The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-12-16

at 223.S36.
The five new battleships of the Vir-
ginia class were but recently added to
the fleet All of these vessels are of
the double-turret design, the turrets
for their S-inch guns being superposed
on the turrets of the 13-inch guns.
Not including the six destroyers and
leaving out of count the supply and
repair ships which Form a part of this
vast armada, the total battleship ton
mage making the voyage from ocean to
ocean is 223,S36 tons. There are about
10000 men attached to the fleet and it's
auXiliaries, and it will require more
than 100000 pounds of provisions to
supply their needs throughout the
three or four months which will be
required for the long voyage. These
supplies include 100000 pounds flour.
100000 pounds fresh beef (frozen)
100000 pounds potatoes, 300 900 pounds
smoked ham, 10000 pounds of vege-
tables, the list including turnips, cab
bages, carrots, onions, and asparagus.
100000 pounds timed corn, 200 900
pounds timed pease, 10000 pounds
timed tomatoes, 10000 pounds salt
pork, 10000 pounds oatmeal, 100000
pounds each Of rice, lard, mutton, and
corned beef, 100000 pounds of canned
fruits including apples, peaches, pears
and other fruits; 100000 pounds of
condensed milk, 1OO,O44 pounds of cof-
fee, $1,000 pounds of tea, 10000 dozen
fresh eggs, 5000 pounds of mustard,
5000 pounds of pepper and 5000 pounds
of salt.
The cruise involved the purchase OF
neary a quarter million tons of coal.
and the charter of GOLFERS which is
numerically greater than the battleship
fleet itself.
The Louisiana carrying the largest
crew ever assembled on an American
battleship was the first of the ships
which were under repair at the BrooR-
Ign Navay Yard to leave New York
for the rendezvous in Virginias famous
rOadstead.
The Connecticut flagship of Admiral
Evans is the government-built sister
of the Louisiana and both vessels are
representatives of the most modern
of the heavier fighting machines in the
navies of the world.
The fleet of auxiliary vessels includes
the tender Yankton, which is to be used
by Admiral Evans in entering shallow
harbors to pay official calls, etc.
The tiotilla of torpedo boat destroy
ers preceding the battleships, began it's
long voyege of $4,000 miles on Deem
Der !.
Lieutenant Hutchinson l. Cone is the
/ tiotilla commander.
The big supply and refrigerator ship
Arethusa to convoy the fiotilla to the
Pacific sailed December 8. The Are
thusa will join the flotilla at Trinidad
before December 90. From Trinidad
! the Arethusa will accompany the flo
tilla until San Francisco is reached
May 2. 1908. The Arethusa is the
paymaster's ship.
The repair ship Panther and the
supply boats Glacier and Culgoa are
laden literally to the gunwales with
the thousands of tons of provisions for
, the great cruise
An interesting item on the list of sup
/ plies is $4,000 pounds of the best quail
| ity Of Vermont turkey. This allows
about one pound of the national food
/ bird to each jack in the feet for Christ
mas dinner
| The tlotilla will be met by the bat
teship squadron at Rio de Janeiro
Brazil, between January Is and 90. This
will probably be the only time that
the battleships and torpedo boat de-
. stroyers will meet during the voyage
as the latter though capable of 20 OF %
knots an hour will proceed at a rate OF
/ 10 l-2 knots an hour This low rate OF
/ speed will be maintained for comfort
aboard ship, and then, too, the Are
1 thusas speed is not much in excess OF
/ this.
/ This voyage by the little destroyers
| all fOur-funneled steel vessels 25v feet
long, twenty feet beam and 600 tons
displacement, is declared by those go
! ing out with the flotilla to be quite as
I hazardous as the voyage made by the
first hotilla to the Philippines several
( years ago, but nobody fears that trip
/ will not be made i'm safety. notable
fact is that the hotilla commander
Cone, was aboard the destroyer Dale on
the voyage to Manila. He is the only
man on this expedition who made that
voyage of 10000 miles or 1000 miles
more than the second fiotilla will have
to cover on the trip to San Francisco.
The six destroyers in this fotilla