Show BATTLE FLEETS flEET W WAIT IT FUR FOR TEST TE T OF f SUPREMACY One ne Hundred and Nine Vessels of Navy Clear for Action Off Coast of Lower California i. i Contact Between Two Fleets Possible Late Sun Sun- aay clay Nature Lends Hand for Success of Maneuvers ABOARD i T e. S S. S s. s SEATTLE Off Oll Off Lower ver o California Coast CoastS March l 7 By A A. P. P The P.-The The eve of ot battle draws gh off the coast of ot Lower Califor- Califor a in the greatest concentration of ot ofa I Ie e a power the Pacific has ever seen I One hundred an and nine vessels of ot othe he e United States navy are cleared r V action as the hour of ot contact I I in the great strategic of defense against a supe- supe Or pr enemy force the force the seven fifty of ot the battle fleet Including p ne moving upon the Invasion of the Pacific coast as th the black ack fleet The fastest striking arm of ot the merican navy the scouting fleet closing Its Ita scouting net upon the I ferny emy Twelve of ot the largest type in the navy forming an striking force for the de decisive desive de- de sive I blue fleet are ready for tor ac- ac ton on UNDERSEA WORK as the S type these un- un un-I un craft are feet long and ande I e C armed with torpedoes effective i it t a mile five-mile range Today they ent through battle practice In I formation their speed IsI is i 5 5 I knots an hour and under the sea I j I tien en knots They maneuvered in j visions all diving simultaneously I Id d if later laler coming to the surface Uh Lh h the same precision of forma- forma on 50 Able ble in action to see large war aft long before they can be Jotted they dive and as the ap- ap apI I pach to the enemy Is made for an stant slant a small periscope Is erected Jove io e the water Thus they are aree arele We le e to locate their prey and then for the attack The S 5 pe submarines have a cruising tIus lus of oC- several e eyer thousand n miles J o A DETECT AT AT- DISTANCE DISTANCED finders finder eha enable the un un- vatel craft to detect the ap- ap J ch rr ch of the enem at a a. maximum L three miles distant whITe while sub- sub I For intercommunication Jle under the sea the boats use for telegraphy and they I In I an n communicate while beneath the raves es over a radius of ten miles The blue fleet submarine divisions j I Ire re ic whipping into action against I he black fleet which w Will ill offer J Jhoice I hoice targets ets with its slow low convoy peed The boats are In constant attle attIe practice for action against he black fleet when they will wiIl submerge sub sub- merge erge to deliver the surprise at- at tack Jack ack BLUE FLEET READY T One maneuver In the attack will willbe willbe be e f for r the submarines to travel uner un- un ler er water ater beneath their prey prel after heir s surprise assault and continue he je battle batHe from the opposite side While the enemy Is engaged with he I cruisers and destroyers of the thee ue e fleet Contact between the two fleets is late tomorrow Nature is lending a hand for the of the maneuvers the weather veather is clear visibility is la perfect per per- ct and a smooth sea will provide an r. r excellent battleground |