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PERSONNEL OF
CONFERENCE
(•real Hi iiain. France and Italy
Fuel* Have l ive Delegates—
Other Delegations V. ill Vary
from One to Four According
to Si/e of Country and Inter
ests Involved
V.'i i.i. I'(.*■. -C.--TI10 personnel of
*he I" u", 'ungn ss i>- gradually fak
ing form. ;o that tin; American de|
'Sntr:; express tin- hope that the del
egation of tin- various countries will
!"■ anounied and that tin delegates
'■■'ill an ivi for thr- actual comnieiu-e
nn n' id the negotiations soon after
’ll- aliening of tic new \e.u. A
riutnli- r of the mam d-tails of the
eomposit ion of the congres are now
fairly well settled as a result of re
cent ' rinfereni i-s. These indicate
that the total membership of the con
gress will Ik; between 100 and ICO.
Tlii-a- wil be C7 countries rcprescnl
■ .1 by delegations, including those
"hi<h dec!,-it'd car and a number
which have come into existence as
tie- icsult of war. Tbo great powers,
notably Great I’.ritain, IT,nice, Italy,
fflc|i have allotted live delegates
while the other d< legations will vary
from one to fum members, aee.ording
to tin- siz- of tin- country and inter
ests involved. Word has been re
< civcd that tlic I’ortugtiese delega
tion soon will join tiio representatives
of the. United States, who thus far
are the only members of the peace
congress to arrive. The non-arrival
of the others has been the subject of
considerable surprise and adverse
comment, tin- Americans taking the
ground that they are t>* proceed with
tlie personnel of the congress not yet
announced. It is understood that
IT* ddent Wilson’s visit to England
is likely to result in conveying quite
definitely the view that it is desir
able that the eongres should bn put
into motion with the lease possible
delay.
SNOW GREETS II. S.
I50VS AT COBLENZ
CHRISTMAS DAY
« Wednesday, I »«n . a |{y
11 e A . iu’i.i t «d I Toss) Snow grpoj -
• •! t •'* A iiinri* ;i ii troops in tin- <.<„•
• ipj' tl ;irv;is« «»n <’hrisMnas monting. .
f; hignn I'DIIill*4 ; I’tr*r midnight arc!
« imtimmd in i -tmc iluwn until tin* «• m
tire d i s»t r i»■ i nreunrl Trews v as co\
irctj l*. r.io dept » nf several inches,
11 a* I in tin* .'iflcrnonn the tall waa still
m progress. T c principal religious
- r ar.s «>t* the American troops were
rid in ‘’olden/. hut ir< \ irtuaII y e\ -
cry village they occupied and in rv
• r\ «amp in the region tin' day was
1" -run with lie-* holding of services
*•: flit* ;irniy chaplains.
'n mam roar iusi;un - within the o -
'• ipmd areas wlirrr. 11» * Americans ludd
rehgj-t j.; h< rvio mi I’hristnia* <la\
(••.rmans t♦ *«part Siv mas. cs were
• • lebrated in ; l»• • largest I'ath'dic
• lurch !:i ‘ **hicn/, more than J*'*" Amer
icans receiving hop ci»umuiiion. Th'
principal Protestants services of tho
Aim r.-Miis m Coblenz were lcl! in the
i h ip*d of fie* lloya! p it.m . J Minns the
morning American hand® paraded the
streets of Coblenz. playing * c»nwitr«l
Christian Soldier.'. * * IP»> ■. of Ages’’
and id her sac red airs, and giving con
certs m front of tin chur-hes where
A mere .ms Worshiped. From the sunn
m i of Clinnbreitsteln. now occupied by
American soldiers. a great illuminate 1
Christmas trie Ida.o-d fortii into the
Christmas night. The tree was visibb
•or mile-* m nil directions.
