Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-04-15

lonely beacon flashed its alternating
red ad white signals in democratic
simplicity and wholly unmindful Of
the spectacle the coming of the ships
and their illuminate afforded. on
shore, scores Of red fires were main
tanned throughout the evening, and
above high in the reaches of the sky
shone brilliant southern moon, hur-
rying its way to romantic fullness,
The thousands who ioarneyed from
san Diego to the beaches of Core
nado to witness tho arrival of the
cupaey of the sea, been seen along
the Pacific coast, and the occasion Of
their first visit is to be made mem
orabe event wherever they touch a
port or cruise long enough to the
shore to be seen by the cities and re-
sorts that skirt the edge of the coast.
The splendid condition of the ships
was manifest in every way. Outward
ly they were the same sparkling, inn
pressiye, white and buff units of a
powerful aggregation of fighting
force that pointed their way out Df
Hampton Roads on a home coast 5000
miles away, with the president snow
ing the way on his cruiser yacht, the
Mayflower Internally the ships were
in better condition than when they
started engines working with the
smooth thrust and throw of perfect
bearings and careful handling, ana
boilers making steam with less con
sumption of coal because of the in
creased efficiency in the firing rooms
The wash of the waves along the wa
ter line displayed from two to three
feet of red armor belt, and showed
| hut comparatively little sea growth,
despite the long stay in temperate
! and tropical waters
pam Admiral charles NJ. Thomas,
icommanding. was on the bridge of the
| Connecticut as the fleet steamed to its
anchorage The absence of Rear Ad-
miral Evans, who is i'll at Paso Ro-
! bles, is deeply regretted on all sides.
| Admiral Thomas, at the dinner re
| ferred to the matter with much feel
| fleet, remained to view the beauties
Offered by the night
The fleet let go its anchors--all
| splashng in the water with simultane-
| Gus precision-at l2:47 p. m, just
| thirteen minutes before the an
nounced hour Of arrival, For Two
! hours the ships had beeh IN Slsht' anu
their coming had Deeh Watcneu WIZ Sa
wonder by the Waluhg tliloilsS' ~
engrossed were the people IN tLt
beauty OF the scene tiiat liigS co. ",
to eheer' lne pe o,,,ai,,taa ,1,itb th he
are my ~ III, ~ Ii5e 70 ha and the
navy do - t,ttIasi,ir- 10 tbis coast
| GIuiSe u IL ~" iaoI,ad foru,ard 70
mas Ions peell looh n,,,,,,,to ~ of the
never peioi nav din,,ioai,1g more
IolheI,l go + ~ 20 - ,rater in tbeir DC
tl'aH io''00 '''''
ing .,.,,.,,,.., - ,,,o1,o IN tho hori-
zoh gave me ms NJ " ,yl,,',,i,,o aI
proach OF the FesSels tIII9 ~ ''lts
| though WlfelesS llesaos 90 ii''u 90
told OF lhelf Near pio'ei'
Eyes were strained 10 eaten me
| first glimpse of the shlps' anu ttle-
scopes ad marine glasses were AT q
premium. The day had opened plack
and threatening, and 1t was not uhlll
after 10 O'Clock that the sun pul I ne u
| its way through the pahk Oh Low
California. once us rays ny H..
trated the mist 9o WE t ne 9 r.
quickly cleaIt ca az, an tSarn u,as not a
Iieet Cd''iS NJ
lleek u We seen .,,.a
The Connectlcut was III h,,t
weeks ago with Admlfai Evans, pu'
she was gray WIN NJ we Z hi Ne todav sbe
target practice theh' WINE touay ~ ~,
! appeared an immaculate picture ~
white ana pun
To the left of the ConenC ,,l,,
steamed the Georgia, flagshlp o. h sea,
Admiral Emory, commanding the SCI
ond division, ana IN her M@hs NJ,
the Rhode Island, virginia au sh tnVm
Jersey. The third me from l4I I snoi =
was headed py ne "a II'ho 10 now
OF Rear AulI a. opela9 Sa,,,5 eonadron
IN Gun e,iiu ~ 80 1865, ie 10 he the
du tiil' lefil,ar Of the entire fleet. With
9bn Alabama we're the nliois Kear-
s yn ad Kentucky. The fourth and
onward column was headed by the
0Toin o. Win Cantain Giles 3. Harder
living a triangular flag Of blue from
he main truck, denotig temporary
command of the division, which IN
cluded the Missouri, Ohio ad Mine,
sofa. The absence of Rear Admiral
Evans leaves a vacancy in flag rank IN
the fleet.
The ships should be seen from
Coronado from the time they crossed
no main boundary They We're