The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1907-10-03
FRISCO WELCOMES
CRUISER SQUADRON
FOUR VESSELS JUST FROM THE
AsIATIc STATION ARRIVE
IN PORT.
Greeted by Big crowds--Rear Ad-
miraI Dayton Brings In Fighting
ships That Have Made . Cruise Of
$4,000 Miles.

San Francisco. Sept. 2s.-The hrst
division of the Pacific feet, the fore
guard of the American navy which is
to assemble n Pacific coast waters
Thursday or Friday. steamed through
the Golden Gate at sunrise Friday
morning.
The four armored cruisers passed
the heads In file formation, led by the
flagship West Virginia flying at her
masthead the twostarred flag Of the
commander Of the feet, Rear Admiral
James II. Dayton. Five hundred yards
to the rear came the Colorado, fol-
lowed at like distance by the Mary
land. and that by the Pennsylvania.
The arrival of the four big sister
ships marked the end Of $4,000
mile cruise, which began at Newport,
r. l., last September.
Greeted by Big Crowds.
The squadron was sighted outside
the head at dsybreak, steaming at
half speed out Of coast fog. BY
bringing his ships to anchor on the
city front a few minutes before eight
O'Clock Admiral Dayton fulfilled his
promise by wireless the night before
to ARRIVE some time In the early
forenoon" Thousands of people. an
ticipatins the event. were gathered
along the water front and on the hill
tops commanding q view Of the bay.
Oblivious of the fact that they could
not be distinguished from the decks,
they signalled a welcome to the huge
fighting machines by waving hats and
handkerchief, and as fieecy puffs of
smoke rose and drifted from the
mouths of the sixpounder saluting
guns Of the West Virginia they
cheered.
Admiral swinburns Calls.
Opposite North Beach the cruisers
slowed down to allow Chief Quaran-
tine Omcer Bobby TO come aboard.
In quick succession the West Virgi-
MIA, Colorado and Maryland submit.
ted their health certificates and were
given clean bills and allowed to pro-
coed to their anchorages mile fur
ther on, passing some OF the other
cruisers OF the feet on the way. Ad-
miral Swinburne put of with his flag.
ship, the cruiser Charleston. as soon
as the West Virginia moored. On
board the latter the yards were
manned and the band struck up a
lively air as Admiral Swinburne step
ped onto the quarterback to greet the
commander-in-chief OF the feet
At one o'clock in the afternoon a
joint committee of 100 men prominent
in political. business and social life
of San Francisco and nearby cities
boarded the West Virginia to greet
and welcome Admiral Dayton and the
other officers of the feet United
States Senator Perkins made a brief
formal address of welcome
Two Out Of Commission.
Vallejo. Cal. Sept 2s.--Orders were
received at the Mare Island navy
yard Friday morning to place the
cruisers Cincinnati and Raleigh out
OF commission. These vessels arrived
from the Asiatic station during the
past month and are In need Of exten.
sive repairs. The crews will be trans
ferred to the cruiser California. which
Is now short Of men, and any surplus
will be received on the South Dakota
expected here from the Union Iron
Works to be commissioner. The St.
Louis will come here for coal and
provisions and will rejoin the ships
now at San Francisco.