Show BRILLIANT BRilLANT SCENE AS SHIPS SNIPS DEPART 0 Roaring Cannon and Waving Flags Mark Leaving of Fleet 1 PRESIDENTS PRESIDENT'S BENEDICTION J Mayflower Scene of Farewell F Reception to Parting Officers O 0 H M m f mM M m o 0 4 4 f 1 Charleston S. S C. C a. a c Dec Dee Tho IG-Tho Tho 4 I A following dispatch was wai picked 4 4 up ip tonight by tho Iho wireless slaton sla- sla 44 4 4 Lion ton at the na navy yard In this 4 cuy CY y 44 4 4 On On Board Battleship hll Connect Connect- f 4 lent S 8 o'clock evening e 4 f miles northeast of oC Capo Cape Hat Hat- 4 teras hea heading ll S. S S- S E. E E. E speed 10 f knots In four COUl abreast 44 4 4 It Is expected that I the fleet neet 4 un under er Admiral I Evans Ians ans will wi reach 4 4 this port at 2 p. p in m. tomorrow 4 v 4 Tuesday 44 4 4 4 4 O ot 4 H 4 M HO HOBY O BY in- LANGDON SMITH Hampton Roads Va Ya Dec Led Led l-Led Led by President elt a line ine of Qt battleships bat bat- four miles mies long Ion passed out through the Virginia capes canes early carh tit this morning on their way to the thc Pacific Off Of Horse Tall Tal shoals the thc President ent orthe on or the Mayflower dropped anchor and one b by one the sixteen great reat floating fortresses for for- or- or tresses commanded by br Admiral Evans Evana bayed In thunder tones a long good good- bye hc The hc President ent a u square squat 1 fig ilg- ilg ure tire on the quarterdeck of the Uie Ul May May- llover Hower stood alone his j sparse parie brown hair hall blown Ll and tossed tosse by the I ea a winds a as he removed remo ld his hat w wf wen en cn the flagship passed Ills Ils face was serious he had hat no words for anybody A group of gold banded ol officers rs stood neglected near the he after c bin It I seemed as If the President realized tim tho purport of that tremendous battle batte line lne that would soon pass beyond the sea line lino Ino to the tho south It I was his battle battie latte bat bat- lat lat- Jan mand tie tle te line lne It i had lied gathered at liI his hll com coin In 11 He Ito le had bad ha f it provisioned It f. f tilled It with wih projectiles en It orders or or- I 01 ders IJen us KS SI a 1 P 1 n i J on 01 a ia a l r i and nd how sw w t that i wa passing a slow a world thrilling power powel Back on the shore hore thore there was pitiful weeping of the hundreds of women In the hotel and along the old grey re slopes of ot the fort tort The They too had said good bye bye but In a dif dlf- t wa way Their farewells a were those thole tit dC wives and mothers A 1 Grand Gram 1 nut Hut apart aart from all aU sentiment it tins no sp P w wan lr hc i. i t I t lift th I ie 1 J Ut uz tl I r or I t c u. lre- lre CO country t has haz has gathered together S sr gre-ater gre numbers o Of vessels x m n ii n but here rc rl was wrt ts one monstrous mon men S coalition of s Simon pure m r f c embarked r on en tn a cruise r unparalleled l in It I hit hi the tho mind with a thump Hk Hint Q oC ct a projectile against a steel sLeet turret At dawn awn the fleet feet began making stet Smoke poured from the double and triple funnels runnels The launches commenced to dart hither and thither The people gathered In e groups roup alon along th piers and the shore lines to witness the spectacle Somewhere tin UI the tho bay ha In th HIP th-p direction of Va Washington Washing Washing- I ton President Roosevelt was coming coining to see sec them under wa way And the da day t brou brought ht forth Corth Roosevelt veU her and beautiful sever Never NeverIn sparkling crisp ever everIn In Iii the Presidents President's naval na al spectacles has hashe haslie r he lie encountered bad bal weather and never has he lie enjoyed clearer or more beautiful skies than toda today The Co IU- IU E cr Every window and turret piazza of or orthe the Chamberlain hotel was as filled with guests All farewells ha had been said save one one and that was a Ia dapper youn young lieutenant who Vito stood on the holding his hi best helt girl with