Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-06-14
FLEET N FAR EAST.
FIRST DIVISION IN CHINESE
WATERS.
No Baltleship. Bot q NHmber of SwIff
and Protested Cruisers

The Navy Department has hsen IN
formed that the fFst diTision ~ the
first squadron u the United STATES Pa
clhc feet. consisting ~ tiIe West VIZ
| ginia. Colorado. Mary laud AMI Penn
i sylvania. had arrived ~ fhefoo.
China. This division. under Eear
| Admiral Dayton. has been in Japa-
uose waters. tbs West NirEiaia and
the Colombo ~ kotes Japan. ani tne
Mary land anJ Peansy ania a. foA0-
hama. japan. The second division
~ the hrst squadron ~ the fnctng
| fleet "a IN Chinese waters. and tbe
movement ~ Rear Admirai Dayton
and his 8rst division from japan g.
China i nff,t considered significant ~
| the Navy Department, for the ~fiers
o. Admiral Dayton - leave Japan
were issued before the japanese var
talk began.
By ti5s arrival of the Grst division
10 Chinese waters nearly tho entire
first squadron ~ the Pacific Sect -
united. and Admiral Dayton. if b.
becomes necessary. car take his entire
ioot squadron - the Philippines a.
short notice.
While ID - frue that there is no
United sfstes baftleship ~ the Par
East, Admiral Dayton has in BIS neet
number ~ the swiftest and newest
armOred cruisers. as we'll a. nunber
~ protected cruisers. such ~ th@
Chattanooga. Cincinnatti, Raleigh aud
Galveston. while the Denver IS en-
route via the Suez Canal q Join his
second division. These. together with
a number Of snail guuboats and the
coast defense monitors N0nadouek aud
Monterey, e0mpiets his feet ~ tbe
Far East.
The second squadron ~ the Faei6e
feet. under Rear Admiral -winsurne.
ia stationed on the Pacific Coast. nuE.
like the Grst squadron. this feet has
mo- batiIeship fn IL, and Oniv sueh
cruisers ~ the Chicago, Charleston.
Milwaukee Tsosf0n ard the ~ I.0Uis.
the latter being IN rgufe from the
Atlantic Coast. THE Navy Department
officials realize that siI0uid any
trouble occur With Japan. our feet fu
the Easf will be far inferiar 70 fhat
~ the japanese.
Eycr since the war uith Russia
Japan has been working On her navy
not only improving her ships. baE
repairing and improving the Russian
rneu-0f. war she captured during the
war. japan bss twelve baftieships.
Eve ~ these are Russian prizes.
which have been epfirsly rebuiit and
fitted np with all modern improve
fuents, 80 that they are now a. good
~ any vessels in the world They
have All been rechTisteBed with Jap
anese names.
Tire famous Oref - now the Iwamf-
Japan IS also baiidiug tw0 new
battlesbips The SatsBma and tbe Aki-
japan has six e0ast-defense vessels.
three being Rasisan prizes The IA
nous <fcalai I. - now called the Ri
japan has eleven arnored cruisers.
which are practically battieships. one
being Itussian prize the BaJan-
now called the Aso. and the new
Tsukuba. which visited Jamestown
and is now in EngIish waters Jspan
Is also building three new armored
cruisers. making = feet 0f fifteen az
uored cruisers. She has twenty -four
protected cruisers. three being Russian
prizes. and she is building three new
ones. Her feet Of torpedo destr0yers
numbers fifty four. nearly all Of which
are in Japarese waters Five are
Russian prizes and thirty-two have
been built since 1906
This alone Is an evidence u the re-
rnaTkabIe way IN which Japan IS
building up her navy Many % her
prominent officers. BY the way, are
graduates Of the Naval Academy
Added to this feet of torpedo destroy
ers Japan has sevcBty-seven torpedo
boats and seven submarines The
American feet in the Philippines has
only six torpedo destroyers, and there
are only two Of this class 81 vessels
al Mare leland. California since i9N7
Japan has added twenty-one war ves-
sells to her feet. besides the thirty
two torpedo destr0yers-
strong evidence Of the e0Didence
Of the United States government IN
the continuance Of peaceful relations
with Japan was afforded yesterday
when the Navy Department ordered q
shipment Of 5000 tons of coal 10 the
United States naval station in Yoke
hama harbor. Japan The coal IS kept
for the use Of the American naval xes-
sells attached to tire Asiatic station In
the north SO as 10 avoid the necesslry
20 return 10 Manila ~ replenish tfetE
supplies.