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Show REABY FOR VOYAGE 10 Hin I Week of Festivities in Southern jH California Ports Has Drawn to Close. WILL BE GREAT REYIEW wM OF WONDERFUL NAVY wM Forty-Sjx Vessels of War to Be EH Anchored in Harbor at lifl One Time. JfH LOS ANGELES, Cal.. April 24. Tho' scattered divisions of the American bat- EH tlesbip tlect will reassemble early ,to- EfB morrow morning and continue their (CiH joumej toward San Francisco, where 'Bl the great review of the combined At- sl':l lantic and Pacific fleets is to be held Wlfl on AJa3- S. The sixteen battleships have' Urfl been at anchor in the four ports of Los IfHfl Angolcs for just a week, and their FH going marks the close of what is gen- -$H erally regarded here as one of the most iflfl important periods in the history of tho i flH city. Tt has been a week of sailors Hfl ashore and the public aboard most of jfll the vessels The da3-s and uights have IH all bceu filled with merrymaking, tho IflH beach cities, where the divisions have UW been stopping, have vied with this ccn- ffll : tcr of the festivities in lavishing cuter- . IB 1 tainment upon officers and men. HH j Santa Barbara First Stop. HI A ran of seven hours tomorrow f will : il ' briug the fleet to Santa Barbara' for ill j a five days' sta.v Flower shows, flower ffl '.parades, flower "battles, dances of the ifl flowers, informal dances on the canvas- covered boulevard fronting the ocean (H for the men of the fleer, and formal din- .-H ncrs. receptions and balls for the of- IH fleers, together with a widely varied TH programme of sports and games, have r-l been arranged at this resort. Refreshed j b3- the respite, a lull iu the Los An- .1 fM geles programme afforded, toda.v aud b- x 'H the cruise of 100 miles up the coast, the officers and men alike vail outer viva- i ciously into the entertainment, plans '$!? Santa Barbara has prepared with so rj yH much care. .' 'M Long Stay at 'riBco. ''' Two more visits one at Monterey f 'WM and the other at. Santa Cruz together 1 with a daylight call at Port Harford, 'fl just off Sau Luis Obispo, will "bo made . before the fleet reaches San Francisco, where ten -full days of feasting and IrJH revelrv, in addition to a land display itl which" will eclipse the big parade, at ' San Diego in the number ol men in line. '' and a Toview of fort3--six vessels ol; fH war in San Francisco harbor b.v Secre-tary Secre-tary of the Navy Alotcalt, will bring to a close California's share in the wel- '11 ! come of the battleships to the Pacific lIH ! coast. After San Francisco conies a rfl j jaunt to Pugot Sound, with calls at , Seattle and Tacoina, and then the ships k I returu to the city within the -Golden ' Gate to prepare for their long cruise around the world. 11 Tho plans at Santa Barbara have been ! mado largely under direction of Rear- H Admiral Bowman IT. AlcC'alla. retired, who is prosident of the executive com- iM niittee of the Civic league. This , has yH given a personal interest in the visit to 'H most of the senior officers of the van- H ous divisions. Oddlv enough, the enter- . tainmcnts for the o'tTicers provided hero . in Los Angeles were under the direc- ,la tion ot a retired, officer of the army, Lieutenant-General Adna R. Chaffee. ( :IM Union of Anny aud Navy. ' jfl The two branches of the military m service have thus been united in tho J celebration of the visit. The army, al- so, will be largely represented in tnn t parade of tho "S000 blue jackets and rj9 marines in San Francisco. A parade of umm one-half of the Atlantic fleet bngade B will bo a feature of the stay at Santa t ftl Unrhnrn. Tn passing Iho reviewing .11 stand the sailors are to be targets for a perfect rain of flowers, volleyed from an army of admirers in stands on either fTM side of the boulevard. f 1 i81 Today more than .'000 sailors were. rBll given a farewell tour of tho city 111 r J.ll automobiles. It was a rare treat to M-I most of them, and they gave evidence Hill of their run through the principal streets of the .business and residential , itSM sections and out into tho suburbs. ItM Three hundred and sixty-five machines i W were placed at tho disposal of tho sail- j j$m ors, the variety ranging from two pas- . sfiM senger runabouts to the ponderous 11 ?ight-seeing- vehicles which accomnio- ' S J dared fiftv or more. Even then thero WffM was tin ovorflow and. tho late coiners were sent out in twelve special sight- 11 seeing trollev cars. Ala 113" of the sailors jJSI assigned to the latter climbed to the KSl roofs of the ears and had almost as Ml rood a time as did their shipmates m ifll tho automobiles. Each of the sailors j S was provided with a flag. 'I he parade !B was decidedlv unique and appropriately ' li! ended tho long programme ot enter- I Sj tainment provided for tho enlisted men. YkI Entertainment for Officors. :S A number of receptions, dances and i l dinners were given for the officers, to-. '1 day in Los Angeles and the, various Ml beach cities. The latter communities $? also entertained with games and sports 1 dn'rinf the afternoon many of the men J- JM who took the automobile trip in tho , '""n'o' "feat ure of the fleet's stay hn:rr $' ;fl been more enjoyed by the blue jackets and marines than tho boxing carnivals 1 -B under the direction of Champion .James j H ) Jeffries. Five fleet, championships ?t5 'were decided among the sailor-.fighters; HB -ill of the bouts being held m strict H accordance with the navy regulations, , H which limit, the number ot rounds to six nnd Ihe duration of each round to lH i.wo minutes. Next to target practice thero is nothing that excites so much BJ rivalry in tho licet as boxing. BBfl The ships-' sailing tomorrow will leave behind a large 'number of over- H time men and one. of the auxiliaries IbfJ probably will be left behind a da3' or . MHB two to' receive tho s ragglers as t hey . JBB report, aboard. Tho liberty has been ip frcelv granted to the men during their iffffH stay 'here, and it is belioved that, only rfaYJ a " comnarativo few have sei-iously abuscil it. IMbI |