Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-27
FIGHTING SHIPS
FROM WAR ZONE
WELCOMED HOME
Greatest American Fleet
Ever Assembled Now
in Hudson.
THOUSANDS OF SAILOR LADS
RECEIVE SPLENDID OVATION
Ihunderous Applause Greets
Marching Veterans of
Overseas Service.
PARADE REVIEWED By DANIELS
Night Scene on River. .iblaze for Six
Miles with Fleets Lights,
Memorable spectacle.
THOUSANDS OF SAILOR LADS
RECEIVE SPLENDID OVATION
PARADE REVIEWED By DANIELS
Nigh, Scene on River. !iblaze for Six
Miles with Fleets Lights,
Memorable spectacle.
fRy Assoc.a,ed Press

NEW YORK. December 2G.-Riding
- anchor In tho Hudson tonight were
t"enty-one super Dreadnoughts. Dread
noughts and ships OF the line. with
cruisers, destroyers and a host Of
smaller craft. the migh,iest American
armada ever assembled
Ten OF the floating fortresscs steamed
into the harbor TO-DAY after eighteen
months service overseas with Beatty's
grand neet. Tho others are the fiowe:
OF the North Atlantic Fleet. Grim
guardians OF a great nation. they SYM
boiized tina, the United states has be-
come the second naval power OF the
world
IN the teeth OF a northwcster. in the
thii! Of a driving snowstorui. millions
waited hours until the ten battleships
OF Inc hong coming armada appeared.
This was New York's and the nations
tribute TO the ships, far more eloquent
than the greatest din OF whistles bells
ana human voices.
Guns that awaited in vain the chal.
lenge OF German sea-power thundercd
TO-DAY In salute to the Secretary OF
tho Navy and to the sovereign citizen
ship he represents when the Hover OF
the war. passed she Statue of Liberty
IN review staged in a setting OF
wind driven snow and low lying clouds.
CONTINUOUS sALUTEs
The Arizona's guns had not finished
their salute when the Oklahoma be-
gan iirinG, and from then on the can
aonadins was continuous In swift
Utah. flagship Of Rear-Admiral Thomas
;. Rodgers. and then the super Dread
im,pnght Pennsyivania, bearing Admiral
,tenTy ire IT, q. Mayo, 10 comma nder-in- chief of
tcrvals came the New York nyine tho
bag or Rear r-admiral Hugh Rodman.
and the Texas, Arkansas. Wyoming and
FLORIDA. with two kite balloons, towed
sion
The New York was the first Of the
battieships TO display from her main
mast the 'homcward- bound pennant."
4 long slender strand Of red. white and
biue. "A foot for every day ou, from her
home, base All the ships which fol-
lowed her carried the pennants. and il
seemed as II each were longer than
I the others.
ashore after the Dreadnoughts had
reached their anchorage and assembled
Fif,b tGT 4 paasade axene. which took them through
rotary Daniels and the fleet comman
der admiral Mayo. riding in an auto
Through snowy weather so thick
ma, sometimes the shore observers
the fleet passed cautiously through the
Narrows. at Quarantine, into lis
haven of welcome.
mad gone into the Hudson. with her
he coming M pennant futterins in the
hove into sight from Quarantine. a
sailor wigwagged TO the Saxonia the
and the Secretary of the Navy" The
desuGEnooys G oyso.s who could walk. Informed
cered of .he srssting Growded the rails and
played the national anthem.
MAfFLOWER. WITH DANIELS
ABOARD. FOLLOWS FLEET
ooTGihe The NJ MdaynoIer then, followed the
street There ADMIRAL Mayo, Vice e"
ADMIRAL Grant, Of the home fleet, aud
Of the overseas sqmadrons. with the
home ;eoming captains. came aboard
Secretary Daniels bad a reception. He
IRSresented Victor Blue. captain of the
Of the Burcau Of Navigation to succeed
Immediately afterward the Official
party was taken ashore. where from a
TisHd heT watehea srss,ea e Se
service Khaki. tread home soil in
applause as it moved through the heart
OF tho metropolis. Only the sea fight
Of fand dhe earaas Ena.opesn sanadrons joined
pennsylvania, who had conveyed to
rance the President Of the United
;nied this .honorNihe conntry's In Ty uie tribe
y e for foreign service.
q Hxclusive of all except battleships.
esi.e Z tonnage of the fighting craft now
III the Hudson amounts to 424,S22. The
ten homecoming craft had a tonna ge
OF IsS'ooo;i ooi,nos Not counting guns o
carry a total of eighty-eig fourteen
inch. guns. twenty thirteen inch guns
and ffty--six twelve-ineh guns.
Under the shadow Of the New York
shore. 500 yards apart the bridge Of
steel" extends six solid miles. from
I'ifty-ffth street to Fort Washington
Park.
In inspeseting the vessels. the May
before she finally dropped anchor al
the berth she had left in the morning.
WIVES OF NAVAL. OFFICERS
MEET THEM on MAYFLoWER
4 y touching scene was enacted in the
AMr. Daniels welcomed his guests the
High officers. Among those invited to
.}witness the review from the presiden-
,iai yacht lnr,S were the ,as, wives Of naval Of
months service in foreign waters. If
the officers devoted no more time than
courtesy demanded to paying their ro-
inc their wives. Mr.. Daniels showed
no disposition to chide them.
Tonight remarkable spectacle was
brilliantly Illuminated with electric
\ lights. making tho river sea Of fire
FOR more than s:T miles. The New
tNork shore was ablazc with Roman
tcandlcs, set In place by the city's COM
lulttce Of welcome. and overhead burst
khousands OF rockets.
( Hardly had tho battle fleet, which
USED las, ,nI night on q Sandy Hook.
hs4,nt entry Into the Aharbor than the
k{N--IConlin0cd on Second TiSSCe- ! ~