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Show PLANS TO WELCOME I VICE ADMIRAL SIMS WELL UNDER WAY WASHINGTON. April C Vice Admiral William S. Sims, who commanded American Ameri-can naval forces overseas during the war, will be met by a division of de :ro ere and naval seaplanes when his ship, tbe Cunard li ner Mauritania. whi'Ii 1 o f " Southampton on Sunday, arrives off New York on Sunday. In nuiking: this annourjeement today. Acting Secretary Roosevelt said Rear Admiral G. M. Burrae and his yiide. Lieutenant Commander V. S. Hatch, would proceed to New York from Washington, Wash-ington, to greet the admiral on behalf of the acting secretary and escort him to Washington. On completion of his temporary duty In the navy department. Admiral Si in a will proceed to Newport. R. L. to become president of the naval war college, whicn duty he has requested. Admiral Sims has been absent from the United Stales a little more than two years, having: sailed on March 01, ',, and arrived at Liverpool on April 7. one day after the declaration of war on Germany, Ger-many, lie represented the American i navy in preparation of plans for conducting conduct-ing all naval operations and upon arrival overseas of the first destroyers was made commander in chief of the United States naval forces in European waters. Accompanying the admiral home are Pf;ven members of his staff, Captains R. H. Leigh, J. R. P. Pringle and P. W. Knox, and Commanders J. V. Pahock, 1 1. R. Stark, A. P. Fairfield and W. A. Edwards. |