one hand and wig wagging frantically rl ICI to his ship aMi WilI the tue other tie He I gH gt t aboard the last of oC the tho naval na al Mohicans The Tue wind blew strong from the south the blue waves down own In tumbling processions A minute or two after aCer sunrise the wireless on the flagship be began an to spark parl and b buzz buz 7 Somebody said Maid it I was from the president dent but there thele wa was no sign of the white while government yacht In the ha baid tumble gov of oC the sea tea to the north Hu Hud Hud- 1 donly donI a a. sailor high aloft alof on the fighting lO tot top of or the Connecticut looking like an cut enormous black spider against the cold coM sky waved wa his lila cap cp and sang out There was a scurrying of ot petit pett officers oC- oC cers eels here and there thieve au and a rumbling of or gathering sailors and marines IN li Informed 7 A staff r went aft ar anti and I I time tho admiral a with wih tho the information that President Roosevelt Hoose elt was WIS J Admiral Evans probably knew knet It I antt rn an tt l hour before but ut this hits was a mere Tor- Tor mal mat phase of naval discipline The Th admiral jumped to his feet feel and nl l gave crave av an order UI Up along along the threadlike c halyards fore ore an and aft aC on n every ship crept thousands of small sma colored parti-colored part part-colore flags g ta In Iii II a jiffy jIH the time fleet feet seemed 1 lying under uner un un- tier der er a swarm of millions of oC fluttering butterflies In the wilderness of or them the time mere fla Hag 51 signals nals were lost to ll tin th unpracticed eye cye e When tho the Mayflower was yet three miles mies distant there lucre came WIS another r fleet 81 signal from the a admiral te Then in n the thc turrets turret and ancl h I. i 0 bar hor- h r- r U tle tf gun qun cr wa lea leanI tn c p i with wih the spruce lieutenants 0 claiming u uv uy as ral nt ll as us for nr further orders Far to th time the north beyond Thimble light lightn n a white vessel was coming with her nose nos t laid ald Into the head heat seas until she hat ham the appearance of a mad mat bulldog foaming at atthe atthe atthe the mouth Tin Tin- Grand le 11 It was the time Mayflower Iano It I was President I wa mouthpiece mouth mouth- Roosevelt 11 it was the time word the I Suddenly a agun agun agun reat nation of oC a great naton piece 0 the time starboard flashed gleamed from gun and the sound batter of the flagship rolled roiled sullenly across the waters It Il of oC T role n. n n erecting till spoken Hooken In the sullen solicit ulen ii n YUM l g of war war var as as aswell well ns as as' as asan an un Iron- Iron word of farewell tongued by hy bythe und and ship Then battery b by batel battery bater until fleet took up UI the chorus the te ship shill feet like bulldogs Their haying baying were they twinkle with belts or of to bels seemed Which were set et huge curls urs or of fire on around fre ostrich plumes plume like snowy smoke white waists of Amazons the the tumult came President Into He smiled until his dent delt gleamed earned Wh While le the Iho women of if f the teeth leeth In loomed their fingers seemed to 10 put party am and straight up he their ears ear afar aCar battlo from Crom sniffed quiet over O last al gun fired swung back When the fret Mayflower kennel and died the to his lines of oC the fleet two feet r I sailed bc between b between the the Louisiana and andl l to a fort had also alf Joined old the Maine The rite but when n the anchor of I I In the tumult Into the sea ca and amid time the plunged or of nags flags cr and festoons her beautiful loops loop an I ru 14 fl I U 9 AS SHIPS DEPART BRILLIANT BRILLIAN SCENE Continued d Prom Front n Past age l' l Cl time One were run rein to th lh masthead comparative l quiet f foil fell 1 upon the fleet Th The sight seeing fleet feet then began to nose nest around In search of or thrills 1 The lie torpedo boat with Admiral Admirl ham of or the navy yard ard