The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-06-15
UNITED STATES TO HAVE MOST
POWERFUL DREADNoUGHT
AT SPrTHEAD EVENT.
PART OF The CORONATION
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dreds of Vessels on June pa
King and Queen to Appear
in State at Ascot.

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review of King George at Spithead.
June "a. will see gathered together In
full commission the largest number Of
vessels of the ~Dreadnaught class ever
assembled.
Most Of them naturally will be units
of the British navy. but the United
States will be represented by the most
powerful, up-to-date battleship partici-
pating in the review, the Delaware,
which is considered in naval circles to
typify the latest ideas of battleship
construction. The system adopted in
her case of placing the five turrets in
a single line is being followed in all
the new battleships of the British feet
now under construction.
There are to be more than 10 battle
ships of the D~readnaught type that
will be in line on review day. These
are the Colossus, Hercules, Neptune,
st. Vincent, ColliDgwood, Vanguard,
B~elerophone, T~emeraire, Superb and
Dreadnaught. To these will be added
four cruisers of the Invincible class,
the Indefatigable, Invincible, Inflexible
and Indomitable.
Germany is the only other nation to
send a Dreadnought. This will be the
Won Der Tam, declared to be the
fastest waTship in the world. The
other foreign naval powers are send
ing vessels of the pre-Dreadnaught
class, although in some instances they
are of quite recent construction.
Nations and Their Vessels.
France will be represented by the
Danton, Japan by Kurama, Austria by
the RadetZky, Italy by the San Marco.
Russia by the Rossiya, Spain by the
Reina Regente, Argentina by the Bue-
nos Aires, Chile by the Chacabuco,
Sweden by the Fylgia, Turkey by the
Hamidieh and China by the HaiChi.
Denmark, Holland and Norway are to
be represented by small coast defense
vessels.
All the vessels present at the re-
view, including the foreign warships
and passenger ships with spectators,
will be moored in lines, supplemented
by shorter ines for the torpedo boats
and submarines. The boundaries of
the review ground enclose an area of
about IS square miles. There will
be 10 British war vessels of various
| types present.
The king and queen will pass
through the lines on board the royal
yacht Victoria and Albert, which will
be accompanied by two other royal
yachts, the Alexandra and Lle Alberta.
AS the royal yacht approaches each
vessel in line, a salute will be fired
| and at the same time the shore batter
les will join in the greeting.
King and Queen to Appear at Ascot.
Two society functions this week will
| divert attention somewhat from the
| coronation preparations and monoplize
| social activities. These are the inter
national horse show and the Ascot
! races. The court has removed to
| Windsor and the king and queen will
| make a state appearance at Ascot both
on the opening day, Tuesday, and on
Thursday, when the gold cup will be
the feature. Ascot week is the occa-
sion of brilliant house parties by the
leaders of society, with royalty great
ly in evidence.
Invitation cards are now being is
sued for the coronation ceremony in
Westminster Abbey, where two addi-
tional rehearsals will be held this
week. The Indian troops now located
at Hampton Court, together with the
Canadian contingent, are being made
welcome at various attractions and en-
tertainments.
Scotland Yard is taking strict pre-
cautions to guard against any attempts
by anarchists on the occasion of the
coronation professions. All those hav-
ing control of the seats on the Zines
OF the route have beer required to
give the names and addresses of all
foreigners booking seats or windows,
to enable inquiries to be made, and
an unusually strict watch is being
kept at all shipping ports.
The Roman Catholic archbishop Of
Westminster has requested his clergy
to hold special masses on coronation
day, with prayers for the king. A spe-
cial coronation service will be held in
the Roman Catholic cathedral at West
minister on June %.