New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-06
BRITISH FLEET,
WITH STEAM UP,
STRAINS CABLES
Sir John Jellicoe Shows
Correspondent Sights
of Monster Flock.
SHIPS AND MEN ARE
READY FOR BATTLE
Constant Practice Is Best We
Have Till Germans Come
Says Commander.

Says Commander.
London, Sept delayed in trans
mission).-For the first time the. veil
OF secrecy has been lifted from the
British naval operations During the
last week correspondent visited t. .
grand fleet and the great naval ba ,es
At one naval base he saw drydocks
capable of docking the largest dread
noughts which had been built since
the war began.
Maps were shown marking points
where German submarines had been
sighted and on which the results o.
the attacks were classified as "cap.-
ured," supposed sunk" and SUM "
When bubbles are observed rising for
a long time at the same spot in smooth
water it is taken for granted that q
submarines career has been ended.
How do you get them ," an officer
was asked.
Sometime by ramming, sometimes
by gunfire, sometimes by explosions,
and in other ways we will not tell Of"
was the reply.
All the officers aboard the battle
ships and armored cruisers are envi-
Gus Of those engaged in submarine
hunts, which are regarded as great
sport. The professional opinion was
expressed that the reason the Ger
mans were declared ready 10 forego
submarine attacks on liners was the
want Of submarines and the personnel
TO carry on their campaign.
The admiral commanding at an i'm
portant naval base told the CORE
spondent that England had 1900
trawlers. mine sweepers and other aux
iliaries in the work of blockading from
the British Channel TO Iceland and in
keeping the North Sea clear, and that
their reservist crews had been most
Jealous in combating the kind of naval
warfare Germany wages.
At II All the Time"
As the torpedo boat destroyer on
which the correspondent was a pas
senger turned the headland into the
harbor where the grand feet lay at
anchor he saw target being towed
for firing practice by some of the
cruisers.
1--WE keep at it all the time" an Of
fcer explained.
The practice Of the cruisers finished.
they took their place in precise order
in the immense field of gray shapes
which, as the torpedo boat destroyer
drew nearer, bacame line after line OF
dreadnoughts.
In the neutral tint even the Queen
Elizabeth, back from the Dardanelles,
looked small unless compared with the
Inhexible, the flagship Of the Falkland
Islands battle. or the light cruisers
which had come in from sweeping
the North Sea, as scouting is called.
Every deck was stripped for action.
steam was up in every ship. and as the
DESTROYER threaded her way through
the feet turrets were seen turning and
the runs being elevated and lowered
in drills. Seaplanes which were sail
ing over the feet had their home on a
famous Atlantic liner which has car
ried many thousands of passengers.
In the battle cruiser squadron. which
is known in the navy as the "cat
Tiger. which sank the German armored
cruiser Bluecher in the North Sea bat
tie.
This seems a sufficient denial of
the German report that the Tiger is
at the bottom of the sea-" said an of
fcer.
Looking strange among the ten.gun
ships Of the regular British navy was
a turkish twelve 12-inch gun dread
nought, taken over at the outset Of the
war.
Jellicoe and His Telescope.
As the torpedo boat destroyer ap-
rroached the flagship an officer pointed
out Vice-Admiral Sir John Jellicoe
promenading the quarterback carrying
a telescope under his arm. From the
quarterback he can keep his eye on all
the grav monsters of his command.
Quick of movement and OF speech.
tanned by a year of constant duty and
with only a broad band of gold lace
10 mark his rank. ViceAdmiral Jelli-
coe received his guests at the gangway.
He is never without that telescope
when he is on deck, and the young
officers on watch see nothing that he
does not see.
Vice-Admiral Jellicoe escorted his
guests through the ship, showing them
the men at drill He was most inter
ested in calling attention to the gun
spoilers in special machine practice,
where the result Of each shot is dis
played.
This is the best We have until the
German feet comes out and gives US
a chance for the real thing" said the
vice-admiral.
Stepping into small room where
teleOrsph KEYS clicked and a compact
wireless apparatus was hidden behind
armor. the correspondent saw, one in
strument which brings word to Sir
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