Show NAVAL DEMONSTRATION Officials Arc Awaiting I with Much Impatience CHICAGO April 8A dispatch from Washington says Naval officers are awaiting with great impatience the beginning of the naval demonstration by the North Atlantic squadron at North Hampton roads With the present critical condition of affairs in regard td Cuba it is believed be-lieved the ships now lying off Fortress Monroe would be the ones sent to the island in case of war The trial of the squadron this week under the command com-mand of Admiral Bunce is to be the beginning of an extended series of drills during the spring and summer with a special reference to the fleet manoeuvres The ships in the north Atlantic squadron proper embrace the Amphi tr te the Indiana and the unarmored steel cruisers Cincinnati Raleigh Montgomery Columbia and the armored cruiser New York Added to the original fleet ore the Maine and Texas two of the most formidable fighting ships afloat Naval officers here are more than anxious for a chance to test their ships in action and they would like nothing better than an opportunity to try the effect of a spring cruise in West Indian waters |