FRENCH LOSSES
TOTAL 1,071,300
UP TO NOV. 1st
Paris. I »tv. J»5.- AimouncomeTU w^s
nuido in tiu* < r *• f 1 »t-1»ntito
<!;iv > M Adr.i'.. limit r-v eretary of
s*.itt. France \s losses m ofilcens an 1
♦ ik o ixillrct up to Novr luher 1 of this
V »-ar aS'Kreaatcil 1.07LW, cl»\ j as fol
lows Oflirers nu n i,01‘VfXv*. The
number of dead. pvisonr-rs and missing
. given as uffir*r men.
Tii • in on missing aggregated ."v,x) ofli
cerr ami rmn. Tlic prisoners still
living total FM' ofiiren* and men.
Hard Work Ahead
To Define Peace
Points of Wilson
i Paris. Dec. ?<—President Wilson's
Christmas speech is attracting
j much comment, as indicating his
t view ol' the peace congress. TI is re
1 ference to the American chart of
'■ peace being accepted by all the na
, lions concerned is understood to re
! for to his executive points.
The President's statement that lie
1 had not found among the great Icad
: ers with whom he was now cooper
ating any difference of principle or
fundamental purpose is construed
as showing the favorable results of
the conferences during the (vast ten
jdays. It is pointed out in conference
! circles however that the hard work
i ahead is not on principles but on
; defining their concrete form and do- j
I trrmining the details of their ap-j
j plication to the peace treaty. I
With King and Queen,
President and Mrs.
Wilson Face Multi
tude from Balcony of
Buckingham Palace
—Continuous Dem
onstrations From
Chaumont to Dover
London, Dec. tBy The Asso
ciated f’le.s:->.—The great moment of
l’residen: Wilson's lirst day in X-fng
lanri was when he stood with the
King and Queen and Mrs. Wilson in
the balcony of Buckingham Pahaja
today, fin ing a multitude which
.‘•Di tched clear down the Mali to tnc
admiralty, half a mile distant ■' nd
overflowed to the park oji one side
and Green park on the other. Only a
corporal’:; guard could hear the Pres
ident's brief speech but the people
demanded that he show himself and
gave him a greeting more clamorous
than any other guest of the natim
has commanded within the memory
of tlic oldest Londoners. The day's
< vents constituted a tribute to the
President and the United isfu'.ca
which will be historic. The oltieial
to )■• nionials--n reception Ip. the J.'o
\ er eoiporation; and the navy; the
welcome at the station by tnc royal
family and the chief officials of the
empire and the state progress through
the heart of London were colored
with touches of mediecal pageantry
even the crimson-coated beef caters
from the tower, bearing balbred.t,
which the British people eherian.
That the central tigure of the rev il
procession in quaint state carriages,
aided hy a military escort and house
hold officials, should be a civilian
wearing a black coat and a silk nat,
gave a Havor of novelty to the scene.
But the assembling of the people was
spontaneous. That was the chief note
of the day. There had been no time to
erect stande, and windows were not ad
vertised for rent. The people simply
flunked in from all quarters afoot, m
motor.-; and other vehicles, carr\ ing
Hags and their lunches, and standing
for hours in the cold for a chance to get
a sight of the President Ii was a gat It*
• ring principal];.' of tiro plain people, the
thers were in the 'ounlrr for the hol
i.in; . it. was a diverse anil picturesque
throng t-urii as few capitals can mus
ter. with a large element of soldiers
among whom the culnnials seemed e.on
ipieiious and popular, a detachment of
wounded from the hospitals attended
I*, nurses, pelting a full share of toe
eheel's. Tile popularity of the King and
Q U< cm was .-gain testified to by the ova
tion given to them white driving to the
station to meet the President. It is es
timated that 'VjCO.OCO people crowded llie
two miles o: streets through which the
pitty passed. These wore canopied
with tings and bunting and amid the
thudding of the saluting cannon Die
I'resident of (lie United States jeetived
a popular welcome almost unprecedent
ed in in. tor;. London was not satisfied
with tlie tumultuous greeting accorded
during ttie ceremonial drive to Bucking
ham palace, whets tin President and
