Show I ORGANIZE PACIFIC FLEET Gorr G lo to Build Armored or Pr r and lili hll t fur for fmc c t Const Coast lon March 16 Three 16 Throe bat hat battleships and noel six armored cruisers of f the t class are aro the e warships In Insight Insl sl sight ht for tor the nucleus of oC the consolidated consolidated consoli consoli- dated date United Jolted d States Slates squadron In III the Pacific wh which Ich ar hereafter l to be known as th the Pacific C Meet Heet The battleships aro the Oregon on and Wisconsin Wll these the two tiro being out of or commission commission com com- mission but should be hl ready In a short time and the Nebraska com com- at Seattle The armored cruisers s are aro the West Vest Virginia the Colorado and th the Pennsylvania Penn Penn- sylvania and Maryland now note afloat and the California and the South Dakota Da lla- kota nearly completed at San Fran cisco An o statement was made atthe at atthe the thu navy natY department tOlla today describing the proposed consolidation In that statement la is a semi clauso clause which was ot evidently inserted u with the point in mind of or Japan The rhe utterance Is The navy d. d department wishes it understood understood un- un that the consolidation of oC command Is In pursuance of a well defined policy polley tt which was carefully outlined out out- lined In the last report of the rho chiefs of or bureau of nat navigation in October last and that no particular confederation at the present time has haN contributed to the proposed organization |