Show RUSHING REPAIRS ON THE BIG 1116 FLEET When It Sets Sail Will Be In InMost InMost Most Perfect Fi Fighting Trim New York OcL Oct 11 Admiral Caspar F. F Goodrich commandant of th the today oda received an nn Brooklyn n nn navy yard order from tram th the nn navy department at atS S Washington to ru rush h all repair work on 1 the battleships assigned to tho the Brooklyn Brooklyn Brook rook rooklyn lyn yard ard that aro are to lo steam with Admiral Ad Ad- d miral Evans Bvans to the Pacific ocean oven IC If it is necessary to suspend all other 5 S work 5 The battleships Alabama Rhode 1st Is Island Is- Is t t- t land and Ohio aro arc now In the navy yard ard The fil flagship Connecticut is ex expected e cx- to arrive the tle of cC next week weel D Besides these c vessels I ls there ar ara now In Inthe Inthe the na navy yard th the Dolphin which Is in dr dry dock the tho Panther the Massachusetts Massa Massa- Ia and the Baltimore The hitter latter lat Jilt ter is out o of ot commission lon at present I but ut It is expected that she will be bo turned into a 11 mine laying vessel as ns soon as tho battleship fleet fled gets bets under way n 5 Plan f fur for ir Oilier The Panther is to he converted Into a to floating machine ship and rumor had hadit it Jt some time ago that sho she was Avas to sail away with the fleet but up to tho the present time no work worl has R been ticen done don on her although It I Is said that her machinery machinery ma mn- chinery equipment Is all on hand read ready to be installed d so 0 soon as word Is re- re from Washington ton The Massachusetts Massachusetts Massa Massa- Is being entirely rebuilt She Sho will remain in the yard for tor at nl least a 4 year longer Tho The force that has been bech employed upon her up to this time has been heen materially reduced reduce nn and will ho bo entirely transferred to 10 one of the tho other otherS S battleships I if need be 5 In Trim When the bl big heeL fleet leaves Jea for tho the S it will wm bo be In perfect lighting trim outfitted with the latest latent Improvements Improve o ments merits and appliances used In modern t warfare The most Important as well wella a as the mo most t delicate Installation Is that of oC the new lire Ure control system which has Just boon been perfected after ofer three years ears of or experimentation D By Its means Instant communication can be had by bythe bythe bythe the commanding officer with Hh all parts 5 and batteries of oC the ship Scarcely a n ns s second elapses between the time lime when the range Is determined by the officers In Jn the range finding station and tho the time lime wIzen when the commander of oC the vessel vessel ves yes ad sel communicates his commands to 0 the several batteries under unde- his control Another Important t installation is that of the twin torpedo tubes tubeR In the bow of oC the Rhode Island S S I |