The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-02-21
A D NJ ! R AL IS
BLUE f lag
SALUTED
Combined Forces TO Enter
Virginia Capes Monday
Morning for Review

Fortress Monroe, Va. Feb 20-When
the saluhng guns on the forward
bridge of the armored cruiser North
Carolina doomed thirteen times to-
day. in honor Of the blue flag of Rear
Admiral Spery on the battleship Con-
necticut, the combined forces that are
to enter tho Virginia capes on Mon
day morning 10 be reviewed by Pres
ident Roosevelt in celebration of the
worlds cruise Of sixteen American
battleshipS. were completed.
Wireless signals from the North
Carolina and her junior consort. the
Montana, early today, told OF the ap-
proach Of the last two ships sent to
welcome the home coming vessels TO
the main body of the fleet The wire
less station at the Norfolk navy yard
could not pick up the fleet direct
either last night or today. on saccount
OF static interference atmosphere, but
the messages from the North Caro-
lima were sufficient evidence that the
feet Is near enough TO the Virginia
capes tonight TO insure its arrival
on the entrance TO Hampton Roads
some time tomorrow. The fleet Will
Law to or maneuver off the capes to-
morrow afternoon and evening and Will
get under way Monday morning in
time to pass into home waters and be-
gin filing bv the Mayflower exactly at
the hour indicated.
Last nights static interference with
the wireless and the inability OF tho
apparatus TO carry over great dis
tnnces during the day, have resulted
in a congestion Of outgoing messages
at the Norfolk station that probably
neyor Will be fully Strengthened out
until the fleet actually Is in port
Scores OF officers wives are al
ready at the hotels here. Among them
arc about nineteen who made the jour
ney all the way around the world on
merchant ships and who overlook or
waited the naval vessels at the yart-
Gus ports visited. Some OF these in-
trepid women even went to Australia,
but most OF them remained in Japan
while their husbands were In the An
tipcdeS There are other wives here
who went with the feet as far as Cal
iforna
The social feature Of tho fleets re-
as notable as the departure.
WaShIngton's birthday is TO be eel
ebrated as a holiday moro generally
than ever before In this section, and
all the residents of Norfolk. Newport
News. Hampton and other cities who
can possibly do 50 will either be afoat
or gathered along the shores OF the
roadsted to witness the impressive ar
rival Of the ships and the ceremonies
attending the visit OF the president
The man of war anchorage, stretch
Ing three miles in a crescent from the
Old Point pier. was cleared today of
all merchant ships. After the May
flower leaves for Washington late
Monday afternoon, however. excursion
steamers will be allowed within The
anchorage grounds and may steam be-
tween the two long lines of twenty
battleships and flve big cruisers.
Rear Admiral William H. Emery
who commanded one of the divisions
OF the feet up to the time of his re-
tiiAment at Manila last November, ar
rived today to witness the homecoming
of the fleet.
According to advlces received here.
the Georgia Is not the only one of the
sixteen battleshIps that Is coming
home in command of the executive
officer. Captain Hamilton Hutchins.
who sailed with the Kearsarge from
Hampton Roads all the way to Gil
braltar. because Ill there and asked
for relief The Kearserge Is probably,
therefore, in command OF Lieutenant
Commander Nathan c. Thwining. Cap
tain Hutchins returned from Gibraltar
on the Koenlgen Lulse