Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-30
REORGANIZATION or
SEA FIGHTING POWER
OF NATION UNDER WAY
General Clage III Creeping Of Ships
Ard Asslgnnaent 0f CamHsand-
efs Resng Made

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That the,s bic sea fighting power of
the nation. ltA4 huge aoating establish
ment Of thk navy. is being rapidly re-
constituted. u made evident by the
orders Of nexal officers inst made pub
lie. with tha Fetnrn Of these ofEicefs
from oyersEsI
The returAing ships already have
taken their sces In the fleet organtza-
ton and the, Snhlished assignments Of
the high s annlands, with Admiral
Mayo rem@ Ang as commander -in-
chief
The Heet 4 now divided into two
ma jor units. Known as hattleship forces
Nos. / and 81 While details of organi-
xation perfs eted since the United
states enter 4 the war have not been
made public II is understood that all
the older baf leshipa have been group
/ ed in force 30 i. under Vice Admiral
Albert II. CT mt, formerly commanding
THE Fifth u sision OF the fleet This
force will cepslst OF Division A and B
and Squads n ns / and q The newer
ships ere gSanped iii force No 2. and
the asslgnmsnt of yice-Admiral Henry
EB. Wilson, Formerly commanding In
French wateFa. to command Squadron
i is understood to place him in line
Tor command ofaforce No. d
Plunkets 10 Command Destroyers.
/ Rear-AdmfraI Charles r. Plunkett,
formerly on Ahty in Washington. takes
command os fAe restroyer force Of the
! feet no wf1 be divided as the bait
/ tlesiips into avo groups, Flotillas Nos.
ii and . ear ADMIRAL ashley H.
Robertson. Nrmerly commanding the
destroyer force, Ii assigned to CONE
Imand FlotilN No 2, while Admiral
lPiunkett vii command Flotllla No. /
as well as tTg entire force.
Rear Adrne III Harry Mel Huse, now
head of the Naval Retiring Board is
assigned to command the Atlantic
Fleet Train which includes the arn-
lmunition, se iply and other auxiliary
craft. He viii be relieved on the board
lby Rear dEsaral Thomas s. Rogers,
now commas Niing Battieship Division
mo 5.
Other irnpt rtant changes In flag ofii-
icers are Raar-Admiral William r..
IShoemaker, 1ssom the general board to
command Division 8 OF the Atlantic
Fleet: Thouas Snowden. from Divi-
1 sion q, AtIsatic Fleet, to temporary
duty Iii WEshingtnn; Alexander ~.
Haistead, frFan command of SquAdron
Is, Patrol Fcrcea, to command Of the
naval base fl France, relieving Vice
Admiral Wilton: Carlo b, Britain. 10
command DFtasion a. Battleship deet;
Henry A. Wiley, to command Division
| ID: John A. Hoogewerff. to command
| Squadron /, battieahip feet: Thomas
washington. ltd command Diylaion 81;
Hugh RodmaA. to command Squadron
ls; Clarencefs Williams. to command
| Division 4. ss
Captaia Watson 80 Toxic.
other imp Ftanut orders to oficera
Include CapE Edward FL Watson. ma
t val inteIilgeg'aa. to be naval attache at
Toxic, refi@sing Commander Fl =
Horne, caIIe4 home for special duty
lin the offles of naval intelligence:
Capt Orin q Mur1n, to command the
abattleship M Ssouri; Capt William q
Pratt, to COMMAND the battleship New
York; Capt William Al Riddle, to com
mand repair ship Vestal;; Capt. Walter
s. Crosley, ts command the battIeshiy
Rhode TslanE; Capt Edward Z Beach
as commapbant Mare Island Navy
1 Yard ii
COMMANDED David WI Bagley Ii as.
signed as na9al attache ct The Hague
The ordefs published today also in.
fclude a general reassignment o. com.
nianders or destroyers, cruisers and
lmercant sh6ps of the naval transport
i sarvicA