New-York tribune., 1910-07-16
ATLANTIC FLEETS CRUISE
itinerary of Mediterranean Trip
Made Public.
WILL BE is BATTLESHIPS
Navy Department Announces
Ports Which Will Be Visited
and Dates.
IFrom TIE Tribune Bureau.


Washington. July 15.-The detailed itin-
erary OF the European cruise of the
Atlantic feet comprising sixteen battle
ships the auxiliary cruiser Dixie and tor
pedo boat descroyers. the converted yacht
Yankton. the hospital ship Solace and the
supply ship Cuigoa. was announced by the
Navy Department to-day The vessels will
leave their home yards ard rendezvous II
a convenient point on the Atlantic Ocean,
thence proceeding by divisions until it be-
comes necessary to separate in accordance
with the itinerary. The first date in the
programme is October 26, when the Yank-
ton viii leave New York, and the last date
Is January 16. when the battleships will ar
rive at Guantanamo for the usual manpu-
vres. including target practice. The ports in
cluded in the itinerary are Villefranche,
Naples. Gibraltar. Toulon. Genoa. Alex
andria. Barcelona, Lisbon, MarseiIles.
Ponta Delgada, Leghorn, Algiers and Ma
deira.
All of the feet except the third division,
the destroyers. the Dixie the Yankton and
the Solace, will spend Christmas at Gibral-
tar, and even the Solace will arrive there
during the holidays.
The first division will leave New York on
November /. The Connecticut and the
Michigan will be at Villefranche November
Is TO December . and at Naples December 3
to 49, and the Delaware and the North Da-
kota at Toulon, November Is TO December
e and Genoa December to 19. all four
battleships o. this division remaining at
Gibraltar December % to 81.
The second division will leave Fortress
Monroe Virginia. on October 81 The Lou
isiana and the South Carolina will visit
PhaIerum Bay November q to December 3
and Alexandria December to II, and the
Kansas and the New Hampshire will visit
Alexandria November 2 TO December and
Phalerum Bay December to 1S all four
being at Gibraltar December "A to 81.
Constituting the third division, which will
leave Boston on November 1. the battleships
Georgia and Nebraska will visit Barcelona
November Is to December S. and the Rhode
Island and the Virginia will be at Mar
seilIes November l. to December Z. the en-
tire division TO be at Lisbon December IL
TO January L
OF the fourth division, which will leave
Philadelphia on October 81, the battleshipS
Minnesota and Vermont will he at Naples
November 70 to December and Vile
franche December to q, and the battle
stips Mississippi and Idaho will visit Genoa
November AS 10 1JeCeIlDeI = ditj / 4DOAOiA DO
cember 8 to q, the whole division remain
ing at Gibraltar December "A to 81.
All the other craft are grouped in what
is termed the seventh torpedo division The
destroyers, the auxiliary cruiser Dixie and
the hospital ship Solace will leave New
York on November l. The destroyers and
the Dixie will be at Ponta Delgada No
vernber to Il. at Leghorn November 70 to
December s. at Algiers December 10 to 70
at Madeira December 30 TO January and
at San Juan January u, being joined at
San Juan three days later by the Iankton
The Yankron will leave New YORK on
October % putting in at Ponta Delgada
November 3 TO 10, Eilefranche November
IS TO December .. Naples December 3 to Is
and Madeira December 25 TO January d
The solace will visit Algiers November II
to December 10. Lisbon December lS to 26,
Gibraltar December q 10 81, returning to
Norfolk on January Il. The Culgoa Will
leave New York on December and visit
Lisbon December Il to Q aid Gibraltar De-
cenber "a TO 81, re urning to New York
January Ii.