Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-11-30
BATTLESHIPS
HOMEWARD
BOUND
FLEET LEAVES MANILA
TOMORROW MORNING
Round Of Receptions and En-
tertainmentS for Officers and
Men Program for Final Day
at Island Capital

10y "o'hihB journal special Leased NtreI
Manila, Nov 29.--The Atlantic bat
| tleship fleet which left Hampton
Roads on the 10th cay of last Decom-
ber, will sail from Manila on the lat
ter half of It's world cncircllng voy-
age on December
Rear Admiral Sporty today issued
his sailing orders which win call for
the fleet TO get under way promptly
nj O'Clock Tuesday morning Rough
weather and the recent heavy rains
have greatly delayed the work OF get
ting the fleet ready to sail for home
Preparations for sailing are now be-
Ing hurried and coal for provisions
stores and supplies are being rushed
to the ships as rapidly as possible. 4
reception by the Tabaealera company,
the great Spanish tobacco corporation
in the Philippines 10 the sailors and
their friends. numbering several thou
sand and a dinner given by the Eng
lish club TO Rear Admirals Sperry,
Emory Wainwright and Schroeder
and sixty officers were tho principal
features of Sundays program Of en-
tertainment At the dinner given by
the English club, which was a private
function, President Alexander stephen
and Rear Admiral Sperry were the
principal speakers and exchanged
Anglo-Saxon sentiment
Many buejaekets came ashore from
the ships today and spent the day vis-
iting points OF interest in and about
the city Tomorrow ls the final day
or the fleets visit to Manila There
will be a round OF receptions. sports
and other entertainments for the |
men and the day will conclude with |
reception and BAH to the officers by
the garrison OF Fort Mckinley in the |
evening The cruiser Charleston ar
rived here this morning and reports |
eneountering rough weather but oth- |
erwse an uneventful cruise.
The officers and men on this trip |
around the world have been lavshly |
at every port they touch
ed. Each government endeavored to
outdo the others in the welcome ex-
tended to the visitors, and the result
has been a degree OF official hospital
ty seldom before recorded. In Aus
.ralan waters the Americans were
greeted by men Of their own race In
Japan and China they saw the splen-
Tors of the orient, and in the Medit-
'rranean southern Europe Will turn
lut to do them honor.
with their homcWard pennant
dreaming, the sixteen battleships, ar
er clearing Manila Tuesday morning.
viii head for Colombo. Ccylon, where
hey are due In two weeks They
viii stay there six days and then pro-
eed to Suez. without stopping. They
re due at the southern entrance of
he Suez canal January 3, and after
'aying Port said at the northern en-
rance, whore coal is TO be taken on
oard, the vessels of Admiral Sperry's
)mmand viii divide in squadrons
nd mako q series Of calls at various
.editerranean ports. In this manner
le American ships will stop at Attn
~, Tripoli, Marseillcs Genoa. Leg
orn. Malta, Naples and Algiers
According TO the present schedule u
ie entire fleet win assemble at Glib
ltar on the FIRST of February Il
The vessels are due in Hampton $
Dads on New York February ~
When the fleet reaches homo Il will
I'VE travcrsed since December 1G. II
O7, when it left Hampton Roads q 81
stance of 42,227 miles. al