Salt Lake Herald | 1897-05-27 | Page 2 | Will be No Summer Cruises

c Will Bo No Summer Cruises New York May 6From present I appearances there will b no summer crises o the ships attached to the Atlantic squadron this season Since I Admiral Sicard took command of the station the ships of the fleet have been I asigned to other duty and there a I but two vessels Immediately I under his i j command Just before Commodore Bunce was detached from command of I the squadron he commanded the largest fleet of American war vessels that ha been assembled in these waters I Most of the ships of the squadron have been nut on reserve list and an chord In the basin at the League island navy yard at Philadelphia An officer says that the fleet that will be assembled for summer work will consist of battleships and it will be strengthened by the addition of the battleship Iowa which will soon be i put into commission at the League I i island navy yard The vessel will be commanded by Captain William Sampson Samp-son who has been detached from duty as chief of the ordnance bureau and ordered to duty on the battleship I This will be the first time since the i began to build modern government begn buId moder j warships that a fleet composed entirely j I of battleships has been organized for the purpose of manouvres I I