Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-08-23
NAVYS STRENGTH TO
CENTER IN PACIFIC
Plans Worked Out for Placing A.
most Every Available Vessel
On The West Coast.
THE CHANGE IN THE NAVAL POLICY
Fleet viii Sc Stronger on the Pa.
cific Coast Than in the Far Eas,
Which Has Been TIE Case In the
Past-PIans for Reorganization Not
Entirely Completed.

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ooc,,.i',.'', ~ ~ ~, aug. @-'-ih
r,o,,..' ,', W." wv NAVY depart
Nv, % . nm VI hiop,li@ine ,his iaii on
c cru "o'.,c coast ,he Du'k OF me
v.u'Scrs now stationed IN the Pacific,
Colorado Mnrvlond ,nd ponns,',Tn,'i',
viii steam from Yol,"hor,n Ia,,o, -, 1',.
san Francisco tomn,royv !, 49,, w.
nounced nj tho Navy Dnn,,.tn,nr, ,hn,
the necessary ronnirs ~, ,i,n',r,, ,,.''
cruisers Tcnnseana ,n., xw.,I,i,, NV, y"
nov mt IIomntnr i}on,,s Nin,,.,,,n,
rospectivclv viii H. cnn,t,,,
September ~ ana inmn',in,o,,.
thai dmrn ,hcv YETI, nroo ~ ~,
Pacific The urnt"c,oI cr,, ~ ,,'o
I.ouis en- routn ron, li, ,",ar, ~.
to San Francisco. steamed o, Anrus,
IL from Callao, Peru. for Acnm,co
Mexico. while the protected cruinor
Cincinnati and Raleigh nro wou on
their way from Yokohama 20 Honolulu
on route to the Pacific coast.
Chief Constrrc,o. C,,ne po A.,
miral w = cnvr,ns ,'iti'r ~ u
ronu of auuinm"nt NH ~ r, VI nc un'
Ger II G IIniiid,v IN, ,."S'n
rean of wards and dociss ha,a ,,a
TO the Pacific cons, 70 orn, 81, ~,
navy wards nnd share sto,,nns IN, 'n
hort upon m mcrcnso oT fonji,,ias 70
quired by the now novn, no,ic, n,h,o,,
Will placo In tho pacis,n ~ ~ I'LL, Ill.
all of tho fighting strnnr,,, ~ 49,,
American navy 'no
rhos. .,.,,,,
observation-disclosures me."'is arc me most recent
nnIicy ~, I've Nilnsc Oh hhVhl
,yl,if.i ~ '"a' ''Sl"ivuh' tenure OF
cieion ."c lcsiucn, ue
sjytoa, po, >, "u ,ne A.,ahtic iieet oil
The imnnr,anca ~ me NJ ".,,''
or,i',, ','l ,.'o, '"nIS oi me battle snip
cal, a.. Ill. ",s"h III me a'e
shadono, ~ W,i.,.. mas rh'hcr over
,n, Nv, ,ny .a,i'ort"hce OF the plans
nr nv 49, ,''o,,'i"n'ioh Oh me cruisers
49, .o"s''
irior 10 president Roosevelts de-
c,s'oi 'hat me highest considerations
VI ia. 'ohli interest required shift
ny VI sea power to the Pacific the
,. 1T me ol haVai distribution placed
~ "c.i'c Oh d cruiser ana The Al
lr"tr Oh 4 pattic snip basis. Most
%. me cruisers in the Pacific had their
a'muons IN Ihe far East Upon the
~" ~n,, ~ 81 MI. victor ~ Muicali. uI
o"'''oliiia' as secretary OF the Navy
.n .1, naval representation on the Pa
me coast was strengthened.
vessels Tor West Coast.
~. me present time the naval force
vi we racliic coast consists OF the
" ,,i,'' cruisers charleston, Chicago
a'ilwh . albany and Yorktown
WIN nv 'o,lrth torpedo ilotilla, con
a.S',ns " INC ues'r rogers Perry and
ilepit' ne new pan practically re.
Npnsos ,he SITUATION Tor instead OF
o'"S stronger IN inc far East Than
On ,ne rhci'ic coast the fleet viii b.
auonsc' on me racine coast thhn liz
'''' '"' ,.'S'
DIVISION OF the Fleet.
~ Ht present organiIed the "a
u',c ny. ~ divided INTO SIN diyia.
l""I, oicii one III wiicn Is composed
:" 20 Wv. i""' NosScls; WIN me exception
,.r 9'F" u; "hich ilciude the nihe
S'''"ot'n' ms 1TsnniN,,ioh VIII oe
49,. 800 nav cn,i.Scu' III an ironapiity
-, '". .,, 'l'op III, on me facii'c
''a' ~ rnsI uiHlSioh now con
~; VI 'Ic nl,i'o'ed cruisers west
=, 'n,'i'' 1o'o'''uo' Mi'r!h1ld an
40, A. ~ :, '''' W ,,,r s
10 ~ Mcfs iis Pun Is me ,lls
sliil' vi iNtNi AulllIIl JuliltS IL. Day