The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-21

EFaFNNgr ~ Sffioualy betayed WV
Esrk visit Now min ely European
Cruise 10 he Postponed Cor Repair.
FORTRESS MONROE. Va sept - ON
Sunday after a full weeks enforced idle
ness due To heavy seas. the breaking up
IT target RATS and tho disabling 81 tugs
and other auxiliary vessels the Atlantic
hattie fleet settled down in calmer water.
prepared To- resume target practice thar
night
With the exception 81 spotting practice,
conducted NV one ship from each Of ~
four divisions last Tuesday, there has
been no action with the guns Instead
every ship has heen kept busy every
minute standing by the RATS. searching
for rhos" that broke lnos" and were carried
uui many niles To- sea and assisting dis.
ahl"d tugs
Two ships lost their anchors in IN.
heavy seas while a stId mort heaster ran
from thirty 10 forty miles an hour for
forty .ight hours. One lost seventy five
faihpms ~ chain Two tugs lost their
prop.llers and golfers even were driven
20 shelter IN lynhavsn Hay.
several ships Mere sent in To- Hampton
Roads for coal. this made necessary bv
almost f'hll~l dlll UFdNN ~ Nrluk
entire fleet has baen isolated each ship
from another. and only the Connection
Admiral Schroadar's flagship haS -.
c,'lv.d mail The Vermont m the fourth
DIVISION has not received or sent mail
since September =
The Commando IN chief has allowed
no wireless messages except Official. AMI
a strict limit and censorship have been
maintained on press dispatches
III" fia't. which should have lefi Hang
ton Roads IN S"ptemlie r IA for the dr.ll
gruunds remained in~id" because IT
storm warnings from the Grif
on TUESDAY,. IA" 18th, IN" CpnneC.
'iCu' Louisiana. GaurUIa and Minnesota
begau night practice THIS VAS dlscrn-
tlnued AT midnight On the recommend
uon ~ Admiral Cnmlv of the third division,
Who announced tw" men washed over
b. ard and rescued with great difficulty
Ona target hrok. lou-. and was lost
The tug Potomac was totally a sahled
losing her propeller
VI o: the lth was spont standing
by. hunting for submerged targets. RATS.
uIpvs 30
on m. 18th the fourth division raft
got away and the MISsIsslppI had a chase
~ twenty miles to recover n ! he Pan /
Their. Celtic and ia-1t towel RATS -
Iyuhayrn Ray for shelter The Cesar
attempting To- return IN. NEXT day lost
her steering gear On IN" 10th the
virginia and Nebraska lost anchors.
the. latter With seveuty-ilys fathnm- IT
chain Ou ~. 9Th the Minnesota. Ne .
hra-Na. Virginia ant louisiana sailed = F..
uamt' Va Roads for So 1n- - coal each /
~. Mundav. with nearly half 30 the
tugs aud ,th-T auNiltari-r disabled. u
h,-.1tue necessary for the big battlesh'ps
o. attempt ~ g. tn" work II tugs
Four raffs after being ~ position !
partai their anchor lines This hap |
p.uei = the raft which m" Vermont !
had been protecting for four iay- The
raft when the anchor ian" parted shot
furwari almost mt m" bug ship stern,
winding her line around the propeller
After much dIficultv the propeller was
freed II waS then DARK and impossible
to -.t the RATS at night. ~ again IN"
firing Was postponed
With the break 20 clear dawn on
Tuesday all ships were under way again
az work On the raftS. Before noon a
IlSht must dropg%i and turned into rain,
II. pUIug vuTa again d
TINS means the post tenement ~ ~"
feet, visit 80 New Work. upon IN" com
,,I.',rn e target practice Tor '-t days
lE.rtv e. mon and ,NiCrr- 10 recognition
81 their hHii work IN" hee' sails ~
Nuv.rntsr ! Tor i've months IN the NeIi-
terran.an SOFT will Ge necessary 20 send |
al shlps t. Yards NOT later than Sep'sm-
har 70 nr October ! for repairs Much q
work will Toe necessary. owing - the hard /
bounding the fleet has received in the |
heaviest seas IA which IL has ever AT
tempted advanced service battle target |
praCtlC" "
Tvan with firing late tonight, which |
now seems improbable. owing To- tbs
Intermittent rain and constant heavy
haze four days will be required 20 com
pleta the work This would make ~
impnssIhle for the feet io reach Nsv
YORK before sunday. even with abandon
my the programme Of desired supple
m.n'arv governmental firing ~ one ~
two DAYS - the officers and blueJacke's
viii np' have opportunity Of spending
thor 4lf million dollars ~ accumulated
nav On broadway ur tho boWery.
thus DELAY u was HaId unoficially
to-day will mean m" pOsipOnement ~
IN. European cruise from November I
FOR 40 or possibly Four weeks. Accord
IuK 10 Admiral Schroeders itinerary the
first and thlri divisions will sail from
New York and Bssto On respectively NoVsm-
b..r the second and fourth divisions ~
leave Norfolk and Philadelphia respect
lively October ~. IN" fleet 10 hs assembled
at S-l and arrive on Gibraltar about |
November -
IN. fa.., - due 10 arrive January 10
at Guantanamo Tor N" winter manRuvrea |
Every gun crew has been trained for q |
full year, ever sine" ~" u udson-Fulton |
celebration IN NeW York last september /
for this "sJ.CrIl work The ordnance
and Runnsry officers and crews have
become ~ proficient. - ~ ldenced 10y the /,
bath. praciic" II llsi September and he |
record prdc'ic" ~ last tpril that the /
main object ~ this pracfic" ~ ~ try out +
IN" admiral. and skIpp"r- the men /
higher NJ tn" men behInd the guns
such - those Il m" Idaho. south Caro-
lima Vermont and Mississippi have
that they can make from
80 10 ~ per cent - hits n brought into /
range and now the commanding naViRat. I
ing and engineer officers ar" called upon I
80 perform their duties to nicety IN the /
matter - approach, speed H..