The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-22
Roosevelt to Review Seven Niles
 of Warships Today.
The Review VIII Go Down In History ns One of the Most Notable in the Annals Of An
 Navy.


 morning, gettir
 hour in order | 10 o'clock and f. | flower at thu
 l in Chesapeal The weat
 on the coast l>
 during their breat.. drill grounds. will be painted afresh for the review
 row which will go down in history . one of the most notable In the annais of the American navy.
 The review will be notable in that fl will bring together the greatest num- Der of battleships ever assembled Tn. der the American flag. rhereNw W Ii ts twenty arst-class battleships in the imposing column.
 From Baltimore, Rich mouJ and New York, veritable fleets of exeursion boats are making their way to the re. viewing grounds. and tomorrow morn. ing will find the Roads hlIsJ as seldom before, with a welcoming host of all manner of floating craft.
 Rear Admiral Sperry repo -ted the ar. rival of his fleet and the weicamira squadron under conimani of Rear sd- miral Arnold to the Navy Deaa, rint mt this morning. as soon as the twenty i've ships of the joint command were brought to a standstiil. at the ocean drill grounds
 None but official messages were ex- changed. Admiral Sperry having given orders to the wireless operators neith- CT to send nor receive personal or com- mercial messages.
 Hundreds Line Besch. Hundreds of people went to yirginia Beach and Cape Henry today. hoping to catch glimpse of the returning | ships. They were disappointed. how ever. as the ships lay too far on the coast to be observed. even from high towers.
 Both Norfolk and Old Point Comfort were fairly choked with excursionists and visitors today.
 The repair ship Panther steamed in today. the third of the auxiliaries of the fleet to make home after encirciing the globe. A homeward bound pen nant of red streamed far behind the trim white vessel as she steamed in the Capes, and proceeded to an anchorage almost directly off the government pier. This floating machine shop has always been within wireless hail of the bat tleships and although her services have happily not been required for any se- rtous breakdowns. her presence has lent feeling of security to every com manding officer in the meet.
 The collier Ajax also came in today, late messenger from the fleet. The collieries have no home other than the restless ocean and so the black Ajax flew no homebound pennant today
 The busy dispatch boat Yanktown returned from Washington today. veritable treasure ship. In her strong room tonight are golden eagles, double eagles and half eagles, to the amount of $S00.000. to be used in paying of the officers and men of the fleet upon Ianl- .s4I., f. pay day for some time. and the jingle of American gold in their pockets, in a home port. will sound good to the blue jackets
 The naval yacht Sylph, one of the vessels placed at the disposal of the President. arrived today, to take out to the reviewing grounds tomorrow the wives of the admirals and captains of the fleet. Wainwright. and Mrs. Potter wives of the flag officers of the four divisions of the fleet, all are here and more than one half of the wives of the cap tains also will be on board the Sylph tomorrow. The naval watch Oneida, assigned to the militia of the District of Columbia. is here with General George H. Harris. of Washington and party on board.
 
 to attempt to receive the hundreds of wireless messages addressed to officers of the fleet, has occasioned much woe here among the navy widows and the host of sweethearts who have gather ed to greet the home coming officers. The ladies have been bombarding the naval wireless station at Norfolk with messages for the past week. Some of the intended radiograms. 1t is said are such as the waves which carry the wireless dots and dashes seldom have known.
 Cheer up lucky darling, I'll be waiting at the dock" read one of the messages, while others were filled with more love and kisses than the wire less possibly could carry.
 Rear Admiral Edward D. TaussiE, commandant of the Norfolk navy yard, and the fifth naval district. arrived this afternoon to arrange the last de- tails of the fleets anch orage. The na- val tugs that will form a patrol and keep the pathway of the fleet clear of trespass, began to arrive this after noon. Tthe torpedo boat destroyer Worden. the flagship of the Patrol, is fleet enough to overtake and warn off any ventursome craft that attempts to run through the forbidden lines.
 The plan of tomorrow's review brief. ly is as follows:
 The Mayfiower, with the President and his party on board will arrive at the tail of the Horse Shoe in Chesa- peak Bay about eight miles east of the Old Point pier. and about equal dis tance from the gateway off the capes, at nine o'clock.
 The Connecticut, leading the single column of battleships and escorting cruisers will point the way in the capes at 10 o'clock, and will pass the Mayfiower promptly at II o'clock
 Seven Miles Long.
 The line of ships. 1t Is now estfmat- ed. will be a little more than seven miles long. and will be one hour in passing The battleships will proceed