Show battleships begin second stage of long journey the next stop being rio janeiro rear admiral evans expects to reach that port W th n twelve days time officers and men shown every courtesy at port of soa n port of spain trinidad the amer lean battleship fleet weighed anchor at 4 clock sunday afternoon and steamed for kio janeiro accompany ing the fleet were the supply ships culgoa and glacier long before the hour set a myriad of small craft chiefly launches and steam yachts moved up and down along the lines of anchored wars hs the merry parties shouting farewells to the departing visitors thousands of residents climbed the surrounding hills to view the great white ships as they moved outward on their journey the fleet presented a magnificent appearance as it steamed out in tour columns pitr the supply ships trail ing a distance of four hundred yards separating one division from another with the connecticut in the lead the battleships headed for the baoas and steamed majestically through the grand boba and thence along the northern coast of trinidad an aver age of from ten to eleven knots will carry the fleet to the end of the sec ond lap of the 14 mile journey in about twelve days and it was an bounced by admiral evans before his departure that he expects to reach mo janeiro friday evening january 10 during the week of their visit here the american officers and men received every courtesy at the hand of the residents |