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Show GRATEFUL NATION GHEEMBSHING LEADER OF VICTORIOUS AMERICAN AMERI-CAN FORCES RETURNS HOME FROM OVERSEAS. United States Confers Her Highest Honors Upon Chief Who Led Our Army in Campaign Against the Huns. New York. I (oiiored !y foreign rill' and go ernnienls, General Pershing, Persh-ing, Ihc eulilliiamliT-in-chief of Ihe a liny that ever fought its way in victory 1 1 1 1 ( 1 -1- Ihi' Slurs and Stri,"s, rcl iiriii'il id lils ow n folk on Monday In meet a grca ter honor limn nay foreign potcntnle or power could collier --the thanks of the world's grintet. democracy lo the man who hail plagued iln: decisive blow in democracy's de-mocracy's fight against tyranny. The si.i;i:n-fari'd soldier who had malntalnei his Iron self-control iiinid lie shambles of the .Mouse and the blood-drenched I'orest of Argonuo was not proof against the. tribute of praise and gratitude ,wldch was roared from Jiiindreds of thousands of the throats jdnil hearts of liis fellow' citizens. Ills voice trembled with emotion as J..e responded to the greetings extended extend-ed by Secretary of Wiir Raker in his nV behalf and that of the president, as well as the welcoming .addresses of representatives of t It senate and lioiise, ilif slate and city, .s his nir passed slowly through the dncrlug niultitndes which jammed Broadway from the Battery to the city hail. Pershing attempted in vain to maintain his composure. At first lie replied to the dicers with the stiff salute which military etiquelie demands, de-mands, but lie was soon carried away by the storm of applause which swept In great gusts about him, Rising to his feet, he waved Ids cap above bis head with a buyisli gesture which told how deeply lie was stirred, while the grim lines of his bronzed face broke Into u smile which win as infectious us It was rare. Just lifter the general walked down the gangplank at Moboken he received the first reward wliihcli a grateful country has offered him. In the name of tui nation, Secretary of War Baker handed lilin Ids commission as full general in tho American army, a rank held previously by only three men Urunt, Sheridan and. Shcnmui. |