Bisbee daily review., 1918-12-14
SAILORS CHANT TOUCHING HYMN
 FOR PRESIDENT
Last Night on George Wash ington Made Memorable by Choir of Enlisted Men Sing ing Old Tunes

ON BOARR THE U. S. S. GEORGE WASHINGTON, Thursday, Dec. 12.- (By Wireless to the Associated Press.) l-President Wilson's last night aboard the ship that bore him to France to attend the peace conference at Yer
 sailles was memorable. It was marked by a demonstration on the part of the i personnel of the ship which greatly
 touched him.
 ! President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson had attended a moving picture show
 aboard the George Washington and when the show had ended and they were ready to depart a great chorus of bluejackets, unannounced, entered ! the salon and sang two verses of God Be With You Till We Meet | Again"
 | After the singing the president ex- pressed his appreciation of the sig nificance of the words of the old hymn, especially as coming from men of all walks of life, many of them former prosperous business men who had sacrificed their interests in serv- ing their country in time of need.
 At the conclusion of the singing the orchestra burst forth with ''Auld Lang Syne," and tine voices of the whole ships company were rased to the tune, which must have been heard on the decks of the torpedo boat de- stroyer convoy a quarter of mile off. The president bowed his ac- knowledgments to the sailors. but he left the salon without delivering an address.
 Remains Two Months.
 President Wilson will remain in l Europe probably two months, return | ing to Washington, if indications pre- | vail that his presence is necessary, just before the close of the present ! congress- If later he is required at | the peace table, it\is said he will not | hesitate tof return to France. It Is | known, however, that he hopes to ] avoid this latter contingency and that 1 all affairs requiring his counsel will | be disposed of before the middle of | February refreshed and invigorated | by ten days at sea, President Wilson | is in excellent physical condition for the hard work ahead of him. From | the time the George Washington passed out of sight of the Statue of | Liberty the American executive has exercised consistently. He has rested a great, deal, but still has found time | for much work in daily conferences and with state papers. He has made | appointments, accepted resignations | and signed pardons, and conducted by wireless, probably for the first time | in history as the head of any nation, more work than ever before has been accomplished in this manner. Mean while. he has been in constant touch | with the American officials in Wash ington and Paris.
 Enjoys Voyage Greatly.
 President Wilson seemingly has thoroughly enjoyed the voyage. Noth- ing has pleased him more than the | moving picture taken of him with the | assembled crew on the forward deck, in which the president shook hands | with every one, from the grimy fire room gang men to the men of the | upper deck. He has spent the eve nings at the bluejacket amateur shows and posed generously for hundreds of snapshot pictures by officers and | men He has read the ships daily | paper without fail and generally has attended the nightly moving picture shows.
 President Wilson has expressed | much enjoyment at the singing of the sailors quartet. At target practice | and in signalling maneuvers he always has been one of the most interested | of the spectators.
 Refuses Most invitations.
 Invitations from Europe have been coming fin large numbers by wireless, but President Wilson has been uni form in declining them and trying to cut down the number of official func- tions arranged for him to a minimum. He has summarily rejected all invita- tions which might be liable to con strue as meaning that he is on a pleasure trip.
 It is said that President Wilson feels he cannot forego a visit to the American troops at the front or a visit to the devastated regions of France. and that he intends to crowd such visits into his absences from Paris up to January 3, when the peace con ference gets down 10 business. Dur ing the succeeding six weeks he will conduct his daily business at the Murat palace. the same as at the white house, surrounded by his clerks, advisers and attendants.