Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1919-08-08 | Page 1 | Six Miles of Ships on Parade

1 sIx IX MllE MILES OF f SHIPS SHIP t P I Mighty lighty Pacific Armada Is Realization of f Dream I in View Kept Constantly y 6 y Years Years' Secretary Daniels Danielse t e f t tAN Q S AN DIEGO Cal Cat Aug 7 By By Bythe L the Associated ted Press An An American American Amer Amer- ican scan armada the armada thc greatest that has blade blade in in the thc A. A ever cr turned a propeller Pacific Pacific came came me today to ma make e the thc seas under the thc Sierra and Cascade slopes i its home In an inspiring naval paI parade parade pa- pa pa pa- I rade Admiral Hugh Rodmans Rodman's newly- newly created fleet passed in review of or Secretary Secretary Sec Sec- of or the Navy Daniels and governors gov gov- and mayors of western stat states r and cities aboard the cruiser Montana Montana Montana Mon Mon- tana anchored off Coronado beach while thousands lined the thc shore to aid in the welcome t Six Mile HI of Warship SL Sir miles of ot war vessels thirty one In number number some sorno of or which had held guard with tho British in the North sea swung sea swung past tho reviewing ship firing from tram the tho dreadnoughts salutes of ot nineteen guns In honor of oC tho secretary sec sec- of ot the navy y as the they came abeam t the Montana It r required ono one hour houri r i for this vast fleet of at dreadnoughts battleships of oC lesser typo type and t twenty twenty- one sleek and speedy speed destroyers to pass the welcoming party part The Tho war vessels turned In In Inshore shore b by bythe bythe the Montana then stood stool aw away ay to thc the ii southward for Cor three miles mUes came about I and steamed into the thc northwest maki making mak mak- i ing almost a a. complete circle and then thc the dreadnoughts took up their anchorages an an- off ocr the beach while the thc battleships battleships bat bat- and destroyers came me into the bay Realization n of r m Daniel Secretary of ot the thc Na Navy Daniels turnIng turning turn- turn Ing from Crom the thc bridge of at the Montana after thc the last destroyer had passed sald This Is realization of oC a dream I IP P kept constantly In view six years ears since sincee e I first came to the P Pacific coast shortly short abort ly 1 after induction Into office to study naval conditions here I conceived atan of at an American fleet that was trul truly an nn American fleet equally at home homo and andIn In tn equal strength th on both coasts This reorganization into two power powerful Cui fleets t. t an epoch event in naval history history history his his- tory and presages the tho day y when the tho whole Cl el now composed of oC more than tons with moro more tons building will make the thc magnitude of small In compari compari- t. t this review seem son Ion Go Governor rno Felicitate Admiral After the review Secretary Daniels Daniel I in company with Governor Stephens of California Got Gov Octaviano Larrazola ot ot New Mexico with Ith a n personal representative of tho the governor o of Arizona I together with the tho mayor of at San Diego o and Admirals J J J. I I I. I Josiah McKean Mc- Mc Kean and Charles Parks and prominent T w west st coast citizens went vent aboard aboard- tho the I. I flagship New Mexico where speeches of oC welcome were made mado to Admiral I I Rodman and his fleet officers A stubborn gray haze defied tho the sun I I hung hunS over o the sea early carly toola today when i the flagship la New Ne' ew Mexico with Admiral Hodman on the thc bridge slipped its an anI anchor anchor an- an I chor char under urcer L Los s Coronados Coronado and folt followed fol fol- lowed b by the five fI oth other r dreadnoughts two battleships a scout cruiser and t V tender and md twenty ont de destroyers stood away to the thc northwest towards tow J i Ban San Diego The The- warships In column formation 50 yards ards apart steamed f toward ward the thc Coronado tower their outlines out out- ut- ut t 1 t lines melting In the thc gray ray mist so 60 that In i the Jhc distance the they looked like shadI shad shad- OWL I Slowly Elge Way nr Slow Slowly the they ed edged their way Inshore Until Com Corn H H. H R n. Keller KeUer chief y navigation aVI nUon officer of oC the thc flagship not not- I. I