The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-05-19
HOW SAN FRANCISCO NET
AND WELCOMED THE FLEET


SAN FRANCISCO NAY 4--NSFSE
since the days OF the SpAniSh-Arnsrican
VA has san Francisco seen such a
frenzy OF patriotism. and never in the
history OF san Francisco have its peo-
pc received such s. lesson in patriot
isu- The ciyy has gone fleet mad.
Snd the people do NOT intend % rsST
nor expect 20 rest until they stop
from sheer exhaustion. and then II Is
more than u<sly that new thousands
win take u- where they LEFT ocf-any-
way the end o. II al IS not in sight
yet
The whole inspiring spectacle i one
never 10 be fo-gOttsl-iC ranks with
rhs old GsyS when the troops went
marching down Van Ness avenue and
down The old NarSst street On their
ussv 70 their ShiuS-anG war II ranks
with the DAYS when those same resi-
rrlsnrs came marching OF the wtlarves
and up tn I'D Markst street. with the
hands playing. the tatJsred barrle-nass
riunz 10 the breeze. the crowd swaylns
hack and forth in an ecstasy OF emo
ton and patriotism II ranks with one
other day-that of the earthquake.
when the people who had lined the
Sidewalks and chss-ed their heroes.
themselves ran hslts--sSelter up old
Market street. fleeing with desperation
from the aIl-dsvOuring flames. which
swept away IN s few short hours al
thar remained Of the old ciCy-chs part
o. the city which made san Francisco
famous the world over.
And uow-wsu this time il Is the
sailors. the men Of the new American
raw. who have marched Up the new
Msrket street Up the new Van Ness
avenue and who have been chesred by
TIE cd san FrauciScans- Did you ever
Sro1 70 rhfnk OF the contrast nowt
This time the new men from the East
are in the center OF the SJreSt-thsy
are heroes o. CourSe-but they are
ches-eG by heroes Loo-cheered By the
rre- on the sidewalks who have met
advs-Ssty. faced the worst and Won IN
spite q overwhelming odds-juSr as
those men in the middle Of the street
have done in The past and would DO
again Il they were called upon Those
men Who marched up the middle of-rhe
street today gave san FranciSCans q
IsSs'- IN patriotism. but those men VINO
marched up the new street. knew that
rhs men on the sidewalks had made
that street over again IN the snort
s1ace o. TWO years And 50 Il was rnar
bo-- S5EeS r-arvellsG- and both SIDES
rsj0zcs5 L showed that after al
Americans are the sane the world over.
The Atlantic feet has aStounted the
world BY its voyage, and the men o.
that feet were rejoicing in the fact
that they. had accomplished what they
- OUT % DO san Francisco citizens
were on hand % rejoice with them snd
u rsj55cs z-S1 because they had prac-
ticauy accomplished what they set out
% DO TWO years ago-rabuLd q city
What could be more fitting than that
the ships should finish their Journey
here and what should bs more fitting
than that the men from the East and
he men from the West should meet
OF Market street. the new Market
street. and together celebrate the glory
of achievement. % know the satisfac-
tfo1 which cones from : task vel
done After al II was but the SYM
roIfziuE Of American energy and
American grit directed along two dif-
f5-sut lines. and carried out % 3 sue
cssSfuI ending No wonder san Fran
cisco has given itSe-f over 70 Two whole
weeks o. celebration
TEE. COMING OF The FLEET
Ire people Of san Francisco knew
the feet was coming. had watched its
u-uErsSs ID The Coast from san Diego 4
and meanwhile worked with fevertsh .
anxiety % set the city into prsSsutable .
trim. and decorated for the occasion 4
No- until the squadron reached Mon
ts-ey and santa Cruz did the full sig
ul6cance Of Z al become apparent 70 /
the ueop-e- Il vas something 20 look
f1-uar= 70 before that -tue-afrer that
Il vas z reality The feet was 50 cIoss
cEzr. v1u could ruu down The Coast on
The train take look az IL and return
the sane day 70 tel OF the sight you
saw Thousands went down u the
Coas- cities. saw and came back eu-
Unused and excited They spread the
fever Of patriotism. until the night be-
fore The feet arrfved-the whole city
vas uuou the streets as though the
feet might suddenly wheel into sight
around the corner. and II IL did they ;
would Be there 70 meet IL Everyone
wanted % Be doing s0uethius-wautsd
% Be so-ew1er--hzt s why 10 one
STAYED a t0ue-
Thz day before the feet was due at
Monterey ch1usauts OF people poured
into that little seaside town intending
u rise Al daylight and greet the YES
sz-S as they came around the point
They rose according 70 schedule they
vent % the sho-e-nd there before
their eyes lay the great white armada
a. anchor Il had slipped IN before It
vas expected stealing out from the
darkness Lnto the thick I5E-hznging
fog O. the hay quietly feeling its way
70 r1e anchorage whsre anchors were
6ropped With scarcely 2 sound and
By -hz tine the good citfZzus were
-uIv awake ths ueu Of the feet were
c-sEy engaged II their morning duties
Of c-ezui1E ship L was q disappoint-
uzn- % those OF sao-e lot % see the
feet us1euTer into the bay. but as the
fog slowly lifted and the morning sun
bear down u1ou the gIisreuinz srmo-.
everything vas forgotten before the
bzz-ry q the display
As s0ou as naval rules allowed the
o6cizIs u the suaH town paid their
o15clzI welcoming calls 20 the feet and
son afterwards sailors and officers
cane ashore f1- another round Of eu-
csrrziuusut- the szns kind they had
received al ID the Coast Before It
fully ended part Of the feet steamed
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