Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-07-28
| NAVAL ACADEMY
| PRACTICE SQUADRON
10 Visit Panama-Pacific Inter-
national Exposition.
EXPECTED AT FRISCO AUG. S.
Entertainment Includes Subscription
Bail for Officers and Midshipmen
at Auditorium for Benefit Of
Navy Relief.

San Francisco, July 2S.-The Naval
Academy practivce squadron. compos-
cd OF the battlcships Missouri. Wiscon
sin and Ohio, carrying about 600 mid
| shipmen, under comand of Rear Ad-
miraI w. f. Fullam. U. s. ". which
sailed from Annapolis July Z, is now
| en- route to the Panama- Pacific Inter
| national Exposition.
The itinerary is as follows: Arrice
at San Diego August I leave August
3: arrive at San Francisco August 5.
leave August 13. On the return voy-
age the squadron will arrive at Los
Angeles on August Is. leave August
II; arrive at Panama on August 20 !;
leave August 81; arrive at Guantan-
| amo Bay on September 3. leave Sep
| tember 4th; arrive at Annapolis on Sep
| tember 8.
In letter received recently from
the Navy Department by Capt Philip
Andrews, u S. N, commandant of the
Goat Island Naval Training Station, il
was stated that if circumstances are
favorable the squadron may arrive a
day of two before August 5, and may
leave day or two after August 13, the
longer stay depending upon the wealth
er encountered on the way and on the
speed that may be made on the long
trips.
The Ohio and the Wisconsin were
both built at the Union Iron Works,
San Francisco the former in 1901, the
latter in 1913. All three are somewhat
laPuaf. tbav Tho Oran,,, rT,1,o nl.. ...4
the Missouri are sister ships, each dis
placing 1880 tons, and carrying four
12-inch, sixteen 6-inch and ten smaller
rapid fire guns, with two torpedo tubes
Their speed is about is knots. The
Wisconsin displaces 1852 tons. car
ries four 13-inch. sixteen 6-inch and
eight smaller guns, but no torpedo
tubes. She makes about sixteen knots
In addition to the practice squad
ron, there will be in the harbor Rear
Admiral C. F. Ponds Pacific reserve
fiet, consisting of the armored cruis-
ers South Dakota, Maryland San Diego
the cruisers Milwaukee end Raleigh.
the battleship Oregon, monitor Chey-
enne, Paul Jones, Preble. Perry and
Truxton, several destroyers and sub
marines, H-1 and H-2.
There will be two great naval balls
given to the officers and midshipmen
OF the practice squadron after their
arrival in San Francisco. One, a sub
scription ball, for the benefit of the
Navy Relief Society. will be given in
the Auditorium, Civic Center. August
.. The other, which will be invita-
tional, viii be given in the California
Building on August 10.
The full list of officers of the prac-
tice squadron is as follows:
RearAdmiral William +. Fullam
commanding; Lieut.. NJ e. Manly. aid
Missouri, Flagship-. Com. c. +. Pres
ton, Lieut.-Comds. Hillery Williams.
Roger Williams, Lieuts. w. +. Jacobs.
G. G. Gill, Lieuts. (junior grade) ]. NJ.
Schelling, William Farber,G w Crosse.
X. II. Donavin, W. w. Turner, w. ID.
Brereton, Jr., T. J. Keleher, c. l.. Best,
{. nj. Jones'; Ensigns l. NJ. Graham,
J. c. Tucker. d. c. Watson, Surgeon
A. w. Dunbar, Assistant Surgeon w.
Brams, Past Assistant Paymaster c. E.
Parsons, Chaplain A. w. Stone.
Wisconsin-Com. Frank A. Traut,
Lieut.-Comds. Hilary II. Royal and
Burrel c. Allen, ,Lieutenants Stanton l..
Fl. Hazard, Richard S. Edwards. Thos.
A. Symington, Ralph c. Parker, Will
liam Il. Smith. Elwin F. Cults, John r..
BcardsaIl. ID. r. Hunter, Fl. L. Bour-
geois, Robert E. Rogers, L. C. Davis.
Ensigns Wesley J. Shofner, Herbert
V. Wiley, Surgeon Frederick A. Asser-
son. Assistant Surgeon Frederick A.
NJ. Il. c. Paymaster J. F. Hatch
Ohio Com. John T. romkins Lieut.
Comdrs. John W Greenslade. .Ronyeard
3. Wygent, Lieut.. Robert l.. Gormley.
Guy F. Parker, VIM. +. Smith, Ralph
r. Stewart Elmer T. Tod, Samuel A.
Clement John W Rankin, Howard b.
Macleary, David c. Patterson. Jr.. III.
II. Forgds. Solomon Endel. Ensigns A.
ID. Struble. William Granat. Past AS
sistant Surgeon Duncan C. Walton
Assistant Surgeon Foster III. Bowman.
NJ. II. c. Past Assistant Paymaster
| Frank Baldwin