ln og ng the tho bearing of Point Loma light snapped an ord ardor r to the j t er From the signal halyards flut- flut r reda na flag order to the tho fleet leet Ready to o turn us The Tho great ships swung to starboard ard ardt Ij- Ij and nd steamed toward Coronado beach that lay three miles s away ay The Thc New Newl 3 texico ex co with witha a bit of or bo bone Jone no In her teeth l' l under her clipper bow bownS was nS abeam of 1 1 Montana where Secretary Daniels Danielso StOod on the bridge c precisely at 9 o clock The crew of oC the flagship ned fled the decks standing at attention t w Q a pound 3 saluting gun roared I Continued ed o on pago page 2 SIX MILES Or SHIPS ARE ON PARADE Continued from Pi Page Pie e 1 out H It salute On the quarterdeck of or orthe the flagship were tile the fleets fleet's officers stand standing InS at attention Overhead O hummed a lode flock Ol 01 winding their wa way In and aid out oi ot tile the advancing ad column of or war hU s. s The Montana re returned returned re- re turned a salute in honor of ot Admiral nod Rodman man as the New Mexico steamed past The admirals admiral's lug flag lIi of a four Cour stars fluttered d from toni rom the while WIllIe an nn American flag swung In the breeze from the main tr k 01 oi the New uw Mex Mex- e leo ico om a 10 n Then came the Mississippi the they Wyoming Wyo y ming Arkansas Arkans cw ew York and Texas their officers and crews standing at attention while th their lr saluting guns buns barked After ACler them came the battleships battleships battleships battle battle- ships Georgia and Y Vermont with the scout cruiser Birmingham the tho tender Prairie and amid the twenty one destroy destroy- I ers era Secretary Daniels stood with hat pressed against his breast while the entire fleet was passing The destroyers following their bigger bigger big big- ger goer brothers made a wider sweep after aCter the they had made their turn by br tho the Mentana Montana Montana Mon Men tana and speeded Into the ba bay The six dreadnoughts returning toward the Montana stood closer Inshore and amid oft off the heads of or the ba bay Flag Jonas In Ingraham raham gave ave the thc order to the bl big fellows to anchor Thero There was a grinding rumble of ot hea heavy anchor chains on Oil decks and a n. splash of at the mud hooks as the they struck he the he water So the main bod body of oC the fleet Cleet came caine to anchor in line fronting the Coror o beach the thc New e Mexico lying seven miles mUes from Crom the city Admiral l Receives Ilton Flag Lieutenant in graham Ingraham came aboard the Montana and asked the secretary secretary sec see of oC the governors and reception reception recep recep- tion committee to call upon Admiral Rodman Bodman on the flagship Motor Motoi launches soon oon conveyed the secretary and his party to the companionway ol 01 Rodmans Rodman's flagship Six side boys bos hurried to the top of the ladder while the boatswain piped Secretary Daniels on deck check while the tho ships ship's band gave ave several ruffles while the tho cre crevin in white and the marines In their blues blue stood at attention Im Im I'm clad to see sec you aboard sir said Admiral Rodman as he grasped rasped Secretary Daniels by the hand and es escorted es- es I him to his cabin below w the afterdeck Then came the governors and the reception committee Seventeen Seventeen Seven Seven- teen suns guns were the thc salute given Iven the governors and a again aln there was a a. piping piping pip pip- Jn ing of the boats boatswains boatswain's whittle whistle with the thc side able bo boys 8 standing at tt t attention with the crew and marines at salute I al as the reception committee came aboard II There was a general reception on the quarterdeck that lasted for Cor nearl nearly two hours Snapshots and arid moving mo pictures pie pic tures cre were taken of Secretary Dan Daum- Admiral Rodman the governors o and the committee after which Governor Governor Gover Gover- nor Stephens of California made a brief speech of ot welcome In which he lie said that he felt that protection hod had come conic at last to the coast and that from front now no on the people of ot this state would feel Clel a n sense of or perfect security now that Admiral Rodman and the fleet would make its home on these thelie shores