John J. Pershing
Title
John J. Pershing
Creator
Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948
Identifier
WWP15555
Date
1918 December 25
Description
General Pershing welcomes Woodrow Wilson as the first President of the United States to view American troops on foreign soil.
Source
Cary T. Grayson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library, Staunton, Virginia
Language
English
Text
Gen. Pershing, at Humes,
Mr. President and Fellow Soldiers: We are gathered here to-day to do honor to the Commander in Chief of our Armies and Navies. For the first time an American President will review an American army on foreign soil—the soil of a sister Republic, beside whose gallant troops we have fought to restore peace to the world. Speaking for you and your comrades, I am proud to declare to the President that no army has ever more loyally or more effectively served its country, and none has ever fought in a nobler cause. You, Mr. President, by your confidence and by your support, have made the success of our armies possible, and to you, as our Commander in Chief, may I now present the Nation’s victorious Army?
Mr. President and Fellow Soldiers: We are gathered here to-day to do honor to the Commander in Chief of our Armies and Navies. For the first time an American President will review an American army on foreign soil—the soil of a sister Republic, beside whose gallant troops we have fought to restore peace to the world. Speaking for you and your comrades, I am proud to declare to the President that no army has ever more loyally or more effectively served its country, and none has ever fought in a nobler cause. You, Mr. President, by your confidence and by your support, have made the success of our armies possible, and to you, as our Commander in Chief, may I now present the Nation’s victorious Army?
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Citation
Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948, “John J. Pershing,” 1918 December 25, WWP15555, Cary T. Grayson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.