Show V VANGUARD OF I FLEET SETS SAILi SAIL i Admiral Se Sebree bree Will Blaze Ih the i Way for Fighting Boh Bobs Bob's s I Flotilla Flotilla I I AN INTERESTING ITINERARY t Stops to Be Made Fr From on Hampton Roads to Mare Mire Islands I I Wa Oct To l 12 To To blaze the j Wl way teas y to lo Mare Island from Cram Hampton Roads for Cor the Pacific ciul crul cruise e l' of or Admiral Ad Ad- nit miral ans mans sixteen battleships battleship Hear Rea Admiral commander of or tin the I special squadron dron cone consisting is ling o of th the cruisers Tennes Tennessee ee ee and Washington a he began elan an tio to v voyage o today at 11 a a. a m m. m at It Norfolk The rite vessels easels e el are arc in all re respects first first- lars class g battleship battleships although known as n I armored cruisers r and thc they are arc the nevi of their thell class In the world orld Arrangements Ar Ar- I have ha h been n made for the co coaling lIng of or the ships at aL seven stations Tho contracts for the carrying carry carry- I in ing rig of the coal Jai for Cor ho tho whole holo fleet were sere lot lat today many ft rt I Is expected that with I the he charges charge for carrying the he coal the expense will be ho about a n. million and nd a 0 quarter dollars The he Itinerary arranged by hy Sebree S hr I for or t his is Squadron lI Is as liS follow up lip tb to tho to I point named last j j p Course c. c I October 1 12 Leave 12 L Jve Hampton Roads arriving at nt Port o of Spain October 17 1 October 21 21 lea leave Port of Spain arting ar nr- arriving riving ting at Rio Dc Do Janeiro November 2 November o 9 9 leave Rio Do De Janeiro ar- ar nr-j nr I rl ln at o ember November 13 November 20 leave leuc do arving ar- ar I riving rl at Punta Arenas entering the I Straights of Magellan 26 25 November o 28 leave Punta Arenas arving ar- ar ving rf at Callao Dec December 7 Decem Decem- December December ber cr 14 H. H leave cave Callao for Magdalen Bay There here the he two ships ships' will go through h regular ular naval natal In company I Continued on air Page pac XI Nine Ic VANGUARD OF BIG FEET SETS SAIL Continued Continue from Patze One On i with tho the two new armored cruisers California and South Dal Dakota ota The four our ships named are of the same clas class each being of tons displacement having an Indicated power horo hor power o-power of 2000 and having haYing eighteen n guns In her main battery batter The Thc California and South Dakota were wert built h by the Union Works of San Ban Francisco Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco and are now in that vicinity The California Is in commission and it is expected that tile the South Dakota will he read ready for active service h by the time lh the squadron arrives on the Pacific Pa coast The Tennessee and Washinton Wash Yash inton Inston will be bo the vanguard of the greatest number of oC ships of all classes that have e e eer cr er ploughed the Atlantic and aud Pacific In ont ono undertaking Make up of the tho tl o 1 Fleet It Is la established today that the tho feat at of transferring the te fleet means mean the mobilization of ot 64 ships of or all kinds divided dI this way Two cruLs cruisers the Tennessee and Yash Washington Inston sixteen battleships six torpedo boat destro destroyers ers thirty merchantmen merchantmen mer mer- with coal eight colliers of the navy and one repair ship Add to this the Iho St. St I Louis which ha has already gone ono as a n part of this a aggregation and the tho grand total toral Is 15 64 ships All AU the thee e vessels will Collo practically ll the ourse adopted for the special service squadron The crul cruise a has haM already been n made by other warships large and I small mall Including the historic Oregon Nono None of tho the warships worships will w go around I Cape Horn that being the route now followed by sailing salling vessels The only warship that has made tho the voyage around the Horn In recent years ears Is the gunboat Tacoma which went into I those waters In search of a ml missing merchantman |