New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-14
Only 3 Ships of a Foreign
NavieS on Revised Pro-
gramme to Take Part.
WILSON MAKES TRIP
ON THE NEW YORK
Immense Number Of United
States Vessels to Follow Pres
ident to San Francisco.
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Washington. Jan. l3.-Secretary Dan
iels to-day announced a revised pro-
gramme of the ceremonies for the cele-
biation Of the opening OF the Panama
Canal IL covers the period of the gen
oral assembly of the American feet and
/ foreign ships Oft Guantanamo, Cuba, and
/ extends from February 25, when the
/ frs. group Of ships will detach them
selves from the fleet and proceed from
Guantanamo. reporting az Colon, 70
+ Gatun Lake. until March p. when the
President on board the dreadnought
New York will steam through the as
semblcd fleets in San Francisco Har-
Dor. There viii be only FIVE foreign
warships $40 tho cruise. the European
wal having played havoc with the orig
I inal plans for making the canal open
INK a grand international event
The following is the programme
The programme has been worked OUT
/ in the confident belief that passage
| through the canal will be possible, al
though Colonel Goethals has given
notice that he cannot guarantee u on
account Of difficulties caused by earth
I slides. II rs planned for the ships 20
20 through day by day from February
/ 26 until March 10. when President Will
son is due to arrive on the battleship
I New York and transfer 20 the old ore
gon for the trip through the canal.
All the plans have been framed par
ticularly with a view TO interfering as
little as possible with the winter man
euvres and drills of the Atlantic fleet.
/ Two weeks will be saved by changing
the place of rendezvous from Hampton
Roads to Colon.
Consent of Congress will have 70 be
obtained for the change, as the law
authorizing the cruise expressly set
forth that the United States should
/ invite the maritime nations Of the
world TO send naval vessels TO Hampton
Roads for the event. Secretary Daniels
said, however, that he had no doubt
the necessary legislation would be en-
acted at once. Tie pointed out that the
European war had obviated rendez-
vous Of the international character
contemplated by Congress and that the
isthmus would be more convenient
gathering place.
February % Fleet flagship. first and
second divisions. arrive at Colon;
thence to Panama, arriving March
and 5.
March 3 -Third and fourth divisions
arrive at Colon and follow first and
second divisions through canal, arriv-
ing at Panama March 5 and 6.
March 4 10 Foreign men-of-war
arrive at Colon and pass through canal
March 5-Prcsideut leaves Hampton
Roads on the New York, the Texas as
escort.
March 1O-The New York and tho
Texas arrive at Colon and proceed "a
Panama; President transfers TO the
Oregon and goes through the canal.
March 10 20 - Functions in Cana
lore and at Panama.
March l2-Thc Oregon, the Olympia
the Yankton and the Celtic proceed e
anchorage OF San Francisco.
March l3-The President on the New
York, accompanied by the Texas anC
one division of destroyers, steam:
through the fleet and proceeds TO Sar
Diego. The fleet. hotilla and train
steam to San Francisco. Foreign yes
sells proceed Independently.
March 2l-The feet. fotilla and train
arrive at San Francisco in the forenoon
and prepare 20 receive the President
March 27 (forenoon)-The President
the New York, the Texas, one division
Of destroyers and the Pacific fleet ar
rive at San Francisco. The President
steams through the feet.
Just how the European war has cur
tailed the list of foreign battleships
and cruisers in the sea pageant is re-
Elected in the paragraph OF the pro-
gramme devoted to foreign ships, which
says:
Argentina will send the battleship
Moreno, flying the flag of Vice-Admi-
raj Onofre Betbeder; Cuba will send
/ the cruiser Cuba; Portugal will send
/ the cruiser Almirante Refs and the dis
patch boat Cinco de Outubro; Spain
/ will send the battleship Espana. Vice
| Admiral don Ramon Estrada Catovia
/ has been appointed by the Spanish gov
eminent as it's naval representative
Secretary Daniels said to-day regard
| ing the functions in the Canal Zone:
"There can. of course, be no parade
I Of the fleet as q whole through the
canal. This would result in congestion
/ in Colon and in the canal, with serious
delay.
"Besides the twenty-one battleships
| Of the Atlantic feet. all vessels OF the
Atlantic torpedo 1otilla, including the
/ birmingham, the Dixie and the Are
Z thusa. will accompany the fleet 20 San
Francisco. The reserve torpedo f1otlla,
Atlantic feet. Will not proceed TO San
Francisco. The auxiliaries accompany
/ ing the battleship fleet will be the
Vestal, the Celtic. the Yankton. the
Solace. the Sonoma, the Ontario, the
Patapsco, the PatuXent and the colliers
Cyclops, Orion, Neptune, Jupiter and
Vulcan.
"The Oregon and the Olympia will
take part. 10 be in Colon prior to March
>. filled with coal and ready TO pro-
coed"