The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-17
Mighty Demonstration of
 America's Confidence in
 Pres. Wilson in New York
Continued from Page 1

back and at several points had some difficulty in holding in check the men and women who sought to reach the President and shake his hand.
 Fine! Wonderful A great. set of men, were some of the Presidents s expressions as the blue line tramped past in front of the reviewing stand. Once his face became very grave, however, when the sailors from the Florida and Utah marched by, hold ling aloft a standard on which was written Vera Cruz, April 21-22, 1914' The F1orida's mascot. ny namite,'' a goat, restored his smile
 Arrived at the hotel, the President went to his room to rest before luno =,
 The Mayf1ower's arrival in New York harbor last night instead of this morning. as planned, was explain ed to-day. The yacht ran into a storm off the New Jersey coast yesterday Nearly every one in the Presidents party became seasick. The President showed the effects of the voyage less than other members of the party but did not feel very bad, he said.
 Because of the storm it was decid- ed to put into New York harbor last night instead of waiting outside till to-day. It is likely the party will re turn to Washington by train.
 Before going to luncheon the Pres ident received Major General Leon ard Wood commanding the depart 1 mept of the east; Admiral Fletcher | and the ranking officers of the At lantic fleet, who were in full uniform. 1 and Cornelius Vanderbilt. chairman of the citizens committee. Because of the death of his brother, Alfred G.. Vanderbilt a passenger on the Lusi- tania, MT. Vanderbilt had taken no
 part in the ceremonies preceding the review The group escorted the
 President to luncheon In his room the President received several telegraIns from Washington relating to the foreign situation. It
 was said that they contained nothing requiring his immediate attention
 Some of the messages. it was said out | lined the reception by the press of Germany of the Presidents note. Throughout the parade Presi- dent Wilson stood, silk halted, intent
 upon the spectacle, serious of face ex- 1 cept when the passing of the mas | cots from the various battleships
 drew nipples of laughter from the crowd. The line was not long in passing the stand. When the last detachment had passed the Presi- Ldent, accompanied by Acting Mayor l McAneny, Admiral Fletcher. officers of the cabinet, MT. Butler, represent l ing the citizens committee, naval of fcers and members of the commit | tee, left for the hotel Biltmore where the program called for a brief ad- dress by the President at a, luncheon 1 given by the citizens committee. 1 Conveyed by the cruiser Baltimore, I the Aayflower, bringing the Presi- dent from Washington, reached the ] harbor last night and, after a short halt near Tompkinsville, steamed up the river to anchorage off West 41st 1 street It was after midnight when she arrived there and the President and his party. expecting a long day of
 cerem onies, had retired for the night.
 A squad of New York policemen and
 a patrol guard from Secretary Dan liels' yacht, the Dolphin, remained on
 guard at the 41st street landing l throughout the night.
 The naval review, preceded by the 1 parade, was on the program as the chief ceremonial feature of the 10 days visit of the Atlantic fleet to this
 port
 Tomorrow the demonstration will
 end with the departure of the fleet
 for a naval war game along the At l lantic coast
 Three times since the ships of Ad-
 nniraI Dewey returned from the vic ] tory of Manila Bay seventeen years
 ago has New Y ork been the formal host of a United States naval review
 but never since the return has the presence of the warships here arous- yIed greater patriotic interest than on this occasion.
 Hundreds of thousands thronged . the streets at an early hour to wit ness the land parade, later to seeh tvantage points on the Hudson water
 front. The city was in holiday attire : and decked with flags. This morn ing the President set out for shore in a navy launch to perform the frs
 duty of the day-review the land pa = rade of sailors, marines and New I York military forces. Waiting tt | aAf hi at f11a of st sir = the representatives of the mayors = citizens committee, q an escort O ! mounted police and great crowd O d citizens.
 8 Meanwhile all was hustle and activ T lity aboard the sixteen dreadnaught z in the river. From each ship tw, r hundred and fifty b1uejackets and 6i
 marines were landed to form fou s 1 regiments of b1uejackets and one o n 1 marineS-under the command of Ad 6 lEniral Dewitt Coffman, brigade com c mander. Not a few of the officer n and men had distinguished themselve t at less peaceful landing party a = Vera Cruz more than .. year ago. V Between each regiment marched = ships band and regiment of NeY
 York state naval military swung il
 behind The line of march was alont
 I125th street to 5th avenue, up 5tl
 avenue to 57th street to Broadwa,
 land up Broadway to the embarlzinj pO44lLs' AlS was IA1l0o ? reach the reviewing stand at 1o:3O
 Here Admiral Fletcher and other of
 ffcers of the fleet, Acting Mayor Mo
 Aneny and other local notables, hal I seats with the President. They wer o to accompany him after the parad 0 to the Biltmore Hotel, where he wa q to be the city's guest at a Luncheon
 and make a, brief speech.
 = The program called for MT. Will e sons return to the B1ayfIower irnme g diateIy after the luncheon. Then tn l. raising of the Presidents flag wa 6 to be the signal that the commander t in-chief of the fleet was ready t d receive formal calls from it's flag of t ficers and captains. This ceremon I. completed, probably, by 3:3O o'clock e the Mayflower was to weigh anch O I, fOr ff1a raViRUr Her c1earR