Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-07
OARIBBEANMANEUVERS
ARRANGEMENTS OF THE GEN
ERAL BOARD OF THE NAVY.
Squadrons Will Assemble at Hampton
Roads November 80 and Will
Proceed to Key West.

The general board Of the navy has made
additional arrangements for the proposed
maneuvers of the fleets of the North ant
South Atlantic and European station in the
Caribbean next winter. The tentative plan:
for these maneuvers provide that the coast
and Caribbean souadrons shall assemble al
Hampton Roads November 30. and that the
former shall proceed to Key West and the
latter to Guantanamo or Culebra as rem
devious. The exercises will begin on Jan.
uary II. by which date the European an6
South Atlantic souadrons will have reached
Culebra. The period of the evolutions will
continue until February 6. after which date
until February 10. the fleet will be maneu-
vered at sea. There will be target practice
during the month Of March in the neigh
borhood of Florida bay and the ships will
separate about April 1.
Provisional Organization.
The provisional organization of feet com
mands. as 1t stands at present, ia as fol-
lows:
Commander-in-chief. Rear Admiral "A. s.
Barker.
Commander of cruiser squadron, Rear Ad-
miral c. 8. Carpenter.
Commanding second division of battle
ships. Rear Admiral ]. B. Coghlan.
miral ]. H. Sands.
Commanding training squadron, Rear
Admiral w. c. Wise.
Commanding naval base at Guantanamo
Commander J. A. H. Nichols (also in charge
Of the Topeka).
Commanding the naval station at San
Juan. Captain Andrew Dunlap.
The department has not yet decided who
shall command the fourth cruiser division
or the naval base at Culebra.
The first division of the feet will be COM
posed Of the Maine. as flagship, Alabama,
Illinois and Kearsarge.
The second division will be composed OF
the Olympia, flagship, the MaSsachu-
sets, Indiana and Iowa.
The third division will be made up of the
Brooklyn, as flagship, and the Chicago,
San Francisco and Baltimore.
The fourth division will consist of the
Newark, as flagship, and the Detroit, Mont
gomery and Nashville.
The fifth division will have the Minneap-
oils as flagship and the Cleveland. Dolphin
and Atlanta as the other ships.
The Coast Squadron.
The coast squadron will consist of the
Texas. as flagship the Arkansas, Nevada
and Florida.
The training squadron will have as It's
flagship the Columbia, and the other ships
will be the Prairie, Yankee, Dixie. Hart
latter the station ship at Guantanamo.
The gunboats and substitutes will con-
sst Of the Machias. Bancroft, Newport,
Scorpion. Vixen, Gloucester. Hist, Wasp
and Eagle.
The first destroyer fotilla will embrace
the Decatur. Barry. Chauncey. Dale and
cambridge.
The second destroyer fiotilla will consist
of the Whipple, Truxtun. Worden. Law
renee and possibly the Stewart.
The vessels used as supply ships and
Golfers will include the Culgoa, Arethusa,
Glacier, Caesar. Hannibal, Sterling, Leb-
anon, Marcellus and Leonidas
In carrying out the various plans for the
winter maneuvers, and especially during
the target practice in Florida bay, 1t 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, Pawnee. Peoria,
Standish, Traffic and Uncas.
The May1ower will probably be assigned
to Admiral Dewey for duty in connection
with the inspection Of the fleet at Culebra
and the subsequent exercises planned for
the ships.