The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-05
WAVED FAREWELL
FROM SHIPS BRIDGE
The George Washington
Passed Quarantine at 9:1O
A. M; Was Soon Headed
for the Open Sea-Strike
Held Up Convoy of Tugs.

New York, March president VIII.
son sailed to-day on his second voyage
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 bearing the president, left
the Hoboken pier at S:l5,
The chief executives departure was
marked by'a simplicity which contrast
ed with the noisy demonstration accord
ed him when the George Washington
carried Mr. Wilson from American wa
tiers on his first journey to Paris last
December.
To-day only small crowd was as
sembed at the army transport pier. 10
these the president, hat in hand, and
Mrs. Wilson waved farewell greetings as
the George Washington swung out into
the Hudson river while the band on the
transport Great Northern, berthed near
by, played the "Star Spangled Banner"
Standing on the bridge, the president
and Mrs. Wilson saw the American flag
raised on the staff at the stern and heard
the booming of the presidential salute
of q guns. As the transport turned her
nose toward the Statute of Liberty in
the almost strike-paralyzed harbor, an
escort of destroyers got under way
ahead
The president and Mrs. Wilson had as
cended to the bridge shortly after
O'Clock. Mr.. Wilson had been up about
the decks for nearly two hours, having
been the first of the presidential party
TO arise. Most of the others were asleep
when the transport sailed.
Just as the George Washington was
about to sail it was discovered that
someone had neglected to bring aboard
the morning newspapers The lines had
been made fast to the gangplank which
was about to be drawn in when the pres
ident's orderly, elutehing a new dollar
bill in his hand, rushed across the plank
on to the pier and hurried through the
fag-decorated archway to news stand
where he purchased the papers and came
running back to the ship. This incident
delayed for a few minutes the vessels
departure.
These papers contained the text of
wv oBNNAlN9 VI tllE plENlutut anu bi w IL
liam Howard Taft in support of the
league of nations, at the opera house
last night. They told also of the actiyi- |
ties of the president on the eve Of his
departure.
1t was few minutes before midnight |
when Mr.. Wilson arrived in Hoboken |
and it was early morning before he |
reached his staterom, so that his sleep
was only brief.
The president arrived at the Metro |
politan opera house about s:l5 o'clock |
last night. After Mr.. Taft and himself
had spoken the president asserting that
IAN overwhelming majority of the Amer |
lean people is in favor of the league of |
nations Mr., Wilson received a dele
cation of Irish-Americans with whom |
he discussed the aspirations of Ireland |
at the peace conference. Militant suf-
fragettes had tried unsuccessfuIly to
force their way into the opera house
earlier in the evening and few of them
were arrested.
The George Washington passed quar-
anttne at 9:l0 a. m, and was saluted
by q guns by the Z. S. S. Amphitrite
and by whistles blowing by all the steam
craft in the lower bay.
Owing to the harbor strike no private
tugs were available to tow the George
Washington out into the harbor. Two
army transport tugs were present, but
the ship was got under way, without
their aid, by W. j. Mclaughlin, a Sandy
Hook pilot.
The ship sailed under command of
Captain Edward McCauley, ir
The president was cheered by nearly
J 500 homecoming troops as the George
making for the open sea.
met the incoming transport Sierra. The
police boat patrol conveying the official
committee to greet the sol.
diers, wigwagged to the troop shin the
news that the Wilson liner was an
preaching The Sierra's khaki-clad pas
scngers shouted farewells to the presi-
dent and crowded the rails as their yes
sci came opposite the George Washing
ton, where the president, on the hurri-
cane deck, waved his hat in acknowl-
edgment.