Evening star., 1925-09-06

Arizona, now at the Puget Sound
yard. is due to leave there September
is. No date has as yet been set for
the completion of the moderniZation
of the battleship Florida, which Is at
Boston, and the Texas. which is at
Norfolk. :
Four of the light cruisers are now
at their home yards undergoing re-
pairs, but the Cincinnati will leave the
New York Navy Yard and the Con-
cord will leave the Philadelphia yard
on the same date, September IL. The
Cleveland is due to remain at the Bos-
ton yard until October S, while the
Detroit will come from the same yard
on September Is. The Lawrence, the
Hopkins and Ruben Kanes will leave
the Norfolk yard on September IT.
The Borie and the j. d. Edwards will
leave the Norfolk yard on September
Is. The Sturteyant, destroyer, Is
scheduled to come from the Boston
yard on October s and the Overton
from the same yard on September Is.
The Billingsle comes from the Phila-
delphia yard on September II and the
Lavallette will come from Mare Island
on October 5. The Zeilin and the Hen.
shaw are due to leave Puget Sound
yard on September 21, while the Mar
Gus and Selfridge will come from the
same yard on September 25. The Hull
left Mare Island on September 4.
In the submarine and submarine
tender program the S-12 leaves Ports
mouth yard on October Is. and the
following submarines leave the same
yard: S-21. November 80: Sill, October
81; TIL, November 7; T-3, October 10,
and S-19, October %. The Fulton
comes from the Philadelphia yard on
October IT. The following are the
dates of the submarines and subma-
rine tenders for Mare Island: S-33,
September 26; S-4, Sc, ST, S-8, Sc
April /, 1926; STA, Sis, SIG, SIT
July /, 1925; Argonne. April 1, 1926.
and S-26, indefinite.
The other warships will leave the
yards at which they are now located
on the following dates: Falcon, from
New York, September 25; Bobolink.
from Charleston, September 80: Nj
agara and Mercy. from Philadelphia,
August 81; Partridge, September Is;
Procyon, September Is: Brant. Sep
tember 5, from Mare Island. Eagles
35, AZ and 58 are at Mare Island In
definitely.
Rear Admiral Henry H. Hough,
L. s. N, now on his way to China,
where he will assume command of the
YangtZe, left this country before the
OI Ills successor as oil
rector of naval intelligence was an.
nounced. 1t is regarded as an indi-
cation that the Secretary of the Navy
Is impressed with the Importance of
this assignment in the Navy Depart
ment. The names of Rear Admiral
Andrew T. Long, now member of the
general board, and Rear Admiral Luke
McNamee, naval attache at London.
are being mentioned in connection
with the post vacated by Rear Ad-
miral Hough.
The budget permitting. it Is under
stood that next Summer maneuyers
of the United States fleet Will culmi-
nate in a joint Army and Navy af-
fair in the Narragansett or New Eng
land district. 1t is understood that
informal conferences have been dis
cussed by the joint Army and Navy
board and that several discussions
have taken place between members of
the general staff and the Navy gen.
eral board. The National Guard and
the Organized Reserves will doubtless
be included in the plan if appropria-
tions to cover the cost are made.
The defense of New England was
under consideration by the Army War
College. class of last year. There was
no publicity given to the affair, but
the entire class spent a month in the
survey of New England and New
York.
With the mobilization of the entire
fleet in the Narragansett area an op-