Evening star., 1933-07-02
PRESIDENT TO USE
IND|ANAP0l|SAGA|N
Cruiser to Be Kept in Readi-
ness for Voyages on
Short Notice.

The new 10,000-ton cruiser. Indian
apolis, upon which President Roose-
velt is returning from his vacation
cruise along the New England Coast,
is likely to be used frequently by him
from now on, as q sort of sea-going
| presidential yacht.
This swift naval vessel has been
equipped with admiral's quarters and
an elevator and otherwise made avail
able for the comfort and convenience
of the Chief Executive, and will be
kept in readiness for him to use on
short notice in the future.
Mr.. Roosevelt has indicated he htr3l,
to make occasional sea trips forF res
and recreation, and to make inspec-
tion trips. The former Department. ..
Commerce inspection toat Seuuoia
which has undergone alterations anl.
| refurnishing and commissioned in the
Navy. will continue to serve as the
presidential yacht for cruising about
the Potomac River and Chesapeake
Bay. however. The Indianapolis prob.
ably will be kept at Annapolis or Bal
timore, or possibly some convenient
spot in the deep channel o. the lower
Potomac.
Will Visit Naval Bases.
Being real Navy man, the President
no doubt will want to visit the various
new naval bases at Hampton Roads and
Narragansett Bay, and possibly, If he
can find the time. to visit those at
Mare Island and Bremerton, on the
Pacific Coast.
Mr. Roosevelt already las announced
his intention Of vi-iting Puerto Rico
at some future date. and it is natural
to suppose that such a journey would
| kn DO oh ovI kta -,
that such trip would be arranged to
include a visit to the Virgin Islands.
While Assistant Secretary of the Navy
in the Wilson administration Mr. Roose-
velt always was keenly interested in
| target practice and the other maneu-
vers. Therefore, his friends believe he
may cruise to Guantanamo Bay. Cuba
next Spring to observe at close range
the Navy's practice at that place. He
also may use the Indianapolis to OBJ
serve other maneuvers, and II he can
get away from his desk long enough, he
will inspect the Panama Canal and
continue on up the Pacific Coast to
inspect Navy bases.
Hopes to Go to Hyde Park.
| Mr.. Roosevelt has no really definite
plans for the remainder of the Sum-
mer season. When he left Washington
little more than two weeks ago for
his New England cruise, he said that
would probably have to do him for the
greater part of the Summer. However.
he hopes to make a couple of short
visits to his old home at Hyde Park, on
the Hudson. before Fall. While the
President has indicated the pressure Of
business will keep him close to his desk
at the White House for the greater
part of the Summer, he has intimated
he will indulge in one or more brief
trips He is firm believer in breaking
the monotony of work by indulgence In
some sort of an excursion.
When President Hoover visited Puerto
Rico and the Virgin Islands in the
Spring of 1881 ne used the dreadnaught
Arizona, which had just been recondi-
toned. The following Autumn when
he went to the Yorktown Sesquicenten-
NAL celebration he made the journey
from Annapolis to yorktown aboard
the battleship Arkansas.
President Coolidge confined his cruis-
| ing and water travelling to the presi-
dental yacht Mayflower. which was
sent into oblivion by President Hoover.
| Presidents Harding and Wilson, Taft
and Theodore Roosevelt also were fire.
quent users Of the Mayflower.