The Washington herald., 1912-10-17
SETTLES
Down ROBUSTNESS
uavy Work 4 1sssnsd In
mediatsly Altar the
Mobilization.
Sol(E OF THE BIG SHIPS
HOW TO BE OvERHAULED
superdreadnought Wyoming, with
-Four Others, Sent to the
Brooklyn Havy Yard.

New York. Oct M-'Vetting down Z,
business is the word now in the Atlanti,
0eet. With the close OF the mobilization
yesterday in the brilliant review by Pres
Aent Taft, the playtime Of the battle
ships was over and now the zS.0oo oflicer,
and men Of the feet will get down Il
work once more. After the breaking VI
Of the long column which filed out pas
the Maynower yesterday some Of th'
ships went to various yards for overhaul
work and some TO- Norfolk to prepare foa
more target practice.
Several OF the big ships dropped ou
Of the line without leaving New Yori
Harbor. and will 20 to the Brooklyn Nav
Yard to have various work done. Th<
vessels directed to 60 to Brooklyn vert
the. flagship Connecticut, the supedread
nousht Wyoming. the Florida. Utah. and
Delaware. Brooklyn is ''the home yard
Of the Connecticut and Florida. both oi
which vessels were built there.
The Arkansas, sister ship to the Wyo.
ming. laid . course for Newport. fol.
lowed by the North Dakota, Minnesota
the Arkansas will return to Brooklyn tc
Mt out for the winters target practice
The Idaho. Michigan, Louisiana Ver-
mont, New Hampshire. and Kansas were
ordered to Norfolk, the New Jersey
Rhode Island. and Nebraska to Boston
and the Ohio to Philadelphia for dry
docking.
The gunboat Nashville. the ship whose
tunnels closely resemble factory chin.
neys. 10 to have a little jaunt and cele-
bration on her own hook. In charge OF
Commander McDougal. she will leave to-
day for Yorktown. Va. to take part in
the anniversary of the surrender OF
CORVALLIS. which takes place on October
1s. After the Yorktown exercises the
Nashville will sail to Guantanamo. and
during the winter will preserve cordial
relations between Haiti and Santo Do
mingo.
Many Of the large notilla Of destroy
ere which made such a fine showing n
they steamed seward past the May.
flower returned late in the afternoon and
anchored in the Hudson. Later on they
will make a voyage up the river to Al
bany to show upstate folks what de-
stroyers look like. The farthest north
on the Hudson for vessels Of this type
Ut to the present time Is Newburgh.
where several Of them went during the
Fudson-Fulton celebration.
One OF the objects of Secretary Of the
Navy Meyer IN beginning the practice
Of an annual review Is to acquaint the
public with the warships and to ltven
up interest in the navy. He knows that
II the Western farmers could realize
the spirit of the navy he would have
less trouble getting his appropriations
fol- new battleships.
So on every occasion that offers q
chance to show inlanders warships he
takes advantage of it-hence the de-
stroyerss to Albany. Mr.. Meyer knows
that folks for miles around will come to
the State capital to see the swift little
ships-they will look bigger in Albany
than they do alongside the Arkansas
and there will be more navy interest in
Central New York, at any rate, than
there has been since the Spanish-Ameri-
can war.
Proba bly, many of the spectators
aboard the excursion boats which lined
the course OF the review below the May
flower did not know the significance of
the signal flags and cones which were
sent up on the foremast of many of the
ships The cones are indicative of the
rate Of speed at which the ship is travel
ing.
There is always a certain speed Or
dered before the feet gets under way,
and IL the ships are making this the
cones. one at each side. are at the top
OF the lines. II the ship is under half
speed the cones are half way down.
and for slow speed they are lowered
almost to the deck. II in column for
nation the ships take their speed from
the vessel in front, the whole thing
being controlled by the flagship.
The speed In yesterdays parade was
twelve knots while the ships We're in
proper formation. but in some cases. be-