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Show OUR SHIPS TO BE CONCENTRATED FOR WAR ON PACIFIC Squadrons Will be Consolidated Into One fleet Under Admiral Brownson to Protect Our Dependencies and Western West-ern Coast; Prepared for Emergencies. Scrretarv Mctcalt' will issue an nler tliis week con-snlwlated con-snlwlated into ne tleet the twn American siarr. ns nw m the I'aeitie mast and in Asiatie waters. Admiral Brwn-sin Brwn-sin will he in euniinaiid. While it is annnuneed that the nv l the move is to afford u-ot-et ion .f the I'aeitie sloj.r and our iepend- elleies, it is lellefalh' helie ed t he eoll n i l'SV 1th .Japall hastened the order. WASHINGTON. TEB 4 SECRE TARY METCALF WILL ISSUE THIS ; WEEK A MOST IMPORTANT OR DER. DESIGNED TO INCREASE THE STRATEGIC EFFECTIVENESS OF THE AMERICAN NAVY HE j WILL CONSOLIDATE THE SQUAD I RONS NOW ON THE PACIFIC ; COAST AND IN ASIATIC WATERS j INTO ONE FLEET. UN DER THE SU PREME COMMAND OF REAR AD MIRAL WILLARD H BROWNSON THIS FLEET WILL ENGAGE IN COMPREHENSIVE MANEUVERS. THE OBJECT OF WHICH SHALL BE THE PROTECTION OF THE PACI FIC SLOPE AND OUR WESTERN-DEPENDENCIES WESTERN-DEPENDENCIES IN CASE OF WAR i ! -.'. , . r v. : ' , , ., rr., , fn ..) ' 'C'-' -1' t i v : .". t " '.t- " ; j f , r - , . . - u . .'m a " 1 r fie I .l;r''-" .' a p.. : C- " - tr this -I'ir'rv I n i -' 1 "ie K. -i-i ,,f .tvi.-i. f h ;-'!!; of ; 'i : t i ra 1 I . v. has Sri ''n - i 'r son-p 1 1 rr e ' h e sfeps w h p h . b- ';ik-'n r. make frf.i . '.: r . . w i r h ' ' a . i P However, the belief that the Jap coutrover?y hastened action, will not down. . m ippa'ep" 1 x p x who t.i- ders'apis i .-n . th' C w--";'d .- . i'-r f r ' : rr.er: a". :c' " i" ! Ti:'re 4 a r I ". f r '.r ;t t i 1 : .r-. t w.. ..f w ;.-h ar- h'-avilx ir'i.r I. w i".!'as n" i ti t--rp-.'.- b a le r - ri 1 r; A - i t ' ' u e " r ' i r ; r a r " '. i r 1 ! 1 r r . ' r 1 M. ' r . . r ' ' ! -: , i r - a v. b r 1 f .!)'., a ' ' : : " ?. ' "';. i . . 1 r .T- i 'h'-r United. thes would be a match for any of the great power having ships on the Pacific. Divided they would be of httle avail m time of war. ... r... ., r v M." --Ct" :' f'n'n! :, , . , ;-r . .v -t. t. r--r r- - .-r: a:: ,r "1.' I'a ti.- w ...a i. r '' ;:: a ..(; f'. n"iiv. :! 1. t i. . fha be- :' r- ",- : 'r : h:v V '. a - j.'.a i !.. '..; . !.;). i r : v. ein' 'f -. n--iT:: v- U rUir.g '".i' f.tr-i an 1 s'.ript'S. wiU he t.tt ! :.t"l in |