The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-05-18
AMERICAN FLEET
GOES OUT TO SEA
Each Ship Fired Salute of 2l Guns as II
Passed President Wilson, Who Re-
viewed Them From the
Mayaower.

New York, May lS.--The big fleet o
warships which have been anchored il
the Hudson river for 10 days, stea mec
out to sea to-day, with President Wilson
reviewing the five-mie line as il passed
the Mayfower and Statue of Liberty
As each craft neared the presidential
yacht, salute OF q guns was fired, Will,
sailors and marines stood at attention
at the rails
President Wilson, in reviewing sht
fleet in the Hudson river yesterday. said
that the great battleships were "engnes
| to promote the interests OF humanity
The inspiring thing about America =
the president asserted, lis that she asks
nothing for herself except what she ha q
a right to ask for humanity itself. We
want no nations property; we wish to
question no nations honor we wish to
stand selfishly in the way of the develop.
ment of no nation. 1t il
not pretension on our part to say that
we are privileged to stand for what
every nation would wish to stand for
and speaking for those things which all
humanity must desire"
The spirit which brooded over the
river to-day, said the president, was
Just a solemn evidence that the force
of America is the force of moral prnci-
pie, that there Is not anything else she
loves and that there is not anything
else for which she will contend"
The president took occasion in his
speech TO pay tribute to Secretary OF
the Navy Daniels, who sat beside him.
Although the day was damp and chilly,
with occasional downpours OF rain. the
weather abated in no way the enthusi-
asm with which New York greeted the
head of the nation. In the forenoon he
reviewed long parade of 5000 sailors
and marines from the fleets l6 battle.
ships and from the moment he set foot
on shore until after the luncheon. he
returned to the Mayfower to review the
fleet, his progress through the streets
was continuous ovation. remarked upon
by those who accompanied him as the
most enthusiastic they had witnessed
since the presidents Inauguration He
was plainly touched by the welcome
accorded him.
The president boarded his yacht for
the review at o'clock after a quick
trip from the Hotel Biltmore, where the
was held, A half hour was
spent in receiving official visits from the
flag officers and captains OF the fleet
and then the Mayaower got under way.
The president together with Secretary of
The Navy Daniels, Secretary Lane, Secre
tary Redfeld and Acting Mayor Me. |
Aneny, stood on the yachts bridge. The
feet stretched ahead up the river for
'our miles, each ship dressed from stem
% stern with pennants and ensigDs, the
lational colors fluttering over the taf
rails and at mastheads. The crews in
,lue service uniforms the officers in gold
ace, manned the rails. Overhead dark /
LIQUIDS hung sullen and gray mist blew
'yer the river, harmonizing with the
,ray of the hsttleships, but 50 thick
L times that the furthermost ships of
he line could scarcely be distinguished
rom the Mayilower's starting point. Her
curse took her between the line of
'attIeships and destroyers around the
nd OF the fleet and back between the
'attleships and the Manhattan shore.