Evening star., 1934-06-01
CROWDS THRILLED
AS FLEET GOES BY
Roosevelt Orders "WelI
Done" Message Flashed
After Review.
Special Dispa tch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, June l tNAN.AD -
The United States Fleet of 81 men
of war and $4,000 officers and men is
anchored in New York Harbor for
the first time in four years.
President Roosevelt as constitu-
tional commander in chief of the
Navy led the feet into the Hudson
aboard the new heavy cruiser Indian
apolis yesterday after reviewing the
entire feet > miles south of Ambrose
Lightship. The review was II miles
long and took and hour and a half
to pass.
At the end of the review. the first
held here since 1918, President
Roosevelt ordered the well done"
signal sent. and sent radio message
to Admiral David F. Sellers. COM
mander in chief of the feet. aboard
the battleship Pennsylvania. flagship
of the feet, commencing all officers
and men.
100000 Line Shores.
Fifty thousand persons who went
out to sea aboard excursion steam
ships. ocean-going liners. yachts con-
verted into sightseeing craft for the
day. and private vessels OF every type
some 300 vessels in all-concurred
in the Presidents judgment. So did
about 100000 others who lined the
shores of New York and New Jersey,
from the RoCkawayS and Coney Island
to Yonkers on one side and from
On the other side. to watch the parade
OF the ships up the harbor.
The greatest thrill of the day was
the aerial show which 1875 naval
planes from the aircraft carr ers
Saratoga. Lexington and Langley put
on as the fleet moved through AM
brose Channel and entered the harbor
after the review itself was ended.
Airmen Circle City.
After the air armada pretended to
destroy the Presidents vessel and
other big ships OF the feet. the flyers
circled over the city briefly and re-
turned to their carriers.
Despite the fact that the aviators
stole the show from the spectacular
point of view no one in the great
crowd that saw the ships pass by in
the grand review at sea. OF watched
them enter the harbor in their ma
jestic procession, could fail to take
away with him as the most profound
impression of the dav an abiding
faith and patriotic pride in the great
power of the United States Navy.
A modernized feet it was. with its
great new aircraft carriers and their
winged engines, but, regardless of how
its strength was manifested. it repre-
sented to every one who saw it a
concentration of sea power that meant
feeling of security and safety to all
Americans against whatever enemy
attack might ever be made
Accompanied by First Lady.
President Roosevelt was accom-
panied aboard the Indianapolis by
his wife and mother. all the members
of his cabinet except Secretary of Ag-
riculture Wallace and Mayor La
Guardia and other members of the
mayors Naval Reception Committee
Another new heavy cruiser. the
Louisville. took Assistant Secretary of
the Navy Henry L. Roosevelt and his
guests. members of the Congressional
Naval Affairs Committee and their
guests and foreign naval attaches to
the review.
The reviewing vessels remained at
anchor about an hour before the
Pennsylvania. flagship of the fleet
appeared in the distance. Although
the reviewing ground by this time
: was clear of the fog which had de-
layed the review. there was still fog
or mist in the distance, especially to
the south, the direction from which
the feet was coming
Fist only the fire. control towers
atop the masts of the Pennsylvania
were visible through the miStS, but
finally the entire shape of the hue
battleship kept looming larger and
larger to those on the reviewing ships
Behind her came into view the
strange-looking aircraft carriers the
Saratoga and Lexington, huge fat
decked boats that looked like floating
drydocks except for their masts and
broad. squat tunnels, anonymously