Show DIC ARMADA TO SAIL J f i THROUGH CANAL IN 1915 Y Ships of All Nations Expected to Jol Join t in Panama Opening 1 Washington Anchored In lu Hampton 1 Roads early earls in 1015 1915 will wm b be the gre greatest greatest great great- t est International fleet ever gathered lu in to American waters assembled In answer answer Y to the Invitation In of ot tho the United States State government to celebrate te the completion comple comple- j Lion tion of the of-the the Panama canal by making a n voyage to tb the Pacific through the new new waterway The precise number of vessels which will lie In the famous Lamous roadstead Is not yet known to the officers of the navy department In charge of the arrangements arrangements arrange arrange- i ments meats for rendezvous as so BP far there j have e been no formal responses received received received re re- to the invitations dispatched by bythe bythe the state department to all of ot the nations nu- nu I Y of the world f Some of the nations with great navies navies na- na tv vies may be represented by bi squadron J of four or more warships others by I only one or two and some of the countries countries coun coun- r i tries practically without navies IncludIng including Ing vessels of th the first c class will b be y represented only in the personnel of ot their lega legations and commissions to the tho j. j Panama Pacific exposition i S rr The formal invitation of the United States was dispatched to all the diplomatic diplo diplo- y matte matic officers officer of the United States abroad by Secretary Bryan It recited the fact act that in the navy appropriation 7 act of 1911 the president was authorIzed authorized author author- r. r I ed and requested In extending his Invitation In In- i. i to foreign nations to participate J pate In the exposition also to Invite f Y their representatives and their heir fleets t to assemble at Hampton Roads Virgin- Virgin d la fa and from thence come to the city of ot 2 Washington there to be formally welcomed wel wel- r r 2 corned by the president The president press press- f dent also also Is to go to Hampton Hampton- t Roads to review the assembled fleets as the they start on their voyage to San Francisco j It Is expected that the American invitation Invitation In In- will meet with general acceptance acceptance ac ac- and the result will be the gathering of a fleet of perhaps seventy- seventy five or a hune hundred ed warships of the best type for the reason that slow and and antiquated vessels would be unable to kee keep pace with the rest of the fleet In Inthe inthe the cruise from Hampton Roads to the tho r Golden Gate The International fleet will probably be under command of an American vice admiral In all likelihood Cameron Winslow for it is expected that congress which has authorized the assembly will make provision for tor this new grade rather than have the American Amer Amer- ican commander outranked by some J. J foreign naval officer x The ceremonies at Hampton Roads Roada and the time required for a vL visit it to Washington by the foreign visitors t j will about week r consume a or ten days and then headed beaded by the American Ameri Amen X can fleet probably with tho the super- super Dreadnought New Ney York at the tho right tJ of the column the great armada will t j take lake Its way southward for tor Colon It is 18 estimated that about four tour days 1 will wUl be required to pass th the fleet 01 y J- J j through the locks locks' an and the canal ann I and about twice that len length th of time will suffice to replenish the coal oal bunkers before they resume their e |