Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-05-05
BATTLESHIP. fleet
Is At Santa Cruz
ATLANTIC MEN-oF-WAR NEAH
SAN FRANCISCO ON LONG
VOYAGE.
GREAT PLANS MADE
FOR TARS' WELCOME
Vessels Enter Golden Gate Wednes.
day-Revised Program Calls for
Most Picturesque Naval Display Re.
corded in American History.

Santa Cruz, CAL, May 4.-Ine urSt
squadron of the Atlantic fleet left
Monterey Saturday and arrived here
several hours later. The shore was
lined with thousands of spectators, as
were the hills surrounding the bay.
Many people are here from interior
points and the same intense patriotic
enthusiasm is manifested as was
shown in the southern part of the
state. Santa Cruz was veritable
hive of excited humanity and the Of
ficers and bluejackets of the warships
were well entertained during their so
journ here. The previously arranged
program was not changed.
Entry at Frisco to Be Fine.
New orders were issued covering
the entry of the fleet through the
Golden Gate into San Francisco bay
on Wednesday next. The revised
plans provide for the most picturesque
naval display in the history of the ma
ton. 1t is now ordered that all Of the
vessels of the Pacific feet shall join
the Atlantic battleships outside the
Golden Gate and steam with them
through the harbor entrance to the
anchorage in the bay where the review
of the navy is to be held. Practically
the entire fighting force of the navy.
with the exception of a few newly
commissioned ships in the east and a
few gunboats in Philippine waters,
will be in the great column Of white
and buff vessels that thread their way
between the headlands of the gateway
Point Bonita on the north and Point
Lobos on the south
Forty-six vessels will be in line and
the long column will stretch as far out
to sea as the eye can see. The va
riety of fighting craft will range from
the massive 16,OO0-ton Connecticut
down to the little destroyer Fox of
only 1854 tons. Battleships, armored
cruisers, protected cruisers, gunboats,
destroyers, torpedo boats and auXil-
the navy save the obsolete monitors
will be represented in this remarkable
parade through the famous port entry.
Evans Will Be on Flagship.
The steaming of the ships through
the Golden Gate will be a far more i'm
pressive and enduring picture than
the review at anchor which Is to be
held two days after the arrival, on
Friday next. Rear Admiral Robley
D. Evans will be either on the bridge
of the Connecticut or in the emergen-
cy cabin where he commands full
view of the fleet, in entering San Fran
cisco bay. Strict orders for fair
way for the host of naval vessels have
been issued by the department Of
commerce and labor at Washington,
and the scores of excursion steamers
that will take crowds out to Angel is
land and beyond to view the spectacle
will be under close federal supervision.
Revenue cutters and naval launches
will patrol the pathway and keep ex-
cursion and pleasure craft out Of dan.
ger.
The hour of rendezvous outside the
Golden Gate-probably at the San
Francisco lightship-has been fixed
for nine a. m. on Wednesday next,
May G. Three hours later, or as near
gators can compute the broad white
bows of the Connecticut will appear
within the gateway.
MetcaIf at Oakland.
Oakland, Cal, May 4-Secretary Of
the Navy Victor H. Metcalf arrived
from Washington for the purpose of
reviewing the battleship fleet May 8.