Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-18
AWAITING THE FLEET
Four Ports of Los Angeles Are
All Ready
WILL REST ON SUNDAY
Next Week Will Be a Ceaseless
Whirl.
FURTHER PROGRAM ON COAST
Half Of the Vessels Will Dock at
Bremerton, the Others at
San Francisco.


lean battleship fleet is logging away to-
day another leg of its long journey from
Hampton roads to the antipodes and be-
yond. Leaving here early this morning.
a run of nine hours lies before the fleet
to the next stopping place. the ports OF
Los Angeles, where the ships are sched-
uled to arrive at , o'clock. All sixteen
of the fighting vessels will drop anchor
at San Pedro for an overnight stay. and
tomorrow the fleet will divide into four
divisions and spend the remaining days
of the one weeks stay allotted to Los
Angeles at the various ports of Long
Beach. Santa Monica and Redondo. the
first division remaining at San Pedro.
Northern Plans.
The fleet is proceeding in single column
up the California coast, standing inshore
far enough to let all the towns and vii
iages between San Diego and Los An
geles. bordering on the sea. have look
at the imposing line. After week at Los
Angeles. the fleet visits Santa Barbara.
Port Hartford. Monterey. Santa Cruz and
then enters the Golden Gate. it's originally
announced destination. remaining twelve
days at San Francisco. The fleet then
proceeds to Puget sound for brief visit
to Seattle, Tacoma and nelShDorlng
towns.
One-half of the vessels will dock at
Bremerton. the others returning to San
Francisco May ~ for docking and minor
repairs. The entire fleet will reassemhie
July 3 and set sail July for Honolulu
on the way to Australia, the Philippines.
Japan, China, the SueZ canal and New
York.
Los Angeles Expectant.
LOS ANGELES. Cal, April 1s.-Today
the Atlantic battleship fleet enters upon
the second installment of It's California
welcome. a demonstration that will con-
tinue throughout a solid week OF liberal
hospitality and unbroken entertainment
for the officers and men of the visiting
warships from the other side of the con-
tinent.
The stay of the fleet is intended TO be
made the occasion for the greatest ceie-
bration in the history of southern Call
fornia and thousands Of visitors, repre-
senting every section of the Pacific coast
are added to the population that has Tor
weeks been busily engaged in planning
details of the reception.
Not Los Angeles alone, but Long Beach
San Pedro. RedondO, Venice. Ocean Park
and Santa Monica are gay with futtering
flags and festoOned with lights that will
flash their individual welcomes each even
ing. In this city the principal streets are
OVeFnunS ana tnc. Du1lulnSS dlInoSl ulu-
den from view by enormous banners.
Crowds on Shore.
Today hundred thousand people are
estimated TO be scattered along the
beaches and the bluffs of forty miles of
coast stretching from well below the San
Ia Ana county line to the north shore of
San Pedro bay, where the fleet will drop
anchor at ; o'clock this afternoon. The
several transportation systems centering
in Los Angeles taxed every resource to
meet the rush of travel during the morn
ing hours, and AT fve-mlnute intervals
long trains crowded with passengers, fol-
lowed one another to the beach cities.
where accommodations for the week had
long since been impossible to obtain. The
crush of sightseerS was all the heavier
because of the eleventh hour announce
ment that the battleships would remain
undivided at San Pedro until tomorrow
morning. Up TO yesterday ii had been
supposed that the fleet would be divided
before reaching San Pedro. one division
line at Long Beach and two other di-
visions proceeding onward to Redondo and
Santa Monica. Officials of the transpOr-
tation companies were in despair, as their
plans for handling the immense crowds
had been based upon the assumption that
pra ctically all the visitors would insist
upon seeing the entire feet. and in THIS
ca Sc the facilities were Inadequate.
Secretary Metcalfs order of yesterday
providing for the anchorage of the en-
tire feet at San Diego until this morn
ing was welcomed by all who planned
participation in today reception OF the