Mrs. Wilson are slaying as guests of
the King and Queen. Some WjijO people,
filling the huge semicircular assembling
plat form at the palace, cheered inces
santly tiptil half an hour after his ar
rival. when the President appeared on
tnc balcony beside the King. They were
followed by the Queen, who waved a
small American this, anti Mrs. Wilson,
who carried a Union Jack. Princess
Murv ami the Duke of t'onnaught. So
prolonged and intense was the cheering
that tile President, showing great tmo
; .01. thanked irt a few words the citi
zens nt London for their great welcome
President and Premier
To Hold Conference at
Rockingham Palace Fiiday
J. inilon. Deo. 2ti.—The initi.il eoii
\creatiun of the President \yith Pre
mier Lloyd George will take place .it
1" o'clock Friday morning in the
1 'resident':- room at the Buckingham
I’alacc where they will confer until
lunch time when they will drive to
Downing street This was arranged
tonight when the matter was dis
cussed between the premier and a
representative of the President for
the luncheon in Downing street to
meet the President. Mr. Lloyd George
has invited the following: Mareri'S
or Drew. Karl of Curzon, the Karl
of Heading. American Ambassador
John \V. Davis, Viscounts Grey, Mor
!ey and Bryce, and Monar Law, Ar
thur J Balfour, H. II. Asquith, Ar
thur Henderson and Rev. William
Adamson, the two last named labor
members of Parliament. It is under
stood that the conference will con -
time in the afternoon at Downing
utreei. President Wilson will not
meet all the members of the Imperial
war council until the state banquet
Friday night and the premier's .tin
ner Saturday night.
Crowds Cheer Wilson
From Chaumont to Calais
Calais, Dec. 25.—Crowds gathered
at ever station and road crossing
along the route from Chaumont to
Calais after daylight today and
cheered the President's tram as it
passed. The steamer Brighton which
carried the President across the
channel was escorted half way across
(Continued on Pag* 4—Cot. 5)
TO DISRUPT
BERLIN fiOVT.
Radical Party May Make At
tempt—(icrnian Paper Yoi
waerts Seized by Spartacus
Croup—Nearly 100 Killed in
Street Kij>htin<r in Berlin
Monday
Bcrjin, Wednesday, flee. (By
the Associated Fressi — At 11 o'clock
tonight ihc government sent out a
general order to the troops in Berlin
to hold themselves in readiness.
Spartacus forces have seized the
Prussian vrr ministry in addition
to the Yorwaerts. The impression
appeared to prevail tonight that the
Radicals would make u general at
tempt Thursday to disrupt the pres
ent government.
Seize Newspaper Plant
Berlin. Wednesday, pee. "3—(By
the Associated Press)-—The editorial
rooms and the. publishing plant of the
Socialist Vorwacrts were seized and
occupied at t< it o'clock tonight by
member;; of the Spartacus group.
Munition Sailors Released
"London, lice, yr, The mutinous
sailors vim had been holding out in
the Rod Fahnc at Berlin, have hoist
ed the while ling and have been al
lowed to leave under guard, accord
ing t" advices from Berlin sent by
the cxchunge Telegraph correspon
dent at Amsterdam. Government
troops, the message adds, now oc
cupy the palace and the royal stab
les.
Ebert-Haase Govt, in Danger
Berlin. Wednesday. Dec 113, . V*. M.
—(By the Associated Press)—Politi
ettl leaders i)i Berlin, including many
who are not identified with the. pres
ent government, were disposed today
in believe that the Kbert-llaase
i government was no longer intact as
the result of the happenings of
Tuesday. The independent Social
ists hold that Premier Khert was re
responsible. for the predicament into
I which the government was forced
' Tuesday.. They declare that their
- represent at i - is m i ie government
were not aware that Rbcrt had
■ailed .hi tlm troops in Potsdam un
, der Lieutenant Genera! Lequis t"
•oppose live sailors with armed force
oilier circles which arc opposed I"
li e government allege that li
'cabinet’s t'mipromi.- e Willi ti.e sail
ors amounted to an abject ■ apltula
i i ion and was a \ irtor.v for the Rad
ical elements and those opposing the
calling ol' the National As.seml'l'.
