Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1905-11-01
BRITISH SHIPS
HAVE ARRIVED
English Squadron in Command
Of Prince Louis at
Annapolis
OFFICERS WELCOMED
cal Admiral Bob" Evans Heads Amer.
ican Reception Committee...Enter.
tain ElaboratsIy.

Annapolis, Nd, Nov. 1.-The British
fleet under command Of Prince Louis
OF Battenberg, who bears specia
message from the monarch OF the Brit
lsh Empire to the President of the
United States, arrived off of Annapo
lis today. AS the prince set foot or
American soil he was greeted with
all honor due his rank by Admiral
Sands, superintendent of the naval
academy, and Governor Warfeld, OF
Maryland.
Arrival of Squadron.
The guns of the American SQUADRON
doomed a salute. Every ship of Rear
Admiral Evans squadron was gaily
dressed and the rigging manned by
Jack Tars in their best duds, when
the British cruiser squadron steamed
into the harbor today. 1t was mag
nificent spectacle which warmed the
heart of every seadog and tuned the
enthusiasm of the people of Annapo-
lis to the highest pitch. First came
the armored cruiser Drake, 14,1OO tons
the Princes flagship, followed in sin
gle line by the Bedford, the Cornwall,
the Barwick, the Essex and the Cum
berland, each of $500 tons. The rules
of naval etiquette were closely ad-
hered to in the greeting passed be-
tween the two squadrons and the
strictness with which every detail of
the formalities was observed made the
reception of the visitors highly I'M
pressive.
After the British squadron had
reached it's anchorage, the steam
launch Of the American flagship, the
Maine, took Rear Admiral Evans and
the officers of his staff to the Drake,
Visits Other Ships.
Later in the day Admiral Evans
exchanged visits with the command
ing officers of the other ships of the
British squadron and the steam
launches Of the battleships and cruls-
ers were kept busy all day carrying
officers in dress uniforms from one
ship to the other. There will be no
further entertainment of an official
character today, excepting formal re-
turn of the visit of Rear Admiral
Evans by the commander of the Brit
ish squadron.
The staff of Prince Louis consists Of
Flag Captain Mark E. F. Kerr, men,
Der of the fourth and fifth classes OF
the Victorian Order; Flag Lieutenant
Gerald Sowerby; Secretary Edward p.
Shearne, and Engineer Commander
William f. Pamphlet.
Elaborate Program.
The program for the entertainment
of the visiting fleet is quite elaborate
and includes many interesting social
and spectacular functions. Tomorrow
Rear Admiral Evans will entertain
Prince Louis and the British officers
at dinner on board the Maine. On
Friday Prince Louis and his officers
will go to Washington for a short Off
cial visit. At three o'clock on Satur-
day afternoon President Roosevelt will
give reception at the White House
in honor of the visitors, which will be
followed by a state dinner in the
evening. While the prince and his
staff are in Washington, the American
officers in this city will do their ut
most to entertain the British visitors.
There will be a number of dinners, re-
ceptions and other entertainments, In
cluding football game between cadet
teams.
Prince Louis will return to Annapo-
lis on the night of the fourth, or on
the following day and on Monday he
and his officers will be entertained by
Rear Admiral Sands, superintendent
Of the Naval Academy. On the af-
ternoon of Monday the American
squadron under the command of Rear
Admiral Evans will start for New
York, to be there ready to receive the
British squadron, upon It's arrival on
the ninth