The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1919-07-12
,rr,E WAR VESSELS COMING.
:, 6 NAVY Anti-Submarine Flotiiia
On Its WAY Here.

On Its WAY Here.
n;roct from it's remarkable cruise
- The Mississippi river to the head
" " navigation the anti-submarlne
sat;,la which the u. S. Na$y sent to
.os 4ha great inland waterway, is now
haaded for this city. The date Tor
Ia visit here is scheduled for Satur-
s NV .Tulv 10. Prior to the arrival OF
the 1otilla the advance party WIZ
eame here on Submarine Chaser NO.
70 prepare the way. This IS the
i,ttle man-of-war which has preceded
tha @ feet on it's trip from New Or
iaans @ TO st. Louis blazing the way and
billing the towns.
The call here will bring to this
,ort the destroyer Isabel, which had
II months Of service in the war zone
the A,.,-I7rs.==-I7 e1lbmarine KS, which
mefha fBhhe sffHfsKa Of fhaa Ss,--asrst Of undersea
craft to 90 across, two submarine
chasers which were on patrol duty
and "U" boat chasing in the gulf and
ocean, and three flying boats all OF
which have records for splendid at
tack and defense work on the French
caast. The personnel will include
about 20 officers and $50 men, most
a. whom were in the active work in
the war zone. During the visit here
iii of the ships will be open to the
public throughout the day and two
hours in the evening.
III was these types Of ships, arn1a-
nent and equipment which proved a
terror to the German undersea craft,
and the records show that as soon as
'units similar to the one to be seen
here had entered the war zone the
attacks began to decrease. 1t will
10 interesting to know that the sub
marine chasers, of which more than
400 were used in the war, are a
nurely American product and proved
- immense value. More than a
hundred made the voyage across the
ocean. taking their fuel through
lines of hose from a mother ship,
and in addition to having continual
hattleINish the waves had also to
keen up a running fight with sub
marines. These ships carry the ~"
guns on the after part of the deck
II is from these that are fired the
sash cans or depth charges contain
;np $50 pounds of T. N. T., and
which were absolutely unerring in
their destructive power.
The submarine chasers in English
waters during the war were IN COM
mand Of native of MISSISSIPPI,
Can't. R. H. Leigh, U. S. NJ, now act
ing chief of the bureau OF navlga-
ton, navy department, Washington,
and who prior to that detail was the
chief Of staff to Admiral Sims. An
other Mississippian who aided in ar
ranging the trip Of the f1otilla to
these waters is Commander G. b.
Mayo, Il. S. N, who holds an I'M
plportant post IL the department at
Washington. I.
The fiotilla will be accompanied
here BY the band of the y. s. s..
u Recruit, the famous landship in New
4 York City, and baseball team OF
& all navy players. The recruiting
party will be in charge Of Lieut.. T..
N. Weichelt, U. S. N, an accom-
4 plished speaker.
The officers of the fotilla are:
Commanding officer, Lieut. -Comdr. T..
G. Berrien, U. S. N; officer in charge
q Of arrangements, Lieut.. .-Comdr. w.
Hawks, u. S. N. R. F.; U. S. S. Isabel,
Lieut.. T. N. Vinson, commanding; U.
s. S. KS, Lieut.. -Comdr. T. g. Ber-
n rien, commanding; flying boats, Lieut..
Is H. T. Stanley, U. S. N. R. F.; En-
A sign R. w. Arthur, U. S. N. R. r;
# Ensign w. S. Grooch, U. S. N. r. F.;
submarine chaser commanders, En-
sign T. E. Vensel, Ensign H.. R. Al
ker, Ensign F. A. VanPatton, all OF
the U. S. N. R. F. Lieut.. j. L.
Reynolds, u. S. N, will arrive in adj
vance to arrange for docking, etc.
The advance chaser will bring Lieut.
Comdr w. Hawks and his assistant,
Chief Yeoman j. H. Adkins, U. S. N.
R. F. Since starting the cruise the
fotilla has gone as far north as st.
Louis. One chaser continued up the
Illinois river to Peoria, Ills, and the
three flying boats made the flight
from st. Louis to Chicago carrying
the mail.