Norwich bulletin., 1911-11-03
Taft to Urge Their Construction Unti
 Panama Canal is Opened
DESTROYERS, CRUISERS, GOLFERS
President Concludes That We Need More of Them After Participating in Most Brilliant Naval Review in Nations History-S Drowned by Falling Over- board-Presdent Proves Himself Good Sailor

New York, Nov. 2.-Fresh from his
 trsnscontinental tour of 13.0e0 miles, during which he received senatorial pledges which seem to indicate the ear ly ratification of the treaties of peace snc aroiIration with Great Britain and France, President Taft reviewed today fram the wind -sxel.t bridge of rhe his- toric little crGiser-yacht Mayffower The mightiest line of fighting craft ever assembled under the American nsg-
 Disarmament a Long Time Ahead.
 The president indicated in all his speeches in advocacy of the treaties or peace that he entertained no fond ueiuSion that by convention war could immediately be made a thing of the past. He declared that the treaties ~ ere step in the right direction: that The armed camps of Europe were look ing 10 the United States to lead in what misht prove to be a great world movement tOWar.i the goal of peace, but that for long time to come the suggestion of disarmament would have no force.
 Two Super Dreadnoughts a Year.
 Today NIT. Taft let it be known that ne would continue to urge upon con- Eress the necessity of building at least two great super -dreadnoughts a year until the Panama canal is in actual operation- The canal. he declared. would double the efficiency of the navy and from that time on one battIeship year might suffice to keep the Amer lean navy in the forefront of the worlds military powers.
 Ninety nine Vessels in Line.
 fhocsands of people joined with the president in hOnoring the hundred yes sels which lay at anchor in the Hud- son Twenty-four first-class battle ships were in line, grin1ly- gray. and with ammunition rooms fairly bursting under the weight Of millions of pounds CT powder and she'll Surrounding this puriy column were armored cruisers, Scout cruisers. meteor-like destroyers Etle torpedo boats. submarines and t-le rank and file of auxiliary vessels l that serve tenders to the feet There | were ninesy-nine in all. the original | plan of having Io2 ships in line having ! tct=u cr1rtasieel by the absence Of three 1 torpedo boats.
 Parade of sattIeships.
 Twenty-two of the battIeships to- | ward the close of the day picked up their anchors. turned in the teeth of 1ne sale and swept proudly out to Sea- The president watched the passing pa Eeant in impressed silence. As the big lighting ships steamed by. with foam crested F-aves spreading from their SrfflOrEd bows, aand clouds of black ErncSe sWirling from their tunnels. the sun was near it's setting and they spoke with crashing guns the last of a long series of salutes which had begun with tle early morning and had been all but 1nces=ant throughout the day
 Reviev" Most Brilliant in Hsitory.
 The review had been the most bril- liant In the history Of the country, and on it's conclusion the great fleet dis Eerse1. and the various ships wended Their way to their home stations to ! wait the call to winter rnanoeuvers in southern waters
 A Seaman Drowned. There was one fatality during the day. Gustav Frey. d seaman on the battle Efip New Jersey fell overheard iron, F-r- shin and tfrgv-nzT T-cfO Ence could be rendered. The news had not reached the president when he left tonight for Hot Springs, Va. to spend four days in recreation before resurn- 1nE the final stage of his long trip which will take him to Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee
 President Greeted by AdniraIs.
 The president arrived from the west sacrtiy after : o'clock this morning ana at once went aboard the Nayf1Ow- CT Later ne was joined by the secre- tary Of the nary. Mir. Meyer and the , latters stall from the navy depart nent- The ceremonies of the day for 11siiiy began at 9-So o'clock, when the presidents flag, amid a roar of guns rom every vessel in the fleet, was broken rom the main truck Of the Narnower- The little yacht had by this time moved up close to the head oi tne seven mile column of battle ships and had cast anchor. Immediate F the adrnirals of the fleet set out in
 
 comma nander-in-chief of the army and navy. Mir. Taft received then, on board with the honors due their rank. and after the first formal exchange ( each [
 Taft Good Sailor The river had been 1ashed into white caps by the wind when President Taft V Set out for the flagship Connecticut to repay the courtesies of the Command Ing officers The tiny power launch in V hich he rode bobbed about greatly , in the rough water, but MT. Taft, who |; Is . good sailor as a traveller by train ' did not mind the tossing. The Nav . flower guns boOnled a salute as the president left the yacht, and when his 7 lag was temporarily hoisted on the : Connecticut. the other vessels of the fleet took up the noisy token of re- spect, and for the second time their guns spoke in unison The presidential call on the flagship was brief and for ;nal, and the last of the ships had |, scarcely finished firing her tWenty-one guns when the cannon on the Connec- ucut began again to boom to indicate that the president had again passed over the side Once more the fleet fol- V lowed the flagship in it's salutati9 to r suprezne authority. n
 CIune to His SIX Hat. When the president returned to the 2 Aayfiower and had climbed to the for $ ward bridge, the wind was fairly howl r nE in the rigging He was well rnuf- . led up in Q great coat, andd needed ', ,very ounce of it's warmth. His silk !. lat was constantly in danger of be- q ng carried away, but he held fast to q { staunchly until the Mayfiower . lteanirg- up the river against the full = orce of the blow had begun to pass :. he ships of the line Then he doffed [ in answer to the strains or the na- ional anthem which came from each 1 -essel in the fleet, and the rigors O naval formality scarcely permitted him n O don it again for a full hour and z, lalf .
 Fleet Gets Underway. ic A round trip of the fleet having been Ii