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Show PACIFIC FLEET FLAG BROKEN TO BREEZE NEWPORT NEWS, Va., July 16. The flag of the newly formed Pacific fleet was broken to the breeze here today by Admiral Hugh Rodman from the battleship battle-ship New Mexico, his flagship. The transfer of the flag- from the New York to the New Mexico took place without elaborate ceremony, the ships in the roads paying their respects to the new commander-in-chief with the usual salutes. sa-lutes. Six battleships, three cruisers and fifty fif-ty destroyers tonight are riding at anchor in the roadstead and the remainder of the fleet Is expected tomorrow. It was reported tonight the entire Atlantic At-lantic fleet also would assemble in the roads to bid farewell to Admiral Rodman and the Pacific fleet when it steams j southward for the canal and then for the Pacific coast, July 19. |