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Chapter 22 Home and the First Division Early in September, we received orders to return to the United States with General Pershing on the Leviathan,1 sailing from Brest. I obtained permission to bring my French aide, Lieutenant Gouin,2 with me. Bartolucci told me that he had been appointed assistant naval attaché in Washington, but the Americans would not give him transportation on the Leviathan. I could not change the decision of the transportation. I told Bartolucci to go to Brest and to join me when our train reached there, which he did. I then asked the ship’s quartermaster to let Bartolucci go on board. He said that there was no space. I told him to let Bartolucci share my suite of three rooms, and he consented. Not long after we went on board, Bartolucci said that Cromwell, who was on his staff,3 wanted to share his apartment with him, and this was arranged. Shortly after leaving, Major Lloyd Griscom,4 who had been an ambassador and was then a major on General Pershing’s staff, said that he was exceedingly worried about General Pershing’s address to the joint session of Congress, which was to take place soon after we reached Washington. He said that General Pershing was out of touch with the way Congress and the people were thinking and asked me to prepare what I thought he should say. I felt that modesty on his part was all-important, and I stressed the credit due the troops and the support of Congress and the people in gaining the victory. Griscom liked it, but we continued to study and revise it so as to be brief and expressive. Before landing, he said that we should have the advice of some reliable man in Washington who was in close touch with public opinion. I told him that I knew Senator Elihu Root,5 who was the ablest man in the country, and I would consult him. We reached New York September 8, and I was met at the dock by my precious wife and son, whom I had so longed to see in the two years of separation. On leaving the ship, an order was handed to me assigning me to the command of the First Division at Camp Zachary 170 THE WAY OF DUTY, HONOR, COUNTRY Taylor, Louisville, Kentucky. My cup of joy was full. Most officers on landing received orders demoting them to their permanent rank. We paraded up Broadway with the characteristic New York reception. There was a banquet that night. I sat next to General Wingate,6 who commanded the New York artillery brigade of the Twenty-seventh Division. He said that on the night of the Armistice the brigade was resting in Verdun. They celebrated by sitting around campfires and singing Tobyhanna songs and telling Tobyhanna stories. No finer tribute could have been paid to the influence of that training camp in 1913–1916 on the war. The First Division had preceded us and paraded in New York on September 10. General Pershing and his generals rode at the head. I noted that the crowd, which in New York was always tumultuous in applause, was silent. Then I heard one man say: “Just look at their faces.” The people were awed into silence by the grim faces of these fighting men who had returned as the miracle of war from the brink of death on every field. On reaching Washington, I called on Mr. Root and showed him my notes for General Pershing’s address. He said some things would not be wise and suggested other ideas, including the potential influence of the newly formed American Legion. When Major Griscom and I finished, I took the paper to Captain Quekemeyer, General Pershing’s aide. That was the first intimation that they had of what we were doing. While our language was not used, our ideas influenced his remarks. I was among the generals who accompanied him to the joint session of Congress. Mrs. Summerall explained to Steamer that he could find a comfortable place to stay at the YMCA in Washington. The next morning, she asked him where he was staying, and he said: “At the Powhattan.” Like his uniforms in Paris, he could not live below my status. On September 17, the First Division paraded in Washington, and again General Pershing and his generals rode at the head of the troops. The ovation was overwhelming...

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