Show 0 U. I. I S. S BATTLE BATHE FLEET WILL IL START SOON FOR SOUTH Four Months' Months Man Maneuver uvel and Drill Planned for for Atlantic Tars W WASHINGTON Dec 31 lour Four Four months of maneuver maneu and drill in southern south south- em ern waters to keep leep the ships at fightIng fight fight- ing pitch and train the great number of oC recruits constitutes the program fer the dreadnoughts destroyers and submarines sub of the Atlan Atai o fleet which will sail for Guantanamo bay January ry I 8 8 Final arrangements for tor departure lof or of t the e ships and the complete program of mane maneuvers ers were announced by Secretary Secretary Secretary Sec Sec- Daniels following a conference with Admiral Henry B B. Wilson Vilson commander corn com mander in thief chief of the Atlantic fleet LEAVE CHESAPEAKE BAY Making their rendezvous ous in Chesapeake Chesapeake peake bay seven of the eight dreadnoughts dreadnoughts dreadnoughts dread dread- noughts of ot the fleet including the Pennsylvania Admiral Wilsons Wilson's flagship flag flag- ship accompanied by a number of de destroyers de- de will depart the same day for Guantanamo to be joined there by the North Dakota now returning from the Mediterranean Approximately thirty thirty- rive five destroyers and fifteen submarines have been ordered to Cuban waters to totane take tane part in the maneuvers After Arter a month of ot drill and small I arms practice at Guantanamo the Seventh Seventh Sev Sev- battleship division including the Pennsylvania and nd Nevada and Arizona will ill sail for Barbados I and the Fifth division comprising the Utah Utan North Dakota Florida and DelaWare Delaware Dela pela- ware re will go to Trinidad performing tactical maneuvers en route Later the two divisions will visit Colon where they wilt will remain from February 25 to March 4 4 The dreadnoughts then will return to Cuban waters wj for target practice and further maneuvers which will continue from earls earl March 4 until Inti the fleet sails for home waters April 26 DESTROYERS AT CANAL The destroyer squadron also will visit the canal leaving there just b be before be- be fore the battleships arrive and in ad addition ad- ad numerous West Indies ports be between between between be- be tween February 4 and March 7 7 It then will go to Guantanamo bay for gunnery and engineering exercises and fleet maneuvers after atter the battle battleships return from the canal remaining there ther until their departure with the rest of ot the fleet Particular attention will be given it was said to experimental aviation work and developing the tactic of ot I cooperation coope lion between na naval nasal al forces of the fleet The detachment will be composed corn com posed of units based at Pensacola com I and other gulf ports and will make malts extensive extensive exten exten- i sive trips to West Vest Indian wates s. s The entire detachment is scheduled to visit I Colon while the battleships are there |