Show I ATlANTIC FLEET TO io START Sf ART DEC 16 Newspaper Correspondents Will Not Be Allowed to toMake toMake toMake Make the Voyage Washington Oct 26 Secretary tary Met Metcalf Metcalf calf alf today announced that It was deft detI settled that the Atlantic fleet will leave Hampton Roads on ori Dec 16 6 for or Its cruise to the Pacific coast This announcement followed a conference held eld at tho the White House to which the president resident summoned Secretary s Metcalf Rear Admiral Evans who wh will com corn command command mand the fleet on Its cruise to the Pa Pacific Pacific and Rear Admiral Brownson chief of ot the bureau of bf navigation of ot the navy department The conference was called ailed to continue continue more In detail the cabinet abinet meeting discussion dl of naval af affairs affairs fairs airs yesterday The discussion re related related particularly to details of pf the At Atlantic Atlantic lantic fleets cruise to the Pacific Evans in Better Health It Is understood that matters were ivere in n such su h shape that the president was thoroughly informed on all important items terns in the Itinerary Admiral Evans who vho has been b en confined to his apart apartments apartments ments on account of ot an Indisposition looked look d and declared himself to be much improved In n health The bureau Of f in insular insular Insular sular affairs aff today received a cable cablegram grom gram from Governor Govern t General Smith of the he Philippines asking that tho the Atlan Atlantic Atlantic tic Ic fleet be bo permitted to visit Manila during the week beginning Feb 10 In order to attend the festivities festivities festivities ties The fact that the fleet will not have arrived In iQ Pacific waters by that time precludes this Secretary Metcalf stated that the question of allowing newspaper new spa per corre correspondents correi correspondents I to accompany the fleet was wa discussed and the conclusion reached not to allow newspaper men aboard but jut that officers of ot the fleet would be designated to send such news as might public be thought desirable to make I |