Evening star., 1915-07-04
FLEET TO Be BUSY
ON A.LARGE SCALE
BattIeships Off New England
During July and August,
Then to Go South.
WILL COAL AT SEA
AS NEVER DONE BEFORE
War Game Will Take Place From
September 19 to 30-Plans First
Work of Benson.

The Atlantic fleets summer program
made public last night, will keep the
battleship and auxiliary squadron and
destroyer and submarine hotillas
busted with active exercises on large
scale until the fleet war game Septem-
ber 10 to 30, without going to the
Panama canal The battleships will be
off the New England coast during July
and Augu ust and then go south.
Coaling at sea will be attempted on
a greater scale than heretofore. There
will be occasional mobilization of the
fleet, but the submarines will be under
overhauling and repairs until July 81
and then will be engaged in torpedo
firing and training of the officers and
crews. The effort will be to bring all
the submarines up to their highest
efficiency
First Work of Benson.
The program is the first general
scheme of operations under Rear Ad-
miral Benson, the new chief of oper-
ations.
The battleship squadron, comprising
the first, second, third and fourth divi-
sions. with the Wyoming as flagship
gagged in ship drills, torpedo practice
and landing force operations. The Wyo-
ming and the first division will be al
Newport July Is to 81. the second divi-
sion at Provincetown, third division al
Rockport. fourth division at Boston
There will be divisional exercises and
preparation for target practice.
August liza the battleship squadron
still in Narragansett bay, will engage
in torpedo practice. and prepare for
college lectures, overhaul OF machinery
and coaling at sea.
August 1928 will be devoted to fleet
maneuvers in Block Island sound.
On Southern Drill Grounds,
August 29-September IS, on the
southern drill grounds, outside che
Virginia capes, the battleships will
have elementary and experimental tar
get practice. They will take on coal
and stores at Hampton roads, overhaul
machinery and their officers will have
conferences preliminary to the war
game. The war game will occupy Sep
tember 19 to 80.
The destroyer f1otilla. in Narragansett
waters. will be engaged until August
IA with divisional and flotflla tactical
exercises, mine laying and mine sweep
ing operations, development of often
SlVS OpcFdtiOHS against
engineering trials, gameboard exercises
and conferences of officers August 15-
2S will be occupied with mine laying
and mine sweeping in conjunction with
the fleet maneuvers. August 29-Sep-
tember 1S. on the southern drill
grounds, the fotilla will have ele-
mentary taget practice, with rendez-
vous at Hampton roads.
The submarine flotilla will be over
hauled until July 81, then have tor
pedo firing and training Of personnel
from August 1 on.
Auxiliary Squadron.
The auxiliary squadron, with Nara
gansett hay as a base, until August IA
will be engaged in mining and mine
sweeping In various localities between
Long Island and Nantucket and will
be with the feet August 1928. From
August 20 to September Is the auxil-
iaries will be on the southern drill
grounds, engaged in elementary target
practice, at Hampton roads. 1t will be
with the rest of the fleet in the war
game September 1890.