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C,sn itrSay wmrhess STATION Va,
Oct NJ Tho cruiser squadron, Admiral
Bfownson IN command. conveying tho prcsi-
dent ~ tho niicd states, Appeared IN
Tape Henry nj abolt up " Tho squadron
consisted " the West Virginia, flagship ~
Rear Admiral Bfownaon. the Colorado and
the Pennsylvania. They were joined hy he
Maryland ut this point, which had been of'
the coast all day waiting for ties radrun
Wireless communication between tho
squadron and the Gov, rnment wireless
telegraph station Mt .hs point VIA kept
up all Of last night and to-day The service
was very successful and about thirty mos
sagcs were exchanged to-day
NORFOLK, Va, oct. 30 Admiral brown
sons - uadron. led by the cruiser Wcst VIZ
ginia, aboard Of which President Roosevelt IL,
hove In sight of Cape Henry at sl5 O'Clock
tonight and at 02O o'clock passed. in from
sea. The ships did not make "A detour to
the left, n they needs must have done we're
they TO follow the prearranged programme
and transfer the President from the flag
ship to the cruiser Dolphin in Lynnhayen
Fay, but proceeded up Chesapeake Bay.
Shortly afterward the wireless teleg-
raphers at Care Henry announced that
the programme had been changed because
of the heavy sea running and the transfer
Of the President to the Dolphin would he
made at Smiths Point at the mouth of the
Potomac if the conditions there we're ia
vorable. Pilots Of the Maryland Associa-
ton were ordered to join the cruisers off
the Capes and pilot them to harbor. These
proceeded to the sea from Old Point, as the
surf at Cape Henry was too high to permit
them to embark there with safety.
Most Of the messages exchanged
to-day were official and in cipher.
but it was learned that everybody aboard
is we'll, that the President is in excellent
spirits and enjoying the exchange Of mes
sages with the shore. Darkness had come
on when the squadron reached a point
opposite Cape Henry Otherwise it would
have been possible to have seen the ships.
so close to shore did they come, but their
proximity was known through wireless
communication only. Messages were ex-
changed with every ship except the Colo
RADIO. which could not be located, although
enough was learned from the other ships
to establish the fact that she wGs with the
squadron.
The despatch boat Dolphin, which came
down to Lynnhaven Bay under official
orders to receive the President and convey
him up the Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac
Gver to Washington, lay in waiting all
day in the little inlet just above Cape Henry.
At about 1890 o'clock Admiral Brownson
asked Cape Henry station about weather
conditions and the sea at Lynnhaven Bay.
A fierce gale had prevailed since last night
and the sea was heavy. This inquiry indi-
Gated that the President was considering
the advisability of postponing his transfer
from the West Virginia to the Dolphin until
after the squadron got within the Capes.
This was confirmed at O'Clock when the
Dolphin asked permission by wireless to
move up the Chesapeake Bay to Smiths
Point, at the mouth of the Potomac River.
Reports indicate that the squadron had
q rough passage by Cape Hatteras. which
Is one OF the most dangerous spots on the
Atlantic coast in a storm; but in spite of
the weather the ships maintained ali aver
age speed Of eighteen knots.
The commandant's Office at the navy
yard reports that nothing had been heard
there from the Presidents yacht Syiph,
which left Washington on Saturday, having
aboard Mrs. Roosevelt and her children
Ethel and Archie Roosevelt. 1t is thought
that the Sylph is somewhere in the waters
Of lower Chesapeake Bay, awaiting the
arrival of the West Virginia. so as to take
the President by surprise.
FROM THE WEST VIRGINIA AT SEA.
Via wireless from the West Virginia, at
sea off Currituck Point via wireless station
Portsmouth, Va, Oct 3O.-From midnight
till noon to-day the West Virginia faced
q heavy gale from the northward and east
ward, with a heavy head sea, making it
advisable to slow down from twenty to
eighteen knots. In the afternoon she re-
sumed the speed Of twenty knots, and with
stiff breeze from the northward and east
ward, with a moderate sea on her beam,
at 4:3O this afternoon the U. S. S. Maryland,
a sister ship Of the West Virginia, Pennsyl-
vania and Colorado, called up, and after
rendering the customary salute and honors
to the Presidents flag took their position
in the squadron. The President spent
this morning on the forward bridges and
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