New-York tribune., 1920-05-01
City to Greet .
Atlantic Fleet
This Morning,
s.,.e, of Planes 8 and
Giant Dirigible Will
Moot Armada Outside
Harbor; Vanguard Here
r;,v's Guest Two Weeks
public To Be Allowed TO
Juspect Warships; Enter
,o;nment Planned for Men

=, after its annual maneuvers IN
s.n.,srn waters, will pass into Am
,.o.. Channel shortly after 9 o'clock
.s;s morning and, with favorable
.;de will proceed at once to anchorage
). the North River, to be the city's
honor h guest for two weeks.
.avance units. consisting Of the
.n;,ers Columbia, Bridgeport and
po.bester. the latter the flagship of
.hs cruiser squadron; the destroyer
S,s-tev and the supply ship Pro-
ms,beus slipped into port Thursday
n;ebt and yesterday. and took up their
s,sicnated stations in the river line.
sextette of naval planes and a
.,.,t dirigible, equipped with bat
s~r' s.~r of cameras, VIII soar down on
.s. .s! Aaet from their Far Rockaway
s4s s4s,;on at $50 o'clock for the first
oMrial greeting outside the harbo"
y..sr +ugs and destroyers from the
nsvy vsrd will meet the ironclad
srhte-s snd escort them through the
nsrrows and up the harbor to the
Hundreds Of thousands of New York
.,s will be out in familiar position to
rave and shout patriotic greeting.
Local water craft. flying their bright
rolors. will shrek the customary bless
mo and welcome, as Will the numerous
faetories that line the water fronts.
Il is always a gala occasion when the
afayorite" comes back 70 Gotham.
Daniels on Flagship
Leading the line of entry into New
York Harbor will be the flagship Penn
svlvania. with the Secretary Of the
Navy, Josephps Daniels.i Rear Admiral
Henry B. Wilson, the fleets command
er and Rear Admiral Coontz, chief of
naval operations, aboard.
There will be no boarding Of ships
until they come to anchor, about 10
o'clock, in the North River. Rear Ad-
mirals j. H. Glennon, commanding the
Sd Naval District, and J. D. Mcdonald,
commandant of the navy yard. will
board the flagship to greet the Secre-
tsry and feet commander eHld conduct
them to the yard where America s
newest and largest fighting ship, the
Tennessee. will be inspected. The trip
from the Pennsylvania will be made in
Admiral Wilson's barge, attended by q
fotilla Of destroyers and submarine
chasers as g guard Of honor.
The anchorage grounds, from Fifty
ninth to 158,h Street west, have been
cleared for the fleets arrival and land
nss marked The Manhattan side OF
TIE river will offer convenient debarka-
tlpn points for the thousands of ma
rlhes and bluejackets who are stretch
ing their sea legs in eager desire tc
plant them again on home soil. The
stay of fifteen days here will be one
namly Of liberty and recreation fol
the personnel of the fleet, ship-bounc
for four months in gunnery practice
of the Cuban coast.
Public Allowed on Vessels
The feet will drop anchor all ready
for inspection, according to navy Off
cials here, but not until the Afternoon
will the public be allowed to board tn
vessels. As is customary in peace time
the people are accorded the privilege
Of examining the seafghters upon theiI
arrival in home waters. Private
launches were moored yesterday il
North River in readiness for the in
spection treat, for it is by these an(
craft provided by the navy at the
various landings that the proudly curl
Gus are able to board the war vessels
Secretary Daniels and Admira
COontz boarded the Pennsylvania from
destroyer which left Hampton Road
to meet the feet yesterday morning
In the afternoon two huge naval plane
equipped with cameras left Hamptol
Esada TO photograph the feet ami thel
,rocssd to this city.
There are s battleships in the fleet
North Dakota, Delaware, Florida, Utah
Pennsylvania, Arizona, Nevada anc
oklahoma. In the supply train ar
the Columbia, Prometheus, Bridge
SOlac (hospital ship, Brazos, Leb
anon, Cormorant, Vireo, Bobolnk
quail and Arapaho. In addition ther
are thirty destroyers and four min
ssweepers, the latter constructed a
local yards.
Flagship Made Best Record
During the Southern cruise tn
pennsylvania made the best record il
al gunnery exercises. The battleshi1
delaware, however, won in the shor
range battle practice. The Utah wol
Me baseball championship of the flee
ana the Columbia, the flagship of tn
auSiilarles, won the sailing champion
sshp. The Nevada won the officers
OaSeoa.l championship.
Inc fleet arrives here with every shi
W. one IN topnotch shape in spite o
ons OF the most strenuous seasons Q
isheuvers al Guantanamo, officials O
Tt. ns navy yard announced yesterda.
me vessel which is in need of sligh
repairs only is the Delaware. and it
s1HpecIed that the work can be com
pieted in two or three davs. She ma
~ oifect to the navy yard for dock
ing instead of taking anchor along wit
"eT sister craft this morning.
Leave periods for the officers an
me-. 4Sa are expected to begin shortly afte
sne snips take anchor to-day. TIL
crn Tm WIN be permitted to go ashore i
m;m naVuPs OF about three thousand. The
"a. '.' oe amply cared for as soon as the
bs loot ashore. At the landings wi
ousses provided by the Women
S.,,,; corps, the New York Communit
bks hed Cross and the navy t
Ss the men into town.
=. Arrange TO Care for Men.
AZ .as ais 4; NJ. c. A. announced yesterda,
arranao a.so the Community Service, ths
vida S1lents Se1nts had been made to pre-
for evas,' hospitality and amusement
the NAV tile meet. o lnStru(
be ,i,a a,eh as to where they will sleep an
Comn smen Tree entertainment ashore, III
tin mSuhity mSity Service has issued a bull,
Of Of ,hic winch will be placed in the hand
The s men as soon as they land.
whsre iolowing are some of the place
tons. 'ne men can find accommod;
a,sst atas :. at the Navy Club, Is East Fort,
GiYbts S.reet; the Greenhut Buildin
St Sts4Iteen,h Ies,h Street and Sixth Avenue
and 'gHns Ems Guild, Twenty-ninth Sire,