Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-08
JAPANESE NAVAL
MEN SEE SIGHTS
MANY MIDSHlPMEN MAKE TRIP
AROUND SAN FRANCISCO
oRIENTALs HAVE DAY OF SPORT
ON SPECIAL TRAIN
Wardroom and Junior Officers of
Training Cruisers and Aso and
soya Give Dinner to
Americans
by Associated Press.l

SAN FRANCISCO, May 7.-Civic and
commercial San Francisco closed it's
formal entertainment to the officers
and men of the Japanese cruisers Also
and Soya today by sending the entire
complement of 1856 midshipmen ana
twenty of the commissioned oncers
of the training squadron on an all-day
trip around the bay in a special train
which made lengthy stops at the Varl-
Gus points of interest along the line
of the Southern Pacific railroad; While
some 200 of the enlisted men, comprls-
ing those who remained aboard their
~sfessels yesterday, We're taken on d
sight-seeing tour through the city IN
special trolley cars.
Meanwhile Captain T. A. Phelps, COM
mandant of the Mare island navy yard,
entertained Rear Admiral Ijichi and
five of his officers at luncheon at the
famous naval station where Rear Ad-
miral Swinburne and his staff of the
United States Pacific fleet completed
the list of invited guests.
Promptly at S:15 the party of NIP
ponese ''middies" and officers steamed
out of the coast line station under the
escort of Lieutenant Commander Zieg-
meier of the West Virginia, Ensign Le-
Franz of the Pennsylvania, Midshipman
Harry A. Badt of the West Virginia,
and two other American 'middies.
The first stop was made at Palo Alto,
where for two hours the merry party
wandered about the grounds ana
through the buildings of Stanford uni
versity.
A second stop was made at San Jose,
where luncheon was taken. AS the train
sped through the famous Santa cara
valley, the Japanese visitors expressed
wonder and delight at the miles upon
miles of prune orchards through which
the railroad winds Its way.
Party Visits Seminary
Returning northward up the east
shore of the bay, the party left its
train at Sather station and took the
trolley line to Mills seminary from
which point the last lap of the home
bound trip was made by way OF oak
land mole.
The Japanese officers who lunched to-
day at Mare island had ample oppor-
tunity to inspect the equipment Of the
naval station Early in the morning
they boarded the tug Slocum, accom-
panied by the invited guests from uncle
Sans cruisers, and steamed up the
bay, reaching their destination shortly
after 10 o'clock.
There for a couple of hours captain
Phelps and his subordinate officers es-
cOrteQ lHe NlSlloiS IhAou5i 'AiN
ton. after which luncheon was served
in the commentaries quarters.
AS the Slocum cast loose from the
wharf at the conclusion of the day
visit, the guns from the training shir
independence doomed out the regula-
tion salute of thirteen guns in honor
of the Japanese emperor's naval repre-
sentative in American waters.
The wardroom and Junior officers OF
the Aso and Soya gave dinners tonight
on board their respective vessels to the
wardroom and Junior officers of the
West Virginia, California, Pennsylvania
and Tennes zee. Rear Admiral lJich
will entertain a large number of Jap
anese and American civilian guests al
! reception tomorrow afternoon or
board the flagship Also, and on Sunday
evening he will give dinner to Rear
Admiral Swinburne aboard the Aso.