Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-26
Vanguard Of Amer. c1a,
Fleet on Duty Overseas
Sails Into New York.
REVIEWED BY NAVY
AND WAR OFFICIALS
Daniels and eaksr WttNeeo]
Arrival in Harbor and Rsvisw land
Parade During Afternoen-Tsn Crest
Battlsships Comprise Fleet Whieee
Comes Home After Eighteen MenthoX
Of Service in Foreign Waters.

New York. Dec. 26.--Led BY thaI
super drea dnausht Arizona. ten great
battle chips in command Of Henry -,
Mayo-a vanguard of Americas vie.
tory feet in European waters--s;camcl
up New York harbor today in review
before Secretary of the Navy Daniels
and were given a tumultuous reception
by harbor craft and thousands of per-
sons who lined the shore. The ficctI
reached Ambrose channel late yestcr-
day.
The ships weighed anchor at 1;Sv
o'clock today and. escorted BY Z neet3
of twenty one airplanes, prcceedecy
slowly up the harbor to the Statue 0f
Liberty. where Secretary Daniels ANIL
a PARTY of guests on the MayhoWcrI
reviewed the procession.
The shrieks OF thousands OF welcom-I
ing sirens and whistles were droWncslI
by the thunderous salute Of nincteenI
guns from each battleship as II camel
abreast of the tMayflower.
Land Parade Follows.
The dreadnaughts passed up sth0I
Hudson and anchored and preparM-I
tions then were made for 1850 mem
to disembark for the land parade this
afternoon.
The ships welcomed home aftcrI
eighteen months of strenuous patrol
overseas infested by enemy subnta-
rines are the Pennsylvania, the Art
zona. the Oklahoma. the Nevada. thu
Utah, the New York, the Texas, th
Arkansas. the Wyoming and th
Florida agS
In addition TO Secretary Daniels, mi
reviewing party included SecrSt6Ty
War Baker. Secretary OF Agricultural
Houston. General Peyton G. March
chief of staff of the United StAtel
army. Admiral Client Of \, the BtttlG)
navy. and the senior naval attaches 81
the allied nations.
Arrive in Snow Storm.
After the parade this afternoon IND
men VIII he given shore leave and
number of entertainments and dinner.
will bc given in their honor.
AZ the ships approached quarantins
10 await the hour OF review occasional
nurries of snow fell. All the way fnt(
the harbor as the warships moved
through the snow they presented
winter spectacle. Undeterred, I'm
many thousand persons who had ar
sembled on the shores from Sand,
Hook 10 Bo ttory park and the lowrl
Hudson river faced the cold and TN
owfall-dctcrmined to pay Il tribute
to the 25o3O naval heroes. as thr.
passed by on the rightly ships.
al, LII s...
preceded the Arizona leading unit u
the fleet, into tho harhor an aireraf
tuwcd sec fec: ;;r Hy the hs:.
+ Gloucester. at the end Of q taut line.
Behind the Armada two more baf
looms were pulled along abaft the EiOr{
ida the last wurship TO enter Aboyi
toe slowly steaming dreadnaught hirsX
planes dipped and rosc---obscure SHOW
birds which gave to the scene q Elsk/
,uresdue touch as they darted abo1
above the basket mast Of the battl
ships. From each of these masts flueZ
tered great American flag.
Promptly at 10 o'clock, Notwithstanding
ing the difficulty of nanenvcring
the snow storm. the Arizona steam
by The Mayflower. firing Der salute q
nineteen guns in honor Of Sccresay
| Daniels.
Sick and Wounded Arrivs.
Following the Homecoming battt
feet into port today came the BrittC
liner Saxonia from Liverpool with ! ,40I
sick and wounded officers and met
! mostly surgical cases.
Within twenty two minutes the las
of the ten dreadnarghts, the F'loridu
Hyins her homebound pennaht, had
passed the Mayhower, said wireless
| dispatch from the press boat.
Soldiers Celebrate Christmas.
Neufchatel Dec. 2o.---Lnristmas WI