The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-02-14
DESTR0YERS IN CRUISE WITH
 BIG SHIPS
Fleet Has Strenu-
 ous Drill in Cuban Waters
 New Flagship Given

Guantanamo, Cuba, Feb. 14-After four days of maneuvering the Allan tic Fleet dropped anchor hero this morning for an inspection of the per- sonnel, which will be followed this af- ternoon and tomorrow by athletic games and other means of recreation
 For the past four days the Fleet. which is having it's annual cruise and training in southern waters under command of Admiral Hilary P. Jones, U. s. N, has been through a. stren- uous schedule of employment which had been outlined for it's stay here. Nice-Admiral J. D. Mcdonald, U. s. N, is in command of the battleship force.
 Though the ships are under-manned no let up has been allowed to creep into this period of the training at sea The program is a most intensive one. and until their arrival here none of the men has been ashore since 1eav- ing northern ports several weeks ago.
 DeStroyerS in Workout.
 With the battleship force are the destroyer squadron except those ships with 50 per cont personnel now at Charleston, s. C.; submarine squad and an air detachment of seaplanas to operate with the fleet in its prac- tice.
 This will be the first time the Com mander-in-Chief of the Fleet has had his flag on a ship that will be entirely independent of the battIeship force. Heretofore the Chief has been aboard one of the battle ships, and if his presence was re- quired with some other force he either had to postpone this move or take the ship carrying his flag away from the scheduled employment or move the whole battleship force. The Columbia is in reality an administrative ship and carries no guns outside of a sa- luting battery and has no armed force save the Marine guard. The Colum- bias commanding officer is Captain J. K. Tassig, who will be recalled as the officer in charge of the first destroyers scnt across when the Navy entered the war in foreign waters. A sum- mary of the employment schedule o1- lows:
 February 1s-17-overhaul, ship drills, boats under oars in afternoon, infantry and artillery drills ashore, inspections, athletics after D. m.
 February 1S-19-Au ships at an- chor, inspection Saturday, recreation and athletics Saturday and Sunday.
 February 20 to 26-Inspe pections, o'clock holiday (Washington's Birth o'clock holidy (Washington's Birth day, February 22).
 Gunnery Is Practiced.
 February 27 to March 3-Gunnery exercises, spotttng practice. short range practice for Battleshfp Division five and Wyoming; gunnery exercises for active destroyer squadron, for air squadron exercises with batueShtpS.
 March 4-5-Ships at anchor, inspec- ton, athletics.
 March 6-10- Maneuvers, target practice, battle practice Destroyers, gunnery exercises. Air, exercises with battleships
 March II to April 2-Ffring on ri- file range, infantry drills ashore, en- gineering trials, inspections, overhaul, recreation athletics.
 From April to the batt1es11ips will be in division practice and also in practice with ani-aircraft, destroy CTS having gunnery exercises expert mental torpedo practice, aircraft ex- ercising with battleship division or working out a special problem.
 Until April 23 the ships will be kept busy with drills, overhaul, fuel ing and provisioning preparations to their return to northern ports on April 27. The award of athletic tro- phies is scheduled for April 23.