Republican farmer., 1919-02-28
City Extends Great Vel come to Chief Executive
 on Arrival. COULD REM AIN
 BUT FIVE HOURS Seven Thousand Hear Ad- dress Delivered in Me
 chanics Hall.

Boston, Feb. 24 - President Wilson landed at Common wealth Pier at 1t:42 a. m.
 Returning to American soil from his histOry-making mis- sion abroad, the President, ac- cOmpanied by Mrs. Wilson, was transferred in the lower harbOr from the steamship George Washington, escorted by aircraft, submarine chasers, torpedo boat deStrOyerS and a flotilla of committee boats. reached the landing place on board the naval cutter OSsipee. The President looked as if the jour ney had agreed with him physically. He appeared vigorous and alert. his step was brisk and his features show ed rather more than a trace of sea l tan.
 | Cheers from the throng assembled ! at Commonwealth Pier greeted him as he stepped ashore. In the great shed of the pier built by the state and taken over by the navy department | during the war as a housing place | for recruits. were assembled hundreds of state and city officials, legislators. 1 representatives of the federal govern ment and a committee of women ap- pointed to receive Mrs. Wilson. ! Fifty senior officers of the army. navy and state guard under command of Colonel Thomas W. Griffith formed a guard of honor at the pier. They stood in a double line on the lower deck of the pier and President Wilson and his party passed through their ranks as he stepped ashore. After sa- luting, they proceeded with the party through a f1ag-decorated canvas pas sage, and then by elevators to the street floor where the main weIcom- ing throng was waiting.
 The reception was of an informal character. Mayor Peters, at whose in vitation the President chose Boston as his homecoming part, making the presentations. Prominent among those who came with the President from France and disembarked here were David R. Francis, am mbassado or | to Russia: Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt and Mrs | Roosevelt and Rear Admiral Carey 1 T. Grayson. the Presidents physician. | President Wilson's reception in l Boston today was characterized by those who travelled with him through Europe as being fully demonstra 1 tive as any he received in England, France or Italy.
 After leaving the pier, the parade 1 passed through the extension of i Summer street, a manufacturing and i wholesale district where the employees ! jnin ha nd ho | the president a noisy welcome. Earth i CT along at Dewey Square the first
 big crowd was encountered, and tho
 noise was correspondingly increas- ed.
 As the head of the parade passed
 the intersection of Washington, Sum-
 mer and Winter streets, the pressure
 on the guards became so great that the line threatened to break. The
 guards held firm, however, and the
 way was kept open for the presiden- | tial cars.
 At the head of Winter street. enter ing Fremont, the President got his first view of masses of humanity banked on the common and in frort of the state house, where the review
 ing stand was placed. Passing the ; famous 'Brimstone Corner and LII ,
 President heard a roar of welcome from thousands.
 , Less than half an hour was con. { sumed by the greetings. As soon a: 5 the presentations were completed tn.
 presidential party entered automobile! | and began a parade across the city . through streets lined throughout thu 2 two-mile route with double ranks 0 { soldiers and sailors and banked witt cheering thousands.
 In the car with President and Mrs Wilson were Governor Coolidge anC
 Mayor Peters. Secret service meI
 were in the next car. The thir, contained Major General Clarence R - Edwards, commanding the North F eastern Departments: Rear Admira
 Spencer s. Wood, commanding thu
 First Naval District; Major Genera
 Henry P. Mccain, commanding a
 Camp Devens and Brigadier Genera
 John w. Ruckman. commanding tn.
 north Atlantic coast artillery district | Mrs. Coolidge Mrs. Peters, Anbassa \ dor Francis and Rear Admiral Gray 7 son were in the next car and in oth l CTS were Assistant Secretary of tn, ] Navy Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt 1 Miss Benham, Mrs. Wilson's secretary 1 and Congressmen Helvering, Morton i and White.
 For the greater part of the crowt
 this was the only opportunity to se
 the President as Mechanics hall l. where he was to deliver his only ad e dress of the day, seats but 1000 peo L. pie and all the tickets for the meeting o were allotted several days ago. Build O ings all along the route of the parad q were ablaZe with flags and bunting. a The great steamer George Wash I ington, which the President an' l. his party made the voyage iron l. Brest, dropped anchor off Quarantin
 shortly after dark last night. Tn a most exciting moments of the tri y came on Sunday afternoon when is was suddenly discovered that tn a steamer, running through a dense fog n was headed directly for Thatcher Il Island. off Cape Ann. It was the de e stroyer Harding, running ahead as D. guard ship, which discovered tn