Salt Lake Telegram | 1919-09-09 | Page 1 | Pershing Welcome Resumed

d U m m m I PERSHING w WELCOME RESUMED RES ME l I N T TIN TO IN f FOR Review of 2000 Boy Scouts Address to e. e S School hO r Pupils pil on gram for the Day DayN N NEW v EW YORK Sept 9 D. 9 Gen General eral John J. J PerShing esI escaped es es- es- es I cared a resumption today of 1 the tumultuous welcome that greeted him on his arri arrival al from France yesterday Y by remaining in his hotel apartment until time to review a small army of 2000 Boy Scouts in I Central park th s afternoon The scouts II were assigned to act as the generals general's escort in the park where school schoolchildren schoolchildren children were gathered t to sing patriotic songs and heard him speak I Tonight at 8 S o'clock General Genera PershIng Pershing Pershing ing will be the guest at a reception tendered him by the Elks lIe He Is is' is isa a member of the El Paso lodge and a alar lar large e delegation of Elks from that cit city and other lodges are here in his honor HORSE QUARANTINED General Pershing arose this mornIng mornIng morning morn- morn Ing after C G o'clock and breakfasted with his family in his private suite It was was' definitely announced that tho the general g will not be able to ride his favorite horse KIdron rn tn tomorrows tomorrow's tomorrows tomorrow's tomorrows tomorrow's tomor tomor- rows row's parade A message from the department of agriculture stated that the animal must remain at embarkation embarkation tion headquarters at Newport News for the full tull quarantine period In Instead Instead In- In stead the general genera will be mounted on ona ona i a Virginian thoroughbred named Captain Cap Cap- Cap I tam tain and owned by the city police department I DEPARTS ON FRIDAY I II I General Pershing will leave New NewYork NewYork I York for Philadelphia on a special I train at S 8 o'clock Friday morning He has accepted ari art invitation from I Mayor Smith to visit Philadelphia and will remain there for several hours before proceeding to Washington He HeIs HeIs Heis Is to arrive in the capital at 4 o'clock Friday afternoon KISSES CHILDREN 1 r General Genera Pershing was presented i tod today by the Lieutenant Jefferson Jetterson I SIgle post lost ost of the American legion with a Virginia thoroughbred horse II which will be ridden in the parade tomorrow by Colonel of the commanders commander's staff start When General Pershing went vent to the I riding academy where the presentation presenta tion was made the building soon was surrounded by a crowd anxious to see him l. Many mothers with babies in their arms were present and appeared appeared ap ap- ap- ap anxious to have tho general kiss their children lIe He complied in inthe i ithe the case of two or three who were I I most insistent When he returned to his hotel he found many man more fond mothers anxious to have the distinction distinction distinction tion conferred upon their infants and he again had to run the gauntlet before reaching his rooms