The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-07
SALT LAKE BOYS
SEE WARSHIPS
SAIL into BAY
Nothing Escapes the Sharp
Eyes of the Youthful High
School Soldiers.
EXPERIENCE MORE THAN
WORTH MONEY EXPENDED
TODAY CADETS WILL MARCH
PROUDLY IN PARADE AS Es-
cORT OF ADMIRAL EVANS.
BY JOEL L. PRIEST.
iSnecinl to The Herald \


San Francisco, May 6-As they rolled
into their blankets at o'clock last
night for long rest preliminary to the
parade tomorrow, there fingered in the
hearts of the Salt Lake High school
cadets just one regret over the most
momentous day of their lives. 1t was
eccasiOned by the thought that all
those that contributed to the fund that
made their trip possible could not have
stood with them on the hill near the
Z. entrance to the bay 10 see the fleet
z steam in. No boy, nor any man or
woman has ever witnessed a more in
spring sight than the long lire of float
ing fortresSeS that rose above the sky
line in the dim distance and sailed in
silent majesty through the curling
whitecaps of the outer ocean into the
calm waters of the bay.
Experience of Lifetime.
The boys saw it all, and every one
of them is better for it, every one is
a more patriotic American, every one
has better appreciation of the great
ness of his country. At 10 o'clock this
morning they were formed in compa-
MES and a few minutes later they
marched to their positions. For more
than an hour they occupied themselves
with the wonderful panorama spread
out in the bay below them. Everything
. That floated was pressed into service 10
earry sightseers out TO witness the ap-
proach of the fleet. The hills that line
the shores were crowded so thiclIy
with humanity that they seemed a. u
distance to form a solid mass.
"Here They Come"
II was little before u O'Clock when
of hn Ghn no
Here they comet! Keen young eyes
could see far out over the ilIimItabIe
waters a faint column of smoke, a
qulveTing finger that was quickly !
pressed down toward the water by the !
smart breeze. Five minutes passed in |
tense expectancy, then other columns
of smoke appeared and others in long
line that stretched back beyond the
horizon. Presently the upper works of |
the Connecticut could be made out, |
with the Stars and Stripes f1uttering |
and swapping at the mainmast. on |
she came. the white foam curling at |
her bow as she crowded her way
through the waves. A little behind |
came the Kansas, the Vermont, the |
louisiana and all the others in their /
proper places, holding their distance /
as surely as though they had oeen an
Chored.
Nohing Escaped Their Eyes.
With eager, staring eyes that were
sometimes just a trif1e moist, the boys
stood i'm their places, fairly satura ting
their minds and their whole being with
the scene. In single column formation
the battleships entered the Gate Sud
denly great gun at Fort Mason
doomed the first note of the welcome
A few moments later the entire hill
side was enveloped in smoke, and the
deep baying of the dogs of war was
echOing and re-echoing from all The
hills.
Flagship Replied to Welcome.
The flagship was the only unit of the
feet that replied. Using her six-inCh
guns she answered the salute, gun for
gun, until twenty-One had been fired.
,lhen amid the shieks of hundreds OF
steam whistles the fleet steamed down
the bay to its anchorage
The location of the cadets was such
that no detail of the picture escaped
them. They said little as they looked.
Here and there a boy broke out with
There is the Connecticut" or II guess
that fleet wouldn't do a thing To any
old navy that went against it, Gee,
that's bully" They will have time to
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