Gunnison Gazette | 1909-03-19 | Page 2 | Japanese Squadron Coming

Japanese Squadron Coming. Yokohama. The Japanese naval training squadron, consisting of the armored cruiser Aso and the protected protect-ed cruiser. Soya, sailed Sunday for Honolulu, under command of Captain Iseji. The ships carry 180 cadets of the Japanese navv. The squadron i due to arrive at Honolulu about April 1 and will then proceed to San Francisco, Fran-cisco, cruising northward later along the Pacific coast to Seattle. The Aso and Soya, as the Bayan and Variag, respectively, were formerly Russian cruisers, captured by the Japanese during the recent war.