The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-08
WINTER HANEUVERS
IN CARIBBEAN SEA
Navy General Board Out
lines Tentative Plans.
ORGANIZATION OF FLEETS
North and South Atlantic and Euro
pean Squadrons to Participate in
Practice Work.


euvers of the North and South Atlantic
and European squadrons in the Carib-
bean Sea this winter have been outlined
by the general board of the navy.
The coast and Caribbean squadrons
are to assemble at Hampton Roads on
November 80. They will then proceed to
Key West. Guantanamo and Culebra.
On January II the European and South
Atlantic squadrons will reach Culebra.
Until February there will be evolu-
tons at that point. The fleet will then
be Unanswered at sea.
In March there will be target practice
off the Florida coast The ships will
separate about April l.
Fleet Commands.
The provisional organization of fleet
commands as arranged at present is as
follows:
Commander-in chief, Rear Admiral A.
S. Barker.
Commander of cruiser squadron, Rear
Admiral c. S. Carpenter.
Commanding second division of BAT
tleships. Rear Admiral J. B. Coghlan-
Commanding coast squadron, Rear
Admiral J. H. Sands
Commanding training squadron. Rear
Admiral w. c. Wise
Commanding naval base at Guantana-
mo, Commander J. A. H. Nichols (also
in charge of the Topeka.
Commanding the naval station at San
Juan, Capt. Andrew Dunlap.
The department has not yet decided
who shall command the fourth cruiser
division or the naval base at Culebra.
First Division.
The first division OF the fleet will be
composed of the battleships Maine, as
flagship, Alabama, Illinois. and Kear-
sarge.
The second division will be composed
of the Olympia. as flagship, the Massa-
chusetts. Indiana, and Iowa.
The third division will be made up of
the Brooklyn. as flagship. and the Chi
cago. San Francisco. and Baltimore.
The fourth division will consist Of the
Newark. as flagship. and the Detroit.
Montgomery. and Nashville.
The nth division will have the Mime
apolis as flagship. and the Cleveland.
Dolphin, and Atlanta as the other ships
The coast squadron will consist of tho
Texas. as flagship, the Arkansas, Ne1 a
da, and Florida.
Training Squadron.
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flagship the Columbia. and the other
ships will be the Prairie. Yankee. Dixie.
Hartford, Essex, Monongahela, and To-
peka. the latter the station ship at
Guantanamo.
The gunboats and substitutes will con
sist of the Machias. Bancroft, Newport.
Scorpion, Vixen. Gloucester. Hist. Wasp.
and Eagle.
The first destroyer fotilla will en-
brace the Decatur. Barry. Chauucey.
Dale. and cambridge.
The second destroyer flotilla will con-
sist Of the WhippIe, Truxtun. Worden,
Lawrence. and possibly the Stewart.
The vessels used as supply ships and
GOLFERS will include the Culgoa. Are
thusa. Glacier, Caesar, Hannibal, Ster-
ling. Lebanon, Marcellus, and Leonidas.
In carrying out the plans for the win
ter maneuvers and especially during the
target practice in Florida Bay, il will
be necessary to make use of naval tugs
and for this purpose the following tugs
will be made ready for employment:
The Alice, Apache, Mohawk. MassasOit,
Nina, Osceola. Potomac. Pontiac. Paw
nee. Peoria. Standish. Traffic. and Uncas.
The Mayflower probably will be as
signed TO Admiral Dewey for duty In
connection with the inspection of the
feet at Culebra and the subsequent ex-
ercises planned for the ships.