Show Squadron diOn to sit the United Stales Roat A Admiral Louis of oT Who VIl a of or Queen Will Command the Most Formidable Fleet Ever Came n to America on a n Friendly Mission H W 00 H X y y I y y r y X y ii y f y y i y y y F y 1 y I t 4 X 1 1 t 41 r I IY p Y 1 t ti 0 y 1 t i 5 i i iy T i iI 1 y y Y t 1 J A AY A AY A Ay a Y 5 y I 4 7 A y y I r ie A Ay A y I S A AY AA Ay Ay AY y 7 I A AA Y A A 1 I IL IiI y y Y L i A A Ay A AA y A Ay AA Ay AY AY Ay Ay Ay AY At 1 1 1 AA A y y Y Y iI AA A A A A y 1 I A A I 4 3 JI S A y 1 i i 2 y A Y t I iW Hj F vj 7 j i A T cI X 1 t 3 r x W W THE DRAKE FLAGSHIP OF REAR tEAR ADMIRAL PRINCE LOUIS OF ERG Of Torts Tons Displacement D Heavily Armed and With a Speed d of 23 Knots l She Is la th the tho Finest Type Typo of the Armored Cruiser In the ho British Dr Navy navyS I S t H N Special I ONDO Feb 2 of ot otI LONDON Li L I N Is I going golnEr to p pa y a 1 a to the tue United Sift ten shortly and his thirl thi la II 1 to nl a it lot of ot int s For Kor or In of ot tho lie fact that Ihal his lils an as anho ho he still Is h culled Is u ii by hit hIJ will wilt go to III C America as ai n ta tear itar I ar of ot the tha navay In Iii command of lC the most formidable and anI falt ron ion that thit ever oer him called at I 11 th ports ut of the Iho United States on It u p HC ful mission Prince Louis Loul was Wall a tL i before he became 1 a it BritIsh Ho Ito Is II the thelast last survivor of oC three broth rs In whom the lie lain Into Oue Que Queen n Victoria took a p lIy Interest The youngest of ot them Prince Henry of ot who iio ln III married the tho youngest you daughter III Ix la the lie husband of ot her hiet favorIte grand of ot The youngest of uC hla mar married tIed ried tho the of ot another Is III the tho vIto of ot the tho lie kaisers brother Henry Honry of ot rl sailor prince ami a third Is the lie of ot Duke Duko Kerpe terge tine one of ot the tIm mont cordially hated of ot dy lIy despotism As cash cush and omit titles Princess Victoria made n lug hut but n i brilliant Unit unhitch mulch when she shu wedded LouIs for tor ho 88 11 only n II castle clI llo limit n II small estate In HOMO hilt hits has not nol much money beyond his IiI naval pa pay hut but with no HO affairs of ot stole state to worry orry ovum over and free to do much hutch as 18 Him nho pleases rho gets gota Hi out of or life any of ot her list Hud Prince Louis hover neer married her liar It J In I whether he lie would now he be hea h hn bea a n rear admiral with Ith one nile of ot th the he Uncut finest crullers In lit the lie navy a It as his bis hilt but tilt nil the lie ho lie hits bus hll fairly merited his lila rank by sheer he r hard berth work demonstrated ability It If tholo list o should sli oer a 1 war ar I land lal l and anti the Is III confident C that he lie would knock k spots spats sp out of ot hl hili vitos PrInce Henry of ot at an anything thing like Ilk oven odds ol ls HAS or courso Influence has helped him but b t he unit has lila his In III tho Ito most moot lI antI and has lias proved to 10 every duty with which h he hits has been ti t rusted Though his hili hi Is family was Willi Get nun he hn was WM born horn at nt arntz Austria In 1854 tM Marry Mar sea yarns Pred Ored lila his boyl li ImAg with n a theatre Iu lre to 10 ban bal sailor mid his hits folks seeing thor there was small that he would l ever eur amount to anything tin all it 11 Ii a German h him oil off oilI to 10 I wh h ru ho lie obtained n it 1 violet cadet cadetship ship In iii tho lie navy 1111 at nt tho the ago age of ot 14 H No Nil