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Show Ten Dreadnatiglits Return Re-turn Home After 18 Months Abroad. MEN JOIN IN PARABi 'Millions' "of Americans Join-in Tumultous Reception Re-ception to Seamen. NEW YORK, Dec. 26. Led by the superdreadnaught Arizona, ten greal battlcshlpc in command of Admira Henry T. Mayo the vanguard of America's Am-erica's victory fleet in European wat. crs steamed majestically up Nev. York harbor today in review before Secretary of the Navy Daniels and were greeted with a tumultous reception recep-tion by harbor craft and hundreds oj thousands of persons who lined the shore. The fleet reached Ambrose channel late yesterday afternoon ano rode at anchor within sight of the city's lights last night. The ships weighed anchor at 7:3C o'clock today and escorted by a fleel of twenty-one airplanes proceeded alowly up the harbor to the Statue oi Liberty where Secretary Daniels and a party of distinguished guests on the presidential yacht Mayflower reviewing review-ing the inspiring procession. The shrieks of thousands of welcoming sir. ens and whistles were drowned by the thunderous salute of nineteen guns from each battleship as it came abreast of the Mayflower. The dreadnaughts passed up the Hudson and anchored from 55th tc 125th street and preparations then were made for 10,650 men to disembark disem-bark for the land parade down Fiftl-avenue Fiftl-avenue this afternoon. The ships welcomed home after eighteen months of strenuous patrolt of seas Infested by enemy submarines were: The Pennsylvania, the Arizona, the Oklahoma, the Nevada, the Utah, the New York, the Texas, the Arkansls the Wyoming and the Florida. In addition to Secretary Daniels the reviewing party included Secretar of War Baker, Secretary of Agriculture Agricul-ture Houston, General Peyton C March, chief of staff of the United States army, Admiral Grant of the British navy and the senior naval attache at-tache of the Allied nations. After tho parade this afternoon the men will be given shore leave and a number of entertainments and dinners din-ners will be given in their honor. When the fleet was at anchor off Ambrose channel lightship the snow fell so thickly that the dreadnaughts and their escorting cruisers could not be seen from shore. Scarcely visible, a giant kite balloon bal-loon preceded the Arizona, leading unit of tho fleet, into the harbor an aircraft air-craft towed. S00 feet up, by the gunboat gun-boat Gloucester at the end of a taut line. Behind the armada two more balloons were pulled along abaft the Florida, tho last warship to enter Above the slowly steaming dreadnaughts dread-naughts airplanes dipped and rose-obscure rose-obscure snow birds which gave to the scene a picturesque touch as they darted about above the basket masts of the battleships. From each of these masts fluttered a great. American flag. Promptly at 10 o'clock, notwithstanding notwith-standing the difficulty of maneuvering in the snowstorm, the Arizona tscamec! by the Mayflower, firing her salutt of nineteen guns in honor of Secretary Secre-tary Daniels. "Within twenty minutes the last ol tho ton dreadnaughts, the Florida, flying fly-ing her horaobound pennant had passed tho Mayflower, said a wireless ! message from the press boat. Tho sa-; sa-; luting guns could be heard, but the ' ships themselves could scarcely be i seen from the New York shore. As : they swung up tho river, however, the i groat gray shapes became distinctly visible and tho watching crowds could ; see the sailors and marines lining tho 1 rails nt attention and could hear tho ships' bands play. Soon after tho snowfall ceased and the skies bright -I enod somewhat. "i At 10.4S the Mayflower left her sla-j sla-j tlon and proceeded up theIvor to re-ijviow re-ijviow the fleet at anchor. '-'V |