Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-12-10
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NARSHPS ASSEMBLE.
Ar HAMPTON ROADS

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start forth from Hampton Roads.
wher the great vessels OF war are
today assembling on the long cruise
TO the pacific. eNarly all of the ves-
sells arc now in Hampton Roads and
the others will report there within
he next few DAYS. The Connecticut
/ the flagship OF Admiral Evans. Is
now in Virginia waters as is the
Louisiana It's sister ship. which car
ries 975 officers and men. tn lar
sest crew ever assembled I'm an
American battleship Thh Island.
the Ohio an dthe Alabama are al
ready for The cruise, ana tn Viagin-
in arrived in Hampton Roads today.
The flood OF auxilnary vessels. in
! Guiding the tender Yankten. which
will be used by Admiral Evans In
entering shallow horbors to pay Of
fetal calls; the repair ship panth r
an dtho supply boats Glacier and
Oulgoa also reached Hampton Roads
/ today. The latter vessels will be
literally laden TO the gunwales with
the thousands OF tons Of provisions
for tn great voyage. A newell it's
men the list Of supplies is $4,000
pounds of cold storage Vermont tur-
key. This will be served on Christ
mas allowing each man in the fleet
ab,ut one pound Of the national food
bird.
The ret In It's entirety will con-
sist OF sixteen battleships. six tor
pedo boats four supply ships and
nine golfers Orders have been is
sued that mail for officers and MEM
bers OF the CT should be addressed,
rom next Monday to February 3. in
! are Of the postmaster of New York.
+ an dafter that date in care OF the
! postmaster at San Francisco. From
the time the vessels leave Rio de
Janeiro until they reach Gallo. on
The west coast of South America, it
will be impossible to get mail to
them from the United States.
According to he intineary, the
feet will reach Trinidad two days
before Chrictmas. Rio de Janeiro
will be reached January / 0 and Mag
dalena Bay on March D The beet
will remain at Alagdalena Bay one
month for target prctice.
San Francisco, 1000 miles from
Magdalena Bay, will he reached
April 10. The distance by this
route is 1872 miles and the neet
will be cruising siXty-three days and
will be in port coaling an dengaged
in target practice ffty-two days.
The intinerary provides for ten
knots an hour. which is regarded as
the economic speed for the feet.
This will permit the GOLFERS to ac-
company the warships for part of the
voyage on the Atlantic side. Start
ing with full bunkers of coal the
ships will require in addition 1907
900 tons not counting the fuel that
VIII be burned by the torpedo boats
which will lac provided by merchants
en- route. This great supply Of coal
must be supplied by the GOLFERS.
-Four small GOLFERS. the MarcelIus.
Hannibal Nashan and Sterling car
rying 200 tons each, will accom-
pany the neet 10 Trinidad, and larg-
ger collicrs the. the Adax, Abarenda
Caeser Nero and Brutus. carrying
/ 1000 tons each will go as far to
Rio de Janeiro. 1t will he necessary
10 have twelve additional GOLFERS
NEE thc fleet. four at Sandy Point.
Magellan Straights four at Callan.
Peru and four at Magdalena Bay.
The Panther.which viii accompany
the fleet carries a full machine shop
and a number Of skilled machinists
who will repair broken or damaged
machinery OH short notice. The
Glacier and the Calgoa, refrigerator
hips loaded with food supplies, will
also accompany the fleet OF the FUN
voyage.
Preparation for the review next
'1gsss..S~.s bsfns Completed
The Hampton Roads event viii af-
ford the most interesting and in
spring naval spectacle ever seen I'm
American waters
The ncet that passed in review
before President Roosevelt on Sep
tember b 1906 at oyster Bay num-
beled more vessels that will be re-
viewed next Monday but So was
vastly inferior n.ct in displacement
and a'mamen compared % the mag
mhccnt line of vessels which the
public win have a chance to- see as
semhIc1 600 Pni waters Tor tho
Jas. tm iu several Years. In the
fleet OF 1906 there were Twelve bat
tlesh.ps BOZ line and of this dozen
two were vessels that have since
been placed in reserve. chat is. prac-
tcaly retired from Cine nahng line.
These ships were Tue iowa and the
Indiana
In the review % week hence. the
ships bat n Doc present and which
were not seen 600 oyster Bay I'm Sep
fcmb.r o.. last year arc tho Con
uecicut. tho flagship OF Admiral
Evans thc Georgia nagships of
Rear Admiral Emery. nc Kansas