New-York tribune., 1918-12-21
Battle Fleet
Enters HarbOr
Christmas. Day
To Anchor in Sight of City
ON Wednesday Afternoon,
Latest Wireless Reports
Great Pageant Thursday
New York's Welcome to
Start With Real Turkey
and Fixings Sent to Ships

Uncle Sans greatest battlefield will
spend Christmas within sight of the
spires of New York.
Far down New York Harbor the flag
ship Pennsylvania, and divisions nine
and SIX of the great fighting organi-
zation that did so much to bring about
the surrender of the German fleet will
ride at anchor while the city cele
brates Christmas.
Definite information concerning the
whereabouts Of the homecoming war
ships and the time Of their arrival in
New York Harbor were forthcoming
from Admiral Mayo yesterday. A wire
less to Rear Admiral Usher carried this
news, and resulted in the announce
ment that the great naval pageant to
welcome the heroes of hitherto name
less battles with submarines in the At
lantlc and the North Sea would take
place on the morning of December 26
the day after Christmas.
But of greatest interest to the men
who will be aboard the twenty-five
fighting ships down the harbor next
Wednesday is the fact that they prob
ably will have just the same turkey
dinner that will be enjoyed by those
New Workers who can afford to pay the
market price.
With All trimmings"
Representatives of the War Camp
Community Service yesterday under
took to send the national bird TO the
anchored battleships in such quantities
that nobody on board will want for
second helping. Along with the supply
of turkey will go sufficient cranberries,
sweet potatoes and other trimmings"
to make possible dinner like "nother
used to make"
The severe storms that have held lack
the fleet evidently had subsidized yester-
day. for wireless to the local naval
Offices promised that the submarine
fighters that have been on duty since
the beginning of the war would arrive
off Sandy Hook early Wednesday after
noon. Cutters carrying the makings of
Christmas dinners will greet the home
corners and, unless present plans mis-
carry, representatives of the Mayors
Welcoming Committee will shout well
come to American shores through mega
/ phones.
Recent experiences with the Atlantic
in winter time have shown that any
thing more definite than this cannot be
arranged, however. There will be no
attempt to board the fighting craft un-
til the following day.
The programme for the review to be
held on December 26, completed yester~
day, provides that the Presidential
yacht Mayfower, carrying Secretary of
the Navy Daniels and numerous other
Federal officials, will take its position
off the Statue of Liberty at 10 a. IN.
Another boat, the Patrol, carrying
committee OF welcome, along with 8
third craft carrying newspaper men
and photographers, will take their po-
sitions alongside the Mayhower
To Be Double Review
Then the entire fleet will pass in
review before this reception commit
tee, sailing up the Hudson to Ninety
sixth Street. The reviewing craft viii
wait one hour, during which time the
battle fleet will reach the points OF
anchorage designated by the Navy De
partment, before passing up the river
for second inspection Of the fighting
craft.
At Ninety-sixth Street the crews o,
the battleships will come ashore anc