The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-05-14
AMERICAN WAR VESSELS
IN MEXICAN WATERS

Admiral Badger. at Tampico. has tbs
following fighting ships under his COM
mand;
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Capt Roy
Smith commanding, 80 guns: louisiana
Capt. John II. Gibbons, "a guns; New
Hampshire. Capt Edwin a Anderson.
"a guns; Michigan, Capt. Albert 7.
Capt. George w. Kline. "a guns; New
Jersey. Capt. Joseph T.. Japne. "a guns;
South Carolina, Capt. Robert "a Rus
sell. s 12-inch guns; Connecticut. Capt.
John J.. Knapp. "a guns; Kansas. Capt
William y. Fletcher "a guns: Mime
Ohio, Capt. Josiah s. Mexican, 20 guns:
Dolphin, gunboat, Lieut.. Com. Ralph
Earle, 2 gums; Nashville, gGahoat,
| Com. L. A. Bostwick, q 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 al
Vera Cruz there will be:
Observation-Disclosures, Capt. William
r. Rush. 26 guns; Utah, Capt Louis s.
Vanduzer, rs guns; San Francisco.
mine depot ship, Com. William X. Har.
rison; 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.
The marines with the fleet are dis
trtbuted as follows: AZ
About 100 on each OF the battleshfps.
1900 OF 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
thar Admiral Fletcher may communi-
cate direct with washington In the
event OF cable trouble.
The battleships Rhode Island. Ne
braska, Virginia and Georgia, now I'M
~dergoing overhauling, it = expected,
viii be ordered to Tampico. They are
OF the second line, with 20 guns each.
The complement OF the vessels Is 500
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
Commander in chief william S. Sims,
Com. w. v. Pratt, two guns; Dixie,
tender: Third division destroyers, Hen
ley. Frayton, Mayrrant, Mccall, War
rington: Fourth Division. Pauling,
Ammen, BURROWS, Patterson, Trippe;
Fifth division, Tanning. Beale, Jarvis,
Jenkins Jouett; Sixth division. Cassin,
Cummins, Duncan; Seventh division,
Aylwin Balch, Benllam and Parker.
The United States now has on the
Pacific coast OF Mexico the following
vessels: "
At Mazatian are the Raleigh, An
apoIis. Yorktown and New Orleans.
AT Corinto and Acapulco are the Den
Yer, California and Glacier. AT San
Diego. Cal. are the destroyers Iris,
Whfpnfe. Truxton, Perry, Paul Jones,
Stewart m the tender Cheyenne.
Also at San Francisco are the cruis-
Sers Cleveland, Maryland and Marble
head, 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.
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