Cablegram from General Pershing
Title
Cablegram from General Pershing
Creator
Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948
Identifier
WWP25575
Date
1918 November 29
Description
General Pershing agrees that it would be a good idea for President Wilson to visit the American troops on his trip to France.
Source
Library of Congress, Woodrow Wilson Papers
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum
Subject
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces
Argonne, Battle of the, France, 1918
Daniels, Josephus, 1862-1948
Military parades & ceremonies
Contributor
Mark Edwin Peterson
Relation
WWP25574
Language
English
Provenance
Document scan was taken from Library of Congress microfilm reel of the Wilson Papers. WWPL volunteers transcribed the text.
Text
Cablegram
Received at the War Department
Nov. 29, 1918, 10:44
From HAEF
To The Adjutant General, Washington
Number 1941 Nov. 29th Confidential.
For Secretary of War.
I venture to suggest that it would have an excellent effect upon and be very greatly appreciated by the whole Army if early in the program being prepared for the President during his visit to France he would review on the battle field a selected body of the troops that participated in the Meuse-Argonne battles and address them on that occasion. I believe that such an occasion would afford the President the best opportunity he will probably have to emphasize to Europe, in an address to his own troops as their Commander-in-Chief, the purpose he had in mind in sending this army to France.
I should also deeply appreciate it if you would inform the President that I would be highly honored to have the President and Mrs. Wilson as my guests at Headquarters for such time as can be spared by them during their visit to France. Pershing.
Pershing.
Received at the War Department
Nov. 29, 1918, 10:44
From HAEF
To The Adjutant General, Washington
Number 1941 Nov. 29th Confidential.
For Secretary of War.
I venture to suggest that it would have an excellent effect upon and be very greatly appreciated by the whole Army if early in the program being prepared for the President during his visit to France he would review on the battle field a selected body of the troops that participated in the Meuse-Argonne battles and address them on that occasion. I believe that such an occasion would afford the President the best opportunity he will probably have to emphasize to Europe, in an address to his own troops as their Commander-in-Chief, the purpose he had in mind in sending this army to France.
I should also deeply appreciate it if you would inform the President that I would be highly honored to have the President and Mrs. Wilson as my guests at Headquarters for such time as can be spared by them during their visit to France. Pershing.
Pershing.
Original Format
Letter
To
Harris, P. C. (Peter Charles), 1865-1951
Collection
Citation
Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948, “Cablegram from General Pershing,” 1918 November 29, WWP25575, World War I Letters, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.