The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-05
SAW PACIFIC
FLEET STEAM
INTO BAY
Salt Lake Cadets Get a Fore
taste of Wednesdays
Spectacle.
EXPERIENCES WHICH
WILL LAST LIFETIME
EVERYTHING POSSIBLE BEING
DONE TO ENTERTAIN THE CA.
DIETS FROM ZION.
BY JOEL L. PRIEST.
Especial TO The HnraIdA

Especial TO The Herald)
Ban FRANCISCO, May 4-The Salt Lake
High school cadets read the preface to
tnelr great lesson in patriotism today.
when from point of vantage near the
Sutro baths they saw the Pacific fleet
steam through the Golden Gate and
INTO San Francisco bay Far out in
the Pacific they saw first column of
smoke that could scarcely be distin-
Sulshed through the haze that hung
over the water. AS the minutes passed
'tne single column of smoke became two.
ana then three, and then more, until
the eight cruisers of the fleet could
be distinguished. 1t was an hour after
the first smoke was sighted that the
ships. in single column formation, sailed
into the bay They passed so close To
the cadets that it would almost have
been possible to toss a biscuit upon
any one of them.
Words Failed Them.
better view could hardly have been
possible. And there stood the boys.
few of whom had ever seen the ocean
before, and fewer still one of their
countTy's fighting machines. Their eyes
were wide with wonder and misty with
patriotism. They said very little, for
they had not the words with which to
express their appreciation of the sight.
lin silence they stood as the symbols
eef the nations sea power filed slowly
by them. drinking i'm the scene and
fixing in their recollection a picture
that viii never fade.
The Days Entertainment.
Last night in camp was quiet. ex-
cept for little skylarking of the josh
kind. All the lads slept well and wax
ened eager for the adventures of the
day. At 10 o'clock. after breakfast had
been disposed of and the camp pOliced.
cars were waiting to take the cadets
W the Sutro baths. They were barely
started when the power went off and
for forty-five minutes they sat in the
cars, regretting that they had ever said
anything unkind about the Salt Lake
street railway system. But the delay
was blessing in disguise, because if
there had been none the boys would
have missed the entrance of the Pacific
fleet.
At the Sutro Baths.
The baths were reached at a little after
II o'clock and after half an hour spent
~ looking through the museum feature
81 the establishment there was rush for
bathing suits. Twenty minutes later near
" 800 were splashing around in the great
pools larking with one another and
WhooDinr. with delight. At the end of the
hath came the view of the cruisers, and
then the boys had a little lesson in COM
mercialism. A son of sunny Italy runs
q popcorn. peanut and soft drinks stand
near the entrance to the bath-house The
commissary department had not arrived
with its supply of sandwiches from the
Preside camp and the boys began an
assault on the Italians goods
Dago Raised the Price.
The first twenty or thirty of them got
peanuts soda water. popcorn and other
trivialities at the usual price, For later
Corners the cost was doubled. until Cap
tain Webb interfered and told the dealer
unless he could be fair with the boys
they would not be permitted TO make any
more purchases. The result was square
deal and more money for the Italian than
he has ever before taken in in single
day. The cadets were frolicking on the
.heach when the cOmmissary wagons ar
tived and there they had their luncheon.
feasting their eyes meanwhile on the
antics of the seals and a school of por-
poises that seemed to perform for their
especial benefit
Trip in the Park.
At O'Clock the lads went for trip
through Golden Gate park and at they
were back at camp again, tired, but happy
and satisfied with their days adventures,
and looking forward with eagerness TO
tomorrow.
The Tuesday schedule includes a long
cars The afternoon has beer left open
and many of the boys will doubtless util-
ize il for the purpose of buying little me-
mentoes Of the trip, 1t was found to be
inadvisable TO visit the coast defenses as
planned tomorrow. because there VIII be
no drill.
Kindness of Colonel lundee.
Colonel Lundee. commanding at the Pre-
sidiO who has extended every courtesy
TO Captain Webb and the battalion, has
agreed TO have an artillery drill especially
for the benefit of the cadets on Friday
morning; also the colonel has assigned to
them a place at what is known as the
''Old Fort" where on Wednesday at noon
they will see the Atlantic fleet sail in. The
shjps will pass close enough TO the boys
for them 10 tell the color of the eyes of
each captain and to distinguish Admiral
Evans himself on the bridge of the. Con-
necticut.
California guard, who Is TO be grand mar
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