Show i PEOPLE P E NU 4 ar r I 1 L E WATCH H E I 1 k sri a r one hundred thousand si sightseers 9 alon along 9 the coast I 1 san gaa diego april 18 the fleet got under way pro promptly aptly at 6 this morning rear admiral thomas wa ass s up a 5 and personally took command of the maneuvers preparatory to the setting out of the fleet lie ho was on the bridge when the signal U up I 1 ancar was brolien broken from tile the yards I 1 ol of the flagship tho the connecticut ws was I 1 the first to get under way and with 1 admiral thomas flag waving at her after truck she led the way around the lighthouse and the far jutting rocks of point loma and pointed the course to the north the ships of the first division all hosted anchor at the same time and as the connecticut steamed away the kansas kangas vermont I 1 and louisiana soon fell in line next the se second cond division got under way the georgia I 1 the flagship of rear admiral emory leading she was followed by the new jersey rhode island and virginia one by one the other vessels of the fleet fell into pace in the long col which at first stretched over a distance ot of more than three miles close order was signalled signal led once tho the ships were all around point loma and the short run to the ports of los angeles was begun in earnest I 1 loa angeles cal april 18 tod today ay the atlantic battleship fleet enters up on the second installment of its california welcome a demonstration demonstration that will continue throughout a solid week of liberal hospitality an d unbroken entertainment for the officers and r nien en of the visiting warships from the other side of the Ponti continent nent dimming tho the memories of famous alsta and aur bur passing in scope and enthusiasm the occasions when los angeles has been host to visiting thousands the stay of the fleet is intended to be made tho the greatest celebration of southern california and thousands sands of 0 visitors tora ap representing every section of 0 the pacific coast are added to the population that has tor for weeks been busily engaged in planning details of the recep reception not los angeles z in ione one b but U loag 11 9 beach sari ebo ped ro redondo V venice ocean park and santa monica are gay with fluttering flags and festooned festoon ed with lights that will I 1 individual welcomes each evening iby common consent tho the american ala flag has been chosen as the most appropriate feature of civil adornment arid and in this city tho the principal streets are I 1 overhung and tho the buildings almost hidden bidden from view by enormous banners today a hundred thousand people aro are estl estimated imater to bo be scattered along tho the beaches and bluffs of forty miles of coast stretching from well below the santa ana county line hue to the north shores of san pedro bay where the fleet will drop anchor at 3 this I 1 afternoon the several transportation systems centering in los angeles taxed every resource to meet the rush of travel during the morning hours and at five minute intervals long trains crowded with passengers followed one another to the beach cities where g accommodations for the keeli had been long since impossible to obtain the crush of sightseers wa was all the heavier because of the eleventh hour announcement that tho the battleship i 1 would remain undivided at san P edro until sunday morning numerous conflicting announcements had bad been mado made as to the int eri eions of roar rear admiral thomas to I 1 whom had been referred a protest from 1 the church federation of this city against a parade of the fleet on easter sunday up to yesterday incorrectly it had been supposed that the fleet would bo be divided before reaching san pedro one division of four battleships dropping out of line at long beach and two other divisions proceeding inwards to Ife R dondo and santa monica officials of the transportation corn com panics were in despair as the plans plan for handling the Im immense melise crow crowds ds had bad been based upon assumption that practically all the visitors would insist up on seeing the entire fleet and in ill thi 6 case ase the facilities were in inadequate lid equate secretary met metcalfe ts order of yesterday providing for anchorage of the entire fleet at san diego until tomorrow morning was welcomed by all pho planned participation in reception to tho the fleet As a matter of fact tho the actual welcome of the officers and me men will not begin until monday morning although maor harper and chairman ni A flint flik of the entertainment committee will board the connecticut immediately ay after her arrival today and elfend to rear admiral thomas and his officers a formal welcome to the city the battleships will be illuminated tonight but no visitors are to bo be admitted today tomorrow save for tho the transfer of three divisions to tong long beach redondo and santa monica will be a day of inactivity no shore I 1 leams being granted and no visitors being received beginning with monday however wever there will be five days of ceaseless activity for the officers and men or of the 00 teleet and for tile the thousands of people in los angeles and adjoining cities who are engaged in their 0 entertainment on each day shore leave will bo be granted to enlisted men tor for whom special entertainments slightly varied on each day will bo brov 14 I 1 the boxers of the atlantic floe fleet t yv w all 1 I 1 championships in settle ulo the i C classes ses a wild west show with cow I 1 boys and animals imported from aina zona will be repeated repealed and ili n addition there will be barbo barbecues viles fireworks cou con ra and dances for the sailors all ot of hom will be carried from the beaches to tho the city and back to the out cli charge cliart arg 1 chief among the man many social 0 cial affairs planned in f favor avor of ethl the officers will be a banquet at t the hotel alex andria on monday evening an automobile parade through the city for tho the I 1 admirals and officers on tuesday and it grand hall ball where officers will appear in full dress at the auditorium on oil wednesday evening |