Show ON THE FLYING SQUADRON 11 Ships are Stripped for Action and AlReady for Hard Fighting Commodore Sehlrj li Happy NowWas ne ry of ImtrlloDIIaa Good FIbtlol V or 0 Fort Monroe Va May 14On board the flagship Brooklyn at sea via pilot boat May Commodore Wlnfleld Sot Schley and the fighters ot his flying squadron steamed out at Hap ton Roads this afternoon at 425 Iclock under scaled orders The entire squadron was to have gone and at 1 oclock all the ships had reported ready for getting away but at 115 p m 0 dispatch from the navy department ordered Commodore Behle to leave the ciulscrs New Orleans and Minneapolis In Hampton for further orders or-ders Doth are fast ships much better bet-ter time makers than the big battle hips and could leave hours later and still catch the squadron Captain Folgcr of the New Orleans was left In charge of the two cruisers At precisely 40 the flagship sig nalled that she was ready to proceed and at 425 the Brooklyn the Maaaa chusettB the Texas and the Scorpion were moving Majestically down llamp ton Itoads tor seathe water with scarce a ripple on It and the bright sun touchIng touch-Ing Old Glory as If In tender benediction benedic-tion The temper of the men on the squadron was well illustrated by the ringing cheers that arose from the forecastle to the quarterdeck and as Commodore Sthley remarked with 1 mlle Those are the boats for fighting He refused to say where he thought the net was bound for but the fact that the coller Sterling accompanied them carrying 2 MO tons of extra cool and that each ship had on board extra cool And water would to Mo secret Indicate that there la I lively work cut out for < them thnI Is I a hard righting aggregation this fYln squadron under a cool and dar Ing nphtr The Massachusetts and Texas are not equalled In Renting power by anything In the Spanish navy and the Brooklyn In I the bt fighting ship ot hr kind In the world In total the ships carry tour I3lneh gun two IInch gun sixteen 8lneh Run tn 6lneh guns sixteen Glnh Fruits and an enormous battery ot rpl1 fire guns of mal caliber I I As soon a the squadron wait Rt sea active Ireparln were md to meet nn enemy The ships were trlplea for action nil lights covered oeton I lght ammunl tlon supplied t othe guns nnd men Pont to righting Quote for the night The I hips are 1 ammunitioned to their full carrying capacity and will do deeper ato fighting The mn at the guns have ben proved to be accurate mark mn At Cap Henry where tho squadron arrived nt dark the pilots were Its Charged taking their own boat The men who brought the ships down In I 1011 safety through the mine fields In I Hampton Roads are members of tho Virginia Piot Association officially recognized hy the government W W Ioot Piloted the Brooklyn J K Peak the Massachusetts and George leyw the Texas Commodore Bchley stood upon the hrile as lenA as the light Jested nnd end uhen he retired said I have not been to happy In weeks inaction was was killing me Nearly every Officer and man on the nghlp seemed to think the some way Lard AliTilrriis lltlrrnrnl Ottawa OnUMoy 14Lord Aberdeen has oinclally notified the Dominion government that he Intends resigning IInln and or November leading for England next October |