Bismarck daily tribune., 1911-10-30

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yard, has been prepared for the par
ade and will bob alongside the great
battleships.
Arrangements here call for five and
perhaps seven, miles Of ships, great
and small. forming four lines in the
Hudson river from West Fifty-seventh
street to Fort Washington, or above
The battleships will be four hundred
yards apart, destroyers 300 smaller
torpedo boats and other craft, 200 In
order that they may be displayed to
the best advantage it was arranged
to have the submarines anchored
nearest the New York shore. Next in
line come the battleships and, in the
third and fourth columns nearest New
Jersey, the destroyers and torpedo
boats.
This long line of vessels, twenty
four of them battleships comprising
the flower of the Atlantic Fleet, will
have an aggregate tonnage of 577,285;
and off Los Angeles to twenty-four
warships will have tonnage of 49,
245, making grand total of 693,53O.
Thus, as a national naval display, the
mobilization will surpass the German
review at Kiel in September; will out
weigh the French display at Toulon
last month and will rank second on
ly to the great array of fighting ships
which assembled in the Solent on
June "a, during the ceremonies of
George V, of England On that occa-
sion there was d@s>ay of 167 British
warships and eighteen foreign YES
sells, and the aggregate tonnage of
British vessels sls.:le was more than
million.
The entire fleet which will swing at
anchor in the Hudson river until
Thursday comprises twenty-four bat
tleships, two armored cruisers, two
protected cruisers, twenty-five destroy
ers, sixteen torpedo boats, eight sub
marines, three torpedo fleet tenders,
four gunboats, nine miscellaneous ves'
sells, such as hospital, supply and am
munition ships; eight colliers, an OIL
tanker and three tugs. Never in the
history of the American navy have SO
many warships been thrown together,
and to man them requires nearly hal1
the enlisted strength of the entire
navy.
It is a serious problem to anchor
such an array of vessels in the Hud-
son without inconveniencing passing
commercial craft, but with the posi-
tions worked out carefully on a dla-
gram each vessel slips into it's ap-
pointed place as quietly as posslole,
The flagship Connecticut, which led
the Atlantic fleet on its round-the'
world cruise, will swing at the head
of the column not far from the giant
Florida, which makes her appearance
in public for the first time. She was
only recently put in commission, mas
not yet had her speed trials, and III
participating in the display she leaves
the Brooklyn navy yard, where she
was built, for her first turn around
the harbOr.
New Yorks last great naval dem
onstration was during the HUDSON
Fulton celebration. but the then com
bined strength of the United states
and visiting warships, does not equal
the array planned for the present moD-
ilization. AS an experiment OF assem-
bling on short notice, a great numoer
of ships in fighting trim, 1t is oelhs
watched with interest by naval autnor-
ties, and may be compared, from d
naval viewpoint, to the mobilization OF
troops at San Antonio during tne
Mexican insurrection. The proolem
of moving twenty thousand sailors Is
vastly easier than moving troops oV-
er land, however, for the former re-
ouires but a shifting of f1oatlng
structure with crew, arms and proV'-
sions complete. while Transporting an
army by train is problem OF nel-
culean proportions and perplexltles'
AS announced by the navy aepar'-
ment. the ships to participate IN the
mobilization here are:
6attIeships
Connecticut, Florida, Utah, Nortn