Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-12-16
LATEST ARRANGEMENTS
OF FLEET FORMATION

| the Atlantic fleet to the Pacific Coast,
have an aggregate tonnage of 233,43G
and q total number of $3.50 guns of
four inches and over.
The vessels selected for the first di-
vision in the recognized Pacific fleet,
including the armored cruisers West
Virginia, Colorado, Maryland and
Pennsylvania, are on the Pacific
Coast. Some time ago they were OFF
the coast of Japan. More recently
they were at Chefoo, China. They
stopped at Honolulu en- route to the
Coast. They are all sister ships and
have been in commission for some
time.
Sebree's Powerful Division
The four other armored cruisers
which are to form a division, under
command of Rear Admiral Sebrec,
will be an entirely new addition of
strength to the Pacific feet as now
constituted Two of them, the Ten
ressee and Washington, are the most
powerful armored cruisers either
DullJ VI DullulllB' lucy are blcdt'l
in tonnage and in number of big
guns than a number OF the battle
ships in the Atlantic fleet, and are
sister ships of the armored cruisers
North Carolina and Montana, which
ere nearing completion at the New
port News shipyards.
Upon their arrival at San Francis
co the Tennessee and Washington
will be Joined by the brand new ar
mored cruisers California and South
Dakota.
The California was built by the
Union Iron Works and was placed in
commission on August LIST, with Cap
tain Thomas S. Phelps rs her COM
completion at the Union Iron Works
and is a sister ship of the California.
She was 97.5 per cent. complete on
July LIST and was placed in commits
sion about October LIST. Her COM
.mander has not been chosen.
Captain +. b. Barry will retain
command of the Tennessee, and Cap
tain Theodore Porter, son of the
late Admiral David b. Porter, will
etain command of the Washington.
ether Ships En- Route
The third division of the new Pa
cific Coast fleet will be composed of
protected cruisers, only one of which
IS now stationed on active duty in
Pacific waters-the Milwaukee. Three
Of the cruisers of this division-the
st. Louis, Charleston and Milwaukee
are sister ships. The st. Louis is
working her way around from the
Atlantic to the Pacific Coast. She
has followed around the coast line of
lSouth America the itinerary that will
Iprobably be observed in the transit
of Admiral Evans 16 battleships. She
is rounding the South American coast
as q sort of courier to Admiral Ev-
ems fleet, but will be part of the
new Pacific, and not OF the Atlantic
fleet when the latter Is sent to Call
iornia waters.
The Milwaukee is on her way to
Punta Arenas with Minister Merry,
who has been in Salvador in con-
nection with the Moissant brothers
case. and Is returning to his post in
Costa Rica. The Milwaukee will then
go to San Francisco when relieved
by the cruiser Albany, which is now
at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, but
will soon start for Mare Island to
take on ammunition on her way to
relieve the Milwaukee of Central
American duties. The Chicago and
Charleston, which are TO join the Mil
waukee and st. Louis in forming the
third division of the new Pacific
fleet, are now at the Puget Sound
Navy Yard.
The Fourth Division
The fourth division OF the new Pa
cific fleet is to be made up OF the Gin
Icinnati and Raleigh, which have re-
Gently returned to the Coast after
Asiatic duty, and of the New Orleans
land Albany, which are now at the
Puget Sound Navy Yard. The
New Orleans Is out OF commission
but is about to be put back into COM
mission, and the Albany will join
the other three cruisers OF the fourth
division after completing her Central
American duty.
In addition to the sixteen ships
which are to form the four divisions
of the two squadrons of the new
Pacific feet in American waters,
there are now on the Pacific Coast
three battleships 49, the Nebraska,
Wisconsin and Oregon-the ultimate
disposition of which has not been
determined. 1t has not been decided
whether they shall join the Atlantic
or the Pacific fleets. The Nebraska
went into commission recently. The
Wisconsin and Oregon are out of COM
mission at the Puget Sound Navy
Yard, but 1t understood to be the in
tention to place them back in COM