Show BATTlESHIPS I S WILL mm THIS MORNING Admiral Fleet atAn at An Anchor chor Fifty Miles M les Off Virginia Capes EVERYBODY READY FOR GRAND REVIEW R VIEW THOUSANDS AT NORFOLK AND ANDS S OLD POINT COMFORT WAITING FOR NAVAL SPECTACLE f I Fort Monroe Va Feb re rr returning turning battleship fleet reached U southern drill ground round fifty 1 off ocr Virginia capes early earl today and antI the th battleship Connecticut was act in constant constan wireless rele communication throughout tile Ui afternoon The Thc fleet will remain on the ie ground until 5 tomorrow morn morning morn mornIng mornIng ing getting under way at that hour In Ip order to make malte the capes by 10 and begin passing the Mayflower lIa ower at th tall taIl of the in Chesapeake bay ba one hour hoor later The weather was perfect off the coast today toda and the battleships battleship b during their th lr breathing spell on tho driP grounds will be polished and an painted afresh for the review revies tomorrow wh ch will wilt go down in history as one of or the most notable in the he annals of the navy nay Twenty Battleships The number of vessels in the line that will file by the Mayflower u will ill no nobe nob nob be b so great as at oth r reviews but bul never before has the president per personally personal personally visited so 10 o man many of the ships as ao ashe a ahe he proposes to do tomorrow The re review review review view will also be notable In that it will bring together the greatest number o or battleships ever eyer assembled under the American flag There will lit be twenty battleships battleship batUe In the imposing column two more than at the review in San Sn Francisco harbor last May lIa In anticipation of tomorrows pageant the waters off here tonight are arc filled fined with brilliantly lighted yachts and many man classes of government vessels Roosevelt I Word Vord was received tonight that the president and his party on board the Mayflower are well wen on their way down the Potomac The Dolphin is en route rout from Washington with the members of or orthe the house and senate naval commit committees committees committees tees on board A specially chartered steamer Is bringing another party of more than members of congress From Baltimore Richmond and New NewYork NewYork NewYork York veritable fleets of excursion beats be ts are coming Rear Real Admiral Sperry reported the thc arrival of his fleet and the welcoming squadron squad n under command of Rear Ad Admiral Admiral miral Arnold to the navy nay department this morning as soon as the twenty tent five ships of the joint command were brought to toa a standstill at the ocean drill grounds ground i Great Crowd Assembling 1 Both Norfolk and Old Point were fairly choked with excursionists and visitors and the hotels are crowd The repair ship Panther a converted cruiser commanded by b Commander Valentine S Nelson steamed teamed in today the third of the auxiliaries of the fleet to make home A bound pennant of red rod streamed behind as she entered the capes and proceeded to an anchorage almost directly off the gov government government government I pier The Panther has ha been ready at all times to make any an repairs to the fleet Fitted d with forges and all the equipment of a modern station ashore the presence presente of this floating machine shop has lent a feeling of se security s to every cel commander officer in inthe inthe inthe the fleet The collier AJax also came in today toda The Yankton slipped In n last Wednes ednes Wednesday Wednesday day da This busy bus dispatch boat returned from Washington today toda a veritable treasure ship In her strong room to tonight tonight tonight night are arc golden eagles double eagles ea les and half eagles to the amount of or to be used in paying off the officers and men upon their arrival Yacht for Officers Wives The naval act Sylph one of the vessels placed at the disposal 1 of the thc president arrived today to take t kc out to the reviewing ground tomorrow the wives of the admirals and captains of or orthe the fleet Mrs Sperry S rI Mrs Irs Schroeder Mrs Mt and Mrs Irs Potter wives of ol the flag officers of the four divisions of the fleet are hero here and more mor than one half of or the wives of or the captains also will be on beard the Sylph tomorrow The rho naval yacht Oneida Onelda assigned to the militia of the District of Columbia is here with General George H Harries I of Washington and a party part on board Vessels of the Virginia Virgina and Maryland oyster navies arrived this afternoon and threw out their rainbow dressing lines immediately upon anchoring Several lighthouse tenders and cutters are arc here to take out parties of govern government government ment officials army arm officers etc ete The decision of Admiral Sperry not notto notto notto to attempt to receive the hundreds of ot wireless messages addressed to officers of the fleet has occasioned much woe here among the navy widows and hosts of sweethearts who have gath gathered gathered ered to greet the homecoming officers Continued on Page 2 I BATTLESHIPS WILL STEAM IN INTHIS INTHIS INTHIS THIS MORNING Continued From Page 1 near Hear Admiral Edward D I Taussig commandant of the navy naw na yard ard and the fifth naval district arrived this afternoon to arrange the last details of the fleets anchorage The naval tugs that will form a patrol and keep the pathway of tho the fleet clear of trespass began blan to arrive this afternoon The torpedo boat destroyer Worden will be the flagship of the patrol Plan of the Review The plan of ot tomorrows review Briefly I is as follows The Mayflower with the president t and his party on board will arrive at atthe atthe the tall tail of the Horseshoe In Chesapeake bay about eight miles mUes east of tho the Old Point pier and about equal distance from the gateway of the capes at 9 lock The Mayflower will be In ap approximately approximately approximately proximately the same position she took look lookup up op fourteen months ago when the fleet ventured forth on the cruise that was wag wagn to 10 n make the American navy famous In Inthe the tho ports of the world The Connecticut cut iut ut the single column of bat I and escorting cruisers will point the way wa in lii the tho capes at 10 and will pass the Mayflower promptly at 11 ii ock oco ic c The Tiie line Une of ships will be a little more than seven miles long and will wiil be one hour In passing The battleships will proceed slowly to the anchorage grounds running west from the Old Point pier and the Mayflower picking up her anchors will follow follo the last of the war vessels Into the road The presidents yacht will take a position in the center conter of ot the fleet and at 2 the flag flap and commanding of officers officers will vilI be received on board by President Roosevelt Later the president accompanied by bythe bythe bythe the of the fleet will go aboard the Connecticut Louisi Louisiana Louisiana ana nna Georgia and Wisconsin the di divisional divIsional divisional visional flagships to the men Returning to the Mayflower at the con conclusion conclusion elusion of these visits the president will return at once to Washington ar at arriving arriving riving there early earl Tuesday morning Tomorrow night Admiral Sperry and officers of the tile fleet will be behe bethe bethe the he guests of the Navy League of the United States at al its annual dinner at athe atthe atthe the he Chamberlain hotel The league will hold lold Its annual meeting Tuesday at noon in the Chamberlain |