Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-04
SO WARSHIpS PASS IN REVIEW
BEFORE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF

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rails, while the ships bands played
The Star Spangled Banner
As each vessel passed the officers
and men gave rigid salute. the ma
rine guards presented arms, the
drums gave four ruffleS and the
buglers sounded four f1ourishes.
These vessels. with bands aboard, fol-
lowed up with the national anthem.
The vessels of the scouting fleet
passed in single column. In the bat
tie fleet the destroyers were lined up
in double column, but all other yes
sells in this fleet proceeded in single
column.
The President and those with him
on the Maytlower responded to the
SaluteS from the passing vessels and
saluted the colors flying from the
masts of the fleet.
Review Ends Concentration.
The review ends the fleet concen-
tration. which commenced off Guam
tanamo, Cuba, early in March, and
with the completion of tOday's memo,
rable demonstrations the ships will
proceed Immediately, according to the
the battle fleet will proceed to the
Pacific Coast by way of the Panama
Canal. arriving at San Pedro June %.
The vessels of the scouting fleet will
return to the Narragansett Bay area
for operations during the Summer.
There was much interest in the
battleShips oregon and Nevada, as
they steamed by today, because they
have aboard the three classes of mid
shipmen from the Naval Academy
The Nevada is the flagship of the prac
tice squadron. which is commanded by
Rear Admiral G.. w. Laws. The battle.
ship Florida, which has been detailed
to take the Naval Reserve students
on a cruise this Summer, also took
part in the review
Following the demonstration here,
the Mayf'OWer will start back for
WASHINGTON, where it is scheduled to
arrive tomorrow afternoon 1t is cX-
pccted that the yacht will anchor at
the mouth of the Potomac tonight and
early in the morning will resume its
journey to Washington. The Yacht
will anchor off Hams Point tomorrow
night. and the President and his party
will land at the navy yard the follow.
ing morning
The formation st tho units and the
commanders in this review follow:
Following the Seattle. the flagship,
came the light cruiser l.. S. s. Tren-
ton. flagship of light cruiser divisions,
Scouting Fleet Rear Admiral A. H.
Willard, commander of light cruiser
divisions; Capt. J. X. Taussig, com
mandng >oiiicerl.
Next in line was the Control
flagship, Rear Admiral
II. II. Christy. commander Control
Force; commanding officer. Comdr. +.
y. Pryor; Bushnell flagship, Subma.
rine Division 4. Comdr. Thomas
Withers. commander: commanding of
hcer, Lieut.. Comdr. II. NJ. Branham.
Submarines OIL. O-4, 81, SO. So.
Sc. 81, SIS, 50. $40. Sill. S-12. S-13
S-21. S-23, We; Shawmut. flagship,
commander Mine Squadron !. Capt.
w. s. Pye, also commanding officer.
The following mine sWeepers were
to pass in two columns:
Nathan. Willard, Maury and Lark.
Destroyer squadronS. Scouting Fleet,
Concord, light cruiser. flagship, com
Destroyer Squadron, Scouting
Fleet, Rear Admiral ~ +. Irwin: fol
lowed by destroyers in two columns
Dallas. Converse. Lamson, Osborne.
Coghlan. Dobbin. Lawrence. Brooks,
Cilmer, Kane, OvertOn, Sturtevant.
Barry, Reuben James. Golf. Childs,
Worden, Sands.
Battlcship divisions, Scouting Fleet
flagship; commander,
Scouting Fleet. Vice Admiral A. II
Robertson; commanding officer. Capt
A. Bronson: Texas. commanding Of
fcer. Capt. Il. +. Briggs: Florida. com
officer. Capt. u. +. Boyd
Oklahoma. commanding officer. Capt.
T. A. Kearney: Nevada. commanding
officer. Capt. G.. s. kempff: flagship,
Rear Admiral G.. w. Laws, command
ing, AIidShipmen Practice Squadron;
aircraft squadrons. Scouting Fleet.
Wright, aircraft tender Capt. j. r.
Horne: Teal, aircraft tender, Lieut.. S.
Gregory.
Battle Fleet. destroyer squadrons-
Omaha, light cruiser flagship: com
mander, destroyer squadrons. Battle
Fleet, Rear Admiral Luke McNamee:
followed by destroyers in two columns
Melville, Decatur. McCawley. Moody.
HenshaW, Farragut. Percival. John
Francis Burnes, Somers, William
Jones, Zelin, Thompson, Stoddert.
farquhar. Paul Hamilton. 1.itchfield.
kidder. Marlborough. Lavallette. Sloat,
Wood, Shirk. SelfridGe, Mervine. Rob
ert Smith, Hull. FarenhOlt, Sumner,
Melvin. Doyen.
Battleship divisions, Battle Fleet
flagship; COMMANDMENTS
chief, Battle Fleet Admiral r. II.
Jackson; commanding officer, Capt. w.
II. STANDBY; West Virginia. flagship:
battleship division, Vice
Admiral l.. r. de Steiguer, command
ing officer, Capt. W. T. Cluverius;
pennsylvania. flagship; commander,
Division Three. Rear Ad-
miral NJ. NJ. Taylor; commanding of
hcer, Capt. G. r. Ovens Arizona,
officer. Capt. w. r. Tar
rant; Mississippi commanding officer.
Capt. Charles NJ Tozer; Idaho, com
officer, Capt. William c. AS |