The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-04
Left Washington Last Night on Special Train for New York-Sails
 Today
PARTY INCLUDES PRESIDENTS WIFE
 AND MOTHER-IN-LAW
Only Three of the Five American Representatives to Peace Confer ence Will Cross Atlantic
 With President on the
 George Washington


 George Washington
 Washington, December 3. President Wilson began tonight his tripto Europe to attend the peace conference.
 The President left Washing ton on special train for New York, where tomorrow he and his party will board the trans port George Washington, on which the voyage across the Atlantic will be made. No announcement was made as to the Presidents itinerary, but it was understood that the George
 Washington would steam from New York with her navaI con-
 voy sometime tomorrow, prob-
 nbly in the morning. About
 seven days will be required for the trip and the ship will dock at
 French port, presumably Brest.
 ONLY MONTH IN EUROPE The President does not expect to be abroad for more than six weeks. which would give him just month on Flu ropean soil. Before the peace cohfer- ence meets he will confer with Pre- miers Lloyd George Of Great Britain, lClemenceau of France and Glsasfe ar Italy, and probably with s 9ghs4t of Belgium, to discuss the sAl3&a aGis of the peace treaty
 1 While in Europe MT Nflwen n83s 1 to visit England and Itals as we@ A France and he may go to Es'ssAe @g9 also is understood to intesa t,, ;uaiee lpilgrimage to some or ths stl @scs lin France, Great peepa hsSs I been made in London, Pa4is Gua BsY for the Presidents receptis8 i Joseph F. Tumulty tha isresssest i secretary, accompanies Mi Nf5Sng ta ! New York, but will not fh ahFpN,& 7ias | will return to Washingtea tu sppAN1 1 the business of the Whits ilc RHG | will be the eyes and eara 0f 8tS r6sss l dent in this country. M & will be in frequent comm alts fiSa <, tM the President by cable wIu K@4B l hlm fully advised of events at home. 1 President Wilson did not go to the Onion station until a short while be- l fore the time for his train to depart. I As he and Mrs. Wilson entered the sta- l tion the crowd there cheered and sol I diers and sailors who were waiting for ] trains formed human lane through which the President and Mrs. Wilson walked to the train shed.
 l When some of the crowd wished the Incl nd m a n | voyage" Mir Wilson smilngly called back "thanS you..
 i PERSONNEL OF PARTY I Just before the train pulled out of the station the per xnnel of the party aboard was announced as follows; I In the Presidents $ immediate party; The President and Mrs. Wilson. Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, the Presidents physi- elan; George Greet. chairman of the com mittee on public information Gilbert T. ] Close, confidential clerk to the Presi- ! dent F, l. Hoover. head usher at the White House, and Miss Edith Benhan, secretary to Mrs. Wilson
 {! Others on the train were the Secretary 1 of State and Mrs. Lansing; Secretary l Baker, who was to leave the party at Eoboken; John w. Davis, ambassador to Great Britain. and Mrs Davis; Henry l White a member of the peace delega- l W s. Benson; Major and Mrs, Scott; lLieutenant Commander Hatch. Mir. Har- 1 rls MT. McNeir. MT. Weeh Sidney smith; the French Ambassador and Mrs. Jusserand; Count De Celleri, the Italian ambassador and Mrs. De Celleri, and two children. and Col. R. Fl. Jordan of the general staff. transportation officer.
 ONLY THREE SAIL 1 Only three of the five American repre- f lsentatives to the peace conference as an- nounced at the White House last week will cross on the former North German Lloyd liner They are the President him self, Secretary of State Robert Lansing land Henry White former ambassador Ito France and italy. | Col E. NJ House and Gen Tasker II Bliss, the other two members, now are | ln France. and will join the President l there Rear Admiral H. $. Knapp and Capt William V. Pratt are accompany ling the presidential party and will re- port to Admiral Benson, naval represent ltative with Colonel House on the peace mission, as his assistants. Admiral Knapp l has been in command of the naval forces |in Haiti and San Domingo and Captain Pratt, who is assistant chief of naval l operations, has beens acting head of the bureau of operations during the absence abroad of Admiral Benson,
 THREE SECRETARIES l Secretaries of the peace delegation will l be Joseph C. Grew former secretary of eni bassy at Berlin and later charge al Vienna, and who now is in Paris nak- l ing preliminary arrangements. Leland Harrison of the Latin American division, and Philip H. Patchin. confidential as- sistant to Secretary Lansing. 2 William McNeir goes as disbursing of | ficer and s. Y. Smith as draughting of- fcer and large force of clerical as- sistants from the state department is ac- companying the party.
 | Dr. James Brown Scott and David Hunter Miller will be technical advisers I in international law and Dr. s. E. Mezes. head of the state department bureau of Inquiry. established last year to study | peace problems. will attend the confer ence as director of specialists. large rarty of whom win go with him on the George Washington.
 l MANY ARMY OFFICERS l Army officers accompanying the party include Brigadier !General Churchill. chief of the military