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Show LITTLE WARSHIPS DRILL SEPARATELY Washington. March 8. With a view to increasing the independence of the torpedo boats, destroyers and submarines subma-rines now attached to the Atlantl' fleet, the navy department today decided de-cided to assign tenders to each flotilla flo-tilla so that the little vessels could be operated independent of a land base. In carrying out the plan a change in personnel will be made in the command com-mand of the flotilla, Captain William S. Sims, now on duly at the naval war college at Newport. R. I , succeeding suc-ceeding Captain Edward W. Kberle, who will be assigned to shore duty. The little vessels still will be considered con-sidered a part of the Atlantic battleship battle-ship fleet, but will be drilled so far as possible independent of their more powerful sister ships. |