100 Killed In Street Fighting
riondon. Tier fit.— Nearly tl-1 persons
were killed in the street lighting which
began in Berlin on lues lay morning,
according to the latest reports from the
German capital, transmitted by the ex
change Telegraph correspondent at Co
penhagen. The republican guards tried
several times to take the royal stables
! and the hcaca|uarlers of the revolting
soldiers, but were repulsed.
Many soldiers belonging to the Berlin
’ Guard and a few of the Republican
Guards joined the sailo-s, t orwaerts
reported.
When these reports were seal, a large
number of armed civilians were contin
uing to join tiie sailors, not onlv at the
royal stables but in the KoenigstraJte.
This strcit. with all its houses, was rc
: por'ed in the hands of tfro sailors, who
j wore supported by tiie Spartacans. They
] demanded that Premier Kbert and Sec
retary Haase resign and he replaced by
Georg Li devour and Br. Karl Lieb
hneeht. Lu Liebknecht. the advices
j add. went to tiie chancellor's palace ami
had a long conference with the minis
ters, the result of which was unknown.
Further fighting was anticipated, it
was added, as the Spartacans and tlm
• sailors had decided to attempt to force
' the guards to return to Potsdam. I tic
, guards were stationed in I nter Per
1 Linden and the Wedersehen Plata.
According to an Mxohange Telegraph
•dispatch from I'openhagen, a force of
• yi.v jailors on Monday formed a guard
; and seized the rted Castle, one of the
, former royal palaces. They blocked the
main streets, entered the public buiid
| ings. and arrested Herr M els, the inili
I tary commander of Berlin; Herr Fisch
l er, his adjutant, and Ur. Bongard
, The Repub!.can Guard with machine
1 guns and artillery bombarded the eas
i tt£ Holes v ere made in the walls, the
porches were destroyed and all the wm
■ dows smashed. The balcony from which
! former Kmpcror William once made bis
speech in which he declared "f know
' r.o parties." was entirely smashed The
. guard eventually occupied the castle,
but the sailors were still holding *n
• other large building at the time the dis
: patch was filed. The square in front of
the castle was littered with stones and
' missiles
Military Commander Released
Berlin. Tuesday, Dec. Cj—(By The
’ Associated Tressl—Herr V-'els, the
military commcnder of Berlin, who
v.ns arrested Monday by revolting
‘ sailor3 during the fighting in which
: many sailors and Bepnbliean Guards
were hilled and wounded, was rc
‘ leased shortly before noon today. lb
spent the night in the basement of
: the former royal stables
Some of the more impetuous sailors
were in favor of immediate execution
, of Weis. but cooler beads opposed
‘this plan The military 'or nimandcr.
(Continued on Page <—-Col. 4)
11 TRANSPORTS
On wav to u.s.
Mauretania Bringing .1000 —
Men Will lie Sent to Camp
I)i\—800 Sick and M ounded
on Henderson—Other Ships
Have Only Small Number!
Aboard
, Washington. l>ec j>> Departure'
i from France of eleven transports, in -
; eluding the Mauretania with more!
1 than .".'tut) men from the 34 < Ui In- .
; fan try ,-C the S Ttl i Division, was an-j
I pounced today by the War Depart- ]
ment. The Mauretania sailing on I
> I
i''hristmas o\e, will reach Now York
j Monday, and most of the men aboard j
I will be sent to Camp Dix ter tie-1
mobilisation. Might hundred sif'k j
land wounded men the on tile lien-'
• ierson, due tit New York January
. but the other vessels are bringing
! only a smali number of men
' The transport Antigone, due at
Newport News January t. is bring
; ins home l) officers and So men of
t lit- 06th (New Kngland > Division,
which has been used as a depot di
• vision anti which lias been reduce.] n>
skeleton proportions. They will bo
I sent to Camp Devons, Mass. The
■'-iid Coast Artillery Regiment with a
! number of casuals and sick and
I wounded are also on the Antigone.
Tho transport Kspagne. which is
i expected t<> reach New York Jan. 2,
, am) tho Virginian, Newport News,
, Jfcn. f>. carry small detachments,
j The transport I’rineess Matoka,
; \fhich will dock at Newport News
; January 2. lias on board the second
i and third battalions of the 03rd Reg
i irnent Coast Artillery, instead of the
i 37th Regiment, as first anonunced.
