The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-25

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sixteen fighting crafts in ALL Great
Britain has four, Germany has four
also, France has two. Italy has two,
Mexico has one, Argentine has one
and Cuba has one
Their massive hulls Juggling lazily
at their anchorages represent the
highest development in construction
from the great shipyards on the Clyde
and the best efforts of the German
naval constructors. The trimmest
ships of France, the pick of the fleet
OF Italy, are most impressive from
the old world to the new
Swift cruisers with triple expansion
engines and long rakish lines like
greyhounds of the ocean; massive bat
tleships mounted from turrets to the
fighting tops with batteries of the
highest type, swift torpedo boats and
torpedo boat destroyers, wonderful
submarines-every type of fighting
ship known to the United States and
eight other navies, four of them
world-powers, are in this impressive
assembly.
The Atlantic Fleet.
The United States Atlantic fleet I'M
der command of Rear Admiral Sea-
ton Schroeder, is represented by the
flagship; Vermont $4,000 tons),
Kansas $4,000 tons), Louisiana 16,-
600 tons), Minnesota (16,0OO tons),
New Hampshire 16,000 tons), Mis-
sissippi $4,000 tons), Idaho $4,000
tons), Georgia (14.948 tons). New
94S tons), Rhode Island (14,94S tons).
Virginia (14,94S tons), Missouri (12,-
800 tons). and Ohio (12.44O tons),
the armored cruisers North Carolina
14,5OO .tons). speed (224s knots)
New York (S,200 tons), Montana GA
500 tons) (22 knots), the scout cruz
sers Chester, Birmingham and Salem
(3,750 tons Is knots); and fleet OF
rs 1@- ya--c-
torpedo boats and other auxiliaries.
Rear Admiral Seaton Schroeder is
outranked by both Admiral Won Koes-
ter of the German Imperial navy and
Admiral Sir Edward Seymour of the
British Royal navy. movement to
petition the president to place Ad-
miral Dewey in command was
promptly halted by Admiral Dewey
himself, who said that his health and
age would not permit him to under
take eight days of full-dress duty and
banqueting. The appointment of Ad-
miral Seymour to these waters is re-
garded as another evidence of King
Edwards tact. Admiral Seymour was
in command of the British fleet in
Manila Bay on the day when Com
modore George Dewey annihilated the
Spanish fleet. and the rejoinder of
his captain, Sir Edward Chichester, to
the German commander who inquired
before Dewey went into action and
while the attitude of the German
fleet, then at anchor in the same
waters, was still a matter OF anxiety,
what action the English proposed to
take won him instant popularity IN
this country and passed into history,
crystallized in the aphorisms of Mr..
Dooley:
ambiguity, "is a matter
known only to Admiral Dewey and
myself
Seymour's Squadron. Il
Admiral Seymour became still bet
ter and even more favorablY known
TO Americans during the international
occupation of Pekin at the time of
the Boxer uprising.
His fleet here consists of the ar
mored cruisers Inflexible 17,5OO tons, |
% knots). Drake (14,1O0 tons, "a |
knots, Argyll (1O.s50 tons, 25 knots( |
and The Duke of Edinburgh, d5'55O
tons, % knots.)
Grand Admiral Won Rooster is also |
we'll known to Americans. An init |
mate friend Of the Kaiser, SO years an |
officer. and one of the committee |
which drew up the plans resulting |
in the German-American Conder-
Klasse races at Kiel and Marblehead, |
he recently retired as COMMANDMENT
Chief of the Imperial navy to be sue |
ceeded by Prince Henry of Prussia.
He consented, however, to accept the
presidency of the German Navy |
league and his appointment to the
compliment to his honorable career
and to this country. His fleet consists
of the cruisers Dresden (3.544 tons), |
Herthar (5.569 tons), Victoria Louise
(5.569 tons) and Bremen (3,2OO tons-) |
France sends three battleships I'M
der Admiral lie Pord-the Verite "a
635 tons), Justice (14,455 tops) LII
berte (14,635 tons.) Italy sends two
the Etruria and Etna; the Argentine |
Renublic. The Netherlands. Mex |
ico and Cuba one each.