The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-07-07
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After a stay of one week in Homo
lulu, the feet will proceed to Auak-
land, New Zealand. 1t DIS by special
invitation Of the New Zealand govern
ment that the American ships go
there, and at this port, the Yankee"
sailors will receive their first greet
ings from foreign people since leav-
ing 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 will 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.
Big Doings at Sidney.
Perhaps the greatest of all the en-
tertainments to be given the men of
the feet in any foreign city, however,
will be waiting their arrival at Sid
ney, the great port of Australia,
where the warships, after leaving
Auckland on August Is, will arrive
on August 20. Half a million dol
lars Is the sum the government Of
Australia and the people of Sidney
have appropriated for the entertain
ment of the American sailors. Var
led and many are the pleasures the
Australians have planned and placed
in store for them, during the nine
days of their stay at that port. The
government 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 elab-
crate social functions for the officers,
and parades and excursions and
sports for the enlisted men comprise
the program.
=. Melbourne and Albany are two
other ports where the feet will stop,
and where open-handed hospitality,
and lavish entertainment will be
given the men. From the port of
Albany the fleet will steam on Sep
TENDER II for Manila, and 1t will ar
rive in these American waters, the
last home port until Hampton Roads,
on October /.
At Manila, Too.
The reception to be accorded the
fleet in Manila will be a striking one,
and the entertainment of the officers
and men ashore will be as cordial and
heartfelt, IL 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
subscribed, and committees are at
work on the preparations.
Great interest is felt in the fleets
visit to Japan. Proceeding to Yoko-
hama from Manila, the feet will ar
rive there on October II. Here on
October "a 1t will be divided, the first
squadron returning October 81 toI
Manila, where it villa arrive October
80. The promise Is that the welcome
to be given the Americans in Yoko-
hama will not be second in gracious
ness at least, to anything met with at
any port previously touched; for 1t Is
upon the special invitation OF the
Emperor OF Japan that the feet goes
there. Elaborate functions at court
and social affairs will be held for the
officers Of the feet.
AT Annoy, China, the reception will
doubtless be the occasion of a great
celebration characteristic Of the
Chinese. The two squadrons OF the
fleet will be brought together again
at Manila on November Z. and the
departure thence for Alden. and the
passage OF the Suez viii take place
within the following few days, the
exact date not yet having been deter
mined.
The Pacific Fleet.
The ships of the Pacific fleet, which
assembled here previously to the de-
parture of the battleships for Hamp-
ton Roads, will remain in this har-
hor until August 5. at which time
they will start for Samoa and the
Philippines, with the little black
boats comprising the Atlantic and
Pacific torpedo fiotillas in tow. Pre-
paratory to this summer voyage of
the Pacific feet, squadron of the
cruisers will take some OF the torpedo
boats in tow, and steam down the
Pacific coast as far as San Diego by
way of test of the possibility of