—
FOR MLR IUSS. PREMIERS
! rfaSCOl .'RAGED OVER
| DECISION OF ENTENTE
I Paris. Dec. 2f> The recent annourve
, men* by Stephen Piehon, the french
: foreign minister, that Die entente
I l.ad decided against extensive mili
I fnry intervention in Russia at I't-M
j ' lit lias had a discouraging effect un
ion fi rmer Premiers Doff and Knknv
soff ami other prominent Russians,
ni , arc now in conference in Paris
I This miii he said despite the f u '
| that they did not expect an immedi
i ate response t<* their appeals Vie
| cause of the lack- of unification o''
I I hi forces o |'.posed In the i'.olsh. y is i
1 and the in.-it.i7it> i.f the remote p i
j visional governments to co-ordinate
: their niovemonts. The Russian lea I
’ . is eonliilue their conferences at te.e
.- Russian imlosr". in the hope 'h it
i t hey will get a formal hearing wl'.i-n
the peace congress actually opens.
12 SHOT AT OMSK FOR
PARTICIPATION IN
HOESHEN IK l PRISING
Vashingon. Dec. 2*1 —-Twe lve ni* it
were shot by court martial orders if
ler an armed uprising by P.olshcvik
regiments at Amsk on the. night of
Dec. 22. said a cablegram received to
day from the Omsk government by
.tlu Russian embassy. The L’.olshev
ists su< cord oil iii frooincT prisoners
i held in tlie iim-k prison, hut a de
! taebment e-f government. soldiers
• itiiekly arrested 12 men who liad
participated in the outbreak, fh -y
: promptly were tied and executed, the
official teport saying "This incident
i was closed before dawn.'' Most of
i i he prisoners released have been e;*p
i tured and part of them returned vol
i untarlb
During the* same night, tie cable
gram said there was an uprising of
railway workmen at the station of
Koulomzino. Telegraph litu s were
cut but unit; from tie- < >msk garri
son rt stored order before further
damage was dope.
| McCullough Elected
President Lackawanna Co.
Now York. Dec. -*>—F. If Moi'ui
iougli. Jr., formerly vice president anil
! ncral manager of the Lacks wmin i
j Steel Co, ms elected president «f
j tlio company today to succeed A
S. Clarke, who lias* resigned to bo
! come head of the N'ortli American
Steel Products Co. Moses Tavlor. for
merly vice president, was elected
! chairman of the board of directors, a
newly created position.
THE WEATHEl.
LOCAL SNOWS
North New England—Local snows
and somewhat colder Friday: Satur
day fair.
East New York — Partly cloudy Frt
: day and Saturday; little change in
I temperature.
Boston Forecast
Foret ast for P.eston and vicinity—
I'air Friday and Saturday, no decid
! ed change in (• mperature. Moder
j ate northwest winds becoming vari
i able.
General Forecast
Winds along the Nqfrth Atlantic
coast wdl be moderate northwest;
•south New England — Fair Friday
1 and Saturday without decided tern
• tl"J ndlUl 'JttJ r» f i ;
| peraturc changes.
HOBEV BAKER
LOSES HIS LIFE
•» I
Killed by Fall from Plane in
France—Was Member of lT. j
S. Aviation Service—Famous;
as College Football and Hock-,
ey Player
New York, Deo. I'd—L'ajjt. Hobaltj
A. II. Baker, the famous Princeton,
athlete known in his college days as
"Hobey” Baker, an u\ iaior in the ■
American army in France, lias been 1
killed in the fall Of ins plane. News (
ol his death was received here today i
by his friend, Percy Pine
Mr. Vine received a cable message1
from Paris signed “1 nglchurta j
member of Baker's squadron, which j
said that Captain Baker had been!
killed in an airplane accident and
requested that his family be notified. J
No details were given.
