Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-10-17
Commander Now IN Washington
10 Arrange All Details with
The Hauy Department.
10 USE THOUSANDS OF CHART
Each Vessel viii be Supplied with
Seven Hundred Different Kinds
Problem Of Supplying tho Big Fleet
With Food During tho Voyage No
Small One.

WASHINGTON, u. c.. oct. 10
Rear Admiral Roblcy y. Evans
commandcrin.chicf of the Atlantic
fleet, is in Washington.
The purpose of his visit To Wash
insion he said, was twofoid: in the
iirst place he wanted 10 have his
teeth overloaded by his own dentist.
Tor all prudent sailors make il a p,ac.
tee To have their teeth put in thor
lngh order before cmharll,nE on IA
long cruise or going TO foreign com
tres whore dentists equal In ability
To those Of the United States are hard
To tll'd. In the second place tho al
ihiral wishes To spend about n week
or len days in consultation with the
officials OF tho Navy Department i'm
relation TO the approaching voyare of
ms great tlcct. II Is true that thel
itinerary has been worked out: that
arrangements have Teen made 10 have
MI of the coal needed delivered To tho
SHIPS nj spcciflcd ports on the route;
lnat MI OF the necessary charts have
bcen ordered. and that arrangements
nave been made for relieving and re
placing all of the short-term sailors
on The ilcct-mcn whose enlistment
would expire before the vessels arrive
AT thoir destination on the Pacific
coast
Details to be Settled.
with ali this muc:i remains to bci
done to prepare the ships for tho
cruise, not tho least of which Is the
ohahec in the personnel of some of
me officers of the fleet hclow the
grade of captain, In conformity with
me decision of the navigation bureau.
10 iihlt To a wear and a half the tour
ot duty of such officers. In the course
ot progress of the work now spoinr
ON upon the ships in the various navy
Nhrus II is also necessary for tho
commander of the fleet to confer with
inc bureaus on construction and steam
engineering. and. instead of hv cor.
r'sn"ndcncc. Admiral Evans has do.
cidod to spend some time mt the dc.
partmont during tho coming week.
Over Seven Hundred Charts.
rnr me massage of Admiral Evans
oaltlcshin fleet around the western
hemisphere each vessel will hc SIN.
nicd with more than 700 different
charts relating to the oceanic route
10 ~ iravcrscd ana to tho consts
ana borhcrs of that route II will he
4 source OF concentration To Amcri.
cans To learn that not single chnrt
N mis- vast cnuinment is procurcu
rom any foreign source The oncra.
IONS OF the United States hydrogen.
"h'c oti'ce htvc gradually made Tho
united states FREQ ana independent of
'hosc Indispensable guides for shin.
ming IN the western hemisphere with
out which in some fprm-,ithcr d.
nestle or forciGA this cruise coul1
not he executed No argument &c
needed tn convince the minds of mon
OF the vital function Of the chart In
navigation. and in all those branches
OF human welfare which have dcyclon
ed from successful oceanic transit if
ihev will remember that mankind has
placed the seal OF sublime courage
llpon the acts of the discovcrors who
Iirsi vcnturci charilcss over the
lscas.
Coal for the Fleet.
Tho coaling and provisioning of the
Meet Tor this cruise are vast and ex-
pensivc undertakings. Aside from, the
10000 tons Of coal which is 10 be
hauled IN foreign bottoms. 2iS0O tons
are 10 he transported in navy col.
Tiers The total cost of Goa and trans
portation may he summarized as fol
lows:
Total cost Of transportation in
foreign l,,ttoms - s755 $40
Total cost of coal to be hauled
IN foreign bottoms . 300 600
Total cost OF coal TO he hauled
in navy GOLFERS ... a. 0O|
Total cost of coal and trans
|. puTtdlun ............... 81 22o 2Sh
This docs not include the estimated
cost OF operating the oieht navy COZ,
Hers. Three collinrs tie Hannibal.
Marcollds and I.conidas, viii rect
the fleet at Trinidad. with G,0OO
tons: five colliers the Ajax Abaran.
da. }rntus. Caesar ana Nero. will
meet the fleet at Rio with 400 tons
1t is estimated that II would take a
fleet of fifty Golfers with the average
canaci;y of thc average OF the five
golfers engaged to transport the en-
tire amount of fuel needed for tho
sixteen hattleships on the journey.
Provisioning the Fleet.
The sailing of the hattlcshps for
the Pacific coast will be test in
varions ways, one of the most import
ant features having to do with the
ability OF such command To main.
tam itself without calling for provi.l
sions at any OF the ports on tho way. |
No one seems to know Just how long
the cruise viii take. and Rear Admi. |
raj Evans has SO far offered no OK |
innate of the time which the shins |
VIII consume in reaching San Fran;l
CISCO. Those who have charge OF the