Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29
FLEET LEAVES CA[lAO
American Squadron Turns
NorthWard Again.
GIVEN A HEARTY SEND-OFF
President Pardo Valves Ceremony
and Visits Evans.
MAGDALENA BAY NEXT STOP
Time of Arrival There and at San
Francisco Not Yet De-
fnitely Decided.
MAGDALENA BAY NEXT STOP

CALLAO. February %, 1915 a.m.-The
fleet Of American battleships under Rear
Admiral Evans weighed anchor this MORN
ing, and at the time Of filing this dispatch
the vessels are steaming majestically out
Of the harbor in column formation and
heading to the north.
The departing visitors were given a
rousing send-off by the people. Several
large steamers had been chartered to
take out spectators to witness the de-
parture. The fleet was reviewed outside
the harbor by President Pardo.
Magdalena Next.
The next stopping place of the fleet
under Rear Admiral Evans is Magda-
lena. bay, where. according to the sched-
ule, the vessels will arrive March Il. The
distance from Callao to Magdalena bay is
3.1O2 nautical miles. The dates for the
departure from Masdalena bay and the
arrival at San Francisco have not been
definitely determined. as they depend upon
the completion of the target practice at
Magdalena bay, which will probably oc-
.cupy thirty days.
There are no wireless telegraph sta
tions on the coast of South and Central
America between Callao and the next
stopping place, and the fleet, therefore,
will not be able to communicate by this
means This is the longest leg of the
long voyage, and unless news of the
passage of the warships is brought
ashore by some passing steamer the
vessels probably will not be heard from
again until they approach Magdalena
bay.
The fleet left Hampton roads Decem-
ber 16 and made its first stop in South
America at Trinidad December 23. Five
days sailing from Callao will bring
then be practically clear Of South Amer
lea. Counting the long stops made at
Trinidad, Rio Janeiro, Punta Arenas
and Callao, they have made the circuit
of South America in approximately
seventy-three days.
Visit From Pardo.
LIMA. February 29.-Not a single incl
dent has occurred during the fleets stay
here to mar the enthusiasm with which
it was received.
The battleship Connecticut was open to
visitors during the afternoon yesterday,
many society people from Lima and Cal
lao making visit to the flagship Of the
fleet.
Foreign Minister Polo gave a breakfast
to the newspaper correspondents with the
fleet. He said he wished to pay homage
to and to express his admiration of the
influence of the American press. believing.
as he does. that 1t formed the real re-
publican spirit, in which the American
nation was a striking example to other
peoples.
President Pardo visited Admiral Evans
on board the battleship Connecticut yes
terday. In conversation with ADMIRAL
Evans the President of Peru said:
The attentions with which your fleet
were received here were not only a ma
tional courtesy, but they were a spon-
taneous demonstration of the sincere and
old friendship which unites our two coun-
tries. l glory that the execution Of the
Panama canal, to which President Roose-
velt has dedicated his best efforts, intelli-
gence and energy, shall be connected in
history with his name"