his staff and their families on 01 board boar came bowling bowlin bowling bowl bowl- in ing along tho the line as did the another torpedo Several excursion excursion sion steamers steamer with wih their decks a aslant lant with wih spectators steamed teamed through the time fleet As the thc Presidents President's acH nent Qc came up the crews of or the battleships ha had been called to lO quarters quarter and were now strung strong along tIme tho rails rais fore ore and aft in a n variegated da dado lado o of or blue and black Here lerl and ana there from the decks of th the tho vessels e els came come the blare of bugles busIe and the thc shrill slum pipe of bosn whistles as a the sailors sail sail- sal sal- ors 01 swung the unwieldy launches up to te th time the gangways The Tue band on the Connecticut Con Comm played the Star S n Spangled led Banner Ban Ban- ner ncr and as os the thc sound rolled over the th water the the jackles jackies on the Mayflower ran mr I out on the bowsprit and ad formed In parade parade pa pa- rade along the rail Behind the lonely figure of ur the Lime President Frost dent on Oi the he afterdeck were Mrs Irs noose noose- volt veil vei Miss I lIthe Ethel Roosevelt J Secretary anO am I Mrs Irs Metcalf Assistant Assist Secretary sin and 1 Mrs ls l.s. Rear near Admiral and Mrs IM Brownson Rear Hem Admiral and Mrs s h Cowles ami md Lieutenant r fr am and i Mrs Irs Sims ant A hJ bugle le call cal rang out on the tH Mayflower er ci 1 and as usual the bosn echoed re-echoed I It H t with t wih a shrill shriek as the time starboard 1 gangway was lowered nn and the President I took hl his place ready to receive his vis vis- Mrs cl did dil not take the he matter mater so ser I mix aM lid did I I Rhu m rl t tu J J h t wl lj i j In Ish I 1 I ITh j I IThe The Th Presidents President's high shiny hat hal and I long tailed tong frock Crock coat showed his hlA muscular muscular mus muss cular figure off to lo malee marked advantage altale ad He lIe wore no overcoat being a u 1 notorious dener defier of ot the Uw weather I Down the tIme starboard gangway wa of th the 1 al p I ly Iy and painfully i ll limping ji his way y l lo to hi hit I launch to lo visit time the President At tIn how bow bo fluttered his two starred blue fn flag As s Admiral Admirl Evanss Evans's Evanss Evans's launch rounded th tho stern of oC the Mayflower Ia time marine band banc bandon on the forward deck struck tuck up Nanc Nancy ancy r Le Lee When hen the admiral stepped to lo the deck dec of the time Mayflower the lie bugler hugler gave e a th salute and the tue bac backbones bones o othe ol f the Jackles and marines took on a air Admiral Evans g followed by by byh h h staff stat limped aft to where here President Roosevelt was standing The stretched out his hand In iii II his usual fashion and In the time grip that ensued the Ia admiral seemed tl lo to get tho the worst of or U. U mimi I 1 am aimi glad to lo I see you ou admiral and glad Ia to lo Me see your our fleet looking so tO 1 did said time the President Admiral E 1 ma made o a a lilting fitting reply saying sayIn among other tImings things things that the fleet feet hail had been largely helped by uy the time free Cree hand hant extended ed by Ly the tIme government go go After rera a few other words oilier othel gohl gold bedecked un and amid officers came caine up and amid the time scene began to grow ow more l cl lively From ever every battleship the time white launches could bo lie seen converging with wih the time starboard sido of the time theIa May May- Ilou-er Ilou fower as aM a magnet First time the tie admirals wih their thel b e and amid ald re red hogs tI up time the gangway nn wa to lo shake the tIme Presidents President's hand han and then lien tho the captains with wih their tiny tin streamers Ier livery Every captain was waR welcomed by just five seconds of or hand hanc playing no 10 more no Ito 10 Ic ics t. t and amid the frequency with which the lie notes emotes