Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-19
ADMIRAL
SETS DA TIE
APRIL IS
WILL CONSULT THE PEOPLES
WISHES ON DIVISION
JAckIEs ON SHORE LEAVE HAVE
GOOD TIME
Great Piles of Grub Required for the
Sailors Meals-HandIing Gun.
cotton Makes Visitors
Cautious

U. S. S. CONNECTICUT AT SEA. March
IA. c. Harper, Los Angeles, Cal: Fleet
will stay not less than four days at San
Pedro and other ports contiguous to Los
Angeles, probably longer, and after arrival
will be divided to suit the wishes of the
people Of these ports Cannot give exact
date of arrival at this time, but it will be
not earlier than April Is. EVANS,
This wireless message was received
by Mayor Harper this morning. hav-
ing come from the flagship via San
Diego. Another telegram from Admiral
Evans addressed to Gen. Adna r.
Chaffee was practically the same.
Inc committee on entertainment will
proceed with its arrangements, count
ing on the fleets arriving April 49,
The stay of four days as the mini
mum will in all probability be pro-
longed to ten days, as in an aerogram
from Admiral Evans to Rear Admiral
McCalla, retired, who is at Santa Bar
bara, the date of arrival at that port
is set for not earlier than April 2S
1t would seem probable that the en-
tire time between the two dates would
be spent here, which will afford ample
opportunity for the successful carrying
out of the program of entertainment as
planned and give every one who wishes
the chance to visit the feet without
undue crowding
AS the admiral has expressed his in
tention of deferring to the wishes of
the people in regard to dividing the
fleet upon its arrival, the parade of the
warships along the coast from San
Pedro to Santa Monica is practically
assured and will afford a spectacle long
to be remembered.
Jackies on Shore Leave
The officers and men of Admiral Sc
bree's squadron are enjoying shore
liberty and special arrangements for
their entertainment have been made.
Quite a party visited Pasadena yes
terday as the guests of that city and
were treated to an automobile ride
about the city. Besides the officers
from the cruisers there were several
officials of the San Pedro chamber of
commerce.
The party went to the Crown City
in special car conducted by H. S.
Kneedler and upon it's arrival was ten
dered a luncheon at the Hotel Mary
land.
Mayor Thomas Farley presided as
host at the luncheon and a board OF
trade committee had charge of the en-
tertainment of the distinguished guests.
Those in the party from the squadron
were Captain Thomas Howard COM
mander of Admiral Sebree's flagship.
the Tennessee; Lieutenant j. p. Lam
non, Surgeon E. G. Parker; G. E. Ven
able, paymaster of the Tennessee:
Captain John Hamilton, w. f. Bicken-
bach, Edwin H. Beutzer, l.. Kelly, G.
d. Ingram and several other officers.
Sam Storer. president of the San Pc
dro chamber of commerce; Frank
Burns and w. C. Melton were among
the San Pedro delegation who accom-
panied the naval officers. Friday Ad-
miral Sebree and another party of Of
ficers will be afforded the same man.
ner of entertainment at Pasadena.
The number of visitors who took ad-
vantage of the opportunity to visit the
cruisers now in the harbor was con-
siderably in excess of the number who
went aboard Tuesday. Most of the
visitors went aboard the flagship. the
Tennessee, as the California was clean
ing ship after the coaling of the day
before and the Washington was not
open to visitors, as its crew was buslly
engaged In putting aboard 100 tons of
fuel.
Visitors Well Treated
On board the Tennessee Lieut. Staf-
ford received the numerous visitors and
courteously assigned a jackie to each
oarty to show them the ship. Everyone
was taken from stem to stern ana all
of the mechanism of the guns was
carefully described by the wiling
sailors. The little three anu SIX
Founders seemed to attract the most
attention. probably for the reason that
thev were the more easily seen as
whole and were not quite so forplddlng
as the big ten-inch tubes that poke
their grim muzzles out through the tur-
rets so threateningly.
A rather amusing incident took place
.l,iIo ioalYipS nnttlnR some
euncotton aboard. Coming up the
companionway with the visitors were
eight or ten sailors, making frequent
trips from a cutter that lay alongside. :
and in the arms of each man was
small box. At first glance it looked as
though the sailor boys were either very
lazy or else wanted to make the JOB
last as the boxes seemed light and
seldom did one man carry two.
A question to one of the men and the
reason was plain. The small boxes.
only about eighteen inches long and
six inches square, contained primers
for the big guns, and to have dropped
one would have meant oblivion for the
carriers and all others in that imine-
diate vicinity. The larger cases, which
were about the size and shape of five-
gallon oil can, were filled with guncot-
ton for the torpedoes.
Afraid of Guncotton
The cases lay on deck, making quite
a pile, and the crowd of sightseers
stood all around them, oblivious of their
deadly power until one or two inquisi-
tive ones read tire labels, and from then
on th.t part of the deck was the least
favored part of the ship, and the jackies
carried their burdens without having
to push between the people that lad
crowded them only a few minutes be-
fore.
One of the places on board that ex-
cited as much comment and fewer ques-
tions than any was where the food for
the men was prepared. 1t made one
wonder If they were doing the cooking
for the whole squadron on one boat, but
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