Show JACK T TARS BACK HACI SIMPLE v jlEE Sailors Sailors' of Battleship Fleet Leave Punta Arenas and Festivities Behind TURNING POINT IN JOURNEY Torpedo Flotilla to Sail Up West Coast by Way of Inside Passage Republican Special Cable Punta Puntal Arenas Feb 7 All Ali All day ay feverish fey fey- erish erich preparations were under wa way for the departure of Admiral Evanss Evans's battleship fleet and ana when wIlen darkness fell everything c was In readiness At 11 I o'clock tonight the fleet at a signal from frow the tile Connecticut weighed anchor and steamed toward the tho Pacific The start was made at night because the thc stretch of Magellan straits which Is to be traversed during tho the few hours of or steaming Is dangerous rous and by startIng starting start start- ing lag at the time set the tides are pro pro- v liy lly daylight the tho fleet wll wil have havo rounded Cape Forward which is the tho most souther-most point ot of the South American Ameri mert can mainland and entered the tho western I part of the Straits of or Magellan where navigation is somewhat ticklish The navigating ot officers of ot the fleet however however however how how- ever anticipate no difficulty and think the journey through the tho miles into the open Pacific P probably will be spee speedily accomplished All ul on on board the battleships who could get bet oft off ott today spent their time in farewell calls n those who have extended their hospitality during the sta stay There was a 0 r reception aboard tho the Connecticut at which several hundred hundred hun hun- dred drea of ot the most prominent t personages of ot Punta Arenas together with the Chilean 1 and British h naval officers here were were tho the guests Admiral Evans is' is Is sun still his cabin with with- the rheumatism but is improving ing The rhe torpedo flotilla will accompany tho l battleships through tho the strait us as far tal as ac Caps Cap Pillar the west end en From Prom this point the smaller vessels will wUl tako an I Inside passage to tho the north At Valparaiso the fleet will steam close in shore horo and salute the town The Chilean cruiser Chacabuco will proceed with tho the fleet tho strait The vessels expect to arrive off ot Valparaiso on Friday February 14 One of the boats of tho the battleship Rhode Island In which Midshipman Herndon B. B Kelly and four seamen were rowing watt was capsized off ort the tho spit near Punta Arenas by the win wind 1 The five mon men clung to the tho bottom of the boat and signalled for tor help Captain Martin th the maritime governor of ot tho tim territory wont went to their assistance in ina ina ina a launch and rescued them s. s |