| Show I Great War Fleet Goes Out to Sea Seal Armada Again Reviewed by Pres President dent Taft as It Sails From New York I B By Publishers Press g- g YORK Oct 15 Headed Headed by the thc N Ng N NEW battleship Connecticut the fla flagship flag flag- ship phil the Atlantic fleet st steamed amed down the the Hudson river and passed out fut to lea ea today lodar Awhile while President Taft re- re the armada from flom the bridge e of ot t the tIie Mayflower riding at anchor off oft the Statue of or LIberty When hen the tho last st I L Of ff t tho the vessels pas passed cd the l Mayflower the tho mobilization came caIne to an end The Tho Warships each fired a deafening salute 0 0 f twenty one one guns suns when abreast of ot the Presidents President's yacht acht Thirty minutes te before the tho fleet got ot aa aj a after aCer er a tL signal had been flashed Ja hed L through the tLe line of battleships from th the Connecticut the Mayflower with l President Taft Tart an and man many distinguished CU guests aboard steamed to the Statue f. f of Liberty and was as followed b by ly tho the r. r Dolphin used b by Secretary Meyer Moyer during dur dur- ur- ur ing ng the mobilization and the tILe Nashville r containing the newspaper photographers photograph ers and reporters 4 A wireless s message was flashed Clashed to th tho thu Connecticut when the Mayflower C th the Dolphin and anil th the Nashville were at at t anchor Slowly the tho anchors of ot the thc I Connecticut rose from rom the thc bottom of the tho lIU Hudson Al t tic the same time she Iott gut ut t nuclei war the formidable Arkansas the greatest battleship In lii th the world followed The Thu U tide was as running running- S' S ou out 1 Continued on Page luc S 3 Column 3 i f i ff S GREAT I WAR FLEET I GOES OUT TO SEA Continued from Page 1 and all bows bow were pointed down stream TIme The Wyoming V followed yards ards astern of ot her sister ship the Arkansas Then came the Utah and Delaware that are next to the Arkansas Arkans s and Wyoming in tn Indis displacement displacement dis dis- dis placement and guns The others of or orthe the fighting craft followed Along the New York and New Jersey Jerse Jer Jar se say sey sides of or the tho river there were In Innumerable Innumerable innumerable In- In numerable motorboats and steamboats with men women and children waving flags The pier ends also were ware crowd crowd- ed cd At anchor down the bay were scores of or vessels Vessels' loaded to the limit of ot their capacity with human freight The navy department forbade them to accompany the tho fleet and the they rested at ot anchor Many I nY of ot the smaller vessels and S colliers cothers cot cot- liers hers did not leave their anchorage Of Ot those that remained nomo somo will go to the navy yard ard In Brooklyn and others to Philadelphia A few tew are t to head out outto outto outto to sea in a few days das for service Most of ot the battleships are to steam for the gulf gult of ot Mexico stopping at Pensacola New Orleans and Galveston In the time latter part of ot December they will go to Norfolk Unless tho th navy department changes Its views the fleet leet will be mobilized annually and antI probably In Now York waters |