quarters matters were assigned to In him he tie had to he lie content with a it very ery mod moderate unite erate allowance of ot pocket mom antI fared Just ilki the tho ordinary midshipman man I Ho leu I CLI toed mod Ii Is seamanship 11 I In Iii Intha i tim tha days of oC masts and auth salts before It Il had ever eer entered hoad that list thata listA a I Jack Tar should be lie a n mechanic lie Ito was an nn flu offIcer of ot the watch on nn lie thu old Inconstant that lint went tent around I the tho worM world under nailer tall iiIi but hut he ho WIlli among the tho first to recognize bitt can vim is lii II merely nier ly an cli to tho the modern steam worship warship 11 He lie ras made n i 1 In 1874 when he lie was ae 20 and u a lieutenant two to o years later Inter That IRS stilt his hiI rank when In 1851 U I ho married the queens granddaughter Thereafter his promo Ion Uon was not so rapid as 1111 to afford wiy rUlY I rood good foo l ground for or tho he complaint that lint he owed It to the tho Influence of at a 1 royal rojal alliance He lie WM wan mude a n s cum corn commander mender mander a Il year after his hili marriage but hilI sIx nix years yearn yen elapsed cd before ho became a rt 1 full Cull hedged captain Jn For the tho he last few tow years 1111 ho lie hn hall been the tho director of ot naval n Intelligence n post of oC great Importance whose duties In keeping tub of ot all 81 that make for or progress 8 In lit 11 con ond equipment and In general finding out what tho the other oilier powers are ar doing BO o M ae to bo be able ablo to I 1 0 A Ar y r J j jt t J Jy y y y y y X A Ay A y 1 X A At t uZ 1 A AY 5 AV 1 i Y I T I 1 Ik J k A y Ay AY S S1 1 it S J A AY Av Y 1 I Y 1 v Y l L A Af f r rf n ny y 1 Ii I II y 1 A Ay I Y I IT y y A AY y A AY Y Y 1 A AY Y A AY Y A AY Y A Ay Y J JY Jo y Y T o REAR ADMIRAL PRINCE LOUIS OF BATTEN ERG ERGIn In Command of df n o Squadron Ho Will Vill Soon Visit American Ports S b 5 NN r keep of ot thrill them It was waa lint tot until untila a few tow month nit UI that tho I he was wa fa u it festi NOT Ol MUCH tUCH I He lie lass ban not lint sc een n mili h actual sea fighting fw fot the nl hd hs af lit afforded forded scant opportunities for Ci that thit ex ax experience In tn io Il nt year 8 earL H ft IlI ts it tt the of ot Ale hee loid loril Chirlo ro FO cOtt lIt ly Iy tj t louis i 1 hl his only Imp ball lI m of nf tin the He lie won was thell In Ip n command 00 11 a 1111 of a 1 battery lU reputation t tot for r r tactical skill WM Wid tl nt ot thu Me 11 man m TI lOOt 1902 lh n nIi by Ii a is clever cleer ru rUt rule ll h lie d to 10 out nul outwit wit the lie 0 bellove h fleet t unit and with a from Aa As A a n officer he lie to th t of ot which r f thir lr John l lJ r In the Service now nol the first l aw ai lord kird IQ of o th the admiralty Is nt at the Ip III conJunction eo jolt tion with whit wll h Cap Cam SoU ot J bull uis d th the nt oy l t m Ot 01 lon dill dis tones tonee on oIl shills ahli bOrd l which Immensely th the ra rapacity of a ii tle lest t at sea lien Another aill Allie Invention of ot tifa ht In tn us tie In the tho lie Royal navy noY It Ii t a II tou a devIc by lIy which the lie officer r of th the can an d tho this course unit hearing nf of the other of ot u it l t trU rU PAiT AND ANI AN Now Nois In tn hi his hll t y nr he lie Is III a II atall atall tall a follow with none of or flit thu adl po o tIssue characteristic of ot royal roal sat Mt who ho lire are content with the he III In Inglorious glorious roll rol role of ornamental figureheads I Thoroughly