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Show : PERSHING FIGHTS ; WAY THROUGH j GREAT CROWDS WASHINGTON, Sept. 13. Almost , fighting his way throuch hundreds of admirers gathered .it ih.- uar d- i.ni-nient, i.ni-nient, General Pershing officially re-puMed re-puMed to Secretary Raker todav hia wiurn from France wiih his mlasiOD i ictory over Germany- accoinjiliflhed The rhperinc crowd had waited lanaj to see the man that eapiained the 'American armies in their greatest struggle and would not be denied. By actual effort, aidd by two of his staff officers and final by guards of jthe building General i'ershing got I through into the secretary a room Th final step wae ihi tnosl difficult I Women and sirl clerks of the depart iment shrilly ciying their greetings, closed in about ihe general and his aides at the door He was for several sev-eral minutes unable to force his way through Finally Iks aide caught his Jurni and really hauled him out of the 'clutch of the crowd. There were DO ceremonies att.-ndmir I General Pershing's reception at the ;wr department. He came as an I other hiuh otficer would come to re port and it was only the enthusiasm of the crowds who cheered und waved jhim alone on the way from bis botell I that marked an, unusual event. when General Pershing quietly andi almost unnoticed left ihr department M.i 27. 1917. to go to France, h- expected ex-pected that maximum strength of the! I army to be under his command would j be soo.ooo mi n He returned today to report formally the disposition he had made of more than 2,000,000 men. Washington. Sept IS. General j.John J. Pershing today re-established headquarters of ih- American expedi tionary fones at the war depart m Ql where more than two years ago be took up a task, the results of Which nMoundPd Hie world, l him brought fame and to his country undying gloi I General Pershing was welcomed union un-ion his return to the national capita! late yesterday w i i h a fitting demon-; demon-; ati-ation' of cratitude to the man who lied the American arms to victory in France. At the headquarters where I they began General Pershing and hi ; Staff will wind up the affairs of the j greatest force for overseas operations ever organized in the history of th' .'. HI l Appropriate io the occasion of Gen jeral Pershing's return lo Washington, s resolution proposing the glfl oi a sword to the ranking officer of the American expedlt lonary forces has been given ncht of wm for cunsidi-ra-tion in the bouse today. The resolution reso-lution which tenders the thanks of the American people and the congress to Genera Pershing nnd the men of the American expeditionary forces would appropriate ten thousand dollars for purchase of the sword. |