The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-22
AMDDRICA'S RECORD itH ronEHA TTNTEN TI

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 MAVERICKS RECORD
 BREAKING FLEET
 Rear Admiral Charles S. Sperry
 Commander -in-Chief.
 First Division: Connecticut, Capt Hugo Osterhaus; Kansas, Capt. Charles A1 vreeland; Minnesota, Capt. Johr
 Hubbard; Vermont, Capt. Frank F
 Fletcher.
 Second Division-Rear Admiral Rich
 ard Wainwright, Commander. Georgia Capt. George w. Kline; Nebraska
 Capt Reginald F. Nicholson; New
 Jersey, Capt. William H. H. Souther-
 land: Rhode Island, Capt. Joseph B N Murdock.
 Third Division-Rear Admiral Seator Schroeder, Commander. Louisiana Capt Kossuth Niles; Virginia, Capt g. Howard, Missouri, Capt. Robert M Doyle.
 Fourth Division.--Rear Admiral Will liam F. Potter, Commander. Wiscon- sin. Capt Frank E. Beatty; Illinois Capt. John M. Bowyer; Kearsarge Capt Hamilton Hutchins; Kentucky Capt. Walter c. Cowles.
 Itinerary of the Fleet.
 Left Hampton Roads, Dec. 16 1907 arrived Rio De Janeiro Jan. F, 1908; punta Arenas, Jan. 31: Valparaiso Bay, March 12; San Francisco, May 6 Honolulu, July 16; Auckland, Aug. 10 Sydney, Aug. 20; Melbourne, Aug. 29
 Manila, Oct. 2; Yokohama, Oct. IS; Manila, First Squadron, Oct. 31; Annoy Second Squadron, Oct. 30; Colombo, Dec. 12: Port Said, Jan. 5. 1909; Naples Jan. 10; Villefrance, Jan. Il; Malta Jan. IA; Marseilles, Jan. 15; Gibraltar, Jan. 31; Hampton Roads. Feb. 22.
 Total distance covered-42, ,227 miles.
 Time consumed = One year, two months and six days.
 Foreign Countries sssvisited-FifteeDs
 Old Point Comfort, Va, Feb. 22.- Enthusiastically welcomed by the mad blowing of the whistles of scores of naval vessels and hundred or more other 1Sm1ps.. this only to be drowned \put by the thunderous saluting of twenty-o1e guns from each of the six teen battleships in the column. Aneri- cassrecord- breaking fleet sailed majes- tically in Hampton Roads to-day. It was the fleets home coming after it's circumnavtgation of the globe,-the most remarkable continuous voyage ever made by the warships of any navy.
 President Roosevelt and Secretary of the Navy Nerberry who were the last to bid the fleet Godspeed when it left Hampton Roads December 16 1907, were the first to greet it upon it's re- turn. The President and his party of naval officers and ladies aboard the Mayhower. which was anchored off Ehimble Shoal Light. about seven miles ont, from Fort Monroe. sighted the ~varships as they turned in through the Virginia Capes. then formally review ec them while they passed the May flower in single column. When the fleet had dropped anchor in the Roads just above historic old Fort Monroe, the Mayfower steamed in among them and Admiral Sperry. the commander captains were received on board by the President. AL especially the com Inander-in-c were warmly con- graduated upon his safe completion of their unprecedented cruise.
 It was about o'clock when the Mayfower came from down the Poto- mac and the Chesapeake Bay and anchored near Thfmble Shoal. having left Washington yesterday afternoon. an the party. besides the President and Secretary Newberry. were Mrs. Roose- welt. Miss Roosevelt. Mrs. Newberry. Miss Newberry. Assistant Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Satterlee. Rear Admiral Cowles, chief of equipment, and Mrs. Cowles, the Presidents sis ter: Commander Simms, the Presi- dents chief naval aide. and Mrs. Eimms.
 Shortly after 10 o'clock the deck watch of the Mayfiower discovered a column of smoke almost directly east ward over Cape Charles, and half an hour later the warships which had been approaching under slow speed in order not to anticipate their scheduled hour of arrival. came into sight and passed the Capes. At Il o'clock the Flagship Connecticut leading, arrived off the Tail of the Horse Shoe. at which point the fleet was left by the Mayf1oWer when it followed the battle ships out of the Roads at the begin ming of the cruise. A quarter of an t1our later the Connecticut was off the l port beam of the Mayhower at a dis 1 tance of 300 yards. When opposite the ] Mayf1ower's quarter the Connecticut's | six-inch guns began the official salute l of 21 guns in honor of the Navy's com these had been fired when the Kansas, | the second ship in line. took up the | salute, quickly followed br~ the others. l The fleet. which has averaged about 10 | Knots speed throughout the cruise of more than IA months. passed the Presi | AGtlL dL ClSIlI fAIlOL dIlQ CulSISd lllS Roads at six knots.
 The clock system by which the fleet | anchor and swung around | with the tide to begin the cruise, was | on the return. The Connecti- l cut first swung into position, taking | her old berth about 800 yards off Old | Pnjnt. in the fine of the Jamestown Exposition grounds. Two hundred and fifty yards apart all the ships of the | first squadron were anchored in single | eollmn. and then began the formation if the second column. with the Flag ,l,,n Louisiana at the head. Her posi- ion was oft the Connecticut's star ,r,ard. and slightly astern. the two .ai11r11ns being about 400 yards apart
 A fine foot of the first column. but ' = dstance Of about $50 yards astern ,f tI1g Rhode Island the last ship in z, ~. fsr7 daine. flagship of Admiral Y. rs,o16 E. ss 1ird Squadron, which went IT .4'1 TX t1se Atlantic to escort the