The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-11-09

All Available Ships on Atlantic Coast
to Participate.
| President Taft has been asked TO re-
! view the most imposing naval demon
stration ever held In American waters.
| 1t will take place at New York early
| in November. Secretary Of the Navy
| Meyer has written a letter 10 Mr.. Taft
asking him to terminate his present
trip at New York city on Nov. l in
stead of at Washington. as is contem-
| plated. Whether Mr.. Taft will be able
to change his itinerary and attend the
review or not. Secretary Meyer will
be on hand to inspect the assembled
vessels.
The mobilization OF all the available
vessels on the Atlantic coast at New
York has been decided on 10 place of
fall cruise. Recently there have been
| many protests from officers of the At
lantic feet that they have been work
ed too hard by protracted foreign
cruises. This sentiment led to the
abandonment of tentative plans for a
cruise to the West Indies and the Pan
anna canal. which had been scheduled
for Oct. Is.
l. Opposition to a Cruise.
Mr.. Meyer thinks that the efficiency
of the navy would be promoted quite
as much by an unexpected mobiliza-
ton of large feet as by cruises. For
this reason and In view of the opposi-
ton among officers and men OF the
navy to a cruise he decided upon the
mobilization.
While the list of ships to participate
IN the demonstration has not been Sc
Iected. 1t will be the aim Of Rear Ad-
miral Richard Wainwright TO have as
many vessels as possible present.
There will be about twenty-five bat
tleships. sixteen belonging to the At
lantic fleet and nine or ten battleships
of the reserve feet. Armored cruisers.
gunboats. destroyers and submarines
will also take part. Both in size and
in naval strength the aggregation of
war vessels will be far superior to
that at Oyster Bay on Labor day.
1906. when the last naval review was
held. At that time a total of about
forty-fve fighting vessels were array
ed. In command OF Rear Admiral Rob
ley D. Evans. for review by President
Roosevelt. There were then only eight.
cen battleships in the feet formation.
Next month the new Dreadnoughts
Florida and Utah. recently placed In
commission. which have a displace-
ment of 5000 tons. will lead in size.
The feet will be in command of Rear
Admiral Hugo Osterhaus. The spec
tacle will last only about three days.
There will be short divisional cruises.
but the feet will remain in home wa.
tiers until early in January. when it
will proceed to Guantanamo for Pc
Rod of extensive battle exercises with
the torpedo feet. which will last until
the middle or end of February, 1872
On Pacific Coast Too.
A similar mobilization will take place
on the Pacific coast. The feet will
of war vessels. however. will |
be much smaller than on the Atlantic |
coast because comparatively few OF the |
naval vessels are stationed on the Pa
citic
The officers on duty in the navy de- |
partment have already begun arrange |
ments for the forthcoming mobiliza- |
hon. While it was intended TO keep 4
the matter secret as long as possible /
so that II would be in the nature of .
surprise test. Secretary Meyers plans
leaked out. All the orders necessary
for the carrying out of the plans of the
department have not been sent out.
although the movement is well on its
way. The officers of the department
intended to spring the mobi-
ization without much notice in order
hat the administrative machinery OF
he department and the navy yards
would be tested to ascertain their state
If preparedness for emergency. This
became impossible when Mr.. Meyers
plan was made public. As it is the
lavy will have only about four weeks
o prepare for the test.
No decision has been reached as to
he number of war vessels now in re-
erve which will be placed in commits
ion TO take part in the demonstration. /
This will probably depend upon the
lumber of seamen available from the
raining stations.
Wireless Talk With Japan.