New-York tribune., 1918-12-23
ALI Governors
Are Asked to
Greet Fleet
Many State Executives Will
Be ON the Mayfower
With Secretary Daniels
Flag Salute Is Planned
More Warships Arrive to
Take Part i'm Great Naval
view on Thursday

That portion of the Hudson River
that lies in the shadows of New York
apartment houses was charted and
marked with buoys yesterday for the
home coming of the American feet
from overseas.
Long before the hour for the naval
review Of next Thursday morning the
surface of the river will have taken
on coat of mottled gray from the
varied assortment of naval craft that
VIII ride at anchor until summoned to
the lower bay to greet the service
SCARED overseas fleet Representatives
of every branch of Uncle Sans naval
service will be found in the group of
welcoming ships, from superdread-
noughts to the tiniest of scout boats.
Six more destroyers arrived in the
river in the rain yesterday afternoon
and took places at anchor with the bat
tleships and destroyers already there.
Several larger ships will arrive from
patrol duty to-dsy.
Half an hour later the fighting tops
OF three big battleships appeared in
the haze down the harbor Before dark
the Maine, Missouri and Wisconsin had
taken their places with the remainder
of the ships, which, having done duty
on this side of the Atlantic throughout
the war, are awaiting the opportunity
to join those that guarded the neck OF
the bottle that held the German fleet
until its surrender.
John Wilbur Jenkins, representing
the Navy Department. arrived in New
York in the afternoon and took charge
Of the arrangements for receiving the
overseas feet here. While the Mayors
committee to welcome the homecom-
ing soldiers will continue to act with
the Navy Department, the active ar
rangements are in the hands Of repre-
sentatives of Secretary Daniels.
Plan Flag Salute.
The converted yacht Xarifa Will
be turned over to newspaper men.
photogr piers and moving picture men.
1t will occupy position next to the
Mayhower, the Presidential yacht.
which will be used as a marine review
!ng stand by Secretary Daniels and
other naval and military officials.
Some time tomorrow several mortars
will be dispatched to positions in the
harbor opposite the Statue OF Liberty,
III order to face the fleet when it passes
the Mayfower Thursday morning. The
mortars will discharge several broad
sides of specially loaded shells as the
overseas fleet passes, resulting in a
shower of flags that will float down
from parachutes.
The Governors of each state in the
Union. their wives, members of the
Cabinet and their wives, along with
numerous other notables of federal and
state governments, have been invited
to witness the pageant from the May
flower. 1t was said yesterday that most
Of those invited had accepted.
The returning feet will carry about
$4,000 officers and men, who alone will
make up the parade. Only those en-
titled to wear service stripes for actual
service with the overseas fleet will ap-
pear in the land demonstration.
Work on the two reviewing stands
from which the land parade will be
seen by naval, military and civilian
notables will be started tomorrow
morning. The official stand will be
erected on the west side of Fifth Ave
nue. and Twenty-third Street
Craft Being Decorated.
The river will present a great pan
Drama of color TO the returning fight
ers. Every boat Of the thousands of
pleasure and business craft that will
line both shores will fly the national
colors and special flags of welcome.
The siren of each ship viii be tied open
during the passing of the fleet. re
sulting in din that is expected to
make previous demonstrations seem as
nothing.
Practically all shipping business will
be suspended for the time. Vice Ad
miral Grant, who will have charge Of
the movement of all shipping during
the review, will make certain that no
ship not scheduled to take part in the
review approaches close enough to the
parading battleships and their escorts
to make an accident possible