El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-05
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FLAGSHIP
ARRIVES
Review Will Include 123War
Vessels, Comprising En-
tire Atlantic Fleet.
SIMILAR REVIEWS
IN EAST AND WEST
President Taft to Witness
Naval Show on October Is
From the Mayflower.
VESSELS To BE IN THE
GREAT NAVAL RE

New York, y. Y, Oct 5.-AdmiraI HUI
go Osterhaus, on his flagship Wyoming.
with Is other battleships, arrived in
New York harbOr today to await the
naval review of the Atlantic fleet on
the Hudson river, Oct 12-15-
The coming Of this preliminary fleet
has put the metropolis on the qui vive
and by the time the mobilization has
been completed the enthusiasm VIII be
great
The entire Atlantic fleet will be in
line. This includes 81 battleships four
armored cruisers, 20 special type yes
sells, eight fuel ships, 26 destroyers.
II torpedo boats and nine submarines,
or 123 ships Of all classes.
Last year there were but SO ships.
The total tonnage Of the fleet is
I20,4S6- When the boats are all here
there VIII oe on board 1000 commits
stoned officers. 500 warrant officers,
and $1,000 enlisted men
To Be Reviewed by President
The big day of the fleet viii be Oct
IS. when it viii be reviewed by presi-
dent Taft and secretary Meyer. The
president viii view the fleet from his
yacht, the MayflOWer-
Secretary Meyer viii be on board the
yacht Dolphin and will have with him
members Of the senate and house com
m1tteeS on naval affairs, together with
foreign diplomats and other distin-
guished guests
On the day of the presidential re-
view, secretary Meyer and his staff
viii board the MayflOwer. which will
move up to the head OF the column and
drop anchor Then the president will
receive the admirals of the fleet and
the commanders according to their
rank. after which he will return and
visit calling first on admiral Oster-
haus on board the Wyoming
AS the president proceeds down the
line each ship viii float his flag dur
ing his stay on 1t, and as he approaches
each vessel the presidential salute will
be fired
After he has exhausted his calling
list the president will return to the
MayfloWer. which will be anchored at
an advantageous point for the chief
executive to see the vessels as they
steam out of the harbor.
Another interesting feature Of the
mobilization will be the participation
of six of the vessels which have been
loaned to the various states for the
use Of the naval militia.
Just what ships viii participate has
not been determined But they will be
manned by their militia crews and it
will be the first time the naval militia
has been privileged to take part in such
a pretentiOus naval affair.
Gotham to Entertain LaviShIy.
The entertainment Of the officers and
men, so far as the city is concerned,
viii be in the hands Of the special COM
mittee appointed by the mayor. This
committee includes former mayor Seth
Low, J. PierpOnt Morgan, 3. Altman.
ingdaIe, Gen Wilson, Ogden Mills, Hen
~ ". Taft, Oscar Straus and B. Fulton
Cutting There are, in all, 400 mem
bers of the mayors committee, who
will see to it that neither the enlisted
men nor the officers will lack for en-
tertainment during the stay of the
fleet here.
Because of the early arrival of ad-
miral Osterhaus and 16 of the biggest
vessels in the navy. the committee on
entertainment has decided to start
right in on the 9Th to show the boys a
good time.
Monday, the 9Th. will probably be
taken up in making official calls
The next three days will be devoted
to the entertaining of the enlisted men.
The mayor will tell them that the city
Is theirs and they Will proceed to take
it. 1t is not likely that any formal
function will be given for the enter
tainment of the enlisted n-cn, it being
more to their taste to be given the
freedom Of the town They can gem
orally mauSge to find their own pleas
ure If left unhampered.
On Friday, the 18th, there viii be
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