Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-08-05
INTERNAL IONAL
FLEET TO PASS
THROUGH CANAL
members OF Cabinet at Conference CON-
piete a Tentative Program for Assem-
nlage In Hampton Reads February i0-I5
Subject 10 Change.
= Twelve Countries So Far Have Responded
TO Invitations Sent Out BY the United
States, and Many Others Are Expected
TO Accept Soon.

VI rug lis me Et~tll VI
a conference between the secretaries Of
state, war and navy. Il tentative program
has been prepared for the asSemblage in
champion Roads and dispatch % San
I Francisco by way Of the Panama Canal
Of the. great International fleet which
/ has been invited by Act of Congress to
y participate in the celebration 81 the
completion of the Panama Canal and tho
Opening Of the Panama Pacific Interna-
tional Exposition. Copies of this pro
gram have just been completed and dis.
patched 10 the various powers for pres
entation to the governments Ia which
they are accredited.
Subject to slight changes. this is the Of
fcial program:
February 1915, l9lj-Forcign naval
representatives To be- received by the
President in Washington.
February 22.-Thc President will pro
cecd 10 Hampton Roads and there review
the combined fleet. after which the fleet
will proceed Ia the lsthmuS of Panama.
March =. The President on a battle
ship. will depart for the Panama Canal.
March ID. The presil ut arrives nj
Colon.
March l2.-Thc President aud fleet
pass through the canal.
March l3.-CerrmonicS az Balboa. or
Panama.
March l3.-The President sails for San
Francisco ON a battleShip.
March 4I.-The fleet leaves Balboa.
proceeding TO San Francisco.
March 33-The President arrives al
San Francisco
The original invitations To the mari
time powers To send vessels to PARTED
pate in these great evcnts-the opening
Of the Panama Canal and the San Fran
cisco Exposition-werc sent IN Septem-
Der last. 50 far. favorable responses
have been received from twelve countries
viz. Argentine Republic. Austria Hun
gary, Cuba. France. Germany. Great
Britain. Italy. Japan. Portugal. Russia.
Sweden, and Spain. II is certain that
this does not BY any means represent the
total number of naval participants for
II IA known that other governments are
simply awaiting the further develop
ment Of plans for these cclchrat' on> %
signify their intention to participate-
Their decision will be FASTENED by an
other circular note which the state De
partment has just dispatched Z" Ameri.
can embassies and legations abroad. This
circular asks for a reply 10 three u"cS
fiopr. first the number Of sinus which
the country will send second. their size
and fhird. their steaming adinS Mm'h
depends upon the answers To these pue>
lions. Regarding the first. y = neither
expected nor desired that there shall hc
n wholesale gathering cf the maries ~
the world in Hampton Roads. The idr'
Il rather To have a small hut repr'S""
sative showing from each nation. IL :
cxpected that the greater naval powe'
will be more numcrously represented
than the smaller states. Italy alrcad,
has unonicially Signified an intention to
send 4 complete squadron of three me
cruisers under command Of an admiral
and II may be- that this offer will mark
tho nroportion of representation of the
other navieS The speed requirements
of the long cruise from HAMPTON Roads
IA the Golden Gate viii \" rather >"''"''
81 much so indeed aS to bar from parti-
c~ipation in the great VOYAGE any ~ the
little punhoatS which form the only
strength Of some ~ the small states.
TIL second question relating Z" the
size Of the vessels j. important n ind.
eating the possibility Of na>Sin" ih"''
IL nairs or even triplcts through the
Great locks Of the Panama Canal and
thereby saving valuable time. Also u
will assist the naval commander IF the
international fleet in arranging his iti"
erarv by informing him of the prohrhil
;ty of the units To meet heavy weather
conditions.
No less important is TIE third question
relating 10 the coal enduranc ~ the vc>
sells: the Navy Department must be- ~.
vised 81 the maximum distance which
each shin can make with full hunkers Of
coal IN order 10 plan for fresh supplies
NJ the proper point. u y believed that
II ,he navieS represented compri~c onl,
modern large sized ships. il will be- pos
s;ble a. make the run Of 1900 miles from
u,mnton Roads To Colon without Ston
i. The canal fresh supplies Of coal will
~ ,aken but even then il may impose i
no,..r strain upon the small vessels n
..ata the run from Balboa 20 San Fran
cisco. 2.lS9 miles. and some OF them m''
10 obliged Ia nut IN for coal at Pichilin
he American %corlinc station II
rc.-er California or " take fuel from
~eolliers in Magdalena Bay ON the ives