The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-04-24

tiful residence portion of the Grown
city, the machines were driven
through the intervening valley to Hol-
lywood. The route here lay through
the vast orange and lemon groves
and past orchards of figs and olives
that lined the highways.
/ The reception at Sawtelle, where
thousands of veterans of the civil war
cheered the officers, was most impress
sive. The cordiality shown was
marked. The party was shown all
over the buildings and grounds of the
national soldiers home, after which
they proceeded on to Santa Monica,
where practically the entire popula-
tion Of the city was on hand to greet
them.
Visitors See Fleet.
Thousands Of visitors who had come
to see the ships Of the third division
at anchorage augmented the crowd.
So dense was the press Of the people
that the machines moved with diff
Guilty through the streets. Here Ad-
miral Evans was presented with 4
handsome remembrance, the gift Of
the municipality. Admiral Thomas
accepted the present in the absence
OF his chief.
Tonight the California club enter
tanned the officers and local guests at
a reception and ball in the club
room at Fifth and iHll streets.
The oJnathan club also gave sim
/ liar function the date being set aside
particularly as officers night. A
grand ball and reception was held ax
the Virginia hotel at Long Beach.
where Admiral Emery, commanding
the second division, was the guest Of
honor.
Tomorrow the flagship Connecticut
has been reserved for the use Of the
members Of the Los Angeles recep.
ton committee and their families.
Many of the ships are receiving large
delegations from the different state
societies in Los Angeles. Former res.
idents Of Connecticut, Kansas, Yer
mont, Rhode Island, Georgia, Ken
lucky, Alabama and other states have
visited the various ships named af-
ter their respective states.
Storm Holds Them on Ship.
The Kentucky delegation which has
been trying for two days to get of to
the Kentucky at Redondo, and have
been prevented by the beach storm,
are due to make another attempt to-
morrow. The storm has now subsid-
ed and the weather all along the
coast Is ideal.
The four ships behind the break
water at San Pedro were most fortu-
nate in this particular, and felt no In
convenience from the storm whatever.
Some OF the ships of the other divi-
sions kept steam up day and night,
preparatory to changing their anchor
ages which, however, did not become
necessary.
Captain Grant, chief star officer of
Admiral Evans, stated this afternoon
that the plan of leaving the port of
Los Angeles for Santa Barbara had
not been changed. The ships of the
first and second divisions at anchor
age at San Pedro and Long Beach re-
|spectively and only q few miles apart,
will ge under way simultaneously at 5
o'clock in the morning and proceed to
Redondo,, where the third division
from Venice will have Joined the
four divisions. The reunited fleet
will then steam to Santa Monica, in a
single column, and pass back and
forth in front Of Venice, Ocean park
and Santa Monica, until 9 o'clock
when they will depart oficially for
Santa Barbara. They are due at Sam
ia Barbara at 8 p. m. Saturday, to re-
main until April 20.
Unless the plans are changed, no
salutes will be fred at Santa Monica.
although it is possible this may be
done, as a farewell to Los Angeles
and the coast cities.
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