Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-07-15


than the one that assembled at Hamp-
ton roads December 16 when the pres
ent record-breaking voyage began and
where it viii again be reviewed by
President Roosevelt just prior to his
going out of Office.
The feet is scheduled to arrive at
Honolulu, July Is. Residents there
have prepared a magnificent and fit
/ ting reception TO the officers and men,
which viii be in the nature of a re-
J ceptlon and belated fourth of July
| celeb ton combined. 1t will be the
first special entertainment of the
/ lighting men since Puget Sound
cities are delighted to do them honor,
and preparations have been making
for months at Honolulu that no
I pleasing feature shall be lacking.
After a stay of one week in Homo
lulu. the fleet viii proceed to Auck-
land New Zealand. II is by special
/ invitation of the New Zealand gov
eminent that the American ships go
! there, and at mis- port the Yankee
! sailors will receive their first greet
| il'gs from foreign people since leav-
: iag South America. This greeting
will be particularly cordial and the
entertainment arranged for officers
and men promises to be magnificent
The fact that this greeting VIII come
at the end of the longest leg of the
voyage around the world. when the
men are worn by stretch of seven
teen successive days out of sight of
land, will tend to. make 1t all the
more welcome.
Perhaps the greatest of all the. en-
, tertainments to be given the men of
the feet in any foreign city, however,
viii be waiting their arrival at Sidney
, Australia, where the warships, after
leaving Auckland on August Is, will
arrive on August 20. Half a million
dollars is the sum the government of
Australia and the people of Sidney
have appropriated for the entertain
ment of the American sailors. Varied
and many are the pleasures the Aus
! tralians have planned and placed in
store for them, during the nine days
OF their stay at that port The govern
ment will take an active part in these
entertainments, those in the official
( life of the colony vieing with private
citizens in efforts to display their
hospitality. A series Of elal rate so
cial function for the officers, and par
AIDES and excursions and sports for
, the enlisted men comprise the pro-
gram.
Melbourne and Albany are two
other ports of Australia whore the
, fleet will stop, and where open-hand
ed hospitality. and lavish entertain
ment will be given the men. From
the port of Albany the fleet will Steam
on September II for Manila, and it
: will arrive in these American waters,
, the last home port until Hampton
roads, on October l.
The reception to be accorded the
feet in Manila viii be striking one,
and the entertainment of the officers
! and men ashore will be as cordial and
heartfelt. if not as elaborate, as the
receptions at other places. The
American colony in Manila is looking
forward to the event with fervent an
ticipation. A large fund has been sub.
scribed. and committees are at work
on the preparations,
Great interest is lelt ~ the fleets
visit TO Japan. Proceeding to Yoke
hama from Mauila. the feet will ar
rive there on october II. Here on
i nc4ebar % a. min he d{.,ida1 tha apet
! squadron returning October 81 to
/ Manila, where It will arrive October
29 The promise is that the welcome
TO be given the Americans In Yoko-
homa will not be second in gracious
ness at least. to anything met with at
any Port previously touched; for it
Is upon the special invitation Of the
! Emperor of Japan that the feet goes
/ there Elaborate functions at court,
and social affairs win be held for the
officers of the feet
] At Annoy, China, the reception will
/ will doubtless be the occasion OF a
great celebration characteristic u
the Chinese. The two squadrons OF
the feet will be brought together
again al Manila on November z. and
the departure thence for Alden, and
! the passage Of the Suez will take
place within the following few days,
! the exact date not yet having been
| determined.
| The ships of the Pacific feet, which
assembled here previously to the de-
parture OF the battleships will re.
main in this harbor untfl August S.
at which time they will start for Sa.
moa and the Philippines, with the lit
tie black boats comprising the Allan
tic and Pacific torpedo flotillas IN tow.
Preparatory to this summer voyage
Of the Pacific feet, a squadron Of the
cruisers will take some OF the torpe-
do boats in tow, and steam down the
Pacific coast as far as San Diego by
way Of test of the possibility OF
towing the little craft for long dis.
tances. The towing Of Samoa and the
Philippines Is contingent upon the
success of this experiment.
Admiral Dayton, now in command
Of the Pacific fleet win retire August
I. and II is considered probable that
Admiral Swinburne will succeed him
in command Of the Pacific feet and
take Il across the Pacific and back
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