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Show PLAN TRIP FOR FLEET American Squadrons Will Make Trip Around the World in January To Pass Through the Panama Canal Washington, April 21. When the American fleet sails for the Mediterranean Mediter-ranean in lanuary it will be nearly twite the muzzle energy of the famous fam-ous battle fleet sent around the world In 10(i7 hi former President Roosevelt, Roose-velt, and of half again as great tonnage ton-nage The schedule and ports of call have not been worked out yet in the nay department and it mcreh has been announced that the big fleet would 'our the Mediterranean In dhisions It wa6 the original plan in connection with the opening of the Panama canai to have the fleet pass through from the Atlantic to the Pacific about Jan-nan' Jan-nan' 1. the date of the opening 1 his practically is arranged, but It was pointed out today that from the Medlterannean It is comparatively a I short o.s age through the Suez, canal I Into the Pacific am that the fleet could return that way, malting the j passage through the canal from the Pacific to the Atlantic The main ships of the line to go on th( cruise will be the battleships. Wyomirig Florida, Arkansas. Delaware, Dela-ware, North Dakota. Utah Vermont. , Louisiana, Michigan, New Hampshire, Hamp-shire, South Carolina, Virginia , Oorgb, Nebraska, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Minnesota, Connecticut, Connecti-cut, Kansas and Idaho Comparison of Fleets. Comparing these ships with the battle fleet which went around the world, the abrogate is a tonnage of I 3f4,500, as against 233,500. In round figures the muzzle energy of the battle fleet of 1907 summed I up 5,300,000 foot pounds The main 1 batteries of the fleet which will make tb Mediterranean trip will total ",-1 500,000 foot pounds almost twice as much The navy department s official announcement an-nouncement declares that the fleet Will be too large to be accomodated at snj one time in many harbors to be lsited and that at Cihraltar It would' DC divided and mal'- a tour of the Mediterranean in divisions. The battleship fleet of 1907 was composed of 16 battleships, five auxllaries an( the second torpedo flotilla The fleet called at Trinidad. Rio de Janeiro. Callao. Maedalen Ha... and arrived at Pan Francisco Ma) 16, 190X. a total distance of 15.-000 15.-000 miles Thence the fleet visited Pugel Sound returned to San Fran-ISCO Fran-ISCO and sailed on Julj 7 els Honolulu. Hono-lulu. New Zealand, Australia and Manila, Ma-nila, for Yokohama, arriving there Oct 18 1908 after a journey of 16,-miles 16,-miles and spending a week of courteous court-eous exchange of compliments The licet assembled at Manila, departed thence December I, 1908, via Ceylon. Suez and Gibraltar and anchored in Hampton Roads February 22. irmfl 12.455 miles sail from Manila, com-pleting com-pleting what Is probably the greatest practice cruise in the historv of navies |