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ARMY AND NAVY NEWS
Fleet Reception Invitations.


Fleet Reception Invitations.
Invitations for the reception aboard
the fagships Tennessee and West Vir-
ginia have been issued as follows:
The Officers of the
First Squadron
United States Pacific Fleet,
Request the honor of your presence at
reception to be given on board
the U. s. s. Tennessee and U.
S. S. West Virginia, Ala
kea Street Wharf,
On Tuesday evening, September the
twenty-eighth,
From eight to eleven o'clock.
Dancing.
Cards enclosed are to admit the bear
er and ladies, and admission to gentle
men viii be by card only.
U. S. s. Rainbow Damaged.
CAVITE, August 1S-Information
has reached here to the effect that the
Hongkong, with her engines broken.
1t seems that the Rainbow left the
Third Squadron, United States Pacific
feet, at .Cheefoo, China, and that she
was under orders to proceed direct to
Cavite, but while off the coast of For
mosa she encountered a severe storm,
breaking her shaft and disabling her
engines. For a time she was at the
mercy of the seas, being completely
lost as to bearings, etc., until tramp
steamer hove in sight and towed her
to Hongkong. At this latter port hasty
repairs are being made, and she is due
to leave that port on the 23rd instant,
arriving at Cavite about the Goth.
The Rainbow left this port several
months ago with the Torpedo Flotilla,
acting as mother ship to those vessels.
It now develops, however, that the tiny
torpedo craft are in more seaworthy
condition than their would-be mother
ship.
Marine Sergeant Dead.
CAvITE, August I7.-sergeant Stan
ton, of the Marine Corps at this sta
ton, killed himself this morning. He
had been absent from this post since
Saturday last. Sergeant Stanton had
been drinking heavily, and was sup
posed to have been crazed by drink
when he committed the rash deed.
Oregon for Cavite.
CAVITE, August 19-News has just
reached this station from the United
States that the department has decided
to send the Z. S. s. Battleship Oregon
to this station, shortly after she has
been placed in commission at the Navy
Yard at Bremerton, Washington.
Dewey Praises Men.
WASHINGTON, September 13.--Ad-
mira1 George Dewey's face glowed with
pleasure as he read today the reports
of the splendid work being done by the
men in the Navy in their record target
and battle practice off the Virginia
capes.
See that record he said, as he
pointed to an unofficial report which
said that the battleship Louisiana had
made sixteen hits out of sixteen shots
at two targets. That is world heater
feel great pride in the manner in
which our men have acquitted them
selves. Our ships are fine, too. Vice
Admiral Uriu of the japanese navy,
who visited this country last spring,
told me the Connecticut was the best
all-around battleship he had ever
seen.
More ships9 of course we need more
ships, . declared Admiral Dewey. eve
need to keep our naval establishment
to the highest state of efficiency.
The Admiral referred to the opinion
held by some authorities that the
United States should keep a strong
battleship fleet ON both the Atlantic
and Pacific Coasts. That, he pointed
out, did not mean that these vessels all
should be in commission at the same
time, but that some should be held in /
reserve, available if needed
NORFOLK (Va.), September 10
With their target and battle practices
on the Southern drill grounds COM i
pleted, fifteen battleships of Rear-Ad-
miral Schroeder s combined Atlantic
fleet are today at anchor in Hampton /
roads coaling preparatory to their de-
parture a week hence for Tompkins- !
vile, n. Y.
Inspecting Wireless Stations.
VALLEJO, Sept. S.-Lieutenant Com |
mander s. s. Robinson, recently de-
tached from the cruiser Pennsylvania !
and ordered to service with the bureau
of equipment for special wireless work,
has just completed an official inspection
of the wireless system at the Mare
island navy yard.
He viii inspect the other stations in
this vicinity before going east. It is
expected that Commander V. S. Nelson,
inspector of equipment at Mare island,