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Show MEMBER OF CREW ON WILSON'S SHIP I Albert L. Reynolds Helps Take President Upon Epochal Voyage. Aibert L. Reynolds, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. I Reynolds, Sr., 884 Third avenue, is a member of the crew of the transpjrt George Washington, winch took Pres. dent Wilson to France and whKm was the first sh i p fJFiTflOW'1?" to leave a Fr&nch ii--.f-.r- v. ?.::. port with all lights A' v ' burning. after the fc"-;;.- signing of the itrmi-w: V. stice. Mr. Revnolds L" . ( in a letter to h f par ents. expresses k-.: his pride in his bit fM, toward taking the ..;;-. president on hisfcS-v, -nmm ft U epochal visit to b-:tfe:: . ".;; ii Europe. Ik j ; tjp'-'f'r : - Mr. Reynolds en 'j- f hsted in the na Nfc $r 1 ) May 14, 3U7. HeJ , has been station. ' ZuJi .. on the Ohio, the Michigan, and now is on the flagship or the transport fleet, the George Washington. lie is a second-class engineer and has made nine trips across the Atlantic. He writes: "I feel rather proud of being one of the crew of the George Washington, which will take President Wilson to Europe. We understand he is to make the. ship his headquarters while abroad. Our first stop will be at France, then England and Italy. It will be three months before we come back to America. "We left France the day the armistice was signed. The French were so overjoyed over-joyed they did not know how to act. They paraded the streets, carrying so many flags that the crowds presented the appearance of a multicolored Chinese puzzle. We left at 6 o'clock that evening. eve-ning. As we were sailing out of the harbor the French sailors were shooting red and green rockets into- the air and they fired big guns at the harbor entrance en-trance as a salute. They kept their searchlights upon the ship until they no longer could see us. Ours was the first ship to leave France with lights lit since war was declared." |