The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-02
FORTY-S|X WAR VESSELS
 WILL ASSEMBLE IN LINE
Admiral Evans Will Join the Fleet In Time To Command the Maneuvers Upon Entering San Francisco
 Harbor on May 6.

Monterey, Gal, May 1.-The Atlantic fleet of battleships steamed in here to- day to give Monterey peninsula a place in the history of the American navy ecord-breaking cruise around the world. The residents of Monterey and Pacific Grove and all the other settlements of the vicinity made the occasion of the arrival holiday. They lined the water front when the fleet dropped anchor at o'clock this morning and fingered long to view the beautiful marine spectacle of the IS ships drawn up in divisional formation-four lines of four ships each. with the hagships Connecticut Georgia, Alabama sud Missouri at the head of each col )umn. Throughout the day the streets and the decks of the battleships were thronged with visitors.
 A gale which transformed the bay into a ehoppy sea did not deter the hundreds upon hundreds who desired to see the ships at close range. The little power launches used by the excursionists bobbed about in lively fashion and the wind blown spray of the breaking waters sent many of the visitors home thoroughly wet. A great variety of entertainment ashore, both for the men and the officers of the fleet, marked the first day of the battleships stay and the visit of the squadrons promises to be thoroughly enjoyable one.
 New Orders Issued
 New orders were issued today covering the entry of the fleet through the Golden Gate into San Francisco bay on Wednes- day next The revised plans provided tor the most formidable. and picturesque naval display ia the hlstoiy.v-of~ the na- ton. 1t is now ordered that all of the vessels of the Pacific fleet shall join the Atlantic battleshi2s outside the Gold en Gate and steam with them through the harbor entrance to the anchorage in the bay, where the review of the ravy is to be held Practically the entire fighting force of the navy, with the ex- ception of a few newly commissioned ships in the east and few gunboats in the Philippine waters will be in the great column of white and buff vessels that thread their way between the headlands of the gateway, Point Bonita on the north and Point Lober on the south
 Forty-six vessels will be in line and the long column will stretch as far out to sea as the eye can see. The variety of fighting craft will range from the massive 160O0-ton Connecticut down to the little detroyer Fox, of only 154 tons displacement.
 Battleships, armored cruisers, pro- tected cruisers, gun boats, destroyers torpedo boats and auxiliaries-in fact, every class of vessel in the navy, save the obsolete monitors-will be repre- sented in this remarkable parade through the famous port entry.
 Impressive Picture.
 The steamng of the ships through the Golden Gate will be a far more i'm pressve and enduring picture than the ~eview at anchor, which is to be held A } days after the arrival on Friday next. Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans will be either on the bridge of the Connecticut or in the emergency cabin, where he commands a full view of the feet in entering San Francisco bay. Strict orders for a fair way for .he naval vessels have been issued by the department of commerce and labor at Washington, and revenue cutters and naval launches will patrol the pathway and keep excursion and pleasure craft out of danger.
 The hour of rendezvous outside the Golden Gate-probably at the San Francisco lightship-has been set for 9 a. m., on Wednesday next, May 6. Three hours later or as near noon as the calculations of the navigators can compute, the broad white bows of the Connecticut will appear within the gateway.
 The flagship will be fololwed by the IS other vessels of the fleet and by two additional battleships anchored outside the harbor entrance, the Nebraska and Wisconsin, making IS battleships in all the largest number ever brought into one command. Next will come the two divisions of magnificent cruisers of tine West Virginia type, 13,O00 and 14OO0 tons-eight in all-and the other cruis- CTS of the Pacific fleet. Following these will be the torpedo boat f1oy Vi which made the trip through the Su kl of Magellan and the 1oti1la of theB ft cific fleet, and at the end of th& will come the auxiliaries, six ina 1. Der. The poor old black hulledN t | begrimed col1iers which did so \ Al to make the recent cruise a sut I alone, will be lacking. E lIk |