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Show LARGEST ARMED FORCE j EVER LANDED E! HAVY Eight Thousand Marines Parade the Streets of San Francisco, Twenty-five Twenty-five Hundred Soldiers Acting as Escort to Visiting Seamen. ; San Francisco. Eight thousnnd j bluejackets nnd marines the largest armed forco tho Amerlcnn navy has ever put ashore In tlmo of peaco or wnr wero landed on Thursdny from tho combined Atlantic and Pacific flcots, now lying In tho harbor, nnd marched through tho streets of San FranclBco in tho most notablo parado tho city has over known. Twcnty-llvo hundred soldiers of thtj regular army, In full dress array, graciously gra-ciously acted as an escort to tho visiting visit-ing men of tho sen nnd woro liberally applauded. Tho cheers, howover, woro all reserved for tho sailors and marines. Rear Admiral Evans, commanding tho fleets, nnd the six other renr admirals ad-mirals In command of squadrons nnd divisions, rodo In" carriages. Secretary of tho Navy Metcalf, Gov-ornor Gov-ornor Gillette of Calirornla and Mayor Taylor or San Francisco rodo In the parado and afterward reviewed It as It countermarched down Van Ness nvenue. In nddltlon to the soldiers nnd sallora, thoro woro large representations represen-tations from the National Guard and from seml-nillltary, veteran and civic organizations. A baattallon of nntty llttlo Hlg'.i school cadets from Salt Lake City acted act-ed as personal escort to Admiral Evans In token of his having been np-pointed np-pointed to tho naval academy from tho stnto of Utah. Tho parado was tho feature of tho day. At night tho streets wero thronged with the liberty men of tho fleets, who woro given their first lenvo nshore. The parks were filled with holiday crowds, and woro gny with music nnd Illuminations, At the Fnlrmont hotel Governor Gllletto nnd his staff ontortnlned nt dinner In honor of Secretary Motcalf and tho flag nnd commanding officers of tho fleet. Admlrnl Evnns was unable to nttond, his plnco being taken by Rear Admiral Thomas, who responded to tho wclcomo to tho fleot. A number of Informnl speeches wero made. |
