Arizona republican., 1919-02-23

surrendered to it without making one | attempt to win the war for their kali ser"
 Papas is full of enthusiasm for his own ship, the Texas, in which he com | manded the ships crack gun division, !. the first. It is with quite justifiable i pride that he points out that the Texas is one of the most efficient ships in the world, and holds the laurels of the American Atlantic fleet for general ef- ficiency. In target practice in the North Sea she frequently beat the crack ships of the Grand Fleet.
 Texas a Crack Ship
 Papas is also full of respect and pride for the Texas captain during her service abroad, Victor Blue, now rear admiral in charge or the naval bureau of navigation in Washington. Captain Blue. as Papas still calls him, was un- derstood and loved by every man on the Texas, and this had much to do with the enviable record the battle ship made while under his command. Captain Blue, Papas said, had a heart bigger than the navy with the whole navy in it and the Texas in the center We of the old Texas will always call him captain. and that is just the same as calling him father"
 Captain Blue, incidentally, was the officer who succeeded in getting the naval revenue bill thorugh congress before the war, which had a great deal to do with the American navy's being prepared when the war came.
 With him. when he came to Phoenix, Papas brought two documents that have never before been seen in Ari- zona. One is d copy of the orders is sued by Admiral Sir David Beatty, commander-in-ch of the Grand Fleet, to his ships the day the Ger man fleet surrendered. The other is | a copy of the speech Admiral Beatty ! made aboard the American flagship l New York to Rear Admiral Rodman. i just before the American ships sailed | for home. It voices the last farewell of the British Grand Fleet to it's Sixth l battle squadron and contains ample | evidence of the comradely spirit that exitsed between the British and Amer | isan tars.
 Admiral Beattys orders to his fleet as it went out to meet the Germans are herewith presented with the perrnis- sion and assistance of Boatswains S | Mate Papas. They are in thorough sea-g going language. but fairly intelli- gible to the landsman. It should be noted, however that "B. S." means bat tie squadron; "B. c. s." battle cruiser squadron; "C. s." cruiser squadron. and Il. C. S., light cruiser squadron, the various types of vessels in the Grand Fleet being grouped together in numbered squadrons. 'F1otilla" refers to the destroyer squadrons. It should also be explained that sea time is measured in units of 24 hours, and that there are two entrances to the Firth of Forth harbor, on either side of May Island.
 The orders with some minor and technical details omitted. follow:
 Queen Elizabeth
 20 November, 1918
 Operation ZZ
 1. OBJECT.
 To meet and escort to an anchorage in the Firth of Forth the ships of the German high sea fleet which are to be handed over for internment to the grand fleet.
 2. FORCES EMPLOYED.
 Queen Elizabeth" Oak"
 1st B. &, 2nd B. S., 4th B. S.. 5th B. s. 9th B. s.
 'Lion." 1st B. C. S.. End B. C. S., 1st $. S., Furious" "Minotaur" 1st l.. c. s. 2nd L. c. S. 4th [. C. S. 9th L. c. S, 7th L. C. &. Fearless" : Castor" "Champion,' 3rd FTotilla 11th F1otilla, 18th F1otilla. 18th F1otilla 14th Flotilla, 18th F1otilla, goth Flo. tilla, 21st Flotilla.
 8. INTELLIGENCE.
 (a) The German force 10 be handed over for internment on Thursday, No. vember 21, consits of the following yes sells of the German high sea fleet: Battleships: Friedrich der Crosse . flying the flag of Rear Admiral vor Reuter-, who is in command of tn,
 whole force Gall sign, 'T NJ. A'O 'Koenig Albert" Kaiser" "Kronprin; Wilhelm" "Kaiserin." Bayern" Mar , graf." "Prinzregent Luitpold," "Grosse Kurfurst."
 | Battle Cruisers: "Seylitz," flyiny B the broad pennant of Commodore liar, l der; Gall sign, ''W. B. D"): 'Derfflin I ger" Won der Tann," "Hindenburg, 7 ''Moltke"
 Light Cruisers: Karlsruhe" flyin: l the broad pennsnt of Commodore liar,
 der; Gall sign. ''W. E. D.O; Frank. , furt," 'Emden," "Nurnberg,' "Brum. ! mer," "Coln," "Bremse." l Destroyers: Fifty of the latest de. , stroyers from the German 1st, 2nd , 3rd. 9th and 7th flotillas. [ (b) The force will approach ren. l dezvous "X,- position latitude 56 deg 7 ! II min. N. longitude deg. 20 min. w.