Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-12-27
Millions of Persons Stand in
Driving Snow Storm to Wei
come Men Who Helped to
Make the Seas Safe,
DANIELS REVIEWS
PARADE OF FLEET
Secretary Of Navy and Other
National Leaders Join in the
Welcome to Admiral Mayo
and His Hardy TarS,

10Y MORNING JOURNAL sprcts, leAsso w,aEl
New York, Dec. 20 Riding at an
Choir in the Hudson tonight were
twenty-one superdreadnaughts. dread
naughts, ships of the line, cruisers,
destroyers and a host of smaller craft,
the miGhtiest American armada ever
assembled, Ten of the floating fort
resses steamed into the harbor today
after eighteen months service over
seas with Beatty's grand fleet The
others are the flower OF the North At
lantio fleet Grim guardians of a great
nation, they symbolized that the Unit
ed States has become the second ma
val power of the world
In the teeth of northwestern in the
chill of driving snowstorm, millions
waited hours until the ten battleships
o. the homecoming armada appeared
This was New York's and the nations
tribute to the ships far mort eloquent
than he greatest din of whistles, bells
AND nufuaa voices. The vocf Nlcome
came later when the ruRge ather-
beaten lars who napned Fps de-
parked alu, wttil 'Stcrel Daniels
and Admiral MayG at head,
marched down Fifth ave- in the
country's first great victory parade.
Leading civilians in the cheering
were wounded soldiers returned from
France With the memory of their
own first anxious voyage still fresh
IN their minds, they paid unstinted
tribute to brothers in arms who had
guarded them across the Atlantic.
l,"vealed in Gay Attire.
Passing in review before the secre-
tary of the navy, off the Statue Of Lib
erty, the homecoming ships doomed
suddenly out of the mist and as rap
idly disappeared. They seemed almost
like human phantom craft, grim. gray,
majestic in their silent might. But as
they dropped anchor the skies cleared
and they stood revealed in holiday at
tire abaze from stem to stern with
muiti-colored pennants.
Moving at only ten knots an hour,
the Arizona was the first dreadnaughtI
to pass the presidential yacht May
flower on whose bridge stood Mr.,
Daniels and Secretary OF War Baker,
With flags masted, sailors and ma
rines manning the rails, the Arizona
swept by. stripped for action. AS she
came abreast the Mayflower she thun-
dered the salute Of nineteen guns for
the secretary of the navy and herI
band struck up The Star Spangled
Banner"
A moment later she had faded again
into mist, leaving only an impression
of great gray sides and massive gun
turrets crested with snow
The Arizona's guns had not finish
ed their salute when the Oklahoma
began firing and from then on the
was continuous. In swift
followed the Nevada and
The Utah. flagship of Rear Admiral
Thomas S. Rogers. and then the sup
srdreadnaught Pennsylvania, bearing
A dmiral Henry T. Mayo, commander !
n-chief of the Atlantic fleet At two |
minute intervals came the New York, !
flying the flag of Rear Admiral Hugh !
Rodman. and the Texas, Arkansas, |
and Florida, with two kite !
balloons. lowed by destroyers, COM
Dleting the procession.
The New York was the first Of the !
1attleships to display from her main |
mast the homeward hound pennant," !
/ long slender strand of red white |
md blue. All the ships which fol- |
owed her carried the pennant
A deep silence followed the last !
salute and so accustomed had those |
IN the Mayfower become to the roar |
II the guns, that it seemed hardly |
possible that the review had lasted |
ess than twenty minutes.
Daniels Inspects Fleet.
When the last dreadnaught had I
steamed from sight, Secretaries DAN
els and Baker descended from the |
ridge, but only for a moment. While I
he Mayflower remained at anchor
o give the incoming warships time
o reach their berths in the Hudson
'efore Secretary Daniels inspected |
he entire fleet at their anchorages. /
he British transport SaXonia. loaded
With sick and wounded American
roops, hove alongside. The heads of
he navy and war departments again
scended to the bridge and DOTTED
heir hats TO the fighting men
Then, getting under way, the May
lower moved along with the trans
'ort, and after a sailor had wig-wag-
ed to the larger vessel the compli-
nents of both secretaries, the Yachts
and played the ''Star Spangled Ban
er." Instantly those aboard the Sax
mia who We're able to stand came to
ttention and Their at the end of the
broke into a prolonged
heer.
In beginning its tour of the fleet.
he Mayflower first reached the Flori-
a, last to anchor AS the Yacht moved
through the lane of fighting craft
With the home fleet to port and the
.eterans to starboard each ship was
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