Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-05
JAPANESE NAVAL
men ON JUNKET
ADMIRAL IJICHI AND OTHER
OFFICERS SEE SIGHTS
ALL VISIT PRESIDE; PARTY ALSO
CLIMBS TAMALPAIs
Thirty Commanders from Training
Cruisers Aso and soya Have
Jolly Day on San Franz
cisco Bay
rRu Associated Press. ]

SAN FRANCISCO, May 4.--Rear Adj
miral H. Ijichi and thirty of his COM
manding officers rode today in dozen
automobiles with members of the civic
and commercial entertainment commit
tee and distinguished representatives of
the United States army and navy on
a three hours sightseeing tour through
the streets and bouleyards of San
Francisco, reaching the preside at
noon, where a salute of thirteen guns
was fired from the army fortress In
honor of the visiting admiral and a
luncheon given to the guests and their
adjutant general by Colonel M. A.
Simpson.
Meanwhile the 1856 midshipmen of the
Japanese training cruisers Also and
Soya, escorted by fifteen Of Uncle
Sans midshipmen from the cruisers
West Virginia, California, Pennsyl-
vania and Tennessee, took an early
morning ferry to Sausalito, whence they
journeyed by special trains through
Mill valley to the top of Mount Tamal-
pals, where lunches were served before
the return trip down the mountain and
back to the Golden Gate city.
All the officers enjoyed their outing
hugely and returned to their vessels in
the evening with a sense of having
crowded into a comparatively short
time q 1a1fly COMPREHENSIVE pc1lot elihet
of the natural and artificial beauties of
the Pacific coasts metropolis and its
surrounding hills and waters.
The cars for the automobile trip were
all loaned by private owners or deal
ers.
Those in Automobiles
In the first automobile were ADJ
mirals Swinburne and Ijichi Colonel
Simpson and James McNAb, president
of the chamber of commerce.
In the following motors came Adj
miral Swinburne's chief of staff, Cap
tain John H. oliver, ten additional Of
ficers of the United States squadron
and the japanese captains and lieuten-
ants flanked by ]. H. Baxter, Edward
A. Christensen, Captain William Mat
son, John Costello and Messrs. Worden
and ST. John of the citizens reception
committee.
Speeding first through the financial
and new shopping districts, the twelve
automobiles, each gaily decorated with
the Japanese and American national
ensigns, swung around by Union
Square and out along the broad streets
and boulevards of the residence sec
ton to Golden Gate park, thence to the
ocean front and into the preside reser-
walton, where the guns of the fortress
doomed out their noisy welcome to the
approaching land-squadron of yari-col-
ored motor cars. Through the beauti-
full preside grounds the procession
wound it's way to the army hop room,
where amid appropriate international
decorations a substantial repast was
served
After viewing the grounds and forti-
fications of Uncle Sans most famous
Pacific coast defense station, the Wis
iting mariners, with their civic and
military hosts, returned in their auto
mobiles to the Mission street wharf,
where with many expressions of salts
faction at the entertainment rendered
them, they took leave of their hosts
and went aboard their vessels.
Midshipman Harry A Badt of the
flagship West Virginia had charge of
the cadets excursion to Mount Tamal-
pals.