The New York herald., 1921-04-29

Charles l.. Sawyer, the Presidents ply
sician. and George b. Christian, Jr, sec
retary 10 the President.
Navy Aircraft on scene.
As they stood on the Mayflowers
quarterback flying craft OF the navy
began 10 rise up like great gray ducks
from the naval training base at VIII
loughby Spit. TO the south of Fort
Monroe. First came the nying boats,
five roaring birds In close formation.
a sweeping triangle winging as the
wild geese wing They passed over the
Mayfower, their pilots swinging a
friendly greeting. and the President
aised his hat in answering salute.
While they sported in the upper airs
the first of two navy dirigibles lifted
above the skyline and swan into the
cloud banks. catching at times fusi-
tive sun CLEAN that turned its curving
sides To purest polished silver Ii came
across 10 the wind to salute the May
flower while speeding sixty miles an
hour. Then as 1t reduced speed and
merely drifted 1000 feet above the
Presidents yacht one could see without
binoculars the slowly turning propelers
back OF the swinging cage holding its
crew.
Then came an army plane that shot
high in the air and far out over Hamp-
ton Roads. This. the navy men chuckled
was against all rules and regula tions
for it is a punishable sin for the army
planes to fly over water and for sea
planes to take the air over land but
what are rules and regulations on such
an occasion? Even the navy onlookers
admitted that the army could not rea-
sonably be expected to sit back with
out some representation when the big
chief of both army and navy was among
those present. Whoever he was he came
roaring over the Mayfower. and he. too.
got acknowledgment from the Presi-
dent and gay wave of the hand from
Mrs. Harding.
More planes shot up from the sea
until the air was cut and crossed with
the paths Of their darting and shattered
with the fierce drone of their great
motors. At this stage Of the review the
Presidents gaze was aloft, for the sur
face OF the sea to the east and south
showed no masthead of the incoming
fleet
The Corsair. carrying Herbert l.. Sat
teree who was Assistant Secretary Of
the Navy back in President Rooseyelt's
administration swung round the stern
Of the Mayflower and dropped anchor
400 yards to west. dipping her colors
prettily as she made the curve. The
Mayfiower responded promptly.
Fleet Comes In sight.
It was then s 80 A. NJ. and the signal
men upon the coming platform of the
Mayflower's bridge had found something
0 interest them and to communicate to
TIE ships of the waiting fleet With
arms stretched up and down they let it
ne known to all men III seeing distance
that the flagship of the Atlantic fleet
Rad lifted the horizon and was boring
visibly through the mist banks between
Henry and Charles. And so il was. for
without glasses one could now make out
dim. vague but enormously impressive
the towering basket masts Of the Penn
sylvania. flagship of Admiral Henry B.
Wilson. fleet commander. Capt George
= Day and officers. crew and marines
70 the number OF 1900 men. And be-
hind her. even more family. could just
be discerned the graceful lift of the
pper works Of the following dread
noughts.
At the main peak Of the PENNSYLVANIA
lew the flag OF the Assistant Secretary
II the Navy. Theodore Roosevelt At
ner forepeak was Admiral Wilson'S flag
ordinarily the fleet commander would
have flown a blue flag with four stars
out Admiral Koontz had that right to-
day as the Chief of Operations and his
2reemption OF the blue left the red to
Wilson.
The great drcadnought came on at