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Show 1 1 MBBILIZATION OF AMERlMK FLEETS WASHINGTON'. 6ct, 13. The mobilization mo-bilization of tho Atlantic and Pacific floods at New York and Loa Angeles I October CO to November 2, will mark tho gathering of the greatest naval forces that ever floated In the waters of this hemisphere "While the number of vessels to be assembled-does not equal the 135 ships rovlewcd by tho Gorman emperor at Kiel last summer, the 120 American ships, with their tremendous displacement displace-ment of 693.S44 tons, are really more powerful f.han tho Gorman fleet. The Atlantic fleet will comprise 102 Tessls of all classes, with a total displacement dis-placement of 577,590 tons, and the Pacific Pa-cific fleet 24 vessels of 116,245' tons. The combined fleets will Include 32 armored ships, while the German fleet , ' numbered 29 The American battle-j battle-j ships will number 25 and the armored jf cruisers six, while tho German fleet 1 included 23 battleships- and six ar ft morel cruisers. $ France assembled 25 battleships and ten armored cruisers at the Toulon review last summer, but the fleet was . . ' ' much weaker than America's In other , ships. Tho' total French dlBplay Included In-cluded only 82 ships.' Of course, none of thothreo countries above named could tompare with England, which aBsembled-17 ghlpa at tho coronation review at Splthend, Including 32 bat-tloshlpa bat-tloshlpa and 2,r armorod cruisers. oo |