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Show NUMBER 13 STILL WILSON'S LUCKY PREDILECTION BREST, July 4. (Correspondence of The Associated Press.) President Wilson was faithful to his prediction for number 13 in his selection of the naval unit which escorted him to I America. The destroyers Woolsey, Tarbcll, Yarnell and Wlckes, upon which fall the honor of convoying him home, are down in naval records in Washington as the Thirteenth destroyer destroy-er division. On the T.th of December, 1919, this flotilla of destroyers came into Brest harbor as escort to the George Wash ington, bringing President Wilson on his first official visit to France, -On tho 13th of February, this 13th! destrojer division sailed out of Brest j comoying the George Washington as far as the Azores upon the president's return homo for his short stay. In March the same flotilla received i orders to meet the George Washington at a Riven longitude and lattitude off the Azores. They were at tho ren-dezvoUB ren-dezvoUB and brought tlie president into Brest. The date was March 13, 1919. J rtn |