The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-14
Will Be Strong est II Not Largest
Ever Assent led Under the 81
Ss55 III United States Flag. ss,;. [ 3.s u
10 Be IN COMMAND N MA W
sForty-Fiive Vessels Will Garry
335 ,178s Guns, 812SO Officers
and I 5,2353 NJ en-. s585.
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II, (By5 Associated Press. J


/ B WASHINGTON, 2. i q, q August -
Orders Tor the formation Of the Atlantic 2, tc
feet. to be- viewed by r e, sident R & ss7t
syelt at Oyster Bay eptember %. were
issued to day a the Navy Depa rtnent.
The President viii be aboard the .s May y.
10 wer, ana the feet which he will review
will Be the stronges !, II not the largest
III numbers B ever i assembled under the
United States a5 flag. i will consist OF
forty-fi five 3vesse els, carrying " 1,178 guns
commanded by s12 officers, with IS .235
m en-. Us OF the guns, twenty are Thrice
inch. thirty-eight ar IS lively ch,aS sew;
ienty- three are IS ght-inch tRelye mi are are
seven So II are sis Sky y stS
are 4 t,ve-incl1, thirty two are four-inch,
and q no I ind rss our Inch. The auxiliary
and supply ships will carry, in I'D dition
] 70 Il what Is aboard the fwarshipss 400
tons OF coal, Z 2, 500 tons Of provisions ana
$50, 900 gallons OF wa tel. n.
4 The Fleet. l.5f
isiS The ord Ter OF the & fleet as IT passes In
review. }s together with the Il of1c erst IN
command 8.of the ships. is as follows: e,yE3
h Rear-A ADMIRAL Robley .. evans, Il com !,
man der "a chief. First Squadron, the
comma Il der IN chief !, First 8@ p vision
Maine ~ (hagship). Captain Nathanrs3t =. z:
Niles "a Missouri. Captain Edwin C;s len
dleton; Kentucky Captain .s tdWar r s35t IS /;
Barry Kear sarge. captain n; 3 erpert WIS
low. s. 4. q &, i55
5lR second Division, III the 4 senior ca plain
the Louisiana, Captain Albert R. Couden;
Rhode Island Captain Charles g. Bow q "
ms n M New Jersey, Capta w lam stSsvfi,
Kimball Virginia, Captain seaton scnroe'-
der. e 81 . *. b, q
ss second SQUADRON Rear dmiral Charles ,l.lt
Davis; Third DiYisl on-A liLt pa az ma rI7
(hagship), Captain Samuel .. Conf; = -.
diana Il captain Edward p. Tanssig Iowa,
Captain Benjamin T. RILEY. ,1,, Z, . i,
N T!o,Irth DIVISION Rear Admiral NV ara
~ Brownson, West Yirg inia3 "A Ola gshlpo,
Ca plain All Conway H. Arnold ~ PennsSi-
syania. captain u homas g. McLean;s Col Col.
orado. Captain Sidney Az Staunton;
Maryland. Captain Royal r.. lnger'so 81
Third Squadron, Fifth Diyis 'l!c = --l
senior captain. Puritan, Captain. Charies
fred " Reynolds; Florida, Commander
was hington r. Chambers; Arkansas, Com
mander Rogers n. Gall ..sl
q sixth Divis!on-The senior commander.
Minneapolis, Commander Bradley ~ a.
Ftske :s tt coma, Commando James 81 y,
smith !. Cleveland, Commander John :.
Newton !; Denver, Command John IL 9.
Colwell. & Is 1: ~ 81 VI
Torpedo Flotillas.
TORPEDO Flotillas-s Second flotilla. Lieu
tenant Commander Edwin a, anderson;
Whipple. Lieutenant Edward GODS;
Worden. Lieutenant Victor 8. Houston;
Truxton, Lieutenant John v. Babcock;
Hopkins, Lieutenant Me-ltng Cook: Law
renee. Lieutenant Thomas G, Hart y; Nc
5Adonough. Lieutenant Kenneth NJ Bett,
Third flotilla, the III senior Lieutenant
Wilkes. Lieutenant Willis Mcdowell;
Tingey, Ensign Alfred T. Drtsb!n; Rodg-
ers, Lieutenant Alfred Johnson;
Stockton Lieutenant James H. Tomb;
Blakely, Lieutenant Charles p, Courtney;
sDeLong. Lieutenant " llliarn 8. B Miller, B
n submarines the s. senior l!e.ltcnants---
aPorpolse. I ieutenan Char |ess =. Nelson;
Shark, Lieutenant Lloyd 8. Chapley;
Nina, (tender) 81; .ii ~ .s Ca
bert o. Dunn. s,l
/ 4 Auxilaries-C Celtic (provis!on ship.
.Arethusa (water ship Ararenda (collier),
lLabanon (collier). Leonidas (collier) 4