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Show .hips, led by the cruiser Columbia. The mine force consisted of two mine layers and two sweepers, with the mine planter Ban Krancisco as flagship. flag-ship. The air force of six seaplanes and two flying boats preceded the main body. I The battleship Florida, now re-1 turning from South America . with Secretary Colby aboard, probably will Join the fleet later. ' ATLANTIC FLEET ' READY TO SAIL Leaves Tonight to Join Pacific Pa-cific Armada at Panama WASHINGTON, Jan. S Forty- I eight vessels of the Atlantic fleet, rnnMHyiM off the Vlrrinia mfnw. to- day prepared to sail before night to join the Pacific fleet at Panama bay about January IS for Joint maneu- j vers. Later the two fleets will cruise down the western coast of South America, returning north In ths aprlng. Admiral H. B. Wilson, flying his flat: from the dreadnought Pennsylvania, Pennsyl-vania, will . take command of the combined fleet at Panama bay. In addition to the flagship, the battleships Utah, Florida. Delaware, North Dakota, Arizona. Oklahoma and Nevada made up the Atlantic battleship battle-ship force. The destroyer squadron of eighteen vessels wss accompanied by the tender Mark Hawk, and the fleet tmln wss composed of fifteen |