--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 20 number: 9 published: 1917-07 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, "General John J. Pershing," *Improvement Era* 20, no. 9 (July 1917): 796.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2009unse transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers. identifier: improvementera2009unse start_page: 796 end_page: 796 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1917-07) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2009unse publication_year: 1917 note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1917, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # General John J. Pershing Photo copyright by Underwood & Underwood. GENERAL JOHN J. PERSHING General Pershing, commander of the United States Army in Europe, ar- rived in England on the 8th of June, and was received with enthusiasm and feted by the king and the public; and on the 13th of June he reached Paris, where he received a tumultous welcome as he proceeded through the thronged boulevards by the side of "Papa" Joffre. His response was characteristic- ally unconventional, and smacked of the simplicity and sincerity of west- ern America. (See p. 354, February Era, 1917.)