The San Francisco call., 1909-04-24
WARM WELCOME FOR
JAPANESE. VISITORS
Elaborate Entertainment Is
Mapped Out for Pleasure
of Seamen
Program Completed at Meeting
in Mayors Office by the
City Leaders

Elaborate entertainment of the off,
GERS, middies and men of the Japanese
squadron of training ships. which visits
San Francisco beginning May 1, is now
definitely assured. The committee of
civilians and army, navy and civil ON
GERS having the matter in charge yes
terday perfected tentative proe& hm of
entertainments. The program was ar
ranged at a meeting held in the office
or Mayor Taylor in the Mills building,
at which the mayor presided. In addi-
ton to the provisional adoption of a
program. the committee decided that
Mayor Taylor should preside as toast
master ~ the banquet which Is to be
given the mikado's naval officers at the
Falrmont hotel on the evening of May
o. Collector of the Port Fred S. STRAIT
ton moved at yesterdays meeting that
the mayor be chosen as POSTMASTER.
May will see novel feature of the
entertainment On that day the fire de-
partment of San Francisco will give an
interesting and thrilling exhibition of
Its prowess and alacrity This drill
should be the most novel demonstra-
ton to be given for the entertainment
OF the strangers from the land where
the prevalency of small buildings leads
apparatus and drill as is achieved in
American cities.
Those who were present at yester-
days meeting of the committee were:
Mayor Taylor, Collector of the Port
Stratton; Lieutenant III. F. Poteet, rep
resenting Admiral Swinburne: Colonel
j. B. Ballinger, u. S. A.; Colonel Simp-
son, U. S. A; w. M. Alexander, F. w.
Dohrmann, James McNab, E. E. Calvin,
"a fYc p
Jennings, Andrew M. Davis, Leopold
Michaels. Raphael Well, Paul Cowles,
T. Cary Friedlander, c.. w. Burks.
The program which was adopted sub
ject to change which it is thought will
not be material, is as follows:
SATURDAY, MAY Vessels arrive in San
Francisco, hour unknown. Official call BY
mayor and his committee, consisting or Messrs-
McNab, Rolph and Davis. Official call by Of
fcials of the United States army and navy,
both parties taking the same boat and calling
at the same time, and official call by Collector
of the Port Stratton.
SUNDAY, MAY 2-Men conducted from park to
beach under auspices of Japanese consul. Band
concert in park.
MONDAY, MAY 3-2:30 p. M. reception at the
Merchants exchange to admiral and commits
stoned officers; p. M, reception at Fair
mont hotel by Japanese consult p. m. min
strel show on board U. S. S. West Virginia by
enlisted men of the U. S. Pacific feet to en-
listed men of Japanese training squadron.
TUESDAY. NAY Auto ride for admiral and
commissioned officers at M. arriving at
Preside at IL M, where a buffet luncheon
viii be served Excursion Of middies to Mount
Tamalpais Dinner to admiral and officers by
officers of the American fleet.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 5-Entertainment at Oak
land. Commissioned officers of the u. s. Pa
cihc feet entertain commissioned officers OF
Japanese squadron at the orpheum.
THURSDAY, NAY 81 p. m. banquet at Fair
mont hotel to admiral and commissioned off,
GERS. During daytime. exhibition by fire de-
- partment.
FRIDAY, MAY mo arrangement
SATURDAY, MAY S-Japanese vessels depart
In addition to the above, visit Will be made to
the naval training station at Yerba Buena and
by some of the officers of japanese squadron to
the Lick observatory. Men sight seeing trip
around city. probably Monday Tuesday.