Show BY DY WIRELESS fIRELESS FROM THE COMING FLEET Evans Will Soon Retire Men Men Anxious For Target Practice San Diego Cal March 16 Rear H.-Rear Rear Admiral Robley D. D Evans commander of or tho the Atlantic fleet toda today announced to tho the officers and men of the fleet that hat upon Its arrival at San Francisco he would retire from Its command because because be be- cause causo of ill III health This announcement announcement announce announce- ment meat officially confirmed the lie report from rom Washington ton that Admiral Evans E would haul down his flag upon In ing ng at San Francisco News Vs e of ot his announcement an an- 0 was received today by Wi wireless rd Frederick Jeffs the Robinson Robin Robin- son on Cru Crusoe oe who was shipwrecked on island is dead according to the and crew o of the tho Yankton Yankton Yankton Yank- Yank ton which has returned return 1 from the is- is land and The rhe only trace of or Jeffs that could be found was a razor b bearing his name namo Preparations for tho the target practice wore vend manIc made today There Thero was some sonje preliminary practice It Is announced that hat six of or the thc battleships have ha finIshed finIshed fin- fin shed coaling as a preliminary to maneuvers ma- ma on the target larget range The battleship Georgia liaR has regained he tho signal drill championship wrested from rom it by the tho signal sl-nal corps of the tho battleship bat bat- hj Kansas Kanas having defeated the crow crew o of the latter lutler warship in a contest contest con- con test cst just completed Tho Time gunners of oC the fleet Joet are anxious to o get to work Rivalry is k keen en and again records recently smashed set now new and difficult marks Tho The crack shots of oC Uncle Sams Sam's nf navy feel the strain of waiting and are anxious to tomake tomake make their try a against established records records records rec rec- as quickly as ns possible It Is predicted pre- pre b by the older gunners that un under er th he the incentives es of keen competition and the ho watching world the records will willbe willbo be bo smashed ma hed |