Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-05-07


san Francisco, May G.--Througt
the towering, rocky portals of the
Golden Gate--heavy laden with the
romance Of centuries-into the harbur
of the city Of a hundred hills; into 9
new San. Francisco, risen from the
ruins Of two years ago, the Atlantic
battleship fleet steamed today in re-
view Of a multitude unnumbercd.
1t was the same imposing pageant
of immaculate white ships that sailed
from Hampton Roads nearly five
months ago in the wake of the pres
compliShments OF a record breaking
cruise of more than $4,000 miles and
three weeks of wonderful target
work behind II. Today the white an
chored, four-starred blue flag of the
secretary of the navy, flying from the
main mast Of the trim little gunbOat
Yorktown, fluttered the welcome Of
the nation, while the governor of
California the mayor of San Fran
cisco and the people of a hundred
towns and cities voiced the greetings
of the enthusiastic west,
san Francisco, Oakland and other
cities nearby all took a holiday to
witness the coming of the fleet, There
was a complete cessation of business,
ana lnt SlItttS III the uOWnlONU Stt-
tions were absolutely deserted More
people came into the city last night
und this morning than left during the
terror and homeless days following the
T,ap
A few remaining sears of city
shaken and burned, appeared rose
tinted today IN the JOY Of the general
celebration A welcome sign spelled
IN letters fifty feet high topped the
haf ,g frnlngpu.nl1 lIiI1 Tho
which all morning long had been OBJ
scured by heavy gray clouds, broke
through just as the ships were passing
by the gateway and shOne in noon
day bTllliance on the pagcantry Of
fighting craft
Tonight the city IS gay with merry-
making, and the long program of en-
tertainments planned in honor of the
fleet Is well under way. Streets and /
buildings are illuminated for the
first time in the history Of the new
city. many giant skysCrap that have !
risen on the sites of less imposing |
buildings destroyed being outlined in
q fire Of electric bulbs The still .
crowded hills Of the city are flooded /
now and then in the flash and play /
Of scores of srarChlights trained from /
fighting tops and flying bridges. Be /
low them in the anchorage gro nds |
the itluninatIons Of the heaviest elect |
yer Assem- bled under any flag make !
brilliant the waters of the ba5 Tor I
thousands Of yards around.
official dinners, band concerts and |
q reception and bali at the FairmOnt !
hotel with five thousand invited |
guests are features Of the first even !
ing of the fleets stay.
The fleet threaded its way through |
the crowded harbor, past the Islands |
and ferry lines and reaching far over |
to the Oakland shore, turned at last |
when opposite Hunters Point, and |
pointing back toward the Golden |
Gate to face the incoming tide, steam
ed slowly into anchorage formation:
The battleships having the right of
the line, were first TO let their an
Chors go. The sixteen veterans of the
Atlantic cruise, augmented by two
battleships recruited here for the re
mainder of the trip around the world |
the Nebraska and the Wisconsin,
occupy the two inside lines of the
four columns of ships now in the
harbor. The armOred cruisers of the
Pacific fleet have the line nearest the
Oakland shore, while the little black
destrOyers of both the Atlantic and
Pacific flotillas are berthed close in
toward the san Francisco water
front The excursion fleet was kept
out Of the warships' pathway by a
patrol of revenue cutters, and all ferry
service was suspended during the pa
rade.
Rear Admiral Roblcy D. Evans,
-in-chief OF the Atlantic
fleet and Just now in command of the |
assembled ships of both oceans, stood
on the after bridge of the Connect
cut as the famous flagship led the
way through the harbor's gate. His
active naval career is to close on sun
day next when he formally will be re-
lleYed from command. Both because
OF Illness and the death OF a favorite
grandchild, Admiral Evans will be
unable to participate in any of tho
functions planned in nonOr of the Of
ricers.
The Atlantic ships lay at anchor all
last night off the San Francisco light
ship with the twinkling lights of the
Fdrallon Islands plainly in view. A
fog closed down during the dark and
was still lowering over the ships as
they got under way at II o'clock this
When four miles away in the ocean
thousands lining the shores, To the
north Of the gateway Mount Tamal-
pias, raising its peak $500 feet above
Inc sea was crowded with the early
risers, who had sought this place Of
to view the spectacle of the |
fleet in miniature. Fort Baker, on
the Marin county shore, with its fifty |
ION guns mounted higher than any
weapons of similar weight in the I