South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-04-29
HARDING LAUDS
EFFICIENCY OF
US. NAVY MEN
Compliments Officers After
Initial Review of Allan
tic Division.
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planes from langley Held. dipped
and swooped overhead while four
dirigibles that had hung lazily over
the inner harbo- unit! The May
flower had taken station stirred into
action and headed out 20 escort Al
mjral Wilson's force 70 lis anchor
age. 4 few minutes afJe~ o'clock.
the Pennsylvania. flying at the main
mast the flag OF Asst Sec. ot the
Navy Roosevelt. and n. tho fo.e-
mast that OF Admiral Wilson. came
abreast OF the Maytlowcr and thuE-
dered out the presidential salute
on her quarterback the marine
guard snapped 10 present arms"
and the band crashed into the open
ing bars of THE Star Spangled
Banner"
MayfIOwcr Replies.
As the music and reverberation OF
the saluting guns died away the
Mayhower replied with Il guns to
Admiral Wilson, and the national
air 20 the flag.
Ship after ship Of the force swung
by the reviewing party with crash
ing guis and blaring bands every
vessel as trim and immaculate as q
good housewives kitchen. every
man from bluejacket TO admiral
groomed to fine point. It was the
navy on Parade in it's pride before
the commander-in-ch chief.
The action speeded up a bit when
the ponderous battleships had
passed and the sleek destroyers
came sliding by. They resembled
high spirited children frolicking
along in the wake of dignitied and
austere parents. No bands blared
from their decks and they seemed
TO say strictly business" as they
went their way. Astern Of the de-
stroyer divisions the submarines
wallowed and rolled in the choppy
sea. running on the surface with
crews standing at attention on deck.
Long before the submarines had
passed the reviewing party, the bat
tleships and destrOyers were at an q
Choir in the roads. dressing ship
for the presidents visit to the
Pennsylvania. As soon as the last
submarine had paid its tribute to
the chief executive, the Mayfiower
lifted her anchor and steamed up
between the double line of ships at
anchor. now in gala attire with long
strings Of signal flags dressed over
the masts from bow TO stern.
Receives Full HonOrs.
Again the president received full
naval honors, and again the May
flower returned each salute until
the whole harbor resounded 70 the
crashing of cannon. AS soon as the
Mayfower was again at anchor, Ad-
miral Wilson went aboard to pay his
respects for the first time to Pres't
Harding and to assure him that the
Atlantic fleet had come north fit for
any duty
After the fleet commando re-
turned to his flagship, the president
left the Mayhower for the Pennsyl-
vania and again ne received a 81
gun salute. on the quarterback Of
the flagship he greeted more than
900 officers Of the fleet and COM
plimented them on the splendid ap-
pearance of the ships The harbO~
was attractive with launches bound
to and from the Pennsylvania for
more than an hour during the re-
ception.
This function over. the president
and his party returned to the May
flower for luncheon and late in the
afternoon the president said fare
well to the fleet and turned back to
Washington.
Secy. DENLY and his party re-
turned i'm the yacht Sylph, while
Asst. Sec'y. Roosevelt. who made
the cruise from Cuba with the fleet
on the flagship, chose 10 embark fo~
Washington in n naval seaIlane.
Immediately after the Mayfiower
left the harbor, the fleet broke up
the various vessels setting out for
their home ports. The Nevada and
oklahoma went to Norfolk navy
ward: the Utah. Florida. Delaware
and North Dakota to Boston, and
the remainder Of the battleships "a
/ New York. The destrOyers also went
to New York. while the submarines
were assigned to various stations
between New London, Conn, and
/ Charleston, s. c.