Bisbee daily review., 1920-08-20

1 ed force, with Admiral Hugh Rodman
 chief of the Pacific fleet, second in command.
 1 The maneuvers will be unique in
 many respects, chiefly in that they will afford the first actual mobiliza- ton of the bulk of the new American navy Before the war the forces were always more or less ccattered and a shortage of several types of vessels, particularly of destroyers, submarines, light cruisers, aerial forces and fleet auXiliaries made 1t impossible to concentrate well rounded out fleet although the major portion of the battleship force met each winter at Guantanamo, Cuba, for target practice and drills.
 During the war the shortage in most types of small vessels, notably destroyers and submarines, was ov- ercome, but the entire fleet was nev- CT mobilized due to the use of prac- tically all light craft in the war zone, the detail of cruisers to escort duty and the fact that considerable DOT tion of the battleship force was on duty abroad much of the time.
 The January maneuvers will set a new mark in American naval prog ress For the first time in the his tory of the new navy the battleship fleet will be supported by a reaSona- ply adequate number of destroyers and other light craft. Submarines will be available in abundance, to- gether with sufficient naval aircraft for all tactical purposes and a fully rounded out fleet of auxiliary yes sels. The total number of vessels to participate will depend on the prog ress of recruiting, as many ships are in reserve now for lack of crews, but it is probable that Admiral Wilson will command at least 300 vessels of all types.
 The most modern of dreadnaughts to participate ill the maneuvers will be the great Tennessee. The last word in naval construction, this float l ing fortress displaces 32,000 tons, carries 12 fourteen inch guns and is propelled by electric turbines. The Tennessee is attached to the Allan tic fleet A sister ship, the CalifOr- nia, probably will not be completed in time to join Admiral Rodman's force before the maneuverS. A comparison of the ships available for next winters maneuvers with the naval strength available for similar concentration ten years ago afford some striking contrasts. January l, 1910, the latest battleship in the navy was the New Hampshire, authorized | by congress in 1904, construction started in 1905 and completed in 1903 A comparison of the New Hampshire and the Tennessee follows:
 l New ampshire-Length 450 feet; breadth 76 feet; draft 27 feet; dis placement 17,7O0 tons; speed IS knots; main battery 4 twelve-inch guns and | 8 eight-inch; secondary battery 12 three-inch: four submerged torpedo tubes; nine-inch armor. Propelled by triple expansion steam engine devel
 oping 1S,000 horsepower; crew 1250, including marines
 Tennessee-1920. Length 600 feet; breadth 97 feet; draft 31 feet; dis placement 32,300 tons; speed (con- tracD 21 knots; main battery 12
 fourteen-inch guns; secondary bat
 tery 14 five-inch guns; two submerg-
 ed torpedo tubes; propelled by cleo
 tric turbines developing 2S,500 horse power; crew 1900 men, including ma
 rines.
 Eighteen single calibre gun ships classed in dreadnaughts will be avail
 able for the January maneuvers that were not completed in 1910. They
 have a combined displacement of 445,000 tons and combined gun pow CT of 112 fourteen-inch guns, 80 twelves and 2S three-inch.
 A comparison of total battleship forces available in 1920 with 1910 shows that this year there are IS Idreadnaughts and 19 pre-dreadnaughts excluding the Oregon class, againsl 23 dreadnaughts in 1910, including the Oregon class. Most of the battleships listed as available in 1910 are now considered obsolete.
 Ten years ago the navy destroyer force consisted of about 3S vessels, including F torpedo boats even then practically obsolete. This year Admi- rals Wilson and Rodman command de- stroyer forces aggregating more than 200 vessels, with over 100 more in re- serve or under construction. In 1910, 16 submarines were carried on the ac- tive list of the navy. This year near ly leo of the submersibles are attach ed to the two fleets, with about 75 more under construction.
 The cruiser strength of the navy
 has shown little change in the past
 ten years. In 1910 the backbone of
 the cruiser force was the "big eight"
 armored cruisers, now reduced to six by the loss of the San Diego and the