p. written on each, and . ' t;.. and detachment there; -i, spouse. In the "Four .ur i;. ;"1 t era! men cried out. " .j -.j0, and other cities waeme ,vi , At the conclusion oi crj, Me! reeiments broke mar. , rleties of food, for l';," r,r craves. A survey o. '! ',,) viere returned to t-os- J- t, -, tated that the cream, first o all. . - jus; p.am c.io-v. r,:. , ' a great number o. s- , .,,. loueiie.i. This nernW'-i J -:(: for a vv'cilc. cut '"- T,,v I , 1 rbe veterans themw tt fo-k.i .and would not eat I , u .. despite ihe popular fu.-' o;- :A .... have v:m1org"tie two ,., ; ..f -v'-H "n.vthi.iB , p. - J ne.-esaarv. w.ta t..ct. i Nre |