Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-02-01
Demonstration of the American
Fleet at Opening OF Canal
win Be imposing
FOREIGN REPRESENTATION
TO BE CUT DOWN BY WAR
TWenty-one Battleships With
AuxiIiarieS and Torpedo Flo
tilia viii Take Part
By C. S.. ALBERT.

canal has been postponed until next
July. the following outline OF the orig
inal plans is Of timely interest, as
according to announcement, these
plans will be adhered to as closely as
possible in July. The San Francisco
features, of course. will be elimi-
nated.J III.
:. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 13.-
The completed program for the par
ticipatiCn or the American navy IN
the ceremonies connected with the.
formal opening of the Panama canal
have been announced by Secretary
Daniels. IL develops that foreign rep
resentation viii be small and COM
paratively unimportant As indicated
heretofore, 1t must be largely q Pan
American affair.
Although the number Of naval YES
sells joining in the demonstration on
behalf of foreign powers will be linn
tied because OF the pending European
war, American. naval commanders will
be outranked in at least one Instance.
Argentina viii send a batleship. with
q vice admiral in charge. thus taking
precedence over. the plain rear admir-
ais of our own navy. Portugal and
Cuba have each promised to send a
cruiser.
With the exception of Spain and
PORTUGAL no. otner european nallons
have accepted the invitations sent
then to participate in the great naval
9emonstratlon associated win tue
oeoicalion q tue Dis WaterWayI
me enure program as outimeu Dy
secretary Daniels ioiioWs:
Inc pattiesnips OF me. Atianllc
meet ana the Laestroyer lotiila pro
ceeds 20 0nahtaham ana EuaeahAy
APO pay, eupss on Jan. ~ lot extena-
ca neet exercises ana larger practises,
~ pattiesnip9i participating ~ the
maneuvers. me Georgia Iexas'
SCUM IarOdina anu N Minnesota vii re-
nam ~ tnelrlhome YARDS unaergolng
1overnaui untlI reDruary 10. Inese'
vessels viii Noceed 70 soulnern wat
ers. sne IaIterz part OF FeDruary
ne = eAdss VIII remain aI Hampton
ROADS 10 escort stne f,resldent 20 ran
ana q .ne AeW iorke the New iorK
proceeding 70 Hampton Roads from
ouban waters ABOUT FeDruary 10, pre-.
parea 70 reseiVe the PRESIDENT on
Ma a.r. ..
y - antelded mat tne washington
retleye the delaware IN Mexican wat
sIs e so0n a prac.lcaDie, ana that
.ne Delaware ana Rhode Island VIII
JON the meet IN CUBAN waters. me
nhoue Island mas peen ordered from
Ne" oriesns 70 NorIoik LOT docking
ana on ne complexion OF docking
s LOU, January q, VIII proceed 70
Nu ..n,u % JOIN the Meet
me 0atfieships and the destroy
ers OF the active hotilla labout 23I.
M.h REMAIN IN Cnoan waters, carry
ing on drills and exercises, until Feb
Tuary - and VIII then proceed to
ranama All u Dattlesnips going
tnaoasn tne canal TO san Francisco.
- scueuuie OF movements from
uuantanamo. February %, Is in gen.
e,al as ioIoWs, suD1ect 70. such
chansss as may De necessary.
eDsuary zo-Vestal, fankton, Sol
ace any tuss arrive az Colon, proceed
% uasuh lake, coal and proceed to
a a.
epIualy zs-f1eet nagship, nrst
sna sesonu DIVISIONS, arrive at Colon,
p 1890 70 Ga.un axe, coai, thence TO
n. 9 arl1vins March 1-S.
y alen 81 nlro ana fourth divisions
allise z. Colon ana Ioiiow nrst and
S ;os ~ n.n .nTousn canai. arriv-
Co.,, ana . MaIch o-e.
I'll ~ I. 4-es--Foreien men-of-War ar.
aosl;v 1871 c anu pass enIougn canai,
..Masoh = aI o aahe ION coiiiers.
tor 49, 5. I esa leaves Ramp
ssco-t ,.s On tseW lofh' Iexas as
.sMs.ah a .,.,
~ Co. ei.lc arrlves coon, coal