Arizona republican., 1919-04-08
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NEW YORK, April 7.-The convoy | system, which many naval men had termed impracticable, overcame the German submarine menace, and fig ured tremendously in the winning of the war, Rear Admiral William <. Sims. commander in chief of the American navy's forces in European waters, de- clared today on his arrival here aboard the British liner Mauretania.
 Depth charges and listening devices, he said, contribute materially to sue cess in maintaining practically unbrok- en the trans Atlantic bridge of trans ports and supply ships essential to the allied victory, as did the magnificent work" of the merchant seaman, who took their cargoes across, convoy or no convoy
 But it was the conveying scheme. worked out to a fine detail by the com bined fleet of the associated powers, the officers esserted which made pos sible the transportation and supplying of the great American forces whose ap pearance in battle with the allies turned the tide against the German invaders on the western front.
 Allies in 8 Bad Way
 Germany was winning the war, the rear admiral stated, when he arrived in England the day after the United States became a belligerent. Teuton interference with allied shipping, he added, was q serious problem, solved only when conferences of the British American and allied commands worked out and put into practice the system of protecting vital ships which pre- vailed until the cession of hostilities. A vice admiral while he was abroad under a temporary ranking, Sims re- i turned in the uniform of a rear admiral his rank before the war. i The Welcome
 When he left the Mauretania, whose progress into the harbor was marked by a reception as picturesque as il was eloquent of the nations and city's tribute to a home coming victor, the rear admiral boarded the naval yacht Aramis and stepped into the circle Of his family. Greeting his wife, three children and three sisters. the officer chatted happily declaring that his
 greatest regret in connection with tho
 war was his inability to have his famil, with him, a hardship which he shared
 with 5000 officers under his command
 From his family the returning com
 
 Burrage, who extended the formal wei
 come of the navy department. To thi
 was added by Mayor Hylan that of tn
 city of New York, when the Arami
 reached the battefy. There greeting : were extended by representatives 0
 Read Admiral Gleaves of the nava
 transport service and Rodman Wana maker, chairman of the mayors com
 mittee on welcome to home -comin l troops.
 , Sighted by Airpianes The Mauretania entered the harbo } in mid afternoon delayed since carl morning by a fog which shrouded tn coastal waters for many miles. A grea r fleet of airplanes, their wings flash ing in the sun which succeeded tin
 mornings fog heralded the approac 9 of the transpart bearing the admira l his staff and 5000 troops, and escorte by a flotilla of destroyers and smalle naval craft. In a din Of salutes frol 7 the harbor forts. whistles from we l coming vessels and cheers of the ot . ficers soldier shipmates. the big vess s lay off quarantine while the trans = shipment took place.
 { As the admiral stepped aboard Il . naval yacht his flag shot up the mai mast ana tHc SuaTuSHlp AHipuilFl = which had withheld it's salute while = was aboard a foreign vessel. loosed i S guns
 d The escorting destroyers remained y the lower bay but the airplanes vii h pair of kite balloons lowed o launches, proceeded on up the harb, n continuing the welcoming when the at c miral set foot on home soil. r. From the Battery the party went !