Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-11-23 | Page 40 | Prince Edward Says Farewell

PKEEIID SHSMOQL Heir to British Throne Sails for Halifax on Return lo England. KW YORK, Nov. 22. The Prince ni 'Wales said goodby to America, to-dajf to-dajf and sailed for his own land. The ohjicrs of hundreds of thousands of Xow Yorkers, whose friendship lie had won during his brief visit, raug in his care as the great battle cruiser Renown, Re-nown, ouo of the mightiest vessels in thjjj British navy, weighed anchor and stemmed majestically down the North rivjr. Edward Albert waved his farewell fare-well from the fighting top to llic-sreat crowd gathered on the banks of the lluilson to bid hiiu godspeed. Airplanes dipped and circled ovcr-bejM ovcr-bejM and salutes boomed from the Arjicrican warships in the river as the Renown got under way. Jhe prince remained at his post in the; fighting top, waving his hat in au-s4r au-s4r to tho cheers, which reached him faiiitly across the water until the shadows had finally hidden the shores. As" the battle cruiser and her consort, the cruiser Constance, entered the. ba3' seten American destroyers and the lotween American destroyers and the Aojerican battleship Delaware closed in on her wake, each with the British na"fral ensign fl3-ing from the main peeV. They v, ili escort the royal ship to:-:tbe vicinity of Halifax, where she is Jue Monday morning. Tirtually up to the moment of sailing sail-ing the priuee was the center of picturesque pic-turesque functions. The first ceremony of the day was the conferring of decorations dec-orations won on the battlefields of Europe Eu-rope on more than 100 American soldiers, sol-diers, sailors and nurses. Among those decorated was one woman doctor, Dr. Caroline Fiuley of the American Woman's Wo-man's overseas hospitals. She was made a member of the Order of the British Empire in recognition of her care of influenza-stricken British prisoners pris-oners released from German prison camps. After the conferring of decorations, which took place on tho quarter deck of the Renown, the prince received on board the warship representatives of the city and state governments, the press and those who had been his hosts and hostesses during his stay in New-York New-York and who now eamo to bid him farewell. Again and again as the prince shook their hands he reiterated his gratitude at he welcome he had received and his regret at parting. "'But I am coming back," he said. ' ' I want to see more of America and the Americans." The last official ceremony of the dav- was a review of 5000 Boy Scouts, who were massed along the beach facing fac-ing the Renown. The priuee made a special trip ashore to meet the youngsters young-sters and it gave him an occasion to prove that he also is numbered among the phrase-makers. "Never hunt with yourselves, hunt with the pack." was tho prince s advice ad-vice to the scouts. He had intended to make a speech, but time was lacking and he had to content himself with handing a written writ-ten message to Colin II. Livingstone, president of tho national organization. The message, which, was addressed jointly to the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides, said in part: "I wish that my visit to your splendid splen-did countrv had been longer and that I had had the chance of seeing more American scouts and guides, but that must wait until my next visit. Meanwhile Mean-while I want to say one thing to you. Yalue your training as scouts and guides, for tho more you value it the greater will be your own value to your country and your friends. Put your couutry always first and, above all things, be good Americans. The better bet-ter Americans vou are, the better friends you will be to your brother scouts and sister guides of the British em oire. " The last person to say goodby to the prince was Admiral Sims, who was the guest of honor at a farewell luncheon given by the royal visitor. The anchors' an-chors' were already being weighed when the admiral left the ship. Five carrier pigeons were taken on board the Renown to be released 500 miles at sea and return to New Y'ork with greetings from the priuee to his New York hosts. Sir Robert Borden, premier of Canada, Can-ada, went aboard to accompany the royal party to Halifax.