The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-07-06

for the run to Callao, Peru. The next stage would be from Callao to 1 Panama and from that point the ships would proceed without a stop to San Francisco.
 It Is believed that after reaching Peruvian waters the movements of the vessels will be much more deliberate than up to that point. Although the reason for this statement is not off, cially obtainable. it is apparent that 1 the explanation is to be found in the fact that the battleships will be within easy reach of San Francisco; in other words, they could in an emergency ar rive at that port before any other fleet could.
 Two methods of coaling have been provided for in the plans of the gen. eral board, and 1t is not possible now to say which will be selected. The first is to send with the battleships a sutfi- cient number of colliers to enable them to replenish their coal supplies without dependence upon foreign coaling sta tions, In this case no less than twenty colliers will be necessary, because some- thing like 77,000 tons of coal will be burned on this cruise.
 In the second case, the plans provide for the free use of merchantable coal along the route. which of course would diminish the need of colliers. l Admiral Evans will, It is expected start out with sixteen battleships, be- sides the colliers. The armored cruis- CTS Washington and Tennessee, which are now in French waters, are under orders to return to the United States and, after refitting, to proceed to the Pacific coast. It is possible that they will be detained and accompany the battleshtps on the cruise. When Ad- miral Evans arrives off the Pacific coast his fleet will be increased by the addition of the batt1eship Nebraska newly commissioned. The battleships Wisconsin and Oregon, now at Brem- erton navy yard, Puget Sound, viii probably have completed their repairs by next March, so that they, too, may be added to the fleet that may ther comprise nineteen battleshipss besides the armored and protected cruisers ot the Pacilc fleet.
 One of the vessels composing the fleet will be the battleship Connecticut which has twenty-four guns and a speed of eighteen knots an hour.
 The composition of the fleet to-day is as follows:
 Battleships.
 Connecticut, guns, q, speed, 1' knots.
 Maine, guns, 20; speed, IS knots.
 Missouri guns, 20; speed IS knots. Virginia, guns, A speed, l9 knots;
 New Jersey guns, 24; speed, I, knots,
 Georgia, guns, 24; speed, 19 knots.
 Rhode Island, guns. 24; speed, 1' knots.
 Alabama guns, r; speed, 1T knots
 Illinois, guns, IS; speed, IT knots
 Kearsarge, guns 22; speed, 16 knots
 Kentucky, guns, 22; speed, 16 knots.
 Ohio, guns 20 speed, IS knots.
 Minnesota, guns. 24; speed, IS knots , Vermont, guns, 24 speed, IS knots. Kansas, guns, "A; speed, Is knots. Protected Cruisers.
 Charleston, guns. IA speed, 22 knots Chicago, guns, IS; speed, IS knots.
 Milwaukee, guns, H. speed, 22 knots St. Louis, guns, 14; speed, 22 knots. Gunboat Yorktown, guns, 6; i; speed, 1 knots.
 The armored cruiser squadson of tn Pacific fleet. which will have headquar ters in California waters, will be com posed of the Washington and Tennes see, sister ships, guns, 24; speed 2 knots; and the California and Sout 4anokota, 22.15 knots, IS guns, almos compieted. Rear Admiral Charles Stockton wiit command tnls armore cruiser squadron -l.s Tennessee bein his flagship