Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 April 1908 — Pacific Fleet at Han Diago. [ARTICLE]

Pacific Fleet at Han Diago.

The rafted States battleship fleet on its arrival at San Diego, Cal., Tuesday saw a mile of sandy beach crowded with enthusiastic jmt riots proud to welcome the navy to California, and the green lawns and flowering gardens of Coronado formed the setting for the most notable marine spectacle the west coast of the United States has ever known. The sixteen •hips swept Into the sheltered cove of the sea behind the lowering headlands of Point Ix>ma, and halted for four days of merrymaking for men and officers. Governor James 'U. Gillett was here officially to welcome the fleet, and bis call upon Rear Admiral Thomas was paid during the afternoon.