II. A. H. Baker was famous in
Eastern amateur and college ath
letic circles for his football and hock
ey playing. He easily made the
Princeton ’varsity eleven and was 1
a member of the haektleld from 1911 j
to J'.ipl as well as captain of the
team in his senior year. He was also
captain and a prominent factor in
many of the victories of the Prince
ton hockey team. After his gradua
tion he entered the ranks of the
amateur club hockey players and!
eventually became a member of the |
St. Nicholas v'lub of the American
Amateur Hockey Eeaguc. In the po
sition of rover lie won immediate
recognition as one of the best hockey j
players over developed in the State?.
In n number of international matches
with the leading Canadian teams he
held bis own both as a speed skater
and liockeyist. He was among the
early collegians to enlist in the avi
ation service and soon rose to the
rank of lieutenant. Baker "'as
awarded the Croix de Guerre by the
French Government in recognition
of Ids bravery and skill while in the I
air.
Baker's Career as Flier
Philadelphia, Dec. L'il. -Captain
"Hobey" Baker's career as an avia
tor in . Franco was told here tonight
by .Major Charles .1. Biddle, one of
the American aces, who was in com
mand of the group in which Baker
moved. Major Piddle returned Hone
last week lie said that Baker during
his service at “he front brought <Jov."i
thm Gcmait machines, om at Yptea
and two on the St. Mibb I sector. The
Ink' n acliinc. Major Piddle said, via ■
attacked by Baker. PV'dO f. • t in Pm
air "There was no liner man noi a
belter pilot,"’ said Major Piddle.
STR. LUCKENBACK
AFIRE AT DOCK
BALTIMORE, MIX
Kaltimoro. I >rr\ 20.—The steamship!
Florewc 1«uckenbai‘l;, <Iuc to sail tomor- j
vow for .Krnnop with foodstuffs an l j
fra-Bolint*. is afire at Pier 1. Ijoctist Point, i
Tin « argo is 1’i‘tng removed by the I !»it- j
ed States fire patrol.
BANGOR BOY
KILLED BY AUTO
Bangor. Me., Deo. -ti. Andrew Dor- i
ion aged I-', while coasting near ins,
home in East Hampden today, ran •
in front of an automobile driven *r>\ 1
Point Flagg of Bangor and was bi
stanly killcvl.
STEP TO PROMOTE TRADE
RELATIONS BETWEEN
PERI AND UNITED STATES
New York, fits ‘A*. T • promote trade
relations between this country and Pe
ru the federal reserve Po.it! today an
nounced that the Peruvian government
Into agreed to establish n.i •:' hange
fund of $1 j.W.000 to i ay for purchases '■
of commodities made bv our merchants i
in Peru. It was stated that American !
importer? could secure such exchange
by depositing tlirou-h their hanks vvitii
the federal reserve hank of this city
to the credit < f the Junta de Vigil,nici.v
oV la IbruFion dc (. hequcfi tbrciiilare.i, I
the sum of S‘> plus 1 l-< cents for c^n.h
Peruvian pound, also i commission ■>' I
1-2dth of one per cent, and cable charge-'. I
It is understood that other youth Amer
ican i anks will enter in.o similar ex
change regulations with financial msti- j
tutions, :
BOSTON POLICE TOLl)
CITY CAN T GRANT
LATEST WAGE REQUEST j
Boston. Deo 16.—A committee ri p- ‘
resenting the Boston police force]
t ailed upon Mayor Andrew J. Peters:
today and requested a general in-1
crease of ?200 » year. The men pre- i
viously had asked for $100 which ;
Mayor Peters had promised to try '
and obtain He told the committee to
day that the city was not in a posi- '
tion financially to giant the t'-O'j in- j
crease.
