| Show STRlPID 101t ACTION jht1theC I dlthos at lh Illylegr Hqaad roa 00 lrtI Cruise VIrginia Beach Vn April 13With the n > ln5 > squadron Commodore Bchley Started to move tho flying EQliadron to sea precisely at 230 o clock and before dark would have been many I miles from land but for the fact that the Mlnneaiolls fouled her anchor chain and wasted ovir two hours In on effort to free It rinnlly when near llcno tho Minneapolis not I Cape Ile Car I Joined 1 the squadron Commodore Sthlcs sent tho Columbia to Fort Monroe tttelitiI Minneapolis that r he could fled the rest of the squadron fifteen miles east of Cape Henry where teary castrailhCnpel miCii castrail I they would wilt for her arrival Beyond l this fact none of the officers ° no board j I the Brooklyn were aware ot 6 ocl7k Lf her destination and Commodore Sibley declined to any what her mission l WILLI The squadron presented a most Im jiolns picture when It finally cot together to-gether Flr t came the Brooklyn nklr j I then the Massachusetts then the Columbia then the Minneapolis unit llnallj the battleship Texan holding Ihe let of the line the second place of honor They bowled fclohsr n uplendfd peed and Commodore I Fchley paid as he looked buck on them from He bridge There n good lot of figlittn tot you Id like to see anything any-thing that can whip them The Brooklyn had DO I men onboard nhen she left Fort Monroe four hnvlne tb = t son ashore because of Illness If the I crulit which started today la not a practice one the first stop will bo made Ht Dirrnuda AdUces from Tort Monroe plate It become known evarlir III the foren can hot Commodore fehly hail received sailing onlra and Immedlatly thc line on the ships and nohore became ono 01 an motion At 1130 orloel I Commodore Schley nnd a number 01 other omcers como ort In the laullehea 10 bid lrew1 to their wive and families fam-ilies eLho were stopping 01 the hotI An affecting aeon I rollrwed The ladies 1 orcomnlt their aor huhnlld 1 to the Pir fears streaming down their Checks Ir > none knew whether It was to be 0 ions farewell or what would happen before hey met again In the I milst of thecirodbves the nllnboiri run hoom1 Irma t he nrooklyn find I the offlcera eteppiil Into the launches anl steamed quickly to their ships Tonight ol It was oIW on what 1 I lelleved to be Rood authority tint the I i quodron was ordred out on a Inctlcu rruln and that the fleet w11 return to Old PoInt aome time tomorrow The rhlpa are stripped for nctlon and carry a full supply of provisions and ammu nltlon |
