Evening star., 1938-03-29
BRITISH. CRUISER
OPEN TOMORROW
Vice Admiral Meyrick and
y. S. Officials Exchange
Visits Today.

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West Indies Station, and American
authorities exchanged oficial visits.
The York, Admiral Meyricks flag
ship, reached the Washington Navy
Yard yesterday afternoon amid a
booming Of guns.
Today's program Of Admiral Mey-
rick provided for official calls on Sec
retaries Woodring and Swanson, Brig.
Gen. Dana T. Merrill, commanding
general Of the Washington Provisional
Brigade, as well as Gen. Malin Craig,
chief Of staff Of the Army, and As
sistant Secretary Edison and Admiral
William D. Leahy, chief Of naval
operations. The admiral also arranged
to call on the Ministers from Canada,
Ireland and South Africa. All these
calls were to be returned by the va
rious dignitaries aboard the York at
stated periods during the day, as we'll
as by Commissioner Melvin c. Hazen,
on whom the admiral called yester-
day afternoon.
Field Day Tomorrow.
Social events were conspicuous on
the calendar and tomorrow afternoon
field day for $50 men Of the York
has been planned at Langley Park,
Silver Spring. Nd, home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Leander Mccormick Goodhart.
Mr.. Mccormick -Goodhart IS CONNER
cial secretary at the British Embassy.
Admiral Hugh Rodman, U. S. NJ,
retired, who commanded the American
battleships that served with the British
Grand Fleet in the North Sea dur
Ing the World War, and represented
the American Government at the
coronation of King George vi, was one
OF the first callers aboard the York
yesterday. Admiral Meyrick was naval
alde-de-camp to the late King George
V in 1881 and 1892.
Coming here directly from st. kits
IN the West Indies, after making the
cruise OF the British possessions in
that part Of the world, the York
picked up the Navy Yard pilot yester-
DAY at O'Clock at Piney Point Md.
On schedule she arrived of Hains
Point at 2 pm. and was greeted by a
sizable crowd, which lined the rails
IN East Potomac Park. Her gray paint
matched the smoothness of the Poto-
mac River, glistening in the bright
March sunshine. Her awnings were
spread to shelter the crew from the
sun. Port and starboard saluting
guns alternated In firing the 2l-gun
national salute, the flash of light be-
ing plainly visible amid the smoke
astern.
The band Of the York played "The
Star-Spangled Banner" as she steamed
past the Army War College and he,
Salutes were answered from the Wash.
lngton Navy Yard. Bugle calls aboard
the British warship were distinctly
heard on shore. A plane was perchec
on her superstructure and the two
smokestacks stood out clearly as sh.
was warped into her berth at the Nav,
Yard. A 15-gun salute was fired fol
the vice admiral and answered CUR
for gun.
Pettengill Pays Respects.
AS she came in the warship's officers
and enlisted men stood at attention
Shortly after she was tied up Rea,
Admiral George T. Pettengill, com.
mandant of the Washington Navy
Yard, boarded the vessel to pay his
respects. Soon thereafter Admira,
Meyrick, in full dress and his medals
gleaming-evidence of his long service
for Great Britain-called on Admiral
Pettengill.
The Navy Band and United States
Marines were at the salute as Admiral
Meyrick came from the commandant's
ONCE, and again the saluting guns
doomed. Then, with District of Co.
lumbia Metropolitan Police escort OF
motor cycles, Admiral Meyrick and his
party were whirled OF to the District
Building to commence the round OF
Official calls and entertainment that
will occupy most of his time during
his stay in Washington.
The York, which is $3.50 tons dis
placement, will remain at the Wash
ington Navy Yard until Saturday
morning, when she sails for Bermuda.
The blue uniforms and white fiat hats
OF her sailors and the blue uniforms
and red-trimmed caps of her marines
will be seen frequently on the streets
OF Washington in the interim. AL
though the vessel came here in Octo-
ber, 1895, to aid in the celebration of
Navy Day, she has practically an
entirely new crew, for the outfit is
changed about every two and a half
years. Accordingly, the vast majority
Is paying its first visit to Washington.
There are some 600 in the ships COM
pany and there are some 81 marines
aboard. Serving in the America and
West Indies Squadron with the York
are the Apollo, Ajax, Exeter, Scarboro.