The committee told the mavnr that i
the; was much unrest in the poire ■
department and that if the min did!
not receive the increase they asked j
many would leave the departnien' fori
better paying positions, and they
feared disorganization would I'sn't. '
l iving expense* and the cost of uu:-!
form. hu beep Increased, they a d I
that a minimum increase of y.nj
neewnarj. *
Secretary of Navy Daniels from Deck of
Mayflower Reviews Home Coming Fleet
Royal Welcome Accorded Jackies as They
Parade Gotham’s Streets-Remarkable
Spectacle in Evening on River Front
Each Ship Brilliantly Lighted, Makes
Continuous Line Fire of More Than 6 Miles
New York. Dee. 20.—Riding at anchor in the Hudson to
night wore 21 super-dreadnoughts. dreadnoughts and ships
of the line, v hieh with cruisers and a host of smaller craft
made the mightiest American armada ever assembled. Ten
of the floating foi tresses steamed into the harbor today after
IS months’ service overseas with Beatty’s gland fleet. The
others are the flower of the North Atlantic lice':. Grim guard
ians of a great nation, they symbolized that the United States
has become the second naval power of the world. In the teeth
of a northeaster, in the chill of a driving snow storm, millions
waited hours until the 10 battleships of the home-coming arm
ada appeared. This v as New York’s—and the nation's—trib
ute to the ships, far more eloquent than the greatest din of
w histles, bells and human voices. The royal welcome came la
ter, when the rugged, weather-beaten lais who manned the
ships debarked and with Secretary Daniels and Admiral Mayo
at their head marched down Fifth Avenue in the country's
first great victory parade.
VICTORY PARADE
Leading- civilians In the cheering
were wounded soldiers returned
from France. With the memory of
their o"ti first anxious voyage still
fresh hi their minds, they paid un
stinted tribute to brothers in arms
who had guarded them across the
Atlantic.
Passing in review before the Secre
tary of the Na'y off the statue of
Liberty the home-coming ships
loomed suddenly out of the mist and
as rapidly disappeared. They seemed
almost like phantom 'rati, grim,
gray, majestic in their silent might.
P.tit as they dropped anchor the
skies cleared and they stood revealed
in holiday attire, ablaze from stem
10 stern with* inulai-colorrd pen
nants. To many of those who lined
the shores this flash of sunshine
symbolized the light of peace which
awaited the fleet after the gloom of
war from which they had emerged.
Mm jng at only ten knots ari hour this
Arizona was the first dreadnought ti
pass the Presidential yacht May
flower. on whose bridge stood Mr
Daniels and Secretary of War P-ak
or. With flags masted, sailors and
marines massing the rails the Ari
zona swept b.v stripped for action.
As she came abreast the Mayflower
sin- thundered the salute of lb guns
for the Secretary of War and her
band struck n|> "The Star Spangled
Manner ' A moment only and she
ii.ud faded again into the mist, leav
en ij an impression of great, grev
sides and massive, gun turrets crest
ed with snow.
The Arizona's guns had not fm
js,.eil their salute when the Okla
homa began firing and from H en on
11 o roar of the saluting guns was
continuous. In swift succession
followed the Nevada and the Ftah.
flagship of Hear Admiral Thomas
S lingers, and then the .superdread
nought Pennsylvania, bearing Ad
miral Ib-nry T Mayo, eomamnder
in-chief of the Atlantic fleet. At
two-minute interval-* came the Now
York, flying the flag of Hear Ad
miral Hugh Rodman, and the Texas.
Arkansas, Wyoming and Florida,
with two kit" ha loons towed hv de
stroyers i nmpleting the procession.
The New York was the first of the
battleships f.. display from her main
mast the "homeward bound pennant"
-i long slender flag white and blue, H
foot for every day out from her home
base. AI Hie shiits which followed
her carried the pennants ami it
seemed as if each were longer than
the others. A deep silence followed
the last salute and so accustomed had
those on the Mayflower- become to
the roar of th» guns that is seemed
hardly possible that 1tie review had
lasted less than ltd minutes. When
the last dreadnought had steamed
from sight Secretaries Daniels and
Baker descended from the bridge but
only for a moment. While the May
flower- remained at anchor- to give the
incoming ships time to reach their
posts in the Hudson before Secretary
Daniels inspected the entire fleet at
their anchorages, the British trans
port Saxonia, loaded with sick and
wounded American troops hove
alongside. The heads of the navy
and war departments again went to
the bridge and doffed their bats to
the fighting men. Then, getting un
derway, the .Mayflower moved along
with the transport, and after a sailor
had wigwagged to the larger vessel
the compliments of both secretaries,
the yacht’s band played "The Ftar
Spangled Danner." Instantly those
aboard the Saxonia who ’-ere able to
stand came to attention and then at
the end of the anthem, broke into a
prolonged cheer. In beginning its
tour of the tied the Mayflower first
reached the Florida, lust to anchor.
