The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-16
1916 ILE /
PRESIDENT |
Americas Newest and Most Pow
erful Fight axes Him to
theSI stllinus.
TWO co N: =: Il PLANNED Al l:::['
Women lWill8B e il the, Party,but5
the Personnel. Has N ct 3. ct VI
Been Announced.
two C0Ns0RTs! PLANNED Ne .

lsneclal ~. Is ia nImes- 3 ispat 81

! III, Especial to- The Illness ispat ch.)
4 NEW YORK, gJuly$ 10 When President
Roosevelt goes to the 1sthmus this fall
he will travel there on board the battles
ship 5Iouislann,S one OF the atest and
great test additions to Americas 4 battle:
ship armada. III III rs If
Moreover, two other battleships will ne
company the Louisiana when she starts
with her Presidential party aboard 1T is
not yet known who$will compriseFs.ho
women from Washington and wives of
members OF the Cabinet will be among
them, VI ~ n I 4 E 81
III The rule against taking women on bonrd
war ships was recently abrogated when
Secretary Root took his family on board
the protected cruiser Charleston
Great Ship. s.3
The Louisiana, sister ship OF the battle.
chip Connecticut, which was ~ recently
completed In the New York Navy Yard,
Is now at &Providence.s Mass, where tshe
has been undergoing speed trials over
the deep sea course. tjsf ia .iss 5sy AZ
e Tho vessel is under the command Sof
Captain A. II. Coudan. She is the first of
the pair Of 5000 ton Il battleships con;
astructed for the nayy,., md n keH her SIS.
tors, has a. speed iofs 5eigf teen d krlotsa Q n
hour. and carries, tlle;D1ost powerful bat
tory ever placed on /. m & 4. m 4 n man
of war. "a tE s XIX IS
Although 1t Is known, two other battles
ships arc to accompany the Louisiana on
her mission to the sthmus, y the names Of
the two have not yet been diyulged II but
one may not so very far astraySin3 guess
ing that the two battleship sisters, the
Rhode Island and Virginia, will BIO the
ones that will be select ted. III &. &; 5s5
a8 The time the trip tolthe isthmus will
be entirely contingent upon the n F resi-
dents DESIRE within, 10 e i course, = " the
limits of speed Of the ships r'.s' y
When the President returnod% from This
trip to New Orleans u last fall 4 he was
carried on the West Virginia, flagship Of
Rear-Admiral Brownsoh's armored cruiser
squadron, all Of twenty-five knots or bet
ter. and thoy made pretty speed for sew
oral stretches coming up the Atlantic
coast. Tho President Is COMMANDMENTS
chief on tho army and navy, and wherever
no may be, always ranks superior to any
naval officer present. II
Plans Tentative,
with its escort the Presidents battle-
ship Will make 9 thoroughly formidable
events tho senior officer would exercise
the functions Of q division commander or
flag officer acting Independently Of the
feet, It Is quite within the realm OF pos
sibillty That m officer OF flag rank might
be assigned to the command of this pro-
After tie president returns the ships
of course. win be assigned to their re-
spective squadrons. with ships of Ike
eharaeterIstlcs, + s ASSUMED that the
4 small craft to take him down the Pos
toman to Hampton Roads and there go
aboard tho bnttleship.
The plans for the ,, aresi ha;t TIP o are
s ntss for aeiinse arrang Ssi for
month or six weeks. IT is quite sure,
however, that the President viii be ac-
compnnied by Mrs. Roosevelt and by, Sec
retary Taft and Mrs. Taft. Several others
are mentioned as being OF the party, but
no definite Information could ho had last
night.