Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-10
BIG NEW PAC|F|C FLEET
Second One of Three squadrons
to Be Formed By Assembling
of Many Vessels
THERE BEFORE EVANS ARRIVES
Three squadrons Under Command OF
Admiral, Dayton to Assemble Before
4 Atlantic Fleets Cruise is Completed
/ Powerful Ships to Join.

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8 washington. Aug. 10.-Before Ad-
miral bob" Evans Atlantic fleet of
sixteen battleships reaches the Pacihc
cost the navy department will have
formed another powerful fleet in Call-
fornia waters under command Of Rear
Admiral Dayton, which will be almost
as strong in aggregate tonnage ana
number Of heavy guns as the battle
ship fleet
So much attention has been devoted
to the prospective dispatch of the bat
tleships to the Pacific that the fact
has been overlooked that plans are be-
ing worked out at the navy depart
ment for the rendezvous in Pacific
waters ct all the heavier ships Of the
Pacific fleet These win be augmented
by the addition Of powerful armored
cruisers recently either upon special
service duty or just turned out bySPa-
ciflc coast shipyards.
These facts were developed at the
navy department yesterday In connec-
ton VITA the intention OF the govern
1nent to send the heavy armored cruis-
ers Tennessee and Warrington to
the Pacific as soon as theyskhave been
overhauled at eastern navy yards.
These new cruisers, have just sreturned
to the United States from Brest,
France, on their way. back from the
international Maritime Exposition at
Bordeaux.
Admiral Stockton Setires on October
Is, next, and will BE succeeded in
command by Rear Admiral Uriel Sc
bree. IIe will take the~ Tennessee and
washington to the Pacific coast and
there add the new armored cruisers
California, and South Dakota to his
command, taking charge of division
OF the Pacific fleet.
Change in Organization.
This new Pacific fleet will be in
command OF Rear Admiral James H,
Dayton, who is -chief OF
the present Pacific fleet, with head
quarters at Cavite. Admiral Dayton
Is expected to sail in few days from
Cavite for San Francisco with four
heavy ar1nored cruisers. to 4bring to-
gether in proper formation the new
Pacific fleet.
Rear Admiral Brownson was, until
he recently became chief Of the bureau
OF navigation, chief OF
the Asiatic fleet At that time there
was no Pacific fleet. The vessels on
both sides of the Pacific were ar
ranged in groups known as the "Asiat-
ic fleet" under Admiral Brownson,
and the Pacific squadron, under Rear
Admiral Swinburne. Recently these
designations were dropped and;all yes
sells in the Pacific were brought to-
rether as a part Of the Pacihc fleet,
iust as the vessels In the Atlantic, not
on special service duty, were brought
together under Admiral Evans as the
Atlantic feet.
Now the navy department has de-,
cided upon a further Encouragement Of
the Pacific fleet in order to give it a
well-worked-ou formation of squad
rons and divisions. Under this plan
the Pacific fleet will consist Of three
souadrcns Of not less than two divis-
ions each. Two squadrons will be sta
toned along the Pacific coast OF the
United States, where there Is not now
q single unit-group Of ships.
The hrst squadron will be under
Rear Admiral Dayton. The second
will be under command Of Rear Ad-
miral william T. Sw1nburne, and will
consist OF two divisions of protected
cruisers. Both these squadrons will
be in the American coast waters OF
the Pacific, while the third squadron.
In command OF Rear Admiral Joseph
n. Hernphill, will remain in Asiatic
waters with Manila as it's headquar-
tiers.
Formation of Squadrons.
The formation of the first two squa-
drons will be as follows:
Pacific fleet
Rear Admiral James H. Dayton, COM
manderin-chief.
First squadron. under command of
Rear Admiral James H. Dayton.
First division. under command Of
Rear Admiral James H. Dayton.
West Virginia, armored cruiser, 10
guns, 1860 tons.
Color.ado-armored cruiser, 10 guns,
1850 tons.
Maryland, armored cruiser, 10 guns.
1850 tons.
pennsylvania, arnored cruiser, IS
guns, 1860 tons.
Second division, under command of
Rear Admiral Uriel Sebree.
Tennessee, armored cruiser, 20 guns,
1850 tons.
washington, armored cruiser. 20
guns, 14,500 tons.
California, armored cruiser, IS guns,
1850 tons.
South Dakota. armored cruiser, 10
guns, 1860 tons.
Second squadron, under command OF
Rear Admiral William T. Swinburne.
Third division, under command OF
Rear Admiral Swinburne.
st. Louis, protected cruiser, IA guns,
300 tons.
Charleston, protected cruiser, IA guns
300 tons.
Milwaukee protected cruiser, IA
guns, 800 tons.
Chicago, protected cruiser, IS guns,
5000 tons.
Fourth division, admiral to be cho-
sen.
Cincinnati protected cruiser, II
guns, 1923 tons.
Raleigh. protected cruiser. II guns,
1923 tons.
New Orleans, protected cruiser, 10
guns, 8,430 tons.
Albany, protected cruiser, 10 guns,
3,43O tons.
Fleet Already Powerful.