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Show ATM Vice-President Marshall Welcomes Albert Edward Ed-ward to U. S. CROWDS AT STATION Cavalry Escort Precedes Royal Visitor and High Officials. WASHINGTON. Nov 11 Albert Edward. Prince of Wales, arrived In Washington today and was welcomed bj Vice President Marshall, acting for President Wilson. Reception ceremonies ceremo-nies at the union station were Informal, Infor-mal, although cabinet officers and high officers of the army and navy were gathered to greet the youthful visitor, ,who win spend three days in the national na-tional capital hefore visiting New , York on his way home. ; A drizzling rain did not prevent the leathering crowds" over the route the I prinre and his party preceded bj a cavalry escort, passed to the Perrv Belmont home reserved for the dis-; nnguished visitor. After luncheon! t!ie prince u;t- to call on Mrs Wil son at the White House and it was expected he would see ihe president in jhis sick room, Mr Wilson's physician, 'Rear Admiral Grayson, having announced an-nounced that his patient's condition would not prevent the call. On his way from the station the prince passed the square where the , formal exercises in c onnection with the celebration of Armistice Day were In progress, despite the rain. Passing through the president's reception re-ception room with a score of Red I'rossj girls in uniform waving greetngs the I prince on his arrival stepped out into I the concourse where sabers of the cav-alry cav-alry were whipped to salute and the' band began the solemn strains of "God Save the King." j The prince and Mr. Marshall entered en-tered the latters car and the swift trip to the Belmont home was begun, the cavalry in the rain-sodden uni forms and the dripping guideons plat-ter'ng plat-ter'ng ahead in column A wave of handclapping and cheering followed the procession as it swept through the streets. nn . |