The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-01-10
GREAT FLEET SAILS
 SOUTH TO MANOEUYRE
REVIEW 1T HAMPTON ROADS
 WITNESSED BY THOUSANDS.

One of the Most Powerful Naval Forces
 the United states Has Ever Gathered
 at That PIace--secretary Morton and
 Admiral Dewey Review the Parade
 Official Visits Exehnnged--Rear Ad-
 miraI Barker in Command.
 Norfolk, Va, Jan. 9.-Headed by the. first class battleship Kearsage flying the blue pennant of Rear Admiral A. s. Barker, eighteen warships of the United States navy tonight are on their way down the coast to winter manoeu- vring grounds, after having been in- spected and reviewed in Hampton Roads to-day by Secretary Morton and Admiral Dewey.
 The fleet, made up of the battleship, coast and Caribbean squadrons and the second fiotilla of torpedo boat destroy, CTS is one of the most powerful ever gathered in Hampton Roads under the American flag, and the spectacle of the review and inspection was witnessed by thousands of people on both sides of the Road. The big white hulks of the battleships, the squatty monitors, the high cruisers and the rakish, dark green torpedo craft stood out in bold relief against the blue waters and the bluer sky in three columns, the right being made up of the coast and the Caribbean sea squadrons, the center of the battle ships and the left of the torpedo craft.
 The battleship Kearsage. as flagship of Rear Admiral Barker, headed the. central column, while the Texas, flying Rear Admiral Sands pennant, led the coast warships, behind which was the cruiser Newark, flagship of the Carib- bean squadron, with Rear Admiral Sigs- bees pennant at her main head. The torpedo f1otilla was under command of Lieutenant Commander Johnston, on the Whipple.
 There was not cloud to cast a shad-s ow over the Roads when the dispatch boat Dolphin, carrying the secretary and Admiral of the navy, arrived this morning and was greeted by q seven teen-gun salute from the land batteries of Fortress Monroe and the hagshins of the three squadrons. The inspection consisted of the Dolphin steaming down the line of ships between the battleship and coast squadrons, returning to take her position at the head of the columns between the Kearsage and Texas. When she had dropped anchor Rear Ad- mirals Barker, Sands and Sigsbee made official calls on the secretary of the navy and Admiral Dewey. They were followed by the comnlandant of Fortress Monroe. x The visits of these officers were fol lowed by calls from the commanding officers of the various ships, after which the Dolphin proceeded towards the capes, being saluted by the forts, to which courtesy she replied.
 When she had gone about half a mile te Kearsage got under way and was followed by all the other vessels in the following order at eighths of mile in tervals: ,.@ s 4,s. Battleships Kentucky, Illinois, Ala hama. Missouri and Iowa; coast squad ron, battleship Texas, monitors Florida, Nevada, Arkansas; Caribbean squad ron, cruisers Newark, Tacoma, Denver and converted yacht Scorpion; torpedo flotilla, destroyers Whipple, MacDon- onugh, Stewart and Worden. # A lake submarine torpedo boat stood by as the procession passed and saluted each vessel in turn. % s. ...@5. When the Capes were reached the Dolphin dropped out from the head of te column, and as each flagship passed in review a seventeen gun salute was fired. :.
 The ships inspected and reviewed to- day represented a total tonnage of sS,- e7s, and carried 40 officers and 5,166 lmens