The bee., 1908-05-07
'BATIIESRIPS At MONTEREY
OCCASION OF ARRIVAL or FLaHT
IS MADE HOLIDAY eV
RESIDENTS.
% VESSELS WILL Be IN LINE
Plans for Entering Golden Gate Have
Been Revised and Practically
the Whole Naval Force
Will Be There.

Monterey, Cal. May 2.--The At.
lantic fleet of battleships steamed in
here Friday TO give Monterey peninsu-
la place in the history Of the Ameri-
can navy record-breadng 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 hol.
iday They lined the water front
when the feet dropped anchor at G
O'Clock Friday night and left to Long
View the beautiful spectacle Of 16
battlsships drawn up into divisional
formation-four lines Of four ships
each, with the flagship Connecticut,
Georgia, Alabama and Missouri at the
head Of each column.
Two Fleets Will Join.
Revised plans provide the most pic
turssQue and formidable naval display
in the history Of the nation. 1t is now
ordered that all the vessels OF the
Pacific feet shall join the Atlantic
battlsshiDs outside the Golden Gate
and steam with them into the harber
entrance TO the anchorage of the bay,
where the review of the navy 10 TO
be. held. Practically the entire fght-
ing force of the navy, with the excep-
ton OF q few newly commissioned
ships in the east and few gunboats
In Philippine waters, will be In the
great column Of white and bun yes
sells that thread their way between the
headlands Of the gatsway-Poin
Bonita on the north and Point Lo-
bos on the south. ls.a
Forty-six vessels will be in line and
the long column will stretch as far out
to sea as the eye can see. The va
riety Of lighting craft will range from
the massive 16,eeo-ton Connecticut
down to the little destroyer Fox Of
emily 1B4 tons displacement.
All Glasses Of Vessels.
Battlsships, armored cruisers, pro
tected cruisers, gunboat destroyers,
torpedo boats and auxilisries; in fact,
evsry class of vessel in the navy save
the obsolete mentors. will be repre-
sonted in this remarkable parade.
through the famous port entry. sa
The steaminG of the ships through
the Golden Gate will be a, far more
Impressive and enduring picture thaA
the review at anchor. which Is to be
held two days after the arrival on
Friday next. Rear Admiral RObley d.
Evans will be either on the briege Of
the Connecticut or In the emergency
cabin, where hO oOHmands full view
OF the fieet In catering San Franciseo.
Way is Made Clear. t'A
Strict 0rders fer fair way fer the
host Of naval vessels. have 1bosa ie--
sued by the department Of eonnnerce'
and labor At "a Warrington and the
scores Of excursion stsAmsfs that
win take crowds out to Angel Island
and beyond To view the spectacle VIII
be ulder elsss federal SUPERVISION ~
sRoveuue cutters and naval iauacaes
Win patrei the pathway and keep tRs'
excursion and pleasure craft out of
danger. The hour OF the rendezvous
ofitside the Golden Gate. probably st
tie San Francisco lishtship. has been.
fzed for a. m. on "Wednesday peYt,
May s. Three hours later or as near
noon as the calculations of the nayi-
gators can compute the. broad white,
bows of the Connecticut will appear
within the gateway. nsq. ..os q e te