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Show ON MISSION OF PEACE I rlllUAv' U1N Iti I'-'v I Thcro sailed from San Francisco harbor the xl i V at,,er ,lny n sciuadron of Uncle Sam's mnchlne3 ffS" JTnM of wnr 801lt 011 nn crraml of l'eace. Eight of tho "-VjI strongest and fnstest armored cruisers In tho ser- J vlco nro I)low,nB tllclr wny across the Pnclllc Into ".J oriental waters, carrying to tho peoples of Japan PmyV H,ul cll,m messages of good will and friendship V i yfimMf trom 11,0 c'tl5!ens )f thlR country. rfwillUl Tho sccoml "Peace Ileet" Is not ho powerful fmMliy "or ,n,I'0filnB as tho first, but nevertheless made ' w(Kh U1) ' vfssel8 representing the very acme of navel ytMf'IM construction In their type. Tho "nundron consists of tho cruisers Tonnes-y'tjti. Tonnes-y'tjti. fiC0' Cnllfornl South Dnkotn, Washington. West Virginia, Colorado, Maryland and Pennsylvania. '- all 22-knot ships, ranging from 13,000 to 15,000 tons In displacement. Tho vessels arrived at Honolulu, Hawaii, September 11, where they will remain until October 5. Their next stop will be at Nares Harbor, Admlrnlty Islands, off tho coast of New Guinea, nnd from thoro they will steam to Manlln, wfiero thoy nro expected to arrlvo about November 1. Then will como a month of hard work at target practice, upon tho completion of which the vcssols of tho (lent will separate and In pairs visit tho ports of tho Hermit Her-mit kingdom nnd China. On tho nineteenth tho fleet will reassemble off Yokohnma nnd steam for home. They will pay another visit to Hawaii from February 1 to 8, and nro expected to reach San Francisco about February 15, live days before tho admiral will retire under tho nge rule. During this five months' cruise, which will approximate 28,000 miles, tho squadron will bo under tho commnnd of ono of tho ablest naval olllcers In tho service, Hcnr Admiral Uriel Sebree. A Missouri mnn, ho entered tho naval academy during early war times, graduating when only 19 years of age. Ho has soon service In nil qunrtcrs of the globe, Including the pdlar regions, being n member of tho Arctic relief expedition on tho Tigress, In 1873, nnd on tho Greeley relief expedition under Admiral Schley In 18S4. |