The Alaska daily empire., 1920-07-13
WARSH|PS BRING
DANIELS PARTY


dock and was heartily cheered. The
last sight that juneau people had of
the vessels was with Secretary Dan
iels bareheaded, waving his hat and
saying good bye. The other vessels
left shortly after the Sinclair and
the three vessels in cruising forma.
ton steamed together out of the
Channel.
Heading for Seward
The fleet will steam direct from
here to Seward. Secretaries Daniels
and Payne, Admiral Rodman and
Gov Riggs, who is continuing on
with the party will disembark at
Seward and will go over the Gov
eminent railroad from Anchorage
and the coal fields to Mile 241. as lar
out on the railroad as they can go.
Returning to Anchorage they VIII
board the destroyers and cruise to
Kachamak Bay where they will
transfer to the battleship Idaho
This vessel will take the two Sec
retares back to Seattle. Admiral
Rodman will continue his cruise on
the destroyers bringing Gov. Riggs
back to Sitka from which place he
will return to Juneau by regular pas
senger route.
Boats Recently Built
The destroyers are all of the same
size, and were built at Squanna,
Ia;
November and December of last
year, they were assigned to the
Cuban station and from there to
the East coast of Mexico. They
have been in Pacific waters on.v
few weeks.
They are 315 feet long. 81 feet in
beam. draw u feet. inches Of
water They have engines that de
velop 10000 horse power and travel
at a speed of 35 miles an -Four
They carry an average crew of 115
men each. Their guns consist of
four four inch rifles. one 8 inch anti
aircraft gun and four triple torpedo
tubes.
The Flagship Sinclair
The Sinclair with Admiral Hugh
Rodman and staff on board is act
ing as flag ship and also carries
Josephus Daniels. Secretary OF the
Navy Officers on board are Com
mander P. w. Foote, aide to Se,re-
tary Daniels, Lieut. Commander J.
Ingram, aide to Admiral ROdman;
Commander c. e. Smith, Lieut.. Com
mander Roy Pfaff, Lieut.. Commander
F.. Lowe, Lieut. g. CD C. Schild
hauer Ensign l. NJ. Hansen.
On the MacCauley are Secretary
of the Interior John Barton Payne,
DR. Alfred H. Brooks and Gov Thorn
as Riggs, Jr The ships officers are
Com. A. w. Sears Lieut. Com. W.
c. Cochran, Lieut. g. CD J. B. Nc
Donald, Ensign NJ. NJ. Fallon.
On the u. S Meyer are Major
Lieut. Mcrea, Capt Furer, Hugh
Rodman, nephew of Admiral Hugh
Rodman. The ships officers are,
Commander N. E. Clark Lieut. A. d..
Struble, Lieut.. @. CD e. H. Won
Heinburg, Lieut. @. c. p. L. Emer-
son. Gunner H. 7. Bryant.
The fleet also carried two movie
men" and six Official photographers,
More Destroyers Coming
The balance Of the destroyers COM
posing the twenty third division of
the Pacific Destroyer fleet, the
Moody, Henshaw and Doyen are now
at Ketchikan. They will arrive the
latter part of the week and go west
in a few days to meet the rest of
the fleet. All of the vessels will
be stationed in Alaskan waters OPP
Grating out of Dutch Harbor to pro
tect the seal fisheries of the Prib-
ilofs.
Admiral Hugh ROdman. who is
with this fleet, spent practically six
years in Alaska on various vessels
operating under the different depart
ments. He lived in Sitka for a
year with Mrs. Rodman and is insist
ing that all the officers commanding
vessels under him become familiar
with the waters of the Territory