The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-22
FOR
WORLDS CRUISE
Ships of Atlantic Fleet Assem-
bling at San Francisco to
Continue Voyage.
RECEPTION BY HAWAIIANS
GIFTS OF FRUIT FROM ALL
PARTS OF ISLANDS.

San Francisco June 2l-Assembling
of the Atlantic fleet of sixteen war
ships and six auxiliaries in this har-
Dor, for the start of July 7, on the
voyage around two-thirds of the world
from San Francisco TO Hampton
Roads, already has begun. Seven of
the battleships including the flag ship
OF Rear Admiral Charles 5. Sperry
the Connecticut, are here, and all of
the auXiliaries are in this vicinity. In
addition 10 the Connecticut, the battle
ships now in the harbor are the LOuisi-
ana, the ohio. the Minnesota, the Kan
sas, the Vermont and the Georgia. The
West Virginia is at Mare Island.
Supplies are already being taken
aboard the supply ship Culgoa and the
refrigerator supply ship Glacier, and
the Ajax, collier: the Panther. repair
ship; the Relief, hospital ship, and
the Yorktown, dispatch boat, are being
put in readiness for the long voyage.
BY July 3, at the latest, all of the
Warships of the Atlantic fleet will be
In this port, and the ships of the Pa
chic fleet also will be assembled here
before that date, TO remain until after
the departure of the Atlantic feet.
The Virginia, which is now at Bre-
merton yard, will arrive here the lat
ter part of the month. The Nebraska,
New Jersey and Rhode Island are now
at Bremerton, and will arrive here to-
gether June 80 The Wisconsin. now
on Puget Sound. is due the 26th, the
Illinois the oath. the Kearsarge the
23rd, and the Kentucky July ,.
At BremeTtOn or the dry docks at
Mare Island or Hunters Point, the
battleships have been hauled out and
cleaned, or have yet to undergo that
operation.
Celebration July 4.
July the combined fleets of the At
lantic and the Pacific viii take part
in the celebration here. and three days
later the battleships of the Atlantic
fiet Will sail for Honolulu, where they
are scheduled 10 arrive July IA. The
auXiliaries will have preceded them by
one week, and will have unlOaded sup
plies for the flOSt and steamed away
from Honolulu before the battleships
arrive
The entire Pacific feet, under the
command of Admiral Swinbourne, who
viii succeed Admiral Dayton soon, will
start Aug. for a summer cruise 10
Samoa and the Philippines. The crui-
sers Will take in tow on the cruise the
little black vessels comprising the At
lantic and Pacific torpedo fiotillas.
Previous TO the start the torpedo craft
will be taken in tow by the cruisers
on d trip down the coast as far as San
Diego. and possibly to Magdalena bay,
as an experiment.
Entertain at Honolulu.
At Honolulu plans for the entertain
ment of the officers and men of the
American fleet are assuming definite
shape. One of the features of the pro-
gram will be an Old-fashiOned Ha-
waiian hOOkupt. This is a ceremonial
bestowal of gifts. These may be of
various kinds, but in the present in
stance il viii be gifts of fruits. From
all over the islands fruits of every sort
which grow there and are ripe at this
season will be sent to Honolulu to ar
rive at the time the fleet does.
Great interest is taken in this part
of the plans by the native Hawaiians
all over the islands.