The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-08-27
BAT7LEsH|Ps MAY
NOT COME HERE
Army and Navy Journal Gives
New Scheme for Naval
Divisions.

The statement that has been made
here that the cruiser Raleigh, at pres
ent in this port, was to be repaired
and to have a great deal of work done,
IS contradicted to a certain extent by
the last issue Of the Army and Navy
Journal, one of the best authorities
on anything affecting naval move
ments. According to this publication
the Raleigh, Cincinnati, Albany and
New Orleans will form a division
which win be commanded by Admiral
| Hemphin. 1t is stated that it is not
likely that the big fleet of sixteen bat
| tleships will be sent to the Pacific
Coast from the Atlantic.
TIE Army and Navy Journals edi-
.torial comment on the situation is as
| follows:
1T is interesting to note what is like
| " to happen in the Pacific within the
next sixty days. Within a me nth
Rear Admiral Dayton, with the 10ur
armored cruisers, West Virginia,
Maryland, Colorado and Pennsylvania,
viii be at San Francisco. His squad
ron is now at Cavite taking on stores,
and this week, August 10, will start
for Honolulu on ,lhe way to San Fran
cisco. In a few days the Tennessee
and the Washington will be on tTeir
way around the Horn bound for Gan
Francisco, and with the South Dakota
and California will form another divi-
sion under command of Admiral En-
ory. Meantime the ST. Louis is at
Callao also on the way to take sta
tion on the Pacific coast, and with her
sister ships, the Charleston and Chi
cago, both now at the Puget Sound
Navy Yard, and the Milwaukee
(Which is on the way to Punta Are
mas with Minister Merry on board),
with these ships to make up another
division in the Pacific fleet. This
squadron will be under command of
Admiral Swinburne. The Albany, now
at Puget Sound. is going to Punta
Arenas to relieve the Milwaukee, and
later with the Cincinnati and Raleigh,
which are at Yokohama en- route to
San Francisco and the New Orleans,
which is at Bremerton, soon to be put
in commission; with these ships there
will be another division formed in the
great Pacific fleet, which will be COM
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there will be sixteen big, swift, strong
cruisers on the Pacific coast. And be-
sides them there will be the splendid
new battleship Nebraska, the Wiscon-
sin and the Oregon-three battleships
capable of giving worthy account Of
themselves in national defense or
world power patrol. What will be the
matter with the Pacific coast then?
And it is not likely that the sixteen
other big ships on this side of the
country will be sent there. With Ad-
miral Dayton in command of the Pa
cific fleet and commanding the first
squadron. of which the West Virginia,
Maryland. Colorado and Pennsylvania
will form the first division: Admiral
Swinburne viii command the second
squadron, in which the Milwaukee, st.
Louis, Charleston and Chicago will
form the first division; Admiral
Hemphill will command the third
squadron. embracing the Tennessee,
Washington, South Dakota and Cali
fornian as one division, and the Gin
cinnati, Raleigh. New Orleans and AL
bany another. The second divisions
in the first and second squadrons will
be formed of battleships and cruisers
of the second class