Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-11-28

one who keeps In touch with current
island news know this, but It's
safe guess that there are many whose
ideas of what the coming of the fleet
means to Honolulu are of the vaguest
They have hazy idea that war yes-
sells are moved from port to port to
keep the barnacles from growing on
their bottoms and to give the sailors
the opportunity for a fblowout"
ashore. Bh
!, As matter oe <act%eoosee WpsiqtGh
money to move az Meet 81 '@aTs6fps,
especially on long cruise of this ma
ture, that the Navy Department, now
laboring under one of its periodical
streaks Of economy, Is loath to issue
sailing orders unless beneficial re-
suits in the way of discipline and eff
cheney are assured. It's cheaper to
scrape bottoms than to buy coal, and
unless the department had something
far more serious In view than win
ter jaunt to the tropics, the Pacific
fleet would stay in mainland waters.
Exact Plans Indefinite.
The exact movements of the fleet
are not known here at the present
time, and it's highly probable that
many of them will be accomplished
before the general public knows of
them ut ALL Admiral Chauncey
Thomas, commander-in-chief of the
Pacific fleet, undoubtedly has his
plans more or less matured, but Ho-
nolulu naval men are just as ignorant
of them as are Honolulu civilians.
The orders under which Admiral
Thomas is now acting were issued
two months ago. They called for the
sailing Of the fleet for Honolulu for
general maneuvers and its return to
Mare Island by January Is. It's up
to the department and to the COM
mander-in-chief to say how the six
weeks In Hawaiian waters are to be
spent.
II used to be said of our Govern
ment that we flung our secrets to the
four winds, and gave away all our
information with childlike trust as
soon as we gathered it. II this was
true in the past, the Navy Depart
ment has certainly changed Its policy,
for some of the recent maneuvers
have been wrapped in u mantle of
mystery dark enough. to satisfy even
the closest advocate OF European
naval methods.
The Right Policy.
This Ii Rll rs. 1t shnnld- be. for In
recent years the United states mas
i !
been doing things" on the water. and
some foreign Governments would give
good deal TO get peep al the con-
fldential reports ana records
happen to be well posted on the
subject OF naval reticehce. LOT ias'
February IL was my sooa fortune 10
secure from the Secretary OF inc
Navy, MI george Won L. Meyer per
mission to accompany the racine TOR
pedo heet on us ten days OF mimic
warfare against the cruiser squadron
These maneuvers consisted OF hish
attacks under varying cohuitiohs De
tween the SPECIFY aes'royers anu Wv
p'g CRUISERS anu curing '"e enu'
ten nights that the battie raged aDso
lutte secrecy was maintained ih'
play OF searchiishts IRON the cruisers
Few RED ana green sishai STARS nre'
INTO the aarkhess' OF an oo.ss'o ''ns
glimpse OF one Oh Tue .o'peoo era,
siippihg throush the pa"u VI "'is"'
ness thrown py ue'ehs''e se",.a
hght' was All that the ee"era' pun,
saw OF heard OF ai event W",en h''u
naVai history LOT inc oh''eu ''a'es
Army Whi Oooper"'e'
was informed Ut ina, u"o v
Lieutehaht-Cohii,a"aer' ,'ou,s y. '..n
ardson' cohih'anoer Vi Tue Iu,"e W
pedo meet, that was 'he 'n'lu oN,'i :
ana Tue hrs' newspaper man o,e' y.
iowea 10 accompany u" 1,''' ."" ",
pedo Meet curing per'ou VI "s'
battie maheuvers' anu o.''an "
strict censorship 10 wn'on ny s'o,
was suoJec'eu anu '"o po ',,'
secrecy wn.eh was "SNeu " smo
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