The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-03

West Virginia who. assisted by Mid
shipmen H. A Badt, w. r. Purnell, F. T.
Chew, X. L. Hin and E. f. Buck, was
in charge of the party Unanswered in
navy style.
Within 20 minutes after they had
landed the Japanese were on street.
cars and being whitfield away to the
beach. They left the cars at the Cliff
house and after a short time formed
up and marched to the bandstand in
Golden Gate park, led by a platoon of
mounted police and followed by de-
tachment of police on foot. In the rear
of the marching sailors was a crowd
of 1000 persons Automobiles, car
riages and outing parties drew to the
sides of the road TO let them pass,
and at intervals they were greeted
with \volleys of handclapping and
cheers.
CROWDS AT GOLDEN GATE PARK
The crowd was so dense at Golden
Gate park that the police were COM
PEELED to rope off section of seats
for the sailors to save them from being
run over by their too enthusiastic
friends.
The band concert at the park, COM
posed in the main Of patriotic songs
of the United States and Japan
lasted two hours and took place while
the visitors were lunching.
One phrase every japanese sailor
and cadet knew. The rest of their
English might have been improved
but this sentence was ever ready to
ripple off their tongues. They asked
questions about everything and in
variably greeted the answer with a
smile. bow and the phrase Il thank
you for your kindness"
The scenes at the park and along
the line of march from the Cliff house
were as naught compared to what took
place in the tea gardens at Ninth ave-
nue. and G street, where an entertain
ment had been provided by the Japan
csc association of America. The af
fair was mixture of America and
Japan. a combination of cake walking
and japanese sword dancing. boxing
contests and Japanese patriotic
speeches.
The speeches were formal, brief and
alike in character. emphasizing the
necessity of cementing the friendship
between America and Japan. The
opening speech was made by T. Ushi
jiTna, who was followed by Rev. K.
Uchida in an address of welcome
Consul General Naigai made an address
to the cadets and sailors, which was
responded to by Midshipman Yorio
Sawamoto of the Aso at a moments
notice from Lieutenant Hashimoto who
was in command of the party.
CHEERS FOR ADMIRAL IJICHI
The most enthusiastic moment of the
day was when Rear Admiral Ijichi ap-
peared. Frantic shouts of "banzai"
greeted him, completely drowning the
brass band and bringing every man,
oT4fl ! t. .. 49,
feet. The admiral and his staff, con-
sisting Of Captain Ishii Of the Aso and
Captain Sato of the Soya, passed
through the lines at the salute, but
it was not till long after they had been
seated that the shouting ceased and
the chairman, 7. Ushijima, could pro-
coed with his opening remarks.
The shouting was redoubled when
the admiral arose to speak. He had a
quiet, firm voice and spoke in an ex-
ceptionally serious vein, calling upon
the men Of his command to remember
that their visit was one of peace and
friendship.
Spanish dances were given by Miss
Lois Hooper, a cakewalk by The Stew
arts. Japanese dancing by Furniko Ida
and Prof. A. Anal, theatrical
performance in Japanese by Japanese
girls. descriptive dances by the Axel-
rad sisters and music by the Japanese
naval band.
MANY VISITORS ON CRUISERS
The Japanese cruisers Aso and Soya
were visited by hundreds of men,
women and children yesterday. The
ships were thrown open to the public
from stem to stern.
The officers received their visitors
with the greatest cordiality, and in the
cabins of the cadets delicious tea and
and little cakes of fanciful design