Show ATLANTIC FLEET BIDS FAREWELL TO 1 MANILA AND IS NOW HOMEWARD ARD BOUND Manila Dec 1 With no ro ceremonies Other than the cheers of the thousands people thronging the th water front marking the departure and all accompanied flied nied by several coast const guard guar cutters and anda anla a few tw launches from Manila 10 io ex bange final Imal farewell s tut s the th At lantic battleship fleet under Rear Bear Ad nural Sperry promptly prom tl nt ut S g o clock this Tuesday morning started on its Homeward bOTn ward and sail d for tor Co Cg lombo Ceylon the first will win stop at on the K t ff f the worIde vo vogl Shortly before 8 S the r n bl big J began cegan K white and buff burr floating t iS S to weigh anchor anil an on the stroke of ot the hour the Conri gm on flying fI the th pennant of ot the eef e moved out Jut from the anchorage 1 nl ITe he harbor and headed down ther thir Bay a and ana nd a little later lator the fleet in douile OlUmn h 1 formation with each battle I ship Up In perfect alignment steamed down the roadstead toward Corregidor iland lan t te Floating across the water from 11 w shore snore came cheer after cheer which I a ere aver b by the on each 1 an ship and the water front was chief chIefs with thoUsand of els wa avis farewell and an ud Godspeed to I the fleet now I f homeward bound until I it disappeared down the hay ba in a misty rain which soon scattered the he that began assembling at 7 to get their last glimpse of the big ships which came canie from the other side of ot the globe Practically no ceremonies preceded the departure There was the final between some ome of the of o their families who had har come way from the Atlantic coast to the Orient to be with them for a short time and the reception n committee is td a 30 farewell address to the plen men of the fleet congratulating them upon their excellent e conduct and bearing whIle ashore here and bidding them speed on the long Journey journe to the distant homeland As the sixteen battleships moved moed down the bay two submarine boats three coast guard cutters and a i number of launches from Manila ManU kept close un under under der tier the port bow of o the big leviathans and accompanied them for tor several miles where final farewell salutes were exchanged In a driving rainstorm The fleet will arrive at nt Colombo in two weeks where it will stay tay for six days and then proceed stopping I |