Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-12-26
AME R|CA' s GREAT
FIGHTING ARMADA
IN HOME WAITE RS
Ten Great Fighting Ships An
Choir Near Liberty Statue
After Eighteen Months Ser
vice in Europe,


teships, the vanguard of America s
overseas armada, returning to home
shores after eighteen months service
IN European waters. dropped anchor
this afternoon off Sandy Hook. They
viii enter the harbor tomorrow i'm
triumphal procession and, under the
shadow of Liberty statue, pass in re-
view before Secretary Daniels.
The titans of the sea. leading
scores of smaller craft in the race
for the home land, were headed by
the superintendent Pennsylvania
which, with Admiral Henry Y. Mayo.
aboard, conveyed President Wilson'S
ship to the coast Of France.
The first word that the battle fleet
was about to enter home waters was
received here Shortly after midnight
today, when the Despateh, the yacht
from whose mast now flies the flag of
Vice Admiral A. w, Grant. picked up
wireless message from the Pennsyl-
vania. This message, signed by Ad-
nlral Mayo, the commander in chief,
expressed 10 the officers and men of
the home fleet the Christmas greet
ings of thousands of sailormen re-
turning from war duty
Send Greetings.
\ few minutes later the radio APP
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terv mark Al once two ocesn turs
loaded to tho rail Win Cbristmas Iet
tars raced dawn IN An,broee channel
and delivering tbeir carqo e.dded a
real toucb of home To - C,bristnas
snent on tbo sna with New Yor,' III
most in siebt ~
VpsSols in Lloct
Resides tbe Enthusiastically tba fleet
con,nrisos tbe New York f1apshin of
division No O with Woo ADMIRAL
TIngb Rodman. tho Tevas Nevada
Arkansas Florfda and wyoming ali
of division No. 9. the Utah. flagship
of division No. 6 with Vice Admiral
Thomas s. Rodgers. and the okla |
homa and Arizona of the same di-
vision
To New York falls the honor of
acclaiming for the whole nation the
home coming fleet and il is predicted
that the review and land parade to-
morrow viii go down in history as
the greatest spectacle of its kind this |
half of the world has ever known.
Escorted By Air Fleet.
When the long column of fighting |
ships, led by the Arizona, enters the !
narrows tomorrow morning and |
moves Ia the anchorage berths in the |
Hudson, it will be escorted by an |
aerial fleet Of twenty-one seaplanes i
and two dirigibles from the naval air |
station at Rockaway.
Besides these aircraft. the fleet will !
be accompanied by three kite bal !
looms one lowed by the Gloucester. |
and flying at a height of 500 feet. will |
move nearly mile ahead of the Ari- |
IONA. while behind the Florida, the /
last shin in line, win be towed the |
other two.
Every factory whistle for miles !
around has received final inspec-
ton. SO that thev should not fail to |