The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-03-07
PRESIDENT WILSON
SAILS FOR FRANCE.
Sailing Delayed to Receive morning
Papers-Small Crowd Sees
President off.

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Wilson sailed today on his second voy-
age to France, determined, as he said,
in his Metropolitan Opera house
speech here last night, not to "come
back till it's over over there The
transport George Washington bear
ing the presidential party, left Ho-
boken, N. j., pier at 1915 a. m.
The chief executives departure was
marked by a simplicity which o
trasted with the noisy demonstration
given him when the George Washing
ton carried Mr.. Wilson from Ameri-
can waters on his first journey to
Paris last December.
Small Crowd at Pier.
Today there was only a small
crowd of persons assembled at the
army transport pier. To these the
president, hat in hand, and Mrs. Will
son waved farewell greetings as the
George Washington swung out into
the lower Hudson river while the band
on the transport Great Northern,
berthed nearby, played "The Star
Spangled Banner"
Standing on the bridge the presi-
dent and his wife saw the Stars and
Stripes raised on the staff of the
stern and heard the booming of the
guns. AS the transport turned it's
nose toward the Statute of Liberty
an escort of destroyers got under way
ahead. The harbor was nearly de-
serted because of the strike of ma
rine workers.
The George Washington passed
quarantine at 9:1O a. m. and was sa-
luted by twenty-one guns by the Unit
ed States ship Amphitrite and by
whistles blown by all the steam craft
in the lower bay.
Owing to the harbor strike there
were no private tugs available to tow
the George Washington out into the
river. Two army transport tugs were
present, but the ship was got under
way without their aid.
The ship sailed in command Of Cap
tain Edward McCauley, Jr.
The president and Mrs. Wilson had
assembled to the bridge soon after 8
a. m. Mr.. Wilson had been up and
about the decks for nearly two hours,
having been the first of the presi-
Dental party to appear. Most of the
others were asleep when the trans
port sailed.
Just as the George Washington was
about to sail it was discovered that
some one had neglected to bring
aboard the morning papers. The lines
had been made fast to the gang plank
which was about to be drawn in when
the presidents orderly, clutching a dol
lar bill in his hand, rushed across the
plank onto the pier and hurried
through the flag decorated archway
to a news stand where he purchased
the papers and came running back to
the ship. This incident delayed for
a few minutes the vessels departure.
Liner Overhauled.
The George Washington has been
%overhauled and reprinted outside and
in since it's arrival in New York a
week ago. That the president may
be in touch with the shore during the
entire voyage, independently of the
%escorting warships, the transport has
been equipped with a new high pow
cred wireless apparatus with a radius
of LOO miles. 1t will be in COM
munication with the station at Bruins
wick, N. j., until it picks up Poldhu
station on the other side of the Elf
fel tower.
The party aboard the George Wash
ington today vas smaller than on the
first presidential voyage as there
were no diplomats or peace delegates
In addition to the president and Mrs
Wilson the party included Miss Ben.
ham, secretary to Mrs. Wilson; Real
Admiral Carey T. Grayson, aid to the
president; former Attorney Genera
Thomas w. Gregory, Pretisson Gre!
of the United States Food admins
tration, Irwin H. Hoover, chief ushe
at the White House; Gilbert F. Clos
and Charles M. Sven.
About 5000 tons of supplies for tn
army in France and Germany are be
ing carried on the George Washing
} ton.
WIRELESS TO OTHER PLANETS