Show PACIFIC SQUADRON LEAVES ON LONG ORIENTAL CRUISE Crowds Gather on Cliffs Cl to Watch Imposing Passage of Vessels Through the Golden Gate San Francisco Sept 5 The eight armored cruisers of the United States Stated Pacific fleet weighed anchor at 2 this afternoon and through a heavy fog steamed slowly out of the Golden Gate on a long cruise for Asiatic waters Long before the hour for the sailing nf t the fleet neet spectators gathered on th the v overlooking the entrance to the E harbor and though the fog fg fO blowing W In from flom the ocean at times timea obscured ob cured the hore on the opposite side aide of the Ute Golden Gate Hate they patiently waited waked for tor the first fight ight of ot th tb the fleet as it rounded th the forts fort at nt the Presidio Finally the fog over the inner bay bayr r lifted and aid those on the cliffs near the i tean cean saw sac SIa the Tennessee com coin oming I ing g aroud the Presidio lo and entering the narrAs Th Thi een sevy 11 other armored i the Tennessee single L f till le Ic the line nearly uearl a OJ In Ile I TLC The fleet will go dire direct t to Honolulu Q a i then theme c to the Orient where it will K 1 bc be n b by th ul n I der Annual I T gA zet will wUl then engage in battle practice In Philippine waters aters Each of the is an armored cruiser er and with two exceptions each is I equipped with eighteen guns in the main battery and Is of tons burden Two the Tennessee and the Washington have twenty guns in the main battery and are of tons burden Every ship has horse horsepower horsepower horsepower power To Test Efficiency The object of ot the voyage Is to test the efficiency of at the vessels v sels In the work top fop which they were constructed to make cruises cruise of ot any length at the high highest highest est eat speed while maintaining a maximum of fighting strength t tJ Re r Admiral A Uriel Continued on Page Pane 2 PACIFIC SQUADRON SQUADRONS LEAVES ON LONG S ORIENTAL CRUISE Continued from Page 1 Sebree who wilt wilf command the squad squadron ron the Ute cruisers cruiser will wUl steam t to Honolulu at eighteen elc teen knots an hour After re remaining remaining at t the island IslaM for three weeks they wilt will proceed to the Admiralty islands island at twelve and knots take on tons of oi coal and resume the speed to Manila They are art due in the th Philippines Philippi on Nov 1 I when they will begin a a months battle bettle practice The third squadron of or five protected cruisers rul ers and seven even gunboats in command of Rear Admiral Giles Glies B Harber Barber will join them there December 1 the first squadron will be separated into four parts The Ten Tennessee Tennes Tennessee nes ee flagship and the Washington will go 10 to Shanghai and two each to Kobe Hong Kong and Yokohama At the end of two weeks the vessels will exchange positions re remaining remaining in Chinese and Japanese waters until January when they will reassemble at Manila for tor the return trip Will Make Records Great care has been taken since the arrival of the ships sid from Seattle Aug 31 to equip them for the cruise cruice as asan asan asan an effort will be made to establish e h new long lone distance steaming records and the squadron will be tested from every naval standpoint Excluding the North Carolina the Montana and the Brooklyn the squad squadron ron Ton under command represents the entire armored cruiser strength streng of the navy and is the fleet that would wouW be b assembled for a swift witt service cruise in case ease of ot war Consequently its achievements on the coming voyage will be watched with great interest by b the naval experts experts expert The vessels arc are the Tennessee Wash Washington Washington ington California South Dakota West Virginia Maryland Pennsylvania and Colorado |