Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-04-16
Sailors Are Given Privileges
and Shown Every COur-
teSy by People of
San Diego.
GRAND REVIEW
FOR SAN FRANCISCO
FOrty-Six Ships Will be in Line
and Secretary MetCdlf viii Make
an Inspection Sight viii be
Imposing and is Attracting
Much Notice.

san Diego. April 16.-The officers
and men of the Atlantic fleet began
today to enjoy themselves largely in
accordance with individual bent, al
though many functions have been
planned in their honor. one fourth Of
the entire force is entitled to liberty
and all are allowed to land and blue
Jackets are seen everywhere. This
afternoon there will be a boat race
on the bay and a baseball game be-
tween a team from the battleship
Ohio and a local nine.
Tonight an elaborate display of
fireworks will be made. The ships are
thrown open to visitors and were
thronged with sightseers today.
Grand Naval Review.
san Francisco, April 16.-The date
for the naval review has been set for
May Sth. when secretary Of the Navy
Victor H. Metcalf, on board the gun
boat yorktown, will pass in review
the forty-five war ships anchored III
the bay AS this is the most power
full naval force ever assembled in the
Pacific ocean, So will the review be
the most imposing naval pageant ever
witnessed on the shores of this hemi-
sphere. Neither the solemn process
sion to Grants tomb, nor the more
gala reception to Admiral Dewey, nor
even President Roosevelt's God-speed
to Admiral Evans at Hampton Roads
will compare with this occasion In
the number and power OF the war
ships assembled, and while other
naval pageants have perhaps attract
ed greater number of spectators
none has ever assembled a more en-
thusiastic gathering than this great
spectacle will bring to the shores of
san Francisco bay.
Forty-siX I'm Line.
The combined Atlantic and Pacific
fleets, including the secretary's boat
will comprise forty-siX war ships
with "a total displacement of 4O7,924
tons, or about ! per cent of the an
nual tonnage of this port. There will
be eighteen battleships with an ag.
gregate tonnage Of 249,936 tons, eight
armored cruisers of ll1,OS0 tons, two
Trotected cruisers of 1870 tons
eight deStroyers of 3,342 tons, three
torpedo boats of 5S7 tons, six auxil-
iaries of 2S.139 tons, and one gun
boat of LILO tons
The official list of vessels to be re.
viewed does not mention the protect
cd cruisers Milwaukee and st. Louis
although they are in these waters
They are sister ships of the Charles
ton, the flagship of Admiral Swim
burne and their addition to the re-
view would increase the aggregate
tonnage by nearly 10000 tons.
The vessels will be anchored in
fou- parallel columns and will occu-
py rectangle $500 yards long and
1850 yards wide. They will be about
400 yards apart, ten of the larger
vessels to each column, and twelve or
thirteen of the smaller. The larger
vessels will be anchored in the col
umn nearest the channel and the
smaller vessels in the inside column.
The northwest corner of the an
chorage is placed about LOO yards
of Spear street wharf. and the north
east corner about 27OO yards off Ala
media mole. The southwest corner is
about 100 yards off Potrero Point
bringing the center of the columns
off Mission Rock.
VIII lie imposing sight.
To aid the vessels in finding their
anchOragcS with eXactness, an imagi-
nary line has been drawn from the
westerly point of Goat Island to
Point Avisaderp, the extremity OF
Hunters Point The third column
Of vessels will anchor along this line,
leaving one column in-hore ana TWO
columns OutshOTc.
The Yorktown dying tho score
tary's hds. bearing four white stars
and an anchor on field ol blue, viii
leave an anchorage just south Of the
Oakland mole. steam south between
columns one and two, pass around
the southern end of columns two and
three, and steam north between coll
umnS three and four. Sne viii then
come to anchor at the head Of the
columns, between columns two and
three.
The vessels Will bee gu. decorated
on his occasion. and the bluejackets
ana marines In their dress uniforms
will be mustered on the de. ks 10 sa-
lutte the Yorktown as she passes with
the secretary of the navy
The flagship Connecticut viii be at
the "a ad of the first column, flying II
i. EDT.I, the flag Of Admiral Evans,
aud If that is impossible. ,he two
Write stars on field Of blue for Ad-
miral Thomas. On that day Admiral
Dayton will have 10 lower his blue