Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-02-15

n great curve into the hBrbor ana on
again before the admiring eyes 81
| deeply impressed people. No stop
were made between Punta Arena
and Callao. where again the enter
| tainments offered the visitors taxci
| everybody time to the utmost AZ
ter Callao came Magdalena bay
| where for a month the ships Weri
out OF touch with the world excep
by wireless biography Drills ant
record target practice hlled the TIM
AZ M%agdairna II vas a month %
real work. month Of work enjoyed
by an. Record target practice is Gag
crls anticipated every year. IT Is 8
time that every sailor. no matter how
new ne may be IN the sorfice. gets
a chance ut the guns provided he hai
shown any sort Of aptitude IN the
ping pong trials which are continu.
Gus aboard the mon Of war IN port
and out. II Is at record practice that
men attain the rank Of gun pointer
and get a white star ana crossed cir
Gle on their blouse-slccvc II thc}
make a certain mark 10 be a gun
pointer means extra pay each month
according to the class attained. IN
,hcre II prize money for all, If th'
ships guns as q whole make a de
serving record The record praetie
Of last spring developed an %aoeurac,
and rapidity of ire never before at
After Magdalenn tanc the eSeur
sion or the fleet to the California re-
sorts ana there was apparently
nover-cnding program Of merry max
ing At san Diego coronado beach
at tho ports Of Los Angeles, at Sant'
Barbara, at Monterey. Santa cruz an
san francisco, the people OF Califor
received the fleet with Wild &C
II wax the first time that sucl
N array OF lighting vessels had beer
seen on tho Pacific coast ana Cali
celebrated with a hospitalit,
for which the people OF the state ar,
noted. \ trip TO Puget Sound tool
the fleet to Seattle. Tacoma and Bel
bingham and theso cities offered al
entertainment which ranked with thf
very best Of the entire trip
when the ships set sail ont Of sal
for the return trip thor,
many predictions that thes
would ne left in the Pacific aud tina
might make such a course de
Invitations had been ac
for Visits to Australia. 10 chin
md Japan ana there was never a dc
liation from the outlined plans. tn,
ieet had done exactly what the IA
.horitias az Washington said IT Waule
)ut In "A manner which surprised an,
them to the fullest extent.
The story of the fleets visit u
honolulu, TO Auckland, sydney. Mel
aud Albany IN Australia. I,
okohamn. TO Annoy, to Manila an
q cali on the way home through tn
canal are too recent to need r.
all Tho Welcomes extended In Aus
ralia and Japan left nothing to b
either In lavishncss of enter
ainmeut or IN sincerity Of purpose
Tho hattlcships. had their schedul
lrought them sooner to the castcrl
nd OF the Suez, might have playe
notable part IA stlccoring the stflek |
u people of Mcssina Az Il was tn |
OF the ships were offered. bu I
Ia relief plans had already developed /
0 as not to require them I'm "A wa
he hHttleship fleet, however. accom-
much store ships ladel
18th supplies for the lighting vosscl |
1ere despatched by tho home govern
cent and officers ana mon were Hlat
5 give up tho solid foodstuffs an,
elicacies 20 the earthquake sufferers
large sum of money was contrihut |
] from the fleet and the first divi
lon OF four vessels under Admira
perry called at Naples 10 expires
,mpathy and sorrow The battle
alp Illinois was the only one of thu
lighting vessels to rcally
ntcr the earthquake zone This shi1
ent 10 Mossiua and 400 Americas
inurs searched the ruins until the,
ad recovered the bodies of Ameri
m Consul Cheney and his wife.
After visits to various M%cditorran
ga ports and accepting the hospital
es Of hair a dozen nations the six
.cn shipH gathered again az Gihral
~ and sailed Cor home saturday
obruarv & They viii be met ser
bout 1000 miles from shore, 10y tht
iird or home squadron ct the At
ntic Fleet consisting of four bat
and nvc cruisers. Even tht
log OF the famous journey is t.
= given over ta work There vii
4 dally drilis ana mancuvcrs ant
spectiou by the commander Ia chiei
eNCry vessel on the way over
resident Roosevelt viii greet tn
pct ON February p2. from the bridg