The Washington herald., 1912-09-29
NAVAL REVIEW
PLANS COMPLETE
Secretary of Navy Meyer Announces
Programme for Big Show
Next Month.
MORE THAN HUNDRED
BOATS TO PARTICIPATE
Invited Guests on Gunboat Dolphin.
President to Entertain on
the Mayfower.

Formal invitations to the naval mo-
bilization and review at New York
next month were prepared in the office
of Secretary of the Navy Meyer yes
terday. They will be sent to the Vice
President, Cabinet officers, officials of
Congress, and the members of the ma
val committees of the House and Sem
| ate, and to naval attaches of the en-
bassies and legations in Washington
| The guests invited by Secretary Mey-
er will be entertained on the gunboat
Dolphin, which the Secretary will use
during the mobilization. President
| Taft will be on the Mayfiower. with
| what guests he may choose to invite.
For the invited guests there are
really only three events on the pro-
| gramme. The first will come Monday
morning, October II. when calls will
| be exchanged between President Taft.
Secretary Meyer. and Fleet Comman-
| der-in-c chief. Rear Admiral Hugo Os-
| terhaus. The President and the Secre-
tary will visit the admiral on his flag
| ship. the Connecticut Then they will
probably visit one of the newest ships.
either the Arkansas or Wyoming. and
in this trip the invited guests will be
permitted 10 participate.
, In the afternoon the Dolphin and the
Mayfiower will pass up and down the
lines OF the entire feet, from end to end.
Salutes will be fired by each ship as the
Dolphin and Mayf1ower pass. This will
be the principal event OF the day for the
official party.
Tuesday morning the invited guests
will again board the Dolphin and witness
from her decks the review Of the feet
as the ships pass out OF the harbor.
This will be the final number of the
programme.
No Change in Programme.
There has been no change in the pro-
gramme. the programme above having
been the one planned from the first. It is
not now definitely known whether Presi-
dent Taft will remain until Tuesday
morning for the final review of the fleet
or not. 1t is understood that he has an
engagement in Worcester. Mass, for
Tuesday which may prevent him from
remaining for the review. He will. how
ever, be present on Monday and partici-
pate in the ceremonies of that day
Commander George F. Cooper, Chief
photographer of the Navy. issued, at
the direction OF Secretary Meyer, a.
chart, showing in detail the positions
the ships of the fleet win occupy when
at anchor in North River for the review.
The ships are designated on the chart
by numbers. and a key to the numbers
also gives a detailed information about
each ship. showing her class and ton
mage. The positions of the navy floats
are also indicated, and a table showing
what ships will use each float. The
floats are at West Twenty-third. West
Forty-thhird, West Fifty-seventh. West
Eighty-first, West Ninety-seventh, West
One Hundred and Twenty-ninth. West
One Hundred and Fifth-seventh. and
Dyckman Streets.
The number of ships in line will be
l23, with a total tonnage of 720, 4S6. The
line will extend from West Thirtieth
Street. opposite which will be the ar
mored cruiser Montana. to a point above
Spuyton Duyvil. where the collier Ajax
will be the last in line. The formation
in general is in double and triple lines
the battleships occupying the center OF
the line near the New York shore. The
torpedo boats and destroyers form a.
double line behind them. on the Jersey
side. and above these, the naval mill
tia ships and cruisers. The armored
cruisers will be at the lower end of the |
line, together with the Dolphin, May
flower. and Nashville, the latter desig- |
mated as the press boat.