The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-09

applause they raised was very mod
crate, very unstrained.
The ceremonies of lively day be-
gan, at an hour when important per
sons in tall hats are seldom abroad.
In order to board the superdread-
nought Pennsylvania, flagship Of Ad-
miral Henry Il. Wilson, commanding
the Atlantic feet, 1t was necessary
for Vice President and Mrs. Marshall
and for the Cabinet officers and their
Indies to leave Manhattan from the
foot of West Thirty-ffth street be-
fore Z o'clock. The new destroyer
buchanan, named for the father OF
the Naval Academy, that Confederate
officer who commanded the Merrimac
In her fight with the Monitor, put
them aboard the Pennsylvania.
In addition to the Vice-President
and Mrs. Marshall there were the
Secretary Of the Navy and Mrs.
Daniels, the Secretary Of War, the
Secretary of Labor and Miss Agnes
Wilson, the Secretary Of the Treasury
and the Secretary of the Interior
The Cabinet absentees we're Attorney
General Palmer, Postmaster General
Burleson and the Secretary Of Com
merce, Mr.. Rsd6eld. ...
Pennsylranta Goes to Sea.
The Pennsylvania was under way at
s A. NJ. Admiral Wilson, who looks
like Admiral Beatty, commander OF
the British grand feet, and who even
wears his cap In Beatty's cocky style,
acted as host to the distinguished
gentlemen from the capital, and was
assisted In this pleasant duty by his
chief of staff, Rear Admiral c. B.
Britain. The ship was commanded
by Capt. l.. w. Milton. Swimming
leisurely through the sunshine, for
Mr.. Wilson selected An amethystine
day for his homecoming, the Pennsyl-
ynnia put out thirty miles beyond
Sandy Hook, and at that point picked
up the fleet awaiting the sighting of
the George Washington and her
escort of a battleship and four
destroyers.
It.was 10 A. NJ. when the Utah OF
the welcoming feet signaled the Penn
syivania that the battleship Oklahoma,
which escorted tho George Washing
ton across the Atlantic, was lifting
over. the horizon and would be in
in.about half an ~hour.t-. In rather less
than that time the great gray George
showed ditinctly in the trail OF the
Oklahoma, the four swift destrcyers
racing on the TANKS like faithful
wAtchdogs.
Overhead at the moment was
spectacle which divided attention with
the Presidents ship. Ten seaplaues
were swooping and dipping and above
them sailed big dirigible. the sun
shine cleaning softly upon her silvery
curves. A little I'm the day one
of rthe seaplanes Developed stomach
trcuble and had to send for a doctor,
the same being a destroyer, but upon
that smooth sea and in that gentlest
OF breezes the vanturesome plane was
not in the slightest danger and event
ualiy was put =, rtghtsiJ
Tho Oklahoma came up grandly,
the Secretary OF the Navy and to
Admiral Wilson, and at the regulation
400 yards interval came the tall
Geprge Washington, painted battle
ship gray and spotted with gay colors
where the signal flags whipped the
air. The signal flags began to talk
back and forth as the wireless cracked
orders right and left through the as
40
spectacle formed which was good
for American eyes.
Sea Resounda win Cur. saIutes. .
AS the George Washington entered
ths lane of destroyers, the Pennsylvania
assaulted the still morning with the
dfst laundering gun of the Presidential
salute and at the tenth gun, bang fol-
lowing bang with beautifully timed regu-
larity the guns OF the Oklahoma began
10 speak in honor of Mr.. Wilson and the
United States. Then the Utah, North
Dakota and Delaware Joined the maJes-
tic chorus and for a minute or two the
sea sounding board resounded and
reverberated with the splendid thump-
Ing of the guns.
This over. the battleships Utah, North
Dakota and Delaware stood out OF the
ns 10 say, well fellow citizens we
have done our part in the show" whirled
to the east and headed for Boston. The
Pennsylvania. leading the Oklahoma
and the long, long line of destroyers-
30 long indeed that when the arst of
the sea wasps was on Quarantine pre-
ssntly. the tail of the line. could not be
visioned upon the dim horizon made for
the green slopes of Quarantine where
the second episode OF the days story
was ready to begin.
Here, impat!ently waiting. were the
representatives of State and city; Gov.
Alfred F.. Smith. Mayor John F. Hylan
and a very considerable company OF men,
mostly. one could not fall to observe,
Of Mr.. Wilson's political faith. The
exceptions were few indeed. In addi-
tipn TO the Governor and the Mayor the
Patrol carried the members OF the ex-
ecutiVe committee OF the Mayors Com
niittee to Welcome the President.
On the boat were Rodman wana-
maker, chairman OF the executive com
iEittee; Judge Martin T. Manton, chair
man OF the general committee r. A. C.
Smith. who has taken part In more well
comings, perhaps. than any other living
man unless II be George T. Wilson
Judge u, II. Gary. William O. McAdoo
IAeut.-Col Leon Osterrieth chief OF the
\ Belgian Military Mission 10 the United
Sta.7e SSd beigfHn Military Attache
whose resemblance to the late King Ed
ward VII is something to stare over
AdE-iFal Hugh L, Rodrnan who haIn.d