The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-18
WILL PAY VISIT
TO PUGET SOUND
BattleShipS Under Rear Admi-
raj Sperry Leave San
Francisco Today.
HOLIDAYS ABOUT ENDED
THEN THE USUAL ROUTINE OF
A SAILORS LIFE.

San Francisco. May 1.-THE Atlantic
fleet Of battleships. after twelve days OF
naval pagesntry and merrymaking in San
Francisco harbor. sails tomorrow morning
at 10 o'clock for Puget sound. arriving
off Seattle on NAV - Ons-haif OF the
ships will dock at Bremerton navy yard.
While north. and the others will return
here for repairs ana painting beneath the
water line. Play days in Puget sound
will be over before the end of the month
and then the officers and men will re-
sumo the usual routine Of man-of-war
life. Orders call for the re-assembllng OF
later than July 3. On July the fleet
sails for Honolulu. and. after a weeks
stay there. goes direct 10 Auckland.
sperry's Flag Hoisted.
The Pacific fleet OF armoried cruisers.
under command OF Rear Admiral Dayton,
sailed south this morning at 5 o'clock.
and Rear Admiral Sperry in command OF
the Atlantic fleet. hoisted for the first
time his commanding flag of blue. Being
junior in lneal rank to Admiral Dayton.
Admiral Sperrv was compelled by naval
regulations 10 fly a subordinate flag of
red so long as the Pacific fleet remained
at this station. The long line of armOred
cruisers which sailed for Santa Barbara
was headed by the flagship West Virginia,
and included the Colorado. Maryland,
Pennsylvania. Tennessee. Washington and
California. The protected cruiser Charles
ton. flagship OF Rear Admiral Swnburne.
also sailed with the fleet. but her desti-
nation is Monterey. The gunbOat York
town accompanied the cruisers TO Santa
Barbara The South Dakota. ore OF the
eight armored cruisers composing the
second squadron of the Pacific fleet.
which returned late yesterday from her
official trip, did not sail with the others.
Final Banquet.
Last of the sfficial entertainments pro-
Vided here for the Atlantic and Pacific
fleets was the banquet rendered last night
AT the FairmOnt hotel by San Francisco
council No Glib. Knights OF Columbus 10
the petty officers OF the TWO fleets The
arrangements for the affair were carried
out by the Rev. Father GlesOn, chaplain
of the flagship Connecticut Admirals
Sperry and Thomas both spoke, and there
were in attendance Captains Switzerland
OF the New Jersey ana Nicholson OF the
Nebraska. Many wives of officers and
petty officers We're also among the din
srs. Admiral Sperry made the first
speech since assuming command of the
Atlantic fleet. He spoke directly and
pointedly He declared that the enlisted
men OF the navy We're the bulwarks In
the defense OF the navy.
Proud to Command.
Their training" he continued. lis en-
tirely in the hands of the petty officers,
who stand between the men and the COM
handing officers We have now in the
navy the most splendid body of young
men that could be selected in all the
American gentlemen, and their training
should always be along that line. And
when they salute superior officer they
should remember il is no hard line of
caste that is drawn. but that IL is merely
the courtesy due and the salutation of
one gentleman 70 another. They are brave
men, and true. all of them and 1 am
proud 10 command such force"