The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-02
START ON LONG
VOYAGE TODAY
Second FIotiIIa of Torpedo
Boat DeStroyerS Ready for
Trip TO Pacific Coast.
LIEUT.. CONE is COMMANDER
FIRST STOP WILL BE MADE AT
SAN JUAN, P. r.

SAN JUAN, p. r.
Norfolk. Va. Dec 1.-The second
hOulla Of United States torpedo boat
destrcyers which is to precede the pow
erful battleships soon to sail for the
Pacific under the command Of Rear
Admiral r. D. Evans, began its long
voyage of 1900 miles al 2:4O o. IN. to-
/ day. The six vessels composing the
/ iOtilla sailed from the Norfolk navy
yard for Hampton Roads, where the
| remainder of the day was spent in
| compass adjustment work.
! Weather permitting, and the indica-
tiOns tonight are all favorable, Lieu
| tenant Hutchinson l. Cone the 1otilla
/ commander. viii at o'clock tomorrow
morning, from the flagship Whipple,
give the signal for the start, and after
/ ether compass work that may become
necessary has been completed in lower
/ Chesapeake bay, the flOtilla will pass
out of the Virginia capes, headed for
San Juan, p. r., where the first stop
will be made.
Supply Ship Starts Later.
Owing to unavoidable delay in get
ting her ready, the big supply and re-
/ frigerator ship Arethusa, which Is to
convoy the fiotilla to the Pacific, VIII
not sail until Dec. g. The Arethusa
will join the fotilla at Trinidad be-
tween Dec. 10 and %. While the Are
! thusa carries supplies of all kinds for
/ the fotilla and the machinery needed
/ in the event of a breakdown, the de-
stroyers, in addition TO the $50 tons Of
coal in their bunkers, each carries
some twenty or more tons of coal ufS~
deck, and will easily make san Juan
without the need of additional coal or
other supplies. From Trinidad the Are
thusa will accompany the hOtilla on the
voyage until San Francisco is reached,
May 2, 1908. The Arethusa will De the
raymaster's ship, and win carry all
! the money.
Will Meet Evans at Rio.
The fotila will be met by The Evans
battleship squadron at Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil, between Jan. IA and 90 This
will probably be the only tire that
the battleships and torpedo beat de-
stroyers will meet during the voyage.
as the latter, though capable of TWEEN
ty-five or twenty-nine knots an hour,
will proceed at only ten and a half
knots an hour. This low rate of speed
Will be maintained for comfort aboard
ship, and then, too, the Arethusa's
speed is not much in excess Of This.
The voyage by the little torpedo boat
destrOyers. all fOur-funneled steel yes
sells 250 feet long. 20 feet beam and
500 tons displacement, is declared by
those going out at the flOtilla to be
quite as hazardous as the voyage made
by the first 1otiIla to the Philippines
several years ago. but nobody fears
hat the trip will not be made IN safe
ty.
Made the Trip to Manila.
A notable fact is that the aotilla
commander. Cone, was aboard the de-
stroyer Dale on the voyage to Ma
Mia. He is the only man on this ex-
petition who made that voyage OF 16.-
coo miles. or 1000 miles more than the
second hotilla will have TO cover ON
the trip to San Francisco.
The six destToyers in this fiotilla car-
~ a crew of eighty men. Nearly all
Of the boats carry a japanese stew
ard and cook each.
The formation of the destr0yers eli
route will be as follows: Whipple.
TrUxton. Lawrence, Hull, Hopkins
and Stewart.
Vessels and Commanders.
The following officers go in the re-
spective boats:
Whipple-Lieutenant Cone. com.
y.
Ensign o. c. F. Dodge, Midshipman H.
C. Knox.
Truxton--Lieutonant c. S. Kerrick. o.
commanding; Ensign W. P. Gaddis,
Midshipman A. G. Meyer.
Lawrence-Ensign f. Frederick, COM
handing; Midshipman r. p. SCudder.
Midshipman r. 5. Cup.
Observation-Disclosures A. G.. Howe
commanding: Ensign Richards. Mid
Oh g.
geon L. H. Schwerin. Midshipman II.
Mercado.
Hull-Lieutenant F. McCommon.
commanding; Ensign c. E. Smith.
Midshipnan Harold Jones, Assistant
Naval Constructor r. G. Hammer.
Stewart-Lieutenant J. F. Hellweg,
commanding; Ensign W. T. Lightle.
Midshipman r. c. Edwards and L, T.
Gonzales
The Itinerary.
The following will be the itinerary
of the destroyers;
Arrive San Juan Dec. Z; depart Dec.
u.
Arrive Trinidad Dec. Is; depart Dec.
Arrive Para Dec. 26; depart Dec. 81.
Arrive Pernambuco Jan. 5; depart
Jan. 10.
Arrive Rio de Janeiro Jan. Is; depart
Jan. 20.
Arrive Montevideo Jan. %; depart
/ Feb. /.
Arrive Punta Arenas Feb. g: depart
/ Feb. II.
Arrive Talcahusana Feb. 20; depart
/ Feb. %.
Arrive Callao March 4; depart March
10.
Arrive Panama March TO- depart
March II.
Arrive Acapulco March IS; depart
/ April 2
| Arrive Magdalena Bay April 6; de-
Fart April %.
/ Arrive San Francisco May %.
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