March 13, 1919. Pershing visits Treves, Women seek to hold on to jobs, Communists seek global revolution, Ireland seeks independence, Anti Saloon League seeks to stop 3%.

General Pershing at the American Red Cross facility at Treves, Germany.

General Pershing was touring part of the American Zone of Occupation on this day in 1919.

American Red Cross personnel in formation for the inspection of General Pershing at Treves, Germany.

In doing that, he stopped by the Red Cross facility at Treves.

He clearly delivered a speech while doing that.  Note how the Red Cross men appear as soldiers, which they were, many male members of the ARC having been taken into military service by the U.S. Army upon the American entry into the war.

Further to the East, the Communist were meeting in what was becoming the Soviet Union and advocating for a world revolution.  On the same day, interestingly enough, Admiral Kolchak's Whites launched the start of a spring offensive, the second White spring offensive launched this year, both of which were seeing a lot of initial success.

Women, who are commonly believed to day to have been introduced to commercial labor by World War Two, were arguing to retain their World War One jobs.

And the Anti Saloon League was arguing against even 3% booze, 3% being the typical amount in some session ales, such as Guinness Stout, and modern "American light lager", i.e, light beer.