The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-06
SQUADRON
SAILED FROM ROADS
Fort and Our Flagship
Fire Salute as Kings
Vessels Departed.
SAILORS DESERT,
DELAYING START
Fifty-Eight Quit the Englisl
Warships, Men from Roxburgh
Stealing Gutter and Striking
for Shore-Bond Issue
News Gives Re
newcd Hope.
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GROUNDS, May 5.--The British
| squadron, the Good Hope, Admiral
Neville's flagship. the Argyll, the
| Hampshire and the Roxburgh. sailed
| to-day at o'clock for New York. Ad-
| miral Evans's flagship, the Connecti-
cut, and the fort firing salutes as the
| war ships left Hampton Roads.
Anchors were to have been weighed
, early this morning, but n complication
arose which caused delay.
Last night while the officers Of all
the fleet were attending the Army and
Navy League ball at the Chamberlin at
Old Point, sixteen English sailors from
the Roxburgh, stole a cutter belonging
to the tattleship Missouri and made for
shore. landing on tthe beach Just in
| front OF the Virginia State Building,
where the cutter was hauled on the
| sand and left. The sailormen caught
the last car from the Exposition
Grounds for Norfolk. where they faded
away and could not be found despite
| the endeavor of the seaside sleuths.
| This morning cutter from the RoN-
| burgh came ashore, and In spite of low
water. succeeded In launching the stolen
boat There were some forty sailors
in the party under command of an
ensign. and the whole crowd plunged
into four feet OF water and worked
like beavers. Later, an American
boat joined the rescue work. but 1t was
noticeable that while the English OFF,
Ger stood in the water with his men
the American officer remained high
and dry in his boat.
1t was announced to-day by the police
authorities that the English war-ships
had lost in all fifty-eight men by de-
sertion since the squadron dropped
anchor at the exposition. The German
ships which sailed yesterday morning
lost two men. and this completes the
list, for not single American
Austrian. italian, OF Chilean sailor ha:
deserted in these waters.
J 1t is interesting to note that the
English and Italian sailors are all bare
footed. and the way they can go up the
side or walk the beam is a caution.
Tomorrow night. the Austrian Off
Gers entertain che American officers or
board the flagship Sankt George. ant
later in the week the Duke d'Abruzzi
commanding the italian squadron, vii
, entertain.
Sunday Was Quiet.
At the Exposition Grounds to-day al
was quiet, only the guests at the va
rious State buildings and at Insid,
Inn being allowed the use of thu
Z grounds. The fire department gave al
exhibition drill in front Of the Yves
Virginia Building, throwing a stream
Of water over the high coal tower from
fire ladder.
Mrs Swanson. her sister. Mrs. Boeh
mer, and Commodore Lee, left at mid
day for Richmond on board the yach
} Commodore Maury, which will b,
docketed in the Richmond custom
house. preparatory to being inspected
in order to take her new name
The Governor and Mrs. Swanson will
entertain the British Ambassador mex
Sunday, and he will be their guest t
jamestown on May 18th. when Cover
nor Swanson will make the principa
address and when Mr.. Bryce will speal
on behalf of the mother country. Ol
the night of May 18th. the fleet il
Hampton Roads will be Illuminated
and in addition there will be an elec
trical display and parade of floats OF
the order Of Madi Gras.
Admiral Evans is authority for tn
statement that 1t will be the great oc
!, casion. with the single exception o
Virginia Day, June 18th, which h
promises to make the most notabl
event OF the exposition.
The First Encampment.
The first of the militia cntampment
of the exposition takes place to-mor
row, when cadets from Hoge Militar,
Academy of Blackstone, and Trinit
Military School, of North Carolina, 6,
into camp for week.
s They will hold dress parade ever!