The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-04-30
AROUND THE WORLD
CRUISE WILL Be MADE TO SHOW
NAgY'S GROWTH
since IT LAST SAILED

The Fleet That VIII Make the Trip
VIII be Much Larger Than the One
That Sailed Around the World
During Presiden. Rooseyelt's Term
Of oRce.
When the American feet sails for
the Mediterranean in January, it will
be a feet Of nearly twice the muzzle
energy Of the famous battle fleet sent
around the world in 1907 by former
President Roosevelt and fleet Of
half again as great tonnage.
The schedule and ports of call re-
main to be worked out, and it merely
has been announced that the big feet
would tour the Mediterranean in di-
visions. It was the original plan, in
connection with the opening Of the
Panama canal, to have the feet pass
through from the Atlantic to the Pa
cific about January /, the tentative
date Of the opening. This practically
is disarranged by the decision to send
the feet abroad, but it was pointed
out that from the Mediterranean it is
comparatively a short voyage thru
the Suez canal and into the, Pacific
and the feet could return that way,
making the passage through the
canal from the Pacific to the Atlantic.
The main ships of the line to go on
the January cruise will be the battle
ship Wyoming, Florida, Arkansas,
Delaware, North Dakota, Utah, Yer
mont, Louisiana, Michigan, New
Hampshire, South Carolina, Virginia,
Georgia, Nebraska, New Jersey,
Rhode Island, Minnesota, Connect
cut, Kansas and Idaho.
Comparing these ships with the
battle feet which went around the
world, they aggregate tonnage Of
2s4,5G0 as against 223,590. Navy
officers point out that more striking
example Of the. advance in the navy's
effective fighting power is shown by
comparison Of the muzzle energy Of
the main batteries Of the feet with
5 the world girdling feet of 1907.
In round figures the muzzle energy
of the battle feet Of 1907 summed up
$500, ,0G8-foot pounds. The main bat
teries Of the feet, which will make
the Mediterranean trip with total g.
$50, a,oa0-foot pounds-almost twice
as much.
The battleships will be accompa-
MED by all the destroyers that can be
spared and an accompaniment Of re-
pair and supply ships. This official
announcement by Secretary Daniels
makes it apparent that the ships will
go fully equipped.
While It is the plan now to have
the ships sail about January /, and
make their first call at Gibraltar,
with possibly a stop or two on the
way, schedule and plan Of the ports
: Of call has not been worked out.
Those who will watch the tour Of the
fleet are evincing great deal Of in
terest as to what. the schedule will
provide.
The Navy Departments official an
nouncement declares the feet will be
: too large to be Accommodated at any
one time in many harbors to be visit
ed and that at Gibraltar it will be
divided and make hour Of the Medi-
terranean in divisions.
Official announcement Of the fleets
movement, as made at the Navy De-
partment, declared the object was to
send the feet on pleasure cruise to
stimulate enlistment and educate Of
fcers and men. Accompanying the
announcement was a comparative
statement Of the fighting strength OF
the fleet as against the battle feet Of
1907 and also short review. Of the
first Of the new navy to cruise in for
eign waters and the cruise Of the
battle fleet Of 1897.
The White squadron had four yes
sells. Their total tonnage was 49,
22o, just that Of the Connecticut,
Evans flagship in the famous battle
ship cruise. The total muzzle energy
of the squadron's main battery was
10000 foot tons, that Of Connecti-
cut is $4,000. A salvo Of the squad
ron fred $500 pounds Of projectiles;
that Of the Connecticut $500 pounds
The New York, launched October
80, 1912, with 27,500 tons displace-
ment, $4,000 pounds and 100000
foot tons in a salvo IS nearly twice
the size and fires three times the
weight Of metal, with six times the
energy Of the whole famous white
squadron, in 1890.
The battleship feet OF 1907 was
composed OF Is battleships, five aux
iliaries and the second torpedo tiotil.
la. The feet called at Trinidad, Rio
de Janeiro, Punta Arenas, Callao,
:Magdalena bay and arrived at San
Francisco May s, 1908, ,otal dis
tance or l5,0UU mics. 1hSHCe tue
feet visited Puget sound, returned to
San Francisco and sailed on July I,
via Honolulu, New Zealand. Al; tralia
and Manila, for Yokohama, arriving
there October Is, 1908 after a jour
ney Of $4,000 miles and spending
week Of courteous exchange of COM
pliments. The fleet assembled at
Manila, departed thence December /,
1908, via Ceylon, Suez and Gibraltar
and anchored in Hampton Roads
February %, 1909, 12,455 miles sail
from Manila, completing what. is
probably the greatest practice cruise
In the history Of navies.
Foolish English Women.
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