Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-18
ARE READY TO
SAIL FOR NORTH
JUNIOR OFFICERS GUESTS AT
DANCE
FLEET READY TO SAIL FROM
SAN DIEGO
Anchors viii Be Weighed at 6 O'Clock
This Morning and Ships VIII
Begin Journey to San
Pedro
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Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio and Mis-
souri,.
Fourth division: Wisconsin, Illinois,
Kearsarge and kentucky.
The ship mentioned first in each di-
vision is to serve as flagship.
Orders have been issued that the
Minnesota shall be docked Immediately
after the review, about May IL, and be
got out In time to accompany the fleet
to the north. The battleships are to be
fully provisioned before leaving San
Francisco, as none of the supply ships
or other auXiliaries are to go north.
Leaving san Francisco May IL, all OF
the eight shipG oe the first squadron
are scheduled to arrive in Bellingham
bay May q. The ships of the third
division arrive the same day at Port
Angeles and ALI OF the ships of the
fourth division, except the Kentucky,
arrive at Fort Townsend. The Ken
lucky goes to Bremerton Immediately
to dock.
Remain in BeIIlngham
The ships remain in Bellingham bay,
at the anchorageS near Seattle, until
May 26, when all save the Kentucky
will steam to Tacoma, close in. with
out anchoring. The first and third di-
visions then depart for San Francisco.
The second division, namely the
Georgia, New Jersey. Rhode Island and
Virginia, will anchor near Tacoma for
a three days visit and then will pro-
ceed to Bremertor to- dock. Two ships
of the fourth division, when the fleet
separates on May 26, will proceed at
once to Bremerton to dock.
The docking order at Bremerton has
been fixed as follows: Kentucky, May
81 or %; Kearsarge, Illinois, Georgia,
New Jersey, Rhode Island and Vir-
ginia. The Wisconsin, which does not
need docking, will return to San Fran
cisco with the first and third divisions.
The ships that dock at Bremerton will,
as they are ready, proceed to San
Francisco singly and rejoin the fleet.
the last enc to arrive there not later
than July 8.
The first and third divisions arrive
at San Francisco May 29 and begin
docking the next day, in the following
order: Connecticut, Kansas, Vermont,
Louisiana, Ohio and Missouri.
The Nebraska will not need docking
and the Minnesota will already have
docked. Ships docking at Bremerton
are directed to take all sea stores on
board at that station except fresh
lief, will dock at Mare island, COM
May II, in the following order:
Culgoa, Glacier, Panther and Yankton.
The Relief i'll accompany the first
division to Puget sound and return.
Thomas to Quit Service
Admiral ,Thomas expressed some sur
prise today at the statements in certain
that he had been expected
to command the fleet on the trip to
Puget sound.
The admiral declared that he had ap-
piled some time ago to be relieved of
command lot later than May 25, but
this was before May 18 had been fixed
as the date of departure from San
Francisco for the north.
When this date was announced, Ad-
miral Thomas telegraphed the depart
ment from Magdalena bay, asking to
be relieved, to make way for Admiral
Sperry, who is to command the fleet
on it's tri paround the world on May
16. He did this in order that Admiral
Sperry might get acquainted with fleet
duties and have all the details In hand
prior to me start for Honolulu on
July T.
Upon examining the San Francisco
admiral Thomas found that
May 15 was set aside for baseball
contests and other sports at which his
presence was not required, and so he
has now requested to be relieved on
that date
The fact that Admiral Thomas was to
haul down his flag toward the middle
of May and prior to the trip north had
been known in the fleet for
three weeks or more.