The daily sentinel., 1908-07-07
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Connecticut. and her sister ships, the
Kansas, Minnesota and Vermont
This division, as well as the entire
fleet, is under immediate command OF
Rear Admiral Sperry. The second
division of the first squadron is COM
manded by Acting Rear Admiral
Richard Wainwright, and consists of
the flagship Georgia and her sister
ships, the Nebraska, New jersey and
Rhode Island Rear Admiral Will
liam II. Emory commands the second
squadron and third division, and is
aboard of the flagship louisiana The
Virginia, Ohio and Missouri also are
in this division. The fourth division
under the command of Acting Rear
Admiral Seaton Schroeder, is made up
of the flagship Wisconsin and the
Illinois, Kearsage, and Kentucky.
The Nebraska and Wisconsin form
erly of the Pacific fleet, have taken
the places of the Maine and Alabama
of the Atlantic fleet which are en-
route to Hampton roads as a special
service squadron.
The fleet auxiliaries preceded the
battleships by week, and are now
nearing Honolulu, where they will
unload supplies and sail away for
New Zealand before the arrival of
the fleet at Honolulu. These auxil-
iaries are the Panther, repair ship;
Glacier, refrigerator supply ship;
Culgoa, supply ship; Ajax, collier;
Relief, hospital ship and Yankton,
tender and despatch boat.
The battleships which sailed to-
day on the longest voyage ever un-
dertaken by such a powerful fleet
during which they will completely
encircle the world, from Hampton
Roads to Hampton Roads. have
total tonnage of 196,1O0 tons. The
fleet is capable of steaming on an
average of ten knots an hour under
any sea conditions, and is following
an itinerary which will bring the
ships to Manila on October /, 1908.
The complete route from Manila to
Hampton Roads has not yet been
definitely announced, but it is ex-
pected that the fleet will arrive at
It's ultimate destination during the
latter part of February, 1909. when
1t viii be Joined at Hampton Roads
by most of the other ships of the
American navy then on the Atlantic
Coast, and this great fleet of war
vessels greater even than that which
gathered in San Francisco Bay on the
than the one that assembled at
Hampton Roads December 16 when
the present record breaking voyage
began and where it will again be re-
viewed by President Roosevelt Just
prior to his going out of office.
The fleet is scheduled to arrive at
Honolulu July 16. Residents of that
remote possession of the United
States have prepared magnificent
and fitting reception to the officers
and men, which will be of the nature
of a reception and a belated Fourth
of July celebration combined 1t will
be the first special entertainment of
the fighting men since Puget Sound
cities delighted to do them honor,
and preparations have been making
for months at Honolulu that no pleas
ing feature shall be lacking
After a stay of one week in Ho1o-
lulu, the fleet will proceed to Auck-
land, New Zealand. 1t is by special
invitation of the New Zealand gov
ernment that the American ships go
there, and at this port the yankee"
sailors will receive their first greet
lngs from foreign people since leav-
ing South America. This greeting
will be particularly cordial ana the
entertainment arranged for officers
and men promises to be magnificent.
The fact that this greeting will come
at the end of the longest leg of the
voyage around the world, when the
men are worn by a stretch of seven
| teen successive days out of sight of
land, will tend to make it all the
more welcome.
Perhaps the greatest of all the
entertainments to be given the men
of the fleet in any foreign city, how
ever, will be waiting their arrival at
Sidney, the great port of Australia,
where the warships, after leaving
Auckland on August Is. will arrive
on August 20. Half million dollars
is the sum the government of Aus
tralia and the people of Sidney have
appropriated for the entertainment
of the American sailors. Varied and
many are the pleasures the Austral-
ians have planned and placed in store
for them, during the nine days OF
theil stay at that port. The govern
ment will take an active part in these
entertainments, those in the official
life of the Colony vieing with private
citizens in efforts to display their hos
pitality. A series of elaborate social
functions for the officers. and pa
rades and excursions and sports for
the enlisted men comprise the pro-
gram.
Melbourne and Albany are two
other ports of Australia where the
flee will stop and where open
handed hospitality, and lavish en-.
tertainment will be given the men
From the port of Albany the fleet
will steam on September II fol
Manila, and it will arrive in thesS
! American waters, the last home port
until Hampton Roads, on October 1
The reception to be accorded the
fleet in Manila will be a striking one
} and the entertainment of the officer.