La Junta tribune., 1908-05-09
CALIFORNIA

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AGREES Il Ling Beach. twen-g-tye
miles, - Tlsss itse vessess. cfsaosing
that t5aae a. il s&s the day for the
great festivities et Sznlz Monica.
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AIItso1gh ther= we're Thousands of
people there It 2zs only such .
crOs1 - nay Be -s-a ans summer
afternoon al that popular re=ort,
and Ihere w4s 10 crush Of sight
s<=ers
i number Of very large launches.
carrying from hfty TO one hundred
persons esca, made constant trips
between the pier and the vessels
lysng half q mile of shore The
Virginia the Nex jersey. the Rhode
Island and the Georgia were the
shlls Gf the squadron stationed at
this point Wednesday the ocean
had been 50 rough that no boats
were abse 10 venture out, but Thurs
dag vas piessar. although there
were some pretty high seas run
ning and We we're able to get out
very comfortably The greatest
courtesy 9as shown the slgt,-seers
By officers and men Of the Virginia
70 xrich we went For two hours
We wandered from dec.; 10 deck.
and compartment TO compartment.
and everywhere found some ole
who was eager 10 explain the Gus
toms Of the ship. the workings Of
the guns. and TO answer the multi
taclEous questions which must have
sounded very silly AID green 10
! them. We inspected the bakers
and cooks gal.eys and sampled their
/ products. visited the corner where
several OF the sailor boys we're busy
with sewing machines and needles.
working upon plous=s;: watched
/ souag fesso. who Was pressing uni
/ forms. 1ssng an electric iron Ia the
I process. peep--d into the ships black
smith shop; ard. IN another corner
OF the same deck. stopped TO listen
to soldier boy who was entertain
ing the crowd by playing lively.
popular selections upon very good
piano The engine rooms. necnan-
les rooms, mess room. officers ard
mems quarters. fighting turrets and
bridge. were not open to visitors.
nor were ~e allowed to Inspect the
workings of the great thirteen inch
guns Indeed, nothing that could
be o. material interest TO any chance
foreign spy. was open to inspection.
No doubt all suspicious visitors were
/ closely watched. and although we
Americans were allowed TO use our
cameras freely. we were told that
no japanese was allowed to carry
one aboard
| Tie soldier boys seemed to be en-
joying themselves hugely, both with
the visitors aboard the ships. and
also on the shore. No doubt it seem
ed fire to be upon United States
soil once more. and to be the recipi-
ents Of 50 much and 50 fzttering at
fention. The time Of their stay at
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