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Show oo DREADNAUOHTS ! TO CARRYYANKSi ! PARIS, Dec. 4. The ten American1 dreadnaughts, which will escort Pres- j Ident Wilson into French waters, will turn about immediately after their arrival ar-rival to carry homeward a largo party of American soldiers and sailors. The trip will be so timed that the j men will arrive at a home port by I Christmas. 1 Tho operation will constitute one of I the most extensive movements of bat- j tleships for transport purposes everj undertaken. Vice Admiral Wilson at Brest is making -arrangements for the movement and determining the trans-1 port capacity of each battleship which at this time is less than usual because of the regular crews having been in-' creased so that recruits might be ! trained. A large number of folding steel beds will be mounted between i decks, however, thus making the aggregate ag-gregate capacity of the battleship fleet many thousands of men. Brest already is crowded with soldiers sol-diers and sailors awaiting the homo-ward homo-ward trip. Going to Brest. WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. President Wilson and his peace party are not expected to reach Paris before late next week, probably not until Saturday. Satur-day. The trip across will be made at ordinary cruising speed, as there is no occasion for haste. The George Washington is going direct di-rect to Brest, France, one of the chief French ports of debarkation for the American army. Probably a very large number of American troops will be at' the camps in that vicinity when the' president arrives and will participate in the initial ceremonies welcoming him to France. nn |