The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-06
FLEET LEAVES ANDY
sauADHON OF BATTIEsHTps TO
 REJOIN SHERRY.
Ahe omcers and Men of the Fleet Were fresented With Beautiful sad Costly Gifts From
 Chinese

AHoy, NOV. b.-The second souadron or the American battleship fleet which. under the command of Rear Admiral Sperry. has been in Annoy since octo-
 Der 30. as the guest of the RovernmAnt or China. brought its visit to a close this morning when at o'clock it start td out of the harbor bound for olonR- apo. to ioi' the first squadron under Admiral Sperry.
 The distance to Olongapo Is about TOD miles and the vessels should reach mere early on the morning of Novenl . Der 5. The departing warshIps were given demonstration in marked con trast to the apathy which was notice- anie on their. arrival. The hills be- nind the beach were black with people wno mad assembled to view the spec taeie and the firing of crackers contin- ued for one hour.
 Ffomptly at half past seven. signals were made on board the flagship and At o'clock the entire squadron was under way. One after another the wniLe warships glided slowly to their positions and then together the entire squaaron steamed out of the harpor. AZ tne American vessels passed the Chinese cruiser Feiying. their crews greeted the officials on board with rouslng cheers and at the same time dne Chinese fort hoisted the American nag besides the standard of China and saiuted the departing guests. This salute was returned by the American
 flagship
 The cost of the reception has exceed "a stooO,OoO. The Chinese government Has peen lavish In it's gifts to the
 aherlcan officers and men, and the nnal function on shore last night the entertainment afforded by the Chinese government. was declared by the Amer lcans to have been, with the excentton or Australia second to none, .rha Chi. nese are delighted with the visit and ,hey comment especially on the excel- rent experiment of the American sail The battleship Georgia. the naxsh,n or Admiral Emery. will leave inc esas ana go to Hong Kong. where Admiral e..nery VIII take liner for home. The nassnlp VIII be in Hong Kong for oniv ewo hours She will then continue for Oionsapo on the island of Luzon ana Jun me other vessels there.
 admirals of the fleet and their ssn. the commanding officers of the various vessels, and the rnldshinrea,s were last night entertained st . S,,,A ner on shore for the last time. The usual toasts were proposed hv prIrea 1u Lang, one of the official renrAaayts atives from Picking. Admiral Emarv replied as follows:
 our heet everywhere has had A most friendly reception, but none bas been more friendly than that accordaS us here by China. Our enlisted r.e,, are very appreeiative of the attcntions shown them in Annoy. They have had more attention here than anvwhara else on the entire cruise. excentine Australia, where the people are of inc same race. All the officers and men greatly appreciate the Kindness of Prince Yu Lang. his personal interest in all the details of their entertains ment and his presence It all the func- tions."
 Upon the conclusion of this brief address, Admiral Emery and the other guests of the evening surrounded the Prince and cheered him enthusiastis ally. Admiral, Sah, of the Chinese navy, was then greeted by a blast on a steam siren and more cheering.
 The admirals and the captains then personally expressed their apprecia- tion of the Prince of the gifts ore. sented them by the Provincial Vice. roy. Each admiral has received A get of inlaid wood furniture, four gases of grape @uit. eight chests of tesSNA box of curios. Each captain has teen presented with a set of inlaId black furniture and each flag officer has been given a number of silk em. broideries and furniture. Some very handsome embroideries are being sent to Admiral Sperry, the commander-in- chief of the fleet. and in addition Ad. miral Sah sends him a porcelain image of Buddha. Each ward room has been presented with forty cases of grape fruit.
 pr. George Mark. the Chinese Com missioner. who has done so much to make the visit a success. has won much well-deserved praise. It is universal. | ly held that the doctor. who aocom. panied Ii Hung Chang as interpre- ter on his tour of the world sixteen years ago. has acquitted himself splen- didly The entertainment grounds were bewildering in their beauty and The reception surpassed anything ever before undertaken by the Chinese Government. No enlisted man missed any opportunity to come ashore here thing that cannot be said of the other ports of the call.