Show TORPEDO FLOTILLA JOINS JONS Bill BIG fEET FLEET I 1 Smaller Craft Craf to to Continue Cruise in n Command of of Evans ADMIRAL STILL INDISPOSED Battleships to Be BeTaken Taken Through Straits in Regular Regular Regular Regu Regu- lar Formation Republican Cable Rio d dc Jn Janeiro J Jan n. n IS Although Although no disease exl exits exists ts among the offIcers and men of or the torpedo flotilla which arrived yesterday yes yes- s from Pernambuco all al hands are more or less exhausted as a n result of their long stay In cramped quarters resul a as wel well as ns on account of oC the Incessant vibration vl- vl bration t Ion of ot the cn engines which Is a dlo- dlo milsa- milsa feature of the speedy little craft Many Ian of or the men aro nrc in such audi Ite a u craf state of exhaustion that It I has been to transfer them to the time battleships arranged and replace them with wih fri men from Crom an the big ships It I Is 18 now understood unde that the tho flotilla will trill wi no not noL stop at nt either Montevideo or Buenos Ayres ns as fM hud bud been planned but ui 11 continue with Ith the wi battleships from lere to Puenta Ar Arenas mas In accordance with the desire of oC Admiral Evans It I is wih un un- un the torpedo boats will coal coalt Jit at Lots t sea during the 2 mlle 00 trip wi The date of sailing ha has been changed chanet to Ia the thc Admiral Evans Is still suffering from Crom rheumatism but hUl although sti his old olt malady has prevented him hUn from Crom taking any part a n the time festivities here it has hns not caused him to neglect the plans for Cor taking his war fleet feet from the A Atlantic to the Pacific The Time admiral Is confident that he will ta ho o able to bring the fleet feet to its destina wi t tion without un any mishap and Is announced today th thit t he expects to take both bat bat- U tl ship and torpedo flotilla through h the traits straits of 01 Magellan In regular formation A three mile three three-mie race between the tho crews of f tho the 12 oared 12 oared cutters of the Minnesota and md Lou Louisiana furnished both excitement and ind amusement amu amU ement for the Jackles today The race was won by the Minnesota crew TOW which Is to race a c crew ew from rom rein the Illinois tomorrow over the t same tame course Midshipman Roberts of the th destroyer d troyer hopkins was waR removed to the time Vermont today tolay to to- day lay suffering from Crom a u fractured leg Paymaster r Dohert Doherty of the tho Missouri who rho am was wal tried h by martial court on charges of oC f beng bens absent from froni duty duly without leave has b been en acquitted d G F TO V ole bole nl ll nID Must Je ur un I. I Yh S- S Y A Wh 5 rt to 1 ti f. f I t orl n I to 0 or V for hr uan hl tD n t fleet explains thoroughly nn an n ord order r Issued b by him today Ho lie lo has evidently ent gotten olen out Jut of or patience with wih tho the slow glow progress s made by the tho torpedo torl co boat de destroyers de dc- and has his determined to lash them to his lila warships If IC necessary and to tow theta them to Punta Arenas in Iii the straits of Magellan Th Tho torpedo craft took six Ix days doys to got get ot from Trinidad to Pernambuco which distance the they could have made mute In inS inIS 48 IS S hours rhe They also aleo arrived arrived ar nr- ar- ar rived away behind time at Rio They had hear henr and rou rough h seas sens to contend contend con con- tend lend with Although the tho action of or Admiral Ad Ad- mimI miral Evans Eans Is stated officially to be bo solely for th the purpose of letting time the torpedo torpedo tor tor- boat destroyers ke keep p up Ul as far tat as Punta Arenas Aremis there th re l I is i an Impression that hat he lie will wi not let Jet these thep vessels go so again but iut will alil wi keep them with wih the time fleet until ho lie Ul trl es at Magdalena ba bay on March 11 1 It Is thought thou ht that so good a u commander commander com corn mander I as Admiral Evans Eans would not take nn my any risk k In tn having ha his destroyers so farn far farIn In n the rear In time the case of ot an emergency l I TO ru Commune Command of ur Admiral nl g to Through SU Sure Canal Washington Jan Jaim Jal 18 Within Within the last few days the administration has made mado known to some seine of or the members of congress con con- grass gress that Admiral r Evanss Evans's battleship fleet would cross tho the Pacific to the th teet Philippines In Imi connection with wih this program the leaders wore Informed also that It was Intended to have tho the Heet return I to the Atlantic coast of or the time Stat States s by Ly WU way of or tho time Suez canal and the tho Mediterranean sea sen The determination to send the acro across s to the time Philippines Is now disclosed ills dis closed because It Is necessary to explain explain ex ex- plain the tho reasons for a request for Cor forthe Corthe forthe the na navy department for Cor an aim Increased appropriation to purchase and an transport transport trans trans- port coal coal In order to bring time the homo home b by byway byway way of ot the Philippines a large amount of or coal must be 10 bought t In lii this country and shipped to Cavit the tho navy novy yard On Oh an Manila Mania bay buy Much luch mone money will I Or needed also to buy coal cool at ports on the homeward route by way of or the Suez and the Mediterranean Already Alread an the time navy nav department has begun begun beun be be- gun un to mako make Its Is preparations for or sending sending send send- ing log the across the Pacific Sixty thousand tons of coal have been stored stored thousand at Honolulu and bv tv April Apri 1 I. accordIng accordIng accord- accord Jn Ing to the present an plans there will wil be bt tons of or coal at |