Americans everywhere, in the streets, at dinner tables, and in general social intercourse, could feel the new atmosphere of respect and admiration which had suddenly become their country's portion.

The first American troops that passed through London--a company of engineers, an especially fine body of men--aroused a popular enthusiasm which was almost unprecedented in a capital not celebrated for its emotional displays.

Page himself records one particularly touching indication of the feeling for Americans which was now universal.

"The increasing number of Americans who come through England," he wrote, "most of them on their way to France, but some of them also to serve in England, give much pleasure to the British public--nurses, doctors, railway engineers, sawmill units, etc.

The sight of every American uniform pleases London.