Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-23
MESSAGE SENT
MAYOR FROM
BATTLESHLPS
AEROGRAM RECEIVED FROM
FLAGSHIP CONNECTICUT
WILL REACH SAN PEDRO APRIL
10 AT O'CLOCK
Parade of Fleet a Possibility for Sec
ond Day in Port-Leaves for
Santa Barbara
April 26

CONNECTICUT AT SEA, via San Diego
Hon. A. c. Harper. Mayor Los Angeies
Fleet arrives San Pedro April 18 at after
noon. Nineteenth, second division to Long
Beach, third to Santa Monica, fourth to Re
dondo. First remaining at San Pedro. Fleet
assemblies and leaves for Santa Barbara
April 26, 8 morning. EVANS.
The aerogram from Admiral Evans
to Mayor Harper received by him at 2
o'clock yesterday afternoon, quoted
above, means that the great fleet will
spend eight days at Los Angeles. This
is twice the number asked by the COM
mittee. and it gives the people of Los
Angeles and Southern California one
Sunday and possibly two to visit the
ships. BY free Sundays is meant days
when no other entertainment is in con-
flict with visits to the squadrons. This
is a distinct advantage.
That the ships will arrive Saturday
afternoon at o'clock will not in all
probability alter the program arranged
Saturday to begin Monday except that
the first feature of that program, the
welcome to the city by Mayor Harper,
will probably be extended Saturday
afternoon or Sunday morning, depend
ing entirely on circumstances which
may be best understood at a later date.
But in all other respects the program
will be carried out, 1t is expected by
members of the committee, as ar
ranged. This will probably be thor
oughly discussed at the meeting of the
executive committee tomorrow after
noon.
Division of Fleet
The aerogram also makes clear just
whom the four ports will have to enter
tain separately during the stay of the
fleet. The first division of the first
squadron will remain at San Pedro.
This includes the flagship of Admiral
| Evans, the Connecticut, and the Kan
sas, Vermont and Louisiana. The Con-
necticut is the flagship of the fleet as
well as of the first squadron and first
division.
The second division of the first squad
ron is in command of Admiral William
Fl. Emory, whose flagship is the Geor-
gia. The others of the division are the
NeN- Jersey, Rhode Island and Virginia.
They will remain at Long Beach in
close position with the first division.
The third division of the second
squadron is in command of Admiral
Charles H. Emory. whose flagship is
the Minnesota The other battleships
of this division are the Ohio Missouri
and Maine. They will remain at Santa
Monica.
The fourth division is in command of
Admiral Charles S. Sperry, whose flag
ship is the Alabama. The other flag
ships are the Illinois, Kearsarge and
Kentucky. They will remain at Re
Jndo.
Torpedo FIotilIa
Besides the battleship fleet there Is
the second torpedo fiotila, in command
of Lieut.. H. l. Cone. whose flagship Is
the Whipple. Other torpedo boats of
the fiotila are the Truxtun, Lawrence.
Hopkins, Hull and Stewart. There is
also the fleet of auxiliaries. including
the Panther Culgoa, Glacier, Yankton
| and Arethusa, the Yankton being the
| tender to Admiral Evans and Arethusa
being the transport for torpedo sup
plies. They will be distributed with the
| divisions as may be deemed proper at
the time, although some of them may
be in port only a few hours.
| Admiral Evans could scarcely have
devised a more satisfactory distrlbu-
| ton, according to expressions of MEM
bers of the local committee yesterday.
Knowing the assignment of the dlVl-
sions so far in advance the local COM
mittee and the committees of the tour
beach harbors will be able to make
abundant preparation for the hospital-
ity that is to be extended.
Parade Sunday Afternoon
The distribution of the ships April 10
probably means that the parade of the
whole fleet will take place Sunday att
ernoon and present a spectacle such as
Los Angeles will not see again in dec
AIDES in all probability. According to
Admiral Evans idea this parade will be
| from San Pedro to Santa Monica as
fleet. At Santa Monica the fleet will
turn and the division of Admiral Emory
will drop out with it's attending ships
a:.d anchor AT Redondo Admiral
Thomas will take his position with the
third division and at Long Beach Ad-
miral Sperry will go to anchor with the
fourth division. The parade will end
when Fighting Bob goes to anchor
| inside the San Pedro breakwater.
Such a parade alone is regarded as a
feature of the celebration that viii
bring thousands from affair." 1t Is, be-
sides a distinct compliment to Los An
geles.
Pathfinders to Move
Thousands of Los Angeles people and
tourists visited the ships of the Pain
finder fleet at San Pedro yesterday:
The ships were accessible as usual ana
the jaclxies were eager to show them.
Except for the large numbers the Vlslt-
| ing was much the same as on other
days The three cruisers-Tenness
Washington and California-will move
to Redondo this morning, where tney
will stay until Wednesday, On tnat
day they will move to Santa Monica
harbor