The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-09-14

noon. Heavy fogs were encountered
/ soon passed through them, and from
| then on the weather was clear, enabling
high rate of speed to be maintained
without danger.
Fine weather was encountered all the
way across, though it was somewhat
cool. Two days ago the seamen donned
white working clothes, but it was not
until Thursday that the officers dis
carded their blue uniforms in favor of
white. There was but little sea, and
the great ships rode as comfortably as
they would have inside harbor.
Though the average speed was 1875
knots, some of the ships made consid
erable better time part of the way.
| After the accident to the west Virginia,
| that vessel crowded on steam and kept
up rate of 1915 knots for a period of
! twenty-four hours.
A Record Cruise.
Four days and seventeen hours is the
time which actually elapsed after the
squadron passed Farallone Islands, at
the entrance to San Francisco, before
Diamond Head was reached. Though
individual ships have made better time
than that, no squadron ever before tried
2100-mile cruise at anything like that
rate, and the ships of Sebree's squad
ron set mark as distinctive in its way
as was the mark set by the Atlantic
battleship fleet when it made is famous
cruise around the world.
Just before sailing from San Fran
cisco, the squadron took on board 1000
new men. These were to replace 500
time-eXpired men and also to strengthen
the personnel of some of the ships.
Many of the new men were recruits,
who were making their first trip to sea,
but they proved themselves readily
adaptaule to the life on man-of-w war,
and were pretty hardy sailormen by the
time the squadron reached here.
: This is the first visit which Admiral
Sebree has paid Honolulu since he sue.
ceeded Rear-Admiral Swinburne in the
supreme command of the Pacific fleet
AS commander of the second division
he made many friends here, however
and the return of the stalwart sailor i
welcomed.
, Cards From Clubs.
The Pacific Club, University Club
and Commercial Club have all issueC
} cards to Admlrals Sebree and Barry
and the captains and wardroom officer:
: of the squadron. In addition, many
) entertainments of private nature have
been arranged in honor of the visitors
Some of tine cruisers were at Seattle
during the earlier months of the fair
r reaching san Francisco only in time t,
g depart on the westward cruise. To tn,
! officers of these ships the informal en-
: tertaining planned will come as a relic
from the round of official gazette
! which they went through at Seattle.
d Already the enlisted men are planning
r Il number of athletic contests. Tn
Z, baseball nine of the Pennsylvania
IL which is one of the best in the squad
e ron, came ashore for practise yesterda
afternoon, and the ball players frol
g the other ships plan to take advantag
IS of their stay here and get in some goo
IS practise also.
The athletic program will probabl
be announced today, though there vi
be but little doing until the vessel
g have finished taking ON coal.
! The Arrival.
le just as the factory whistles woi
= blowing for the noon hour yesteTda,
=, and eight bells were striking on the We
y sels in the harbor, a pun of whit
~ smoke sprang from the starboard sic
of the United States cruiser Tennessee
M and the boom of The first gun OF Il
w. salute rolled over the wateG while Il
~, stars aud stripes were run up aster
"a The llagship OF the tieet division OF Il
y. Pacific cruiser squadron dying az h
Nm mast head the nag Of Rear Admir-
sebToe, steamed majeslieally into Il
hnrboT, swung gracefully and easi
, around opposite the Alakes sire
20 wharf, and slid into her slip witho
- q hitch af any kind, Il was one OF /
n. prelliest blessings that has ever DO
~ witnessed in Honolulu,
'i u had NOT been expected that
hn cruisers would arrive uniil Tho mld'
of The afternoon sn ihr town NAs p
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