New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-27
Thousands Line
Hudson's Shores
To Greet the Ships

IN silence the great American fleet
lott home waters. Not whistle footed.
~ crowds gathered to shout '2oa
voyage"
torious--yet again in silence, so far
ss the sailors could teN But it wpa
not New York's fault.
Thousands lined the battery wall
Thousands flied the windows Of down
Town skyscrapers. Riverside Drive WAS
smmed. The Brooklyn and Station
Elsnt anu Jersey shores were black
wish humanity, but not q whistle footed
and the hedlaiN cf cheers. shrieks ~
welcome and waving OF hags were for
nsuSht, for the crews Of the destrova,a
hattleShips and other naval craft which
psssed Up the Hreson heard not
sound and sew littse through the mist
and snow.
Not even when Dewey came back did
Battery Park present the scene il d;S
Yesterday. II a cold. gray dawn whole
f-mlies gathered thero. Rv s o'clncl
heavy details OF poNce were called not
and. 70 proven, injories in tl,e excite
men{ winch followed The salutss, down
tbs bay. tbs crowds were pushed far
bscA from tho sea wall te the omen
siaSs plots.
Il N'S m same sort C crowd that
welcomes the tlcopships. Only il WAS
sreataN = hGnd0ed times, Tlla paper
shower rom ti}e bic Office huildinos,
fel amid the cheers oF the 1hrnnr~s ~
the streets, but was uunotjced hv tb"
returning sea heroes. If they hnd senn
and heard 1t all they would never hava
forgotten
Civil Wax Veteran Attends
4 81
Ike Grand Army man hut who. u ,,,s
lster established. had heen one e' - T tS<
crew Of She Monitor, the hero shin If
sae Civil War, was ore Of thosa ,vSo
y aohed She Battery Ut dawn. Ii was
oAiily rhtn and for 2n hour he so;,rh.
setter IN tbs doorway Leading to the
aquarium
At y O'Clock he was down in tha
-eopt line. Others were starting honae
e TO their office buildings. Ho neered
o1t INTO the clearing sky, bu1 could see
nothing. a bright faced boy walked IN
. nm ard they looked kindly al one
another. ok
I guess they've all gone past now"
them" -7-'7'
ne Old seaman crowned.
Il MADE up NY mind to see tho flee.
!, / stayed here all day, hut the weather
bea' ms, l guess. Dye think they've
passed up tgle river ~
Iha hQy nodded. Ihon tlls. Old mans
1Sc4. brightened and he put his arm
around Inc youngster's shoulder.
"C'mon," he laughed, well take -
1a.'i and beat the fleet uptown. and tbs
i9g' TOO And off they Went
rive thousand men, women and oh T.
draA gathered along Shore Road in
krn0EINN
hamilton, but only the bare outlines
% the sea fighters we're visible to thew i,l-rrD
automobiles. wagons and even haby
carriages lined the road, ell ravlv
ascorated. On the pier at Fifty-nint6
Screat, additional thousands gathered
and cheered
he silence with which the hundreds
q people Of Staten Island greeted tie
sa'ps was probably the moss imnressive
e. al. Ihe big ships passed closer
20 the Staten Island shore than any
o-'.et' Due tfa Welcomers. armed with
'lolHe-lnakinG instruments. forgot most
q It, as they watched the inspiring
scenes before Them
Crowds Bnare, Ferry boats
MT even from Staten Island were
hurry of snow made more dense the
cisagraenhie fog as the dreadnauchts
passed through the channel As the
Storm increased the crowds were com
pslled to scanlper for shelter, but many
PERSONS went aboard Brooblvn ana
Aanha1tan Ier1yboats. winch we're
about to depart, 10 get Il closer view
:, lne pllhtaouae on every 1erryboat II
me I. George piers were overrun before
TIE crew O. the boats could restrain
Tie crowds. Hundreds OF them we're
pushed back to tne waiting rooms and
compnll led to take thair turns hoard
ing The two ferry boats that we're ryrl-
1'ns. Until long after the tenth and
last waraaip had passed the island the
crowds waited in silennc TO hear tbs
1lneteen gun statutes 10 Secretary
1ealeis but the Toe WIZ 50 Ghick thai
cen the smoke from tha guns VIE LOST.
>. from the Palisades and Riverside
DEg7e the bcst view Wac to be had, and
a! afternoon thousands gazed with az
yynlratlcn upcn the great American fret
-iany OF 10 ere were those who had been
gel-ed by the weather elsev-hera