rolled out In Indicated tho the rapidity with wih which the lie Mayflowers Mayflower's quarter deck eck was becoming becoming filled Olec span spangled le and braided gold ol officers wih Jinny IMi io ri UH lII malts u. I In mm time the mean meantime time the time President t hail ha been exceedingly ly busy Lusy Ho 10 smiled with er C every handshake wih ho Tho ladies ladles on hoard board were surrounded by 13 t y a Ii 1 group of or all an apparently rent laughing and amid talking at once At ten tei minutes past last nine time o'clock the time last hand imand ha had been Leen shaken shaka In greeting and ant the President nt was compelled to con lel pose before an Innumerably Innumerable battery o of cameras He ic was vcr very natured good about It I. I Where do you men want me to st stand 11 h he asked d I I I I I 1 J I J I lie Jie was shown Rear near Admiral Cowles les approaching to tho time camera enera men said When i you ou have taken his picture make him stand In a 3 roup group I dont don't ont caro for tor mine mimic mile but J I want time the others In iii n a f group Thus hul time tho President wn was wan Induced tu to have his picture picture- taken again agull and aull again in n ai at ar least six different of six kinds 0 of at- at When hen this was over one omo of or th the nf- nf of or the r Louisiana approached thu President enid nt and auth made fide tl ald mn tH time fact fad known that hat Coxswain William Chanler of ot time the I Louisiana was in Iii in th launch at t the e gang I a have Ha e him brought up P said ld the this President Coxswain cn t. t Chanler was on one of the time ak men which of banded the the crew crew of ur tile the tle Louisiana lana together and nud Mrs Roosevelt with a beautiful presented mi wih sliver silver er 11 vase use Chanler H mm i picture of ot ap appeared pea red Chanler said sal the President hol hold hold- log rig out the time hand that had a eudy alm-eudy I read v taken tho hands of oC admirals and can ant cap eap- Rums ains Chanlor J I am glad giad to see Slad you ou I wan want t you OU t to tal take e to the men Jee of ot the Louisiana Luisiana m my best wishes and Christ Christ- mal ian greetings I am sure that ant none mione of or hem u tum will ever fall fail tal In his dut duty either to tf o his country or to himself himsel Chanler although momentarily puma pura- bv by Ined the ti-ic- greatness so HO suddenly thrust upon him managed to pull Jul his hit awkwardly and to lo stammer slammer a. a i modest Thank y you ou j sir The 11 At Al past half nine o'clock Admiral Evams stood at time head hea of the tIme gangway gangway gang gang- gans- gans way ready to go back to his ship As time the President extended his hand to lo time the the admiral to S say Joo good bye bye he lie said Admiral un I want to sa say that hat hatI I am very proud Plout of this fleet neet but ns as asfar far as that is concerned I bele believe ever everybody bod is Is In saying good Le I also want to wish you a Go God speed spee Then time iho crippled veteran went vent down downtime the time way gang and anti returned to the thc Connecticut He lie tS followed one by byone y Ont one ont by all al tho the visiting officers They Timey came so thick and fast in their launches that time scene brought to mind Kipling's lines The tumult and amid the time shouting dies the captain captin and anil ant the tIme kings depart depart As At each captain stopped stepped over oer time the side he Lie was given a God bless bles you un unGO und and GO speed God from the Ule commander ln chief The Ile i 1 Ia Ii Made Once on board boar their own ships H lh time the officers rapidly put Into motion moLon time the the machinery lea leading ing to the concluding scene of the time drama drama Time The Mayflower hauled her hor anchor In and swung slowly around l pointing her hel nose toward the open sea sea From the tho Connecticut the time order ordet had hat been given ivan Heave Hea c short Then as ns the Presidents |