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 ^fssion. I I No. 308. 
 
 aNKS of the AMERICAN PEOPLE TO GEN. JOHN J. 
 
 PERSHING. 
 
 jEptember 11, 1919. — Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state 
 of the Union and ordered to be printed. 
 
 Mr. Kahn, from the , Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the 
 
 following 
 
 REPORT. 
 
 [To accompany H. J. Res. 202.] 
 
 The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the 
 esolution (H. J. Res. 202) tendering the thanks of the American 
 leople and the Congress of the United States to Gen. John J. Pershing 
 nd to the officers and men of the American Expeditionary Forces, 
 nd for other pm'poses, having considered the same, report thereon 
 dth a recommendation that it do pass. 
 
 The Congress has on a number of occasions authorized the pre- 
 «. riVition of swords or medals to officers of the Army and Navy. In 
 the 'feise of Admiral Dewey a sword was presented. Gen. Grant 
 received a medal. In view of the high honors conferred by Great 
 Britain, France, Italy, and the other allied nations upon their com- 
 maiif^ing generals, your committee thought it would be exceedingly 
 tijipropriato to present Gen. Pershing with the sword for which 
 app] opriation is made in the joint resolution. The resolution also 
 expresses the thanks of the American people and of the Congress to 
 Gen. Pershing and to the officers and men under his command. 
 
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