The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-08
FIFTEEN WARSHIPS OFF FOR FAR EAST Battleships of Atlantic Fleet Sail from Frisco While
 One Is Ordered Into
 Quarantine.
SCARLET FEVER ABOARD
Fig Fleet Passes Through Golden Gate With Silence Replacing Entm- siasnl Attendant Upon
 It's Arrival.

San Francisco, July 7.--Fifteen battleships of the, Atlantic fleet sailed to-day on the voyage that is to take them around the world and end at Hampton Roads, whence they started last December Ono of the sixteen members of the fleet. the Nebraska, was left behind because of an out break of scarlet fever among the crew She will be placed In quarantine three days and thoroughly fumigated, after which she will join her sister ships at Honolulu.
 Without ceremony or celebration of any sort, the fifteen big ships got un- dor way promptly at o'clock on sig nal from the Connecticut Rear-Ad- miral Sperry's flagship. and. steaming in single column, slowly wended their way out of the hay where they had found anchorage from time to time since their arrival here two months ago. A few small craft followed In the wake of the fleet as far as Golden Gate and gave the biz white ships q parting salute with their sirens, while Oli Allf lAAAlN Mtlf HAuiAtAtu ENbuDN Nl people silently watching the departure, which was in striking contrast to the enthusiastic reception on It's arrival.
 The vessels presented a beautiful appearance as they steamed through the harbor. As the Connecticut pass cd forth the flagship sIgnalled for moro speed and the bows of the war ships were soon throwing up n sea of white foam as they plowed through the water It was 3:10 o'clock when the Kentucky. the last ship in line, passed the lighthouse at the entrance to the Golden Gate. and half an hour later the fleet was lost to view in D dens cloud of black smoke from the corps of tunnels and the thick wealth CT which was rolling in from the sea.
 The forenoon was one of busy prep arations on the ships. The launches and cutters dotted the harbor fitting from ship to ship and from ship to shore. On the flagship Connecticut. signal flags were constantly breaking out and the incessant zip zip of the wireless telegraph, communicating with ships and sending farewell mes sages to shore stations. never ceased, Boats were made fast. orderies ran to and fro and few visitors newspaper men and relatives and friends of off, cers came forward to say last good bye.
 At II o'clock. Secretary of the In- terior Garfield. who arrived last night from Honolulu on the cruiser St. Louis boarded the Connecticut 70 pay his respects to Admiral Sperry. He was saluted with seventeen guns. the sa- lutet that members of the presidents cabfnet are entitled to, when he took his ieave.
 Oh the water front patrols of blue jackets with stout "bilies" rounded up few belated stragglers from the var iouss sships.
 At 12:50 o'clock the last boat left shore with mail orderlies.
 Early in the day Lieut.. Commander Benjamin r. Hutchinson, executive ot- ficer of the cruiser St. Louis was hur- riedly detached from that ship and aa- signed as an executive officer of the battleship Wisconsin in place of Lieut. Commander Phelps Tho latter was ordered to Mare Island on account of illrsss. Dr. Koltzc, jr. surgeon on lthe Connecticut, and two surgeons from other ships were temporarily transferred this morning to the Ne braska to assist in treating the scarlet fever cases on that ship.
 Just before the fleet sailed, Rear Admiral Sperry received telegram from President Roosevelt conveyinp to the fleet his hearty good wishes or the eve of Its departure.