The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-03-29


spoke tho wArmest kind Of . welcome.
but speculation still continued, and indeed
there wao little eso 10 do, for . fog settled
upoa the waters, which, ADDED 10 the turbu-
lent condition OF the Pacific, made the trip
for several days one Of comparative gloom.
Occasionally the fog would lift and you
could catch = glimpse Of some Of the other
divisions Of tho feet. Once after nearly
twsnty-four hours II vanished completely
and there was . genuine ring Of satisfaction
over the sight II must have presented 10
the Chaoabuoo far Oh 10 the westward, for
there wa the entire American feet exactly
In position, sailing precisely a. II there bad
been no fog 10 hide the ships from one
another.
That's going some; wonder what the
Chilean Admiral thinks Of thati' wAs heard
on all sides.
POSITIONS KEPT IN THE 700
Then the fog shut in again and for two
days more the feet ploughed on. II was
In = column Of divisions formation, that IL,
the four ships Of the frat division were
abreast Of enc another and 400 yards apart
Twelve hundred yards aStern the ships Of
the second divlslon vera In q similar for
nation The third and fourth followed
In the same way Sometimes the fog wal
"a thick that on the Louisiana, which was
on the left flank Of the first line, VI couldn't
see our nearest neighbor. the Vermont,
The Connecticut, OF 10 the right, would
loot her letter on the whistle, the Kansas
would toot hers at once and then the Yer
mont would sound hers, followed by the
Louisiana The steering was done by
compass almost entirely Occasionally We
would find the Vermont ihching over to Us
and she would loom up out Of the fog quite
near, but her whistle would say;
Give me q little more room, please; the
Kansas is crowdlng me over When she
goes back toward the flagship, or thehagship
eases OF a bit, III 60 back. just a little
room, pleased
Then the Louisiana would swing Cd and
a fog bank would cut OF sight Of each other,
Then there would be another lift and IL
would be found that n ship wasa hundred
yards or 30 ahead Of the others, or perhaps
that they we're exactly in line The search
lights on the ships were thrown abeam 90
that for most Of the time IL was compare
lively easy to tell where your immediate
neighbor was. Sometimes We could hear
the ships Of the other divisions whistling
family and we wondered whether the feet
formation had been broken seriously by
currents or faulty steering, but every time
the fog lightened there the ships were
shifted now and then a little, but in the
main exactly where they should be
BIO ExcuRsIoN STEAMSHIP AT SEA.
Then the Chacabuco signalled that she
intended to run into T~alcahuano, the Chilean
naval port, and would send messages Of
our safe passage through Magellan and
also notify the Chilean authorities Of the
hour Of our arrival in Valparaiso, The
two Admirals had agreed upon 2 o'clock
on the afternoon Of Friday, February H.
The day after the C~hacabuoo left, the air
She agreed to meet US again at
noon on February IS at a certain latitude
and longitude, and sure enough shortly
after s o'clock on the 18th, her smoke and
that Of three torpedo boats accompanying
her raj made out. On they came and
they we're abeanl at exactly Behind
them was a large passenger steamer, loaded
down with. folks from Conception, Chile.
That ship ran close TO the fleet and gave
ito passengers a fine view. Then those In
the feet knew that Chile took intense inter-
est In the passage,
Il was necessary to SLOW to nine, then to
eight and then TO seven knots 50 az not to
reach Valparaiso ahead Of time. The sea
the sun came out and a moro perfect
afternoon was never witnessed on the
Daybreak on the morning OF the iAch
a lowering sky. just before O'Clock
the Chilean coast could be Rade out and
then the feet made one or two turns and
apparently to kill a little time. Ad-
miral Simpson took his place at the head
Of the column which had been formed and
his three torpedo boats took up positions
on our right flank, the side nearest to the
city in the harbor, 80 a. to protect the line
from any intrusion. Just before / o'clock
could make out the people on the high
ili,is south Of Angeles Point, fittingly named
for a great cemetery sloped up the nil
side, The place was black with spectators,
Around the point we could see the pufs
Of a salute, given probably by one OF the
forts or ships to note the arrival Of Presi-
dent Mont, Then we came close to Angeles
Point. The beach vas thronged. There
were tents where jimcracks were being
sold and double decker tram cars were
.oaded to the limit. IL seemed as II all VAL
paraiso had come out 10 that place. The
glasses were turned upon Fort Valdivia.
lust beyond Point Angeles. 1t is a naval
NOVEL SION or WELCOME.
Suddenly a midshipman discovered that
was a sign in English on one Of its
terraces. It said:
Welcomed
That's mighty nice TO whitevash q lot
Of stones in that way, isn't it'' said an
officer on the bridge.
Three minutes later a young officer sang
out:
Captain. that sign isn't made Of stones.
It's made OF menl'
A dozen glasses were focused upon the
sign at once, Sure enough, stretched upon
The terrace there lay a human sign, made
ID Of sailors or naval cadets in white. II
.ook three mems length 10 make the height
II a single letter, Two met were required
or the top and the bottom OF the letter o.
One man was suficient each for the curved
upper and lower parts Of the letter. These
men must not have been entirely oomforta-
bic. for they lay there fully IN hour, but
he sign was as immobile as il il were made