The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-26
THOUSANDS SEE
SHIPS MAh[Uv[R
AS THEY STEAMED AWAY FROM
LOS ANGELES PAST SANTA
MONICA.
AN IMPRESSIVE SIGHT
When Ships Swing From One Forna.
tion into Another-Fieet's Wait
viii BE Remembered For a
Long Time.

Santa Monica. Cal. April 25.-Mora
than 100000 people assembled on the
hills surrounding the bay nf Santn
Monica aud bade the battIeship nce.'
farewell as 1T passed Point 'Duma
shortly after . O'Clock this morning
No spectacle so supeta has ever beel
iGaIifonlia unless IA was the arrival cg
the same ships week ago and 1t viii
be a long time before the patfoItie
enthusiasm OF the great multitude sub.
sides to forgetfulness OF the Impress
ions made today
Cheers Not Sufficient.
Cheers did not gitfflce TO express
their emctf rs. and the waving cf
flags ard booming Of gums seemed IN
adequate. but the groups Of tired pc
Pile that stood for hours patiently v
awaiting the coming of the ships anl
tears that filed eyes stralning sea
ward as one by one they faded froll
view were evidences OF the welcome
that leet has known and Of the 70
gret that attended Its leaving
As the great ships came out Of the
distance and loomed larger aud larger
and slowed down as they approached
the white line of the surf. the people
cheered wildly
Beautiful Maneuvers,
A mile off shore. the Connecticut was
4.
tiuttered. were withdrawn and appear
cd again and the file OF ships seemai
10 mark time while the flag chip viex.
led the formation. Half mila from
the beach the Connecticut wheeled
agaln, pointing her nune nnfthwarl
faud parallel with The beach where ths
people were waving flags and wbe's
Srusty guns mounted on the vcnics
F'ier bad begun to sound salute %
welcome to which the etiquette of the
navy was forced TO reply Here for n
full quarter of nn hour the liBe was
brc ken aud the fleet apepared IN three
lines. one close to the shore. steaming
northward, another heading strnight
toward the beach and third parallel
ing the first, but two miles further
out
impressive View.
Viewed from Santa Monlsa GIN
the scene was never TO be forgotten.
In this perspective the foremost ships
locmed large with their armors show
ing plainly the brass Of the deets
ell la svhk
masts and smoke stacks forming
thick forest with black smoke over.
hanging the blue waters OF the hav
As the ships executed the double
turn. they appeared In homeless confu-
sion SO sharp was the change Of the
course that each Of the big vessels
passed directly across the hew OF one
lof the sister ships and the peonl>
viewed the unaccustemed sight vita
some trenidation. fearing a disaster.
But as the Connecticut drew away
aud each Of the succeeding shin7 with
drew from the group maintaining t@s
exact interval of few hundred feet
momentary fear gave wav 10 ADMIR-
tion and the exhibition Of s-snapshla
was aDplauded by cheers aud the wa
ing Of flags.
In Fleet Column.
Another quarter of an hour Dasse,l
before the feet was again steaming
In feet column. the line extending
from opposite Santa Moui"s to tia
southern limits of Venice, four miles
|or more
Here was afforded thR most mag
nifieent spectacle Of the dsv EpcIcs-
Ing the hsrbcr was wall cf fog. C'ear
land distinct every line of the ships
showed against the blue waters cf the
bsv on each side of the high broad
ridges and formed a sheltnrIug arm -
the crescent Opposite the port ef
los Angeles. the Connecticut turnei
Iseaward. heading straight for the sx
Itremity of Point Dums
Disa7pesr in Fo1.
Again the skidding hattleships marx
ed time aud again turned exactIv IN
The wake 4 the Hagshin For tina
they showed white and bun and then
the colcrs faded into enc apd one ~
one the ships vere swallowed up IN tia
fog.
II was few minutes after 9 o'cle"k
whom the Minnesota tho last nf tbs
fourth division and last in tbs column
cf ships. faded from view.
ARRIVE AT SANTA BARBARA
Santa Barbara. Cal Arril sS-Th>
Atlantic feet arrived here this sfsss
rr~sn anI narhoral uk II IN iust