Omaha daily bee., 1907-12-17
PRESIDENT WITNESSES START
AdmiTsls and Captains Received or
Deck Of kayh0wer.
JOURNEY is WITHOUT RREcEDEHI
Longest Practice Cruise Ever Under.
taken by Big Modern Fleet.
FLOWER OF UNITED STATES navy
Cshn0ns B"oR HohoTs 80 Nsuon's
chief wbfis sfStssn vessels ~
ths Liss pes Pr@ssJy
~ Hinn.


OLD POINT COMFoRT. Ys.. Dee N-
The backbone ~ tEe AnsFicsn navy. SIX
{ teen fTst-cisss Ds,leships under cSfam&nd
u Rear Admiral EQoiey y. Evans set eel
I today for tls Pscfc ooaan-a i4.gDo-nils
i cruise which has So al the world -
Z taking
! PsFadiBg in review before the president
I of the United States End ssiaing a. tbey
went the stately white vessels Grew an
c59Ys from uhe RENDEZVOUS Fround q
Hampton Roads. sLesrlee 0ut - the ia
nous Oi6 Ylrgnia osDes and were lOst %
view On the south ses-stern horizon, flhy
teii-tsls columns a. black coal smoke ~.
7 ing the last visible vestige q the oepsFtinf
SECT ~ Ten Knots Epee8 they went. turn
/ ing theiF backs On tne ooast which - l0oE
has beer their horne and heaGae for r1e
I eastern END ~ f1e West Incies After
/ threading their way smong the reefs o.
I those Islands tas Rect Eln tr1ng ~ a.
I TrInidad on Christmas ess-the frst STAGE
I u its 50urnes e. an end. The beltes sdes
I = each arfnoreisS Wefo fairly strUtts6 20
+ Day S1th tie press u heavy stores aud
I anraunitiQn. while osc6s Tesounded vita
Z the fo9tfslis 0f tH9efane nen iH quar-
I ter. On q mission as pacific ss the name
/ q the waters = soo- VII be glowing. the
Feet was sent ave r-epsrso ia every d.
I tan Tor sry ouiy.
Presidential Party Arrives.
4 President Roosevelt. aocornpanlse BY .
party u guest came down from washing
I Ton on tbs naval vseht Msyh0Wer. His
arrival in TIE rosSEesd Nas signalissd By
Z q roar ~ sslgtes when the resulting vel
I q powder had iifted from the ships the
I AEsFd0Eer prSosssed 20 anchor fn the very
/ center Of ths thr05bahg heet There foi-
lowed the brief reosr-iCl ~ buSTd the
pTesident having a farewell message for
I the four rear sdfnirHls snd the sixteen
! comma ndtng oH5oefs pAss are taxing the
I stlgs thro1gh NlaEefta1 % San Ffsncisco.
T A. tie ooDelut5on % the meeting on the
NayhOEer's quarter deck Presidsut Eooas-
ytlt shook esch ofsoer oor6istiy by ths
hand ssd - they went ovsr tbs uaas ~
bsds them ofIcisi ss3sE
Then fer q tourney q neSrsy ten rnliss
The preE8denf. - egrnnnsndc1-sn-c4ief -
{ the American army ans nsrr. les the long
I line q bstties hlpt ou. tuto ChesupsSks
bay. They fcIIoued ffs rag 70 Thir1bls
sl0al light tsrt Eve milss inside the eaDsM.
+ where the Msvs0Ne- t1rnes aside and
I dropped fts anchors for rhs formal reT1sW-
As q naval paEsant the review and 6e-
Z psrtura q the fest today wa the most
notable i- American history. There haVs
I ben several presidential reviews q the
T Atlantic feet during fhe lAEf eighteen
Z months but IN these Instances Shs great
ships were lytng 6oeBe a. the end q
I spreading anchor ehEins vhns ths review
Ing yacht passed up aud duUu rhsir iDsE
journey WIthOut Preeeaena.
1 To-Day the feet ~ss under way. hAs cast
OF from ths shore and wFE putwErS-
bound on . cruise which. as the TreElosuf
. himself expressed g. no heet Of ebch size
hEs ever before uncgrtAksn-" ne gins
which nae svoice5 % the president On his
T arrival In Hampton Roads ut1sred a good
bye tribuls a. thFy passed the EhyhowsT
4 0utwzrd-b1und The salute Of ws3s0ns
had been rsid IN uffsons ths farewell
( rrlbuts wzs an insiridusi u1s-tuE from
. each one - The sixlesn ships
/ TIE feet passed Uut N ssnEls column.
the hlE g0Verurlcut-huit Counsctir1t, Tag
ship q Admiral Erhns. leading the way.
ne vessels we're 50 FareE apart and from
TIRE Connect5rur 10 the KsntuclT. which
brought up the rear. the lins reached q us
tarce ol more thsn four rllleG
I In space a time there wEs q stretch q
q 6ecz6s between me 90 tons O. ths
. Couuecticut to ths little uluTs thEn 1855
tons q the EentucEy. Ffvs EtEEes o.
Auerfzza bsrtlesh1p co.nstrBcriun were
rsr-sstnted o. tire uns ard a. an ohsect
lesson IN tbs growth q the Americas navy
the specascls found one o. 81 EnsEi Et-ik-
ing features
A large number ~ yachts ana sEcErEim
haats aeon panied ire hset d0u1 ths bay
And Esthsres a. the -evisWluE gsSunA
Ths-e On ths NaEasws4.
President RooseveHs party On ths Kay
I aoWer include5 Mrs Roosevelt Mss E1-hal
! Roosevelt. Sscretary uf the Navy and Era
I Metosn the ASSISTANT eecrethry of the
NAVY ana Mrs SeVberry, Esar Adn.irzl
W H BroWus5n. chief o. ths bursan %
nsvlgatioa ana A-rs Erounson; RssT Al
u5ral ana Mrs- CoElss ana IAegtazEnt
Commands and MIA simus
The naval dlEpa1ch bsEt DslrhiH also
came doEu from "A tshineron vita q party
O. carC-essnea on b0ard 70 witness ths
review.
The day o. asgarture broke far Ene cool
with an eigtt mle breeze bl0e1ng from gslst
litfIr % the south a. west are raiElng
tae waters oi Jhe ROADS INTO EpErkllng
waves.
Al the tine q the Iresidsurs arrival TIE
brilliant san had 50 the brigti Wozk and
E polished decks 5anciuE On hs rHyE I7ne
ir1uscClats vl.gs Euns q the 5ig hghtlng
machines elean1cs spleudilly. Not oluud
Gecke1 me say
The early T1orulEC sceEes shou1 chc heet
I suchorsEe Was most uictlreslue Long be-
fore Ssyught tfe uCy lstle can launches
were uaki1g taelr lasg trips from tire shore.
some - them blowing Flparient ~ isgles
tor DELAYED man oraerhes v-ho were ths
lasg persons % b. taken ahCsrE.
Men az P0sFs Barry.
Msu-cf-vsrsrren arose carry Ffvs
oclock fouuE every DECK % TIE sixteon
Sims vreu fired p-fth them.
I Trev u'ere busy Uitt tte lsst chures of
scrub5lae and polisnfug ChsnginE red
ard vfus sIrnsl Hrhrs Slowed a. times
from msstheads commanders having some
last irs51ucli0us 30 receive g-ou ths dlvi.
si6nsI GaEshlT.s
As dsylgft came the shlr lshts disap
pasred one hy one uurl al were gont
Ire ssu rose erest red bar On tie essl
u seezaeS - haE,g foT eEls = - sANa-