El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-10-30

the spectacle Of the big sea monsters
by night provided thrills for thousands
OF Aanhattanltes and visitors who
lhronged toward Riverside Drive inns
evening and glOried in the play Of
searchlightss in the chug-chub Of
launcnes as parties OF blueJackerS leII
and In occasional snatches Of marital
music by the sailors band waited
over the waters by the wind
In Three Grand Divisions.
The vessels are grouped In three
divisions and extend northWard from
9th street in the Hudson for dis
lance Of eight miles. The first group
is comprised of battleships, cruisers.
armored cruisers and Golfers They
face New York. The submarines are
just astern Of the battleships- The
second group consists Of destrOyers
and auElliartes. The. third group is
made up Of torpedo boats.
me Ileer or Datrlesh1ps mounts eX-
actly 400 guns manned by about II 600
Officers and men. The total displace-
ment Of the fleet is 577,59s tons.
Review For Secretary.
The secretary Of the navy and party
viii review the vessels from the deck
Of the 4layfloWer tomorrow In the
evening halloween night, the whole
l0z ships OF war VIII be strung with
electric lights On the day following
secretary. Meyer VIII inspect one yes
sci in each division.
There are 81 battleships and armored
er class 13 Of Uncle Sans total fleet
Of 81 vessels are in New York Nine
torpedo boats out of a flOtilla of g.
and IL submarines out Of is owned by
the United States are also here. These
smaller boats viii play prominent
part In the maneuTers which viii mark
the mobilization
Great care has been taken by rear
admiral Osterhouse. ranking officer Os
the fleet to see that the shipping Of
the harbor is not interfered with and
on the day Of the naval review. police
boats and launches from the squadron
win patrol the waters and Keep order
among the thousands Of pleasure craft
and excursion boats that VIII crowd The
Hudson
Much interest is manifested as to the
nature Of the maneuTers that viii be
undertaken by the fleet. but so far 1T
tie light has been shed on this feature
Of the mobilization by the navy depart
ment Tt is probable however. that the
maueuvers Of the destroyers, torpedo
boats and submarines will be aug
mented by experiments with larger
vessels.
Makeup of Eastern Fleet.
The fleet is made up of the follow
ing vessels: Battlesnips- Connecticut
Florida. Utah. Delaware. North Dakota,
Michigan. Louisiana, South Carolina.
Kansas Vermont New HAMPSHIRE Min
nesOta. Mississippi. Idaho. Missouri,
Ohio, Georgia, Nebraska New Jersey.
Virginia. Maine, Iowa Indiana Massa-
chusetts; total tonnage. 368.864
ArmOred cruisers-Wa Washington and
North Carolina tonnage. $4,000
Protected crUisers-Salem and Des
MOines; tonnage. $3.50.
DestrOyers- Reid, Flussen. Lamson,
Preston. Smith Dra-tOn. Mccall. Roe.
Terry. Perkins. Mayrant. Sterett. Wake
Warrington. Patterson, Monaghan, Am
men, Burrows Trippe Marlborough /
WOrdOn; total tonnage, 1880
TORPEDO boats-Blakely. Dupont. Bar
ney, Biddle Craven. Dahlgren, De Long.
Shubrick. Stockton. Tingey. Wilkes
BagleT. Bailey. Stringham and Morris.
total tonnage. 1884
rines-Grayling Bonita Mar
whal Salmon, Snapper. Stingray, Tar
pom. Octopus Torpedo boat tenders
Dixie. Castine and Severn. Total ton
maze, S466
Gunboats- Nashville. Dolphin. Mari /
eta and Petrol; total tonnage. 4737.
aries--Prairie (transport), San /
francisco (mine layer, Lebanon lam
munitiOn ship Panther (repair shfD).
Mayflower Converted yacht Yankton /
ltender), Celtic and CulgOa (suppIv 4
ships. Solace Hospital ship; total |
tonnage, 40,733.
olliers-Neptune. CycIops. Hector. !
Mars. Vulcan, Ajax, Brutus and Ster-
linEs, total tonnage, 1888.
Oil anker-Artethusa tonnage. $3.50 /
Tugs-PtuXent PatapscO and Poto- 4
mac; total tonnage 2295
The Los Angeles AssembIage.
Los Angeles, Calf. Oct 9O.-The last
warship Of the Pacific fleet arrived here
today. This completes the list of YES I
sells that viii take part in the naval /
review scheduled for the next three
days. and brings the total tonnage of \
the p vessels Of war 10 to 1925. The 4
fleet includes practically every vessel /