Show NEW EXPERIMENT I WITH THE FLEET Seven Cruisers Will Tow De Destroyers Destroyers Destroyers from San Fran Francisco Francisco Francisco cisco to Honolulu INTEREST IN THE TRIALS REGARDED BY AS IMPORTANT San Francisco Aug cruisers of ot the Pacific fleet under command of ot Admiral W V T will sail row on a cruise to Hawaii and Samoa Each cruiser will have a torpedo boat de destroyer destroyer in tow and for that reason the cruise is looked upon as an Important one oney by y naval officials as no previous cruise for so great a distance has ever eer been mado made by the United States navy naY on this coast An experimental trip of the cruis cruls ers to Sun San Diego and return towing tor torpedo torpedo torpedo boats was made two months ago and it tle successful Issue of ot that trip led ledr to the decision to attempt the present Ion long one to the south seas At 10 tomorrow the cruisers will pass through the Golden Gate In singIe column T formations formation w n the destroyers destroy running r abreast of ot them The formation while Pass paSSing ng out will be as follows The West st VI Virginia lnla flagship with the Preble the Maryland with the Stewart the Pennsylvania with the Perry the Ten n with the Hopkins the Washington with the Hull the California with the Truxton and the South Dakota with the The Thc cruiser Colorado which was to have nave accompanied nc her sister vessel was unable to sail as she is undergoing re pairs at the Bremerton yard rard Will Take Up Tows Outside the heads the cruisers will take up their tows and from single column formation will drop Into double column yards ards separating the two columns The cruisers in each column will keep 1000 0 yards ards distance dl tance apart The tow lines Jines which will be used are yards long and are composed of ot rope and inch steel The torpedo boats will hove a steam In one boiler for an emergency From the east have come nearly 1000 I sailors to augment the crews of t the cruisers and torpedo destroyers and bring them up to full complement The fleet Cleet Is scheduled to arrive at Hono lulu Sept 2 where It will be entertained until Sept 10 0 Pago Page Pago Samoa will be reached Sept 20 where seven days das will be spent For Target Practice The cruisers then return to Hono Hone lulu arriving Oct O t 7 and will leave again Oct 17 Ii for tor San Diego where they the are expected to arrive Oct 28 22 Two days dars later they the will sail lIall to Magdalena Bay Da for tor tar target target target get The cruisers accompanied by bo the destroyers are due to return to San Francisco Dec 4 The auxiliary cruiser Buffalo carrying supplies will accompany the fleet Jeet as far tar faras tarns faras as ns Honolulu The Solace formerly a naval transport but now attached to the torpedo flotilla as ns mother ship will also accompany J the fleet to the islands |