The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-12-16
BIG DEMONSTRATION
ON AND OFF SHORE
Farewell Messages Delivered
To -Four -admlraIS and
l6 Captains by The Presi-
dent, While Wives and
Sweethearts Wave Adleu.

Fort Monroe. Va. Dec. l6.-Admira
r. d. Evans, in charge Of 100000 600 q
Uncle Sans property and 1900 Of hil
men. began today the longest crnis.
with the biggest flcet in the history oi
the now world. As early a. SIX n. m.
liRhta showed At nearly every window
Of the immense Hotel Chamberlain az ths
Point, which il filled TO the roof with
about deserted wives and sweet
hearts. The spectators who began e
fhrong the wharves and hotel piaxxas al
daylight found they could not see al
the warships at one time. The ships las
more than 200 yards apart and later
when they sailed away, at fixed dis.
tanccs of 400 yards, the line was still
longer.
The cruiser yacht Maynower. bearing
President Roosevelt, was sighted shortly
after seven o'clock. At ) o'clock all the
sixteen ships simultaneously flung out
innumerahle flags, and as the Mayhower
came alongside, the presidential salute
thnndered from their sides. The noise Of
the cannonading was heard at Norfolk,
90 miles away.
The Mayiiower anchored in the very
center of the feet and a brief reception
on board followed. The president had a
farewell message for the four rear-ad-
mirals and sixteen oaptdins. At the con-
clusion he shook each one cordially by
the hand. Then for a journey of nearly
ten miles, President Roosevelt. as com
inander-in chief Of the army and navy.
led the long line Of battIeships out into
Chesapeake bay. They followed his flag
TO Thimble Shoal light, just five miles
inside the capes, where the Maynower
turned aside and dropped her anchors
for the final review.
As each ship passed. the men lined the
rails and the bands played and as the
stern came opposite the yachts bow, they
sounded the farewell salute OF 2l guns.
At ll:l5 a wireless message said that
the fleet was sailing out to sea.
Types Of Ships in Fleet.
Five distinct classes of battleships are
represented in the fleet, popularity known
rs the Kentucky, the Alabama, the
Maine, the Georgia and the Connecticut
classes. The newer types come first in
the line.
The Connecticut type, Of which the
AoiHtLtiNutt A-OulElAHns AhUHh1 anu
Vermont are in the first division. are of
10000 tons displacement, with speed
of Is knots, each carrying 1900 tons of
coal and having an armor belt of from
III to inches, the armor on the main
turrets being II inches thick. For their
armament they carry four l2-incb, eight
S-inch, IL 7-inch, 20 3-inch and 30 smaller
guns. The complement Of men is 500.
The Georgia class is Of $4,000 tons dis
placement, with a speed Of 10 knots
The coal capacity Ii l700 tons and the
armament nearly the same as that Of the |
Connecticut class, except that 6-inch |
guns are used in place of the 7-inch on |
the Connecticut, and four Of the S-inch |
guns are in turrets superposed on the /
12.inch gun turrets, while there are but /
IL 31inch guns.
he Maine class is of l2,5O0 tons, with
a speed of III knots, and a coal capacity /
of 1000 tons. The armament comprises
four l2-inch, l6 6-inch, Six 3-inch and Is I
smaller guns.
The Alabama class is Of 1880 tons,
with a speed Of II knots and a coal ca
pacitv Of / 800 tons. The armament com
prises four l2inch and Ia 6-inch and 33
smaller guns.
Bringing up the rear of the battleships
will be the Kentucky and Kearsarge.
These two carry the only l3-inch guns
IN the fleet, type which was discontin-
ned several years ago, but which may be
renewed in the Delaware type, which Is
now being built and which Is planned
to surpass the great Dreadnought Of the
British navy
The Kentucky class is Of II 500 tons,
with speed Of about 1865 knots and a
GOAL capacity of 800 tons, These two
ehips have, in addition to four l3-inch
guns. four S,iuch in superposed turrets,
IA 5sinch and 33 smaller ones