As the yacht moved through the lano
of fighting craft, with the home fleet
to port and the veterans to starboard,
each ship was dressed and from each
of the new arrivals came the strains*
of the national anthem played bv the
ship's band as the Mayflower came,
abreast. It was a stern array of
ships, despite the splendor of the
flags with which were decorated. All
the Battleships wore coats of sinister
gray, while destroyers and auxiliaries
bore the fantastic touch of the cam
ouflage. Kxelusive of all except
battleships the tonnage of the light
ing craft now in the Hudson amounts
to •12-1,82?. The ten homecoming
craft had a tonnage of 268.H00. Not
counting numbers of smaller craft
She battleships alone carry a total of
S8 fourteen inch guns. 20 thirteen
inch guns and at; twelve inch.
The Mississippi. New Mexico and
dreadnaughts. the battleships whicn
were the last word in naval architec
ture only a few years ago. scent puny
craft, huge as thee are. Under the
shadow of ttie New York shore 300 card*
apart the huge bridge of steel extend*
six solid miles- from &ith street to Fort
Washington Park, where in revolution
ary days an iron chain was stretched
across the river to bar the progress
of hostile i rail In inspecting the ve?
jcln the Mayflower made a run of nea
| ly 10 miles before she finally dropped
anchor at the berth she had left in th
morning. Immediately she was sur
1 rounded by a fleet of gig.-, hearing an
mirals, viee admiral, roar admirals and
captains, to pav tin ir respects to rierre
! tary Daniels and Vice Admiral A. w
• '■rant of the home licet, who arranged
the day s program. A touching seer
was enacted in the main salon of th
.Mayflower where Mr. Daniels welcomed
his guests. Among those invited to wit
iu-ss the review from the presidential
yacht were the wives of naval officers
home at last'aftn IS months' service in
foreign waters.
If the officers devoted no more tint
than courtesy demanded to paying th«ir
respects 'o the secretary before greet
ing their wives, Mr Daniels showed no
disposition to ( hide them.
The reception ended. Mr. Daniels ant
Admiral Mayo landed, entered a ma
chine and drove to the head of the Jong
column of soldiers forming. Hoar Ad
miral Rodman led the line on foot. VVitff
a detachment of marines at its head the
column moved down Broauway to -9to
street, crossed the Fifth avenue and
then swung down that historic thor
oughfare. At the publi. library Mr
Daniels amt Admiral Mav.j left the line
to take their places wi.h the. ©th-r
members of toe Mayflower's party who
had preceded them to the reviewing
stand. Following the marines were pla
toon after platoon of sailors from earn
of the 10 shins which cam- home todav
Mach contingent carried the ship's flax
at its head ami received round after
round of applause. Fuily 10,€00 meu
were in line and iri many instances dogs
taken aboard in Knglan i as mascot,
scampered along with the sailors gail
decorated with American and British
flags. After the parade trie men imme
diately embarked for th-.r sijips, th-r
lo receive shore leave. Tonight a re
msrkabir spectacle was staged on the
Hudson. Karh ship was brilliantly il
luminated with electric 'ights, makirx
the river a sea of tire tor more than
six miles The New York shore was
ablaze with roman candles, ret iri pla -a
by the city's committee of welcome,
and overhead burst thousands of rock
ets. Hardly had the battle fleet, which
rested last night off .Sandy Ilook.
weighed anchor and begun its triumph
al entry into the harbor *han the pres
idential yacht Mayflower moved down
stream frrm its anchorage in the Mud
ton to take its station .or the review
near the giant T*ady of liberty.
Aboard her were Secretaries Daniels
lend Baker Acting Secretary of dial*
Folk. American a'rmv and naval officers
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