In hl In Inho he lie KV gIes S himself no aim airs on account of ot his hili title and 1 while h he l I is a I strict diM die disciplinarian mid will wilt tolerate no slack slackness ness flees ne ho hois ts IM tar far from rom boing a martinet and Is popular with both o am morn men The nickname Until lintt which n l lx I bestow bestowed etl stow stowed ed 00 upon him hi when ho hll entered tho ho ser ear service vice vleo still sticks slicks to him tim but Is III now re reo ns as a 1 term of ot among his hili colleagues Ill lie He ceased to bo Ion cen 1 a I blooming foreigner long years ago IRO HIS Prince Louis Lou la flying squadron will consist of ot tho the six el first Ont class armored cruisers fr Drake Drak Cumberland Cornwall 5 OX aud and another noth r vessel Q gt Qc the clues ChIlli yet e 1 to 10 be hp selected They all 1111 have a 11 ii speed of 23 knots knot I v Ii h u Is one knot greater limn uny r In the lie I fill ted Stuten nay navy IIII and nn 1 i ent latest t In this type tP of ot Tin The Th the tho tie Drake J which w was launched In Iii hUh HOI nOIh hoe h n It displacement of or lIlno tons lIst lUr n of ot two li II quick ra 14 It I 4 II U and IS 12 1 smaller rapid ihn he has In addition two IWo torpedo tubes tithe timid n 1111 ts Is protected by II u it belt nf ut G steel She Hilt U I hi Iii a oem com combination I and anil Er and ida n 1 enormously 00 I vessel el Th There Ther r are re thiep other oilier PhI hl In the mh lit King Alfred Altred Leviathan lint n l load Hood Jone Hope TIl iI H i The rho 11 live lv other of at tha qui d drin rin tin IU of ot B SOO 00 Ions They rhey rho are IH wIth II It ellI h 12 li 12 U i and 13 U IlIn while armor In Is only oly tour four Inh til k Hy lIy exp experts their would b bt be considered rell n II II It I nIl as all lighting machine mn they are arl not lUll I to tn the Brooklyn and Nf N u York lit mit about the he same which 1 avers l I years year sc ea I If CHIP liP knot knol faster faler they the null m UH huri n In lii nun gun po or thi Ihl or of Iu I iI navy are illy superior III to tho thoe e of sim similar liar ilar NIu IIII lc type 1111 In iii Die I lii hI no nn vy Tills Thill Tb I s di l alma rity h hn has H in it u iiii ui eul il much hue t I lu h here Tp In the I itt punt Pitch hut but In the tIm futuro mi MM In I tills this respect will nut 1101 IKI bo in so U 1 1 hu 11 to the tho lInt limit ship There uri ur UI HO cruIsers now nOIl building lag tilt with wI ii I ly Ih ha same Cahill displacement as 88 the Ih will mount rix Ix 92 Inch tune guns us tie her hor hert t 10 and the thus battery lit 6 thou Inch gulls gUll will IM hI reduced to 10 The cruIse itt ll Louis Is idron which will lout last eight months Is t th hi that list hn ha hami been arranged since Hi Hir Ihl hi r recAll call of weak ships from wt t ra lint the tIm now new spirIt which Jackie I has brought into th admiralty who will not mint allow themselves to lie ho outdone In anything sue nr certain to wel usel como come an opportunity to 10 repay replY the splendId hospitality Animal Ameri American can when whon an all n quad ron ran last I III I visited the these o 0 waters water It will wIlt willbo bo lm r recalled that on In that III v sire i re f end by lie HIP king kin at a 1111 In h m r plate la f fIt I It Ji bas haa not lot y tt t been decided 5 ly Iy when holl tho the squadron will sill start but as tift asat at ii a t l present arranged It will wilt be lie tulle early In Match Maich cud and a 11 tour will 11 bo hue rondo mallo of ot tho Mediterranean before crossing tho tim Atlantic |