Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-22
With Flags Flying, Bands Playing
Dstar SpangIed Banner"
Battleships Return.
REVIEWED BY THE PRESIDENT
,ov ol the Home Coming Written
On Face Of Every Man
And Officer.
. welcome and Greeting Tn
..,.ntcd--Each Divisional Flag
ship visited by Executive.

,..t,u va. Fob. 22.-The Maynow-
..,ts tho president aboard. arrived
o.. .I off the Horseshoe and came
n anchor at 1915 a. M AT 1920
tb. FIRST six ships " the fleet
-.-, sighted from Cape Henry Wealth
,.ry thick and becoming thicker AN
Ue time
Al l0.t5 %. M. the fleet was passing
through the capes
p, loss the flagship Connecticut
..,,brd the Mayfowor and the % I'M
.,,,mr ,garships fired "a simultaneous
Linn, Of 81 guns In honor OF the presi-
daat
vbs 1faynouer az 1895 a. M, pulled
... anchor and followed the feet TO
10. destination n Hampton Roads OFT
I'D Point Comfort where the recep-
,.... OH the Maynowcr viii Doe held. Tho
r.sr 6red another salute ON reaching
Fo.t Monroe,
AT HAMPTON ROADS.
with homcward bound pennants
..-saming far behind them, 2S bands
r.sylng the "Star Spangled Banner
and saluting cannon roaring tribute To-
ns president OF the United states,
.s. batuoship fleet Of the American
navy ended its worlds cruise today.
AFTER stoaming i'm review by the pre-
sdsut. whose eagle breasted nag of
.u, was at the main mast of the
.u.,er yacht Msyflowor. the 16 white
nWeships finally east anchor IN tho
s.mo fair water or Hampton
loads whence they started IA months
AGO ON the notable journey OF So
boo miles. The JOY Of home coming
vas written upon the faces OF every
brgacket and every officer on board
frc i6 ships. The long cruise, the visits
r many OF the most famous ports of
hc world. the homage that has been
rad % the fleet by every nation
.ey1rcd on the calling list, have been
sources OF intense interest TO every
one aboard the famous vessels. but
unquestiOnably there was no scene IN
on the world TO compare with the
familiar landmarks picked up by the
latteship feet as il steamed a trium-
phant. self-reliant and efficient force,
through the Virginia C. pes today ana
entered the peaceful waters Of Chesa-
peak Bay and Hampton Roads.
A GREAT FEAT ACCOMPLISHED.
There was an atmosphere Of final ac-
camplishment about tOday's eve It's hat
lent 20 them new signlhcance.
The American navy had set now
ClisIng standard for the other navies
Of the world 70 strive for AS she led
taa beautiful column OF battlesh Pc,
ready for any emergency and bidding
defiance TO the storms or the 20 tuous
channels OF the strange waters Of the
l.m.snheres out Of Hampton Roads Ia
mnathEs ago and as she plotted the
taai through all the seas and into al
lr ports az the long cruise, the flag
slip Connecticut steamed again today
at thc head Of the returning squad
.lns In the wake Of the white ships
OF the home coming feet followed a
welcoming host in gray-iour battle
ships and five powerful cruisers being
the escOrting column, sent 1910 miles
90 sea 10 convey a preliminary wora Of
welcome 10 tho famous ships The as
Vessels IL It had not been for a.,
abundance OF American flags n hl
from their mastheads might easily
lala been mistaken for foreign shi 5
il wilI require a long while for the
American people to become accustomed
30 the new color scheme ADOPT d fol
tae navy the gllstening white and hun
since the days Of the wond ar,ul whit,
squadron" having distinguished th'
American navy above am others. trans
forming into things OF beauty engines
o destruction which In sombor lina
Of neutral gray appear hostile an,
fam.
DAWN or DAY.
THE day Of the homecoming dawneC
With prospects OF weather as fair "a
tn- cIOudless day Zoo December, 1907
ON which the feet set sail Just before
a. m. however. a fog bank suddenly
shut down and set the whistles AND
Dolls of The many craft IN the roadstel
f0reeching and tolling their notes o
warning The fog lifted again within
on hour. but left "a promise of gray
day. which was anything but attractive
81 Ihn thousands upon thousands %
.u'a gathered here from am parts %
ihe country and who were either ahoa
o lining the shores of the water from
o. help in the Joyous acclaim in th
homo coming ships and men, Foreigl
naval attaches Immense parties o
government officials high officers %
ilo army and navy were aboard th
N.' NI welcome MNlln steamed QUE n"
DAY to greet the incoming vessels an
O. witness The review by the prcslden
A. Che tain of the Horseshoe.
BATTLESlIlpS 1N LINE.
EHery battloship u commission D
~ navy had a place in the long lln'
tH.e were 20 OF the heavily helte
Vessels 10 being among the origin.
% Chat sailed away "a months ago. lH
o1T vessel missing from the limo N
eIy was the Alabama. She cam
home With The Maine last October an
10Th OF these ships had the distinct "
ny going ai the way around the N0il
even If they were excluded from ID
f.et itself The Maine served toda
aH flagship of inc squadron of yes
cont 40 meet the incoming fleet and .
tle wireless dispatches already hH'
l''i che was greeted nt sea- with lh %
enthusiasm of au old friend Tho AZ
haut la in reserve af the Sew hH
nHNr yard The strangers in tha nD
today were the Nebraska, which On
places the Maine and the Wilson's
which replaced the Alabama. ho
lhrta vessels were built in the fucin
10Th Joined the fleet at San francla
ana today made thcir nrat apreHrnn
n an Atlantic port Tho hattlesh
n. ana its eacoltns squadron oi i'I