The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-26
J. s. Victory Fleet Fine Sight Steanling
 Up River In Storm
Lead By Arizona Warships Presented Winter specta- cle Moving Through Snow AIRSHIPS CIRCLE
 ALL ABOUT FLEET Swept Majestically Past Re viewing Station Into Its
 Anchorage.

New York, Dec. 26-Led by the super-dreadnought Ari- zona, ten great battleships in command of Admiral Henry T, Mayo - the vanguard of Americas victory fleet in Flu ropean waters - steamed ma jestically up New York harbor today in review before Secre- tary of the Navy Daniels and were greeted with a tumultu- ous reception by harbor craft and hundreds of thousands of persons who lined the shores. The fleet reached Ambrose Channel late yesterday and rode at anchor within sight of the city's lights last night.
 The ships weighed anchor at 7:So o'clock today, and. escorted by fleet of 21 airplanes, proceeded slowly up the harbor to the Statue of Liberty, where Secretary Daniels and a party of distinguished guests on the Pres1- dential yacht Mayflower reviewed the procession. The shrieks of thou sands of welcoming sirens and whistles were drowned by the thun- derous salute of 19 guns from each battleship as 1t came abreast of the Mayiower. The dreadnoughts pass ed up the Hudson and anchored from 55th to 125th streets and prepara- tions then were made for 10,650 men to disembark for the land parade down Fifth avenue this afternoon.
 The ships welcomed home, after Is months of strenuous patrols of seas infested by enemy submarines, were the Pennsylvania, Arizona, Oklahoma Nevada, Utah, New York, Texas, Ar kansas, Wyoming and Florida.
 In addition to Secretary Daniels, the reviewing party included Secretary ot War Baker, Secretary of Agriculture Houston, General Peyton c. March chief of staff of the United State! Army, Admiral Grant of the Britisl navy and the senior naval attaches O the Allied nations.
 The homecoming vessels came int port on one of the gloomiest morn ings of the season. As the ships ap preached quarantine, where the, paused because the hour of their re view was not until well on in tn forenoon, occasional flurries of snov blown on cold northwest wind fel from clouded skies which offered n prospect of sunshine.
 This unpropitious weather cam with the dawn while the fleet sti tugged at its anchors off the Anbros Channel lightship. There the snov fell so thickly that the war vessel soon were hidden from observers o shore.
 All the way into the harbor, as tn warships moved through the sno' they presented a winter spectacl Scarcely visible, a giant kite balloo preceded the Arizona, leading unit ( the fleet, into the harbor-an aircra lowed, 800 feet up, by the gunbo; Gloucester. Behind the armada tw more balloons were pulled alor abaft the Florida, the last warsh+ to enter. Above the slowly steamir dreadnoughts airplanes dipped ar rose-obscure snowblrds which ga7 to the scene a picturesque touch they darted about above the bask masts. From each of these mas f1uttered a great American flag.
 At 10 o'clock, notwithstanding u difficulty of maneuvering in Il storm, the. Arizona steamed by Il Mayflower, firing her salute of
 guns in honor of Secretary Daniels.
 Within 22 minutes the last of t ten dreadnoughts, the Florida, flyil her homeward bound pennant, h. passed the Mayfiower, said a wirele message from the press boat T saluting guns could be heard, but t
 ships themselves scarcely could
 seen from the New York shore. they swung Up the river, howev
 their great grey shapes became d
 tinctly visible.
 At 1046 the Mayfower left her st tion and proceeded up the river
 review the fleet at anchor.
 HUMILITY IN NEw YORK.