Show MS S ASSIGNED i iON ON SECRET Ti 4 MISSION Tells of Trip TakeI Taken Take n I Before U. U S. S Enters tl War WarBy 1 a By ey Associated PressE Press EW E YORK April S How S.-How How Rear Rea r 1 miral William S S. S Sims accompanied Y Yone r one aide proceeded Incognito Into land under naY navy department orders u him two necks before the States entered the war ar against inan many lany was told the Associated ss 55 by bJ the admiral here last night his return from overseas n reply to questions ho gave in sim- sim words a straightforward account of oC mission mission pas passing with dispassionate ment over or man many an Incident of oC his venture that well could be bo ted Into tho most romantic of or war rles CRET CONFERENCE On March 24 or 25 1917 the admiral d Id d while ho was president of oC the yal val war college at Newport he was ered eret to report without delay deay toe to toe fe e secretary of at the navy at Washing n n. n Ho He was not notified of or tho the nature the business to bo ba discussed Upon arrival thero there he lie was received In cret conference with Secretary Dans DanIs Dan- Dan Is s and Admiral Benson Denson chief chic of oC val operations j Ho o was told that It looked as though r shall go to war warp and It Il was briefly planned that ho was to go at once to tho people on the other side and ch eh an understanding understanding- as to ho ho x the States best cou could cooperate 4 Ufa th allied sea forces force In operation i Germany One aide aido would bet bo be owed lowed to accompany him ho he was told t id d his Identity must not bo ho known tit tH It might be decided to reveal It Ittel Itter itter ter tel his safe arrival abroad I CIVILIAN CLOTHES Commander J. J V Y Babcock of ot New ampton la Ia l. l aide to Admiral Sims at was waa chosen to accompany s m and both officers Immediately nned need civilian clothes Simultaneously J the they dropped their mes and assumed others moro more sultIe sult- sult lo Ie to the tho occasion Admiral Sims Id ld he did not clearly remember what me line he bore bolo on his incognito ire reo Babcock and ancl I chose Richardson nd d d Robertson as near as I can reI re- re ill I he said I cant can't think of ot tho fullme full fullme me ame and I am not at all sure that lese ese are arc correct But Dut that's how I IBern Iem Iem Bern em em to remember them The admiral and his al aide e sailed Aj d from frome e port of ot New York March 31 1917 n the steamship New cw York he said 0 o ono on the vessel r recognized them nd d they pa passed sed the time as ordinary ers without feeling an any unusual ar of ot their Identities being revealed AR IS DECLARED News of or tho the declaration of ot war b bye by lie e United States on April 6 reached hem em by the ships ship's wireless news ser- ser Ice It did not disturb them Entering Liverpool harbor on April 9 1 a thick mist the steamer struck a aIno aLine Line alno and a hole was blown In one ater of at ofer er cr forward compartments but the ad- ad and his aldo aide were not especially by that either There was no reception committee to set them at th the docks In Liverpool Sims said They went ashore like anybody else A lal train was waiting In the tho Liverpool ards arde however with Admiral Hope board representing the British a ad- ad CONFERENCE ON FERENCE BEGUN They ITher They arrived In London on April 10 10 oth Admiral Sims an and Commander still wearing their civilian lollies othes The They went at once to the ad- ad offices where Admiral Sims ent vent Into conference with Admiral i On iOn April 13 13 at a 0 luncheon In London he United d States Slates ambassador made he hc formal announcement that Admiral Sims Ims ms had arrived In the country After hat that the admiral and his aide reap- reap eared In their navy uniforms and abandoned bandone the names nameR of ot Richardson and nl Robertson for tor a all time Commenting on how he happened to toe toe be e the officer selected to go abroad Admiral Sims said I was wa the logical selection for tor a umber number of or reasons reason I 1 had been naval at Paris from 18 1897 7 to 1900 I speak peak the French language I had been eon to England about o every r I winter from 1902 to 1909 to talk gunnery gunner with the British admiralty chiefs like Admiral Admiral Admiral Ad Ad- miral and Admiral Scott I new mew the tho British and French naval heads leads And for tor three years I 1 had T raven v n nn In n command of ot the Atlantic torpedo toredo flotilla on this thin sid side e. e |