Bisbee daily review., 1908-07-08

which scattered in San Francisco
Bay on the morning of May 6, end
greatsr than the one that assembled
at Hampton Roads December is,
when the present record breaking
voyage began and Were 1t viii again
be reviewed by President Roosevelt
just prior to his going out of offiee
The fleet is scheduled to arrive at
Honolulu July 16. Residents of that
remote possession of the United
States have prepared a magnificent
and fitting reception to the officers
and men, which win be of the nature
of a reception and a belated Fourth
of July celebration combined It will
he the first special entertainment of
the fighting men since Puget Sound
cities delighted to do them honor,
and preparations have been making
for months at Honolulu that no pleas
ing feature shall be lacking.
After a stay of one week in Homo
lulu, the fleet will proceed TO Faux
land. New leland II is by special in
yitation of the New leland govern
ment that the American ships so
there. and at this port the Yankee"
sailors will receive their first greet
ings from a foreign people since
leaving South America. This greet
ing will be particularly cordial and
the entertainment arranged for Of
ficers and men promises to be mag
nificent The fact that this greeting
viii come at the end of the Longest
leg Of the voyage around the world,
when the men are worn by stretch
cf seventeen successive days out of
sight of land. will tend to make it all
the more welcome.
Perhaps the greatest of all the en-
tartainments to be given the men of
the fleet in any foreign city, howev-
er. will be waiting their arrival at
Sidney, the great port of Australia.
where tae war ships. after leaving
Auckland on August 10, viii arrive on
August 90 Half a million dollars is
the sum the government of Austria
liza and the people of Sidney have ap-
propriated for the entertainment of
the American sailors. Varied and
many are the pleasures the Austria
lians have planned and placed IN
store for them. during the nine days
of their stay at that port The gov
ernment will take an active part in
these entertainments, those in tie Of
ficial life OF the colony vieing with
nrivate citizens in efforts to display
their hospitality. A series of elab-
crate social functions for the officers,
and parades and excursions and
sports for the enlisted men comprise
the program.
Melbourne and Albany are two 9th
er ports of Australia where the fleet
will stop, and where open-handed hos
pitality, and lavish entertainment will
be given the men. From the port
of Albany the fleet will steam
on September Il for Manila, and it
will arrive in these American waters,
the last home port until Hampton
Roads, on October l.
The reception to be accorded the
fleet in Manila will be a striking one,
and the entertainment of the officers
and men ashore will be as cordial and
heartfelt, if not as elaborate, as the
reception at other places. The Amer
ican colony in Manila is looking for
ward to the event with feryent antic-
ipation. A large fund has been sub
scribed, and committees are ct work
on the preparations.
Great interest is felt in the fleets
visit to Japan. Proceeding to Yoko-
hama from Manila, the fleet viii ar
rive there on October II. Here on
October "a il will be divided, the
first squadron returning Octobcr 81
to Manila, where it will arrive Octo-
Der 29. The premise is tat the vel
ccme to be given the Americans in
Yokohama will not be second in gra-
lciousness at Ieast. to anything met
with at any port previously touched;
| for it is upon the special invitation
| of the emperor CT Japan that the fleet
goes there. Elaborate functions at
court. and social affairs will be held
for the officers of the fleet.
| At Annoy, China, the reception will
| doubtless be the occasion of a great
| celebration, characteristic Of the Chi
Inese. The two squadrOns of the fleet
will be brought together again at Ma
Mia on November Z, and the depart
lure thence for Alden, and the passage
of the Suez will take place within
the following few days. the exact date
not yet having been determined.
The Ships of the Pacific fleet
which assembled here previously t.
the departure CT the battleships foI
Hampton Roads. will remain in thii
harbor until August ;.
at which time they win stsTt fo
Samoa and the Philippines. with tht
little black boats comprising the At
lIantic and Pacific torpedo flotillas il
tow. Preparatory to this summer voy
age. of the Pacific fleet, a squadron
lof the cruisers will take some of tn
l. 80. Nr.va~
the Pacific coast as far as San Dieg
by way of a test of the possibility o
towing the little craft for long dis