Show ARE TENDERED A BIG OVATION I NorfolK Norfolk Lavishly Entertains Entertains Entertains Enter Enter- Officers and Men Hen From Battleships NORFOLK Va Ya Feb 27 Norfolk i. Norfolk paid n a homecoming tribute to 2000 officers and blue Jackets Jacket from the American battle batto fleet today With flaring trouser ends snugly I reefed dO down 7 In canvas canas leggings with wih Jaunty jaunt white caps cap s setting oft off or the deep blue of the service uniforms and with lh rUles slung over oyer their shoulders shoulder the themen themen themen men from tho the fleet paraded through h the principal streets of ot the city an and were re received re re- with wih cheers by practically all nI of Norfolk's population Main street was as so 0 crowded in places that barely enough I room was left for tor tho the sailors to pass The he Themen men of o the fleet passed through admiring thron throngs s. s who in their eagerness to observe observe- I the Iho duo blue Jackets forgot nil all al but the first spontaneous cheer of ot welcome until ono one i of or th the ships ship's bands camo came alon along playing I Dixie DIle Then tho the crowds broke Into ft a I tumultuous tribute which was caught up tp I all al the Iho wa way down the tho line Tho The men from on Virginia received a erla veritable blo oa ovation In traversing Maui Main street the Iho sailors an and their escort pa passed e through h a n cordon coron of ot honor In front of or the tho reviewing stand composed of hundreds of or veterans of both the th confederate and union armies Tho The blue made sho showIng show show- blue Jackets mal a splendid In lug Ing in spite of their lOT long stay alay on board ship Nearly t e oven every person peron on the thC crowded crowd crowd- ed cd streets treet and sidewalks held hell a fn flag and the these e were wore waved wa d in greeting The Tho city was waR decorated as ns seldom before The Tho Th cr crowd md of or onlookers spread pread from tho streets to the windows Indo and roofs roots of or buildings s salon along alon the lino hino Jno of march and business s was ES suspended until the sailors bailors left for their ships late hate In the afternoon Following the tho parade th tim iho officers were entertaIned at an elaborate luncheon at atthe at the Iho hotel while tho the 2000 blue Jackets wore were given a feast at the new naval Y M. M I. I C. C A. A building constructed with mone money donated by John D. D Rocke Rocke- feller teler Th Tue Th battleship Rhode Island left the tho fleet feet today and sailed for New Xe York |