The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-05-29
PREPARE FOR WORLD TOUR.
The Battleship Fleet win Reach
Seattle Today and Prepare for
Its Long Trip,

Seattle Today and Prepare for
Its Long Trip.
Washington, May 22.-Tomorrow-
the battleship fleet will make it's tri-
umphal entry into the harbor of Sc
attic, the metropolis of the North
west, and raoorts received at the
navy department indicate that the
reception to be accorded the officers
and sailors will be quite as enthusi-
astic as that given by Los Angeles
and San Francisco. The stop at
Seattle is the last official visit the
heet will pay at Pacific coast ports,
before continuing it's tour of the
world.
Preparations for the voyage are
now being completed by the navy de-
partnleat and the itinerary has now
reached a final stage. A total of APP
proximately 42,5O0 miles will have
been covered by the Atlantic bat
tleship# fleet when it arrives at Hamp-
ton Roads on February % newt,
according to estimates made by the
naval officials.
The distance to be covered ac-
cording to an itinerary made public
today for the voyage of the fleet
from San Francisco to the Philip
pines, thence to China and Japan and
back to Manila is 16,21S miles. The
longest lap of this distance is from
Honolulu to Auckland, $3.50 miles,
said by naval officials to be the great
est steaming distance ever made by
any battleship fleet in the American
navy Nsthouti stopping for 'coal.
This will require slightly more than
sixteen days, and during about six
days of thai time the department ex-
poets. to be in touch with the fleet
through the operations Of the wire
less telegraph apparatus aboard the
battleships and the auXiliaries and
the cable station at the Fiji Islands.
One of the golfers and two of the
supply ships will stop at Samoa or
coal and the battleship Illinois,
which under ordinary circumstances
cannot carry enough fuel to steam
1000 miles, will store some coal IN
bags on deck and also take fuel IN
her fire room. Regular coal sup
Manila, hold extensive aneuv
rious stopping places when needed.
The fleet will leave San Francisco
on July 6, as originally intended,
make two stops instead of one at
Manila, hold extensive manaeuvres
in the Mediterranean and reach
Gibraltar the first week in Febru-
airy. The first stop in Manila will be
eight days, after which the fleet will
return for three weeks target prac-
tice in the Philippines. Upon reach
ing Australia the Meet will be divided
eight ships going to Melbourne and
eight going TO Sydney, thereby saw
ing several days iime. The stops
at Yokohama and Chefoo will lie
for only six or seven days, the fleet
making longer stops at Hawaii anu
Samoa owing to the difficulty II
coaling more than one or two
ships at a time. The plans are for
the fleet to be on the Atlantic coast
not later than February %.
Leaving San Francisco July G, the
battleships are scheduled to cover
the 2,100 knots to Hawaii in nine
days, arriving there on July 10,
where the coaling process will be
long, keeping the fleet until July
rs.
The next run. from Hawaii to
Samoa, 1893 knots, will require
at the ter-knot cruising speed ten
days, SO that the fleet may be eX-
pected at Samoa on August 4. An
other long stay will be made on &C
count of the coaling process at
Samoa, the fleet leaving that port
about August IA for the 2,SS6 nile
run to Australia.
Two divisions of the fleet will
steam into. Sydney about August "a,
whereas the two other divisions
make their call at Melbourne, where
they will remain for the last week n
August, steaming out at the begin
ming Of September to join the bat
tleships at Sydney and start on the
long cruise to Manila.
The fleet will arrive in Japan the
first week in October, SO that this
month will be entirely taken up with
calls at Yokohama and Chefoo,
China, the battleships then return
ing to the Philippines in November,
so that the greater part of this
month can be given over to target
practice.
Rear-Admtral sperry does not
hope to reach Colombo, 2,946 knots
from Manila, until the middle of De-
cember. The runs from Colombo to
Alden, 2,13O knots, together with
the time consumed in getting the
fleet through the canal, will take, it
is estimated, about one month.
The navy department leaves the
remainder of the cruise to Rear
Admiral Sperry for such maneu-
vers as he may wish to execute in
the Mediterranean, with the condi-
ton that Rear-Admiral Sperry
reach Gibraltar the first week in
February.
The officers and men Of the At
lantic fleet are to be well fed on
their journey from San Francisco
to New York. Bids were opened al
the navy department for 4,14S,5O(
pounds of provisions for the $1,000
men and officers on The journey q
5000 miles from San Francisco t.
Australia. Japan, China and to Ma
Mia Provisions for the return WOW