The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-14
CITY CROWDED
With VISITORS
Thousands of People Await
the Arrival of the Fleet
at San Diego.
STREETS A MASS OF COLOR
WARSHIPS WILL CAST ANCHOR
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

san Diego. Cal, April 13.-Fete days
for the American battleship fleet win
begin tomorrow afternoon. when the
sixteen armored cruisers of the navy's
most notable cruise cast anchor in the
waters of the Pacific off Coronado
Beach, two miles from San Diego as
the crow flies.
San Diego is crowded with visitors
and sightseers, and never before in the
history of the city has there been such
an elaborate decoration of streets and
buildings. BY day the broad thorough
fares are mass of waving colors, the
red, white and blue of the nation be-
ing mingled with the yellow and white,
typifying the golden state OF Califor-
MIA. Triumphal arches have been erect
ed at many OF the street intersections,
and immense signs that burn the hos
pitable word Welcome" through the
darkness of the night are among the
many features of the elaborate scheme
of decoration.
Governor on Hand.
Governor ]. n. Gilett of California,
accompanied by his staff and a dis
tinguished party of guests, arrived to-
night in three special cars. Governor
Gillett arose from a sickbed in San
Francisco to come here, where the Of
fetal welcome of the state is to be
extended. The governor was still quite
i'll tonight, but expressed the hope that
he would be much improved tomorrow
by a good nights rest. If we'll enough
he will go out TO the Connecticut to-
morrow afternoon at o'clock TO pay
his respects to Rear Admiral Charles
NJ. Thomas, the senior officer in COM
mand. Late in the afternoon Admiral
Thomas will return the governors visit
at the Hotel Del Coronado.
4 feature of tomorrOw's program
which will undoubtedly prove enjoy
able TO the men of the fleet will be the
distribution during the afternoon Of
thousands of oranges, the largest grown
in this section of the state. This part
of the welcome is truly Californian.
viii Anchor at P. Nj.
The fleet will cast anchor at l p.
m. tomorrow and will remain here un-
til Saturday morning at o'clock, when
it will proceed to the port of Los An
geIes. The battleships were only 100
miles to the south. according to wire
less information received late today,
and We're steaming in Zine OF squad
ROM or two long lines of eight yes
sells each. They were speeding at nine
knots an hour. This rate will probably
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row so as not to bring the ships TO
the Coronado anchorage before the APP
pointed hour.
Many thousands of people Will make
the short Journey across San Diego
hay TO Coronado Beach 10 witness the
arrival of the sixteen ships. II is ex-
uected that the double column forma-
ton will be maintained until Coronado
is sighted. when there Will be ma
neuver to lines of divisions, bringing
the fleet To anchor in four lines of
four ships each.
Payday on the Warships.
Today was pay day on all of the
vessels. the crews receiving their
monthly allowances in gold.
Tomorrow program consists of an
exchange of courtesies between the
state and city authorities and the flag
officers of the fleet. the distribution of
oranges on all sixteen of the vessels,
a private banquet TO. Rear Admiral
Thomas and the other flag and COM
handing officers in the banquet hall
of the Hotel Del Coronado, the illumi-
nation of the ships with thousands Of
fncandescent bulbs, a searchlight drill
during the early evening, and the con-
tInual burning of red signal fires along
tho Coronado shore.