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Saiuied by the guns Of the Preside.
sheered by xurcs Of thousands Of men
and wonen greeted by the blasts q
countless whistles. the Atlantic dese
swept Into the harhor Ut San FRANCHISE
shortly after noon Wednesday. -Four
months and twenty days out from
Hampton Roads, the fest thu success-
faily competed the nrst Les Of ths
round the world cruise.
The Demonstration with which the
fleet was welcomed was one of b most
noteworthy which has ever occurred %
the Pacific coast. Every hill. tall build
ins. army reservation. park spacs.
COASTAL i,recipice and wharf surround
lns the Golden Gate and the shores
OF the spacious bay val massed black
with pes,ple whose voices rose In roar
after roar Of cheering. Ii In estimated
that al least a million onlookers were
gathered, 10 watch the feet's entry.
The harbor itself was jammed with
excursion steamers. sailing vesselA
yachts. rowboats and miscellaneous
craft. all gay with fiags and each CIV
ing vociterous greeting by whistle q
by the %hurrahipg OF Its crew.
From the city proper came the chin
Ing OF all San francisco's bells, while
above the whole %outburst Of acclaim
the cannon Of the Prcsidio doomed
slowly the salute Of the American navy
TO the American navy The navy mean
i ..s4s. Is s3.r~4tv ..fal cha uAUU
through Secretary Metcalf. whose
whlte-anchorel. four-s.arred blue dag
fiutterei from the gunboat Yorktown
The marine picture afforded BY the
ships was IA beautiful In the extreme.
In all there were ~forty-six vessels In
the line which threaded its way up the
harhor. The Atlantic feet OF sixteen
batt!cshirs and six d~estroycrs, which
had made the voyage from Hampton
Roads. held, 81 course, tie place OF
honor. With them were the eight sup
ply boats aud tenders which had also
made the li.gostmile cruise. As an esr
cort for these thirty ships steamed the
aine arsnorcd cruisers and nvs 0eutr0y-
ers OF the Pacific fiesi. as wei! AS the
battleshiips Wisconsin and Nebraska,
which joined the Atlantic feet there
for the remainder OF the cruise around
The world.
Evans Leads Proccssion.
At the head Of this formidable neet
steamed Admiral Evans flagship. the
Connecticut. The admiral stood ON the
after bridge OF that famous flagship a
she led the way through the harbor
gate.
After the flagship there followed ct
equal distances and In single column
the seven other vessels OF the arse
squadron. the Kansas. Vermont. Loul.
siana. Georgia, New Jersey, Rhode 10
land and Virginia. with the new recruit
to the Atlantic feet. the Nebraska.
After the first squadron sailed the two
divisions Of the second. the flagship
Minnesota. with Rear Admiral Thomaa
on the bridge, aud the Ohio, Missouri,
Maine, Alabama, Illinois. Kearsarys
and Kentucky, with the other new
conner. the wisconsin
After these eighties battleshipe Cam
tina six destroyers Of the Atlantic oeet
the vessels OF the Pacific acct and tn
supply boats and tenders Of Admiral
Evans command. The ships ~ they
sailed into the bay were dressed only
at the mastheada, big American Dag
n.rng ut fore and after trucks and st
the peak Of the gaia
The blue nag Of Admiral Evans q
the Connecticut was followed BY thu
red flags Of six subordinate . ID
mlrals. cven Admiral Dayton himself
pulling down his blue Dag . command.
er In chief Of the Pacific neet and sub
stituting the red ensign.
Pressing to anchor. the ships steamed
iE review before Secretary Netcalf, tn
Connecticut firing q salute Of seven
teen guns. When the last Of the ships
lad swung into four long anchoneu
columns 4 signal from The naeshir
sent the nuttering lines o. muiu-husd
nags flying to the masthead and tn
ships were at full dress during ths n
mainder of the afternoou-