The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-05-14
AMERICAN WAR VESSELS
IN MEXICAN WATERS

Admiral Badger. at Tampico. has the
following fighting ships under his COM
mand:
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Capt. Roy
Smith commanding. 80 guns; Louisiana.
Capt. John HI. Gibbons, "a guns; New
Hampshire, Capt. Edwin A. Anderson.
q guns; Michigan, Capt. Albert T.
Capt. George w. Kline. "a guns; New
Jersey, Capt. Joseph L.. Japne, "a guns:
South Carolina, Capt. Robert l.. Rus
sell. s Pinch guns; Connecticut, Capt,
William B. Fletcher, "a guns; Mime,
sofa, Capt. Edward Simpson. 20 guns;
Ohio, Capt. Josiah s. Mexican, 20 guns:
Dolphin. gunboat, Lieut.. Com. Ralph
Earle, 2 guns; Nashville. gunboat,
Com. L. A. Bostwick. 2 guns Tacoma
cruiser. Com. Nathan G. Twining, 10
guns; Chester, cruiser, Com. w. A
Moffat. 2 guns; Solace. hospital ship;
Hancock, transport.
Under Rear Admiral Fletcher a,
Vera Cruz there will be:
Battleships-Florida, Capt. William
r. Rush, &c uns Utah, Capt. Louis S.
Vanduzer. rs guns; San Francisco.
min depot ship, Com. William K. Har-
rlson; Prairie, transport.
On these vessels are 5000 bluejackets
and 5000 marines available for landing
duty. Each vessel is equipped with
two landing batteries. The marines
aboard the Prairie and the Hancock
are fully equipped for field service,
carrying with them landing batteries
and machine guns; also field telegraph
service and wireless apparatus.
Inc marines with the fleet are dis
trlbuted as follows:
About 100 on Zach of the battleships,
l,3OO on the Hancock. 600 on the Prairie
and 200 on the Chester.
The Chester is equipped with the
most powerful wireless apparatus
afloat and is kept at Tampico in order
thai Admiral Fletcher may
cate direct with Washington In the
event of cable trouble.
The battleships Rhode Island Ne
braska, Virginia and Georgia, now I'M
dergolng overhauling, it is expected,
will be ordered to Tampico. They are
OF the second line, with 20 guns each,
The complement of the vessels is s00
men each. There are about 100 marines
on each vessel.
The torpedo flotilla ordered in read
mess by Secretary Daniels consists Of
the following vessels:
birmingham. cruiser, flagship of
Somlnander in chief William S. Sims,
Com. w. V. Pratt; two guns: Dixie
lender: Third division destroyers, Hen
ley. Fraytcn, Mayrrant. Mccall. War
rlnSton: Fourth Division, Pauling.
AnaInen: burrows, Patterson. ,Trippe;
E1fth division, Tanning. Beale, Jarvis.
thHiiiN oouSll, oIAID DIVISION, C3SSln IL
Duncan: Seventh division.
AxlW1n Baleh, Benham and Parker.
The United States now has on the
Paclflc coast of Mexico the following
vessels:
At Mazatlan are the Raleigh. An
apolls, Yorktown and New Orleans.
At Corinto and Acapulco are the Den
Yer, California and Glacier. At San
D1ego. Cal. are the destroyers Iris,
Mhipple, T%ruxton, Perry. Paul Jones,
teWar and the tender Cheyenne.
Also at San Francisco are the cr1is-
ers Cleveland, Maryland and Marble
mead, the transport Buffalo, collier
Jupiter and tender Alert. At the
Bremerton yard are the cruisers Pitts
burgh, Vicksburg, West Virginia.
South Dakota, Albany and Colorado.
On the Pacific coast are 5000 marines
most OF these are stationed at Mare
Island and in readiness for immediate
service. They have received instruc-
ton to be prepared to move.