Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-02
GALADAY when
ANTI-SUB BOAT
DISPLAY COMES
Destroyer. Submarine. Three Sub
ChaseTs and Two Flying Craft
in FIotiIIa.
NAVAL BAND TO BE PRESENT
Crack Baseball Aggregation Travels
With Display To Show
Movies 10 Public.

It will be a gala day in Rock Is
land when the anti-submarine flo
tilla visits here some time during
the Immediate future. Announce.
ment Of its coming was made IN
recent issue of The Argus.
A navy department statement IN
regard to the flotilla follows:
$50 that the people of the west
may have a close view OF the types
Of ships used in the war against tie
U-boat, the navy department is now
assembling an arli-suhmarine flo
t}lla to make a trip on the Mis5lss-
ippi river and its tributaries
These ships and implements cot
warfare used against German T.
boats are being sent to the middle
west waters so that people Of tnat
part Of the country may have a full
opportunity TO have a close inspec-
ton of the vessels. guns and equip
ment which the navy used in clear
ing the sea of the enemy submarine.
1.-THE flotilla will consist of the Z.
S 8 Isabel, a destroyer type. the
submarine KS. three submarine
chasers and two flying boats, all Of
which with their officers and crews
have seen active service in the war
zone.
THE expedition viii he in com
mand OF Lieutenant Commander
Thomas G. Berrien, United States
navy, who is now at the submarine
base at Key West. The Isabel, which
will be commanded by Lieutenant
T. y. VinsOn, United States navy,
11I Al
Philadelphia to join the other ships
at Key West From the Florida
port thew will proceed to New
Orleans. The start up the river will
be made early in May and the trip
will extend to St. Louis and also in
clude tributaries of the Mississippi.
The itinerary, now being laid out.
includes the visit to all of the CITIES
and towns on either bank of the
river
destroyer, submarine and chas-
ers will carry war equipment. The
destroyer will nave a "Y' gun and
depth charges. The submarine will
be prepared to submerge. All Of the
ships will be illuminated at night
both when at anchor and aflOat. one
of the chasers will 90 in advance Of
the flotilla and viii be in communi-
cation by radio and wireless phone"
with the other ships. This chaser
will be used by Lieutenant Com
mander Wells Hawks. L. S. y. r. F,
who has been ordered to precede
the fIotilIa and make all advance
arrangements.
Prepare for Visit
Already cities and towns along
the river are preparing to receive
and entertain the fIotilla and its
men The ships will be prepared TO
return the courtesy. The personnel
will include the band from the Z. S.
s. Recruit, the land ship in Union
Square New York. vocal quartet
and instrumentalists from one OF
the navy training stations, a crack
baseball team of sailor players, and
projecting machines for showing
motion pictures of navy activities at
home and abroad. Flights will be
made by the flying boats.
The navy department intends
that everybody in the Mississippi
valley shall see the flotilla and SO
that all may be reached men on
motorcycles viii post announce
ments in all the villages and near
by counties accessible to the river
port It is proposed to make this
the most comprehensive showing
ever sent out by the navy Depart
mont