Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-10-29
GREAT BATTLESH|PS
WILL ASSEMBLE IN
NEW YORK HARBOR
DURING WEEK
Jack Ashore From Atlantic
Fleet Ships Will Have
Greatest Land Fete OF His
Career; Big Displays.
PRESIDENT WILL NOT
REVIEW DOGS OF WAR

INA lftlHitN 10 fWifFtiih Iui ilitt
dnvR Tits week 90 0no hiueiackois an
rag Wsr Yrsseia of The Atlantic fleet
ordered hither for participation ia
The most ambitious mobilization of
fightinR craft ever undertaken IN
this country In command OF Rear
Admiral Hugo OWerhaus an the
available ships ut the Atlantic squad
ron BEGAN stcnming toward New
NoIk hutboT last week. and % tss-
sells OF the Pacific squadron ate due
~ Los Angeles for the west coast
naval demonstration there one hum
dr'd and twenty-siN IN at, they viii
remain a. anchor from today until
Thursday. there win be two nights
uf illumination and Jack ashnTe will
nave perhaps the greatest land frtr
at his curcer The number of men
dur ~ NeW York alone SURPRISES tho
strength uf Skaters army IN tuhn.
hot even then II IN the opinion In
navy circleg that some oi the vessels
WIN be- sh6ri. handed. II h hoped,
however by emergency measures Il"
meet demands
EariS last week the only three hat q
tl-ships 10 The ilropkiyn navy yard
the drcadnaughis Utah. Delaware
aud Florida were graomod Tor the
display. wired for the special lum-
nations ana made ready 10 swing
around the harbor mouth and up
into North river The presidential
yacht Mnyflowcr. also at the navy
yard has been prepared for the pa
rade and Win hob alongside the great
hattlcships. although President TAFT,
according to his latest plans. viii not
return from the wcst In time 10 re-
view the ships.
Arrangements here call Tor i've
and perhaps seven mites ~ ships.
great and small. forming four lines
Ia the hudson river from West Fifty-
seventh street to Fort Washington.
or above The hattleshlps will hc
S0o yards apart. destroSers 500.
smaller torpedo boats and other craft
2n0. IN order that they may be dis
played To the best advantage. IL was
arranged To- huve the submnriues an-
ehorcd nearest the New York shore
Next IN line cpmc tho battlcships and
IN the third and fourth columns,
nearest Now Jersey. the dcstroyers
aud torepdo boats
This long line OF io2 vessels. q Of
them hattlcships comprising the
flower at the Atlantic fleet. Nill have
an aggregate Tonnage of h7i,sN";
ANA of Los Angeles the % warships
VIII have tonnage 81 1895. max.
inc Grand total of G93. $50. Thus,
as national naval display. the mo-
biliyation viii surpass the German
IeNicN az kicl IN september. VIII
outweigh The French display az Tou.
Ion last month and VIII rank second
only 90 tho great array OF fighting
ships which assembled in the Solent
on June - during the ceremonies 81
George V. at England. On that cc-
caaon there was display of 1911
British Warships ana eighteen for
cgn vessel and the aggregate ton
nago OF British vessels alone was
more than million.
The entire fleet which will swing
az anchor IN the Hudson river until
Thursday comprises 20 battlcshlps
armorCd cruisers. 9 protected orliis-
ers, 22 destroyerr. ~ torpedo boats.
= submarines. torpedo flett tend.
ers, 4 gunbDnts, . miscellaneous YES
sells. such as hospital supply and am
munstion hips, GOLFERS, an oil
tanker and Q tugs Never in the his
tory Of the American navy have so
maHy warships been thrown toEeth-
or. and to man tham requires nearly
hal7 the enlisted strength ~ the en-
tire navy.
II ~ serious plYoblem 10 anchor
such an array ~ vessels In the Ilud-
son without inconyeniencing passing
commercial craft. hut with the pnsi-
tlons worked out carefully on a dia.
gram each vessel slips into ~ APP
pointed place as quietly as possible
The fiaEhip Connecticut. which led
the Atlantic fleet on its around-tho-
world cruise, VIII swing at tho 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.
has not yet had her speed trials.
and Ia participating in the display
shc leaves she brooklyn navy yard.
where she Vas built. for her first
turn around the harbor.
New York's last great naval DEM
anatrntlon was during the Hudson
Fulton celebration, hut the then
combined strength OF United states
and visiting warships does not equal
the array planned Tor the present
mobilization. As an experiment oi
assembling on short notice great
number OF ships IN fighting trim, !,
il being watched with Interest by ma
val authorities and may be compared
from q naval viewpoint. 10 the mobll-
izatlon Of troops az SAN Antonio dur
ina the Mexican insurrection. This
problem OF moving s0.0O0 sailors Il
vastly easter than moving troops
over land. however for the former
requires but a shifting Of floating
structure with crew, arms and provi.
Rlons complete, while Transporting
an army ~ train * prnnlem ol
herculean Proportions ana pcrplexl
ties.
As announced BY the navy depart
ment the ships 60 participate m the
mobilization here are;
BaitleAhipa- --'onnectlcut. Florida
Utah. Delaware. North Dakota, Mich
igan. I.nuislnna, south Carolina
Kansas. Vermont New Hampshire