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Show uu fall I 3S nliEI in 'i i Flotilla to Make Dash Down Coast to Join Other U. S. Units at Mexican Ports. TO FORM BLOCKADE Armored Cruiser Maryland Leaves Puget Sound South Dakota Picking Up All Available Marines. Ban Diego, Cal., June 21, The flotilla flo-tilla of torpedo boat destroyers, consisting con-sisting of the Hull, flagBhlp of Lieutenant Lieu-tenant W. W. Bradley, flotilla commander; com-mander; Hopkins and Truxtun, woro in readiness early today for a dash down the Mexican west coast to Join other units of tho Pacific fleet, which either are already In. Mexican ports or on their way. The U. S. S. San Diego, flagship of Admiral WInslow, departed yesterday, presumably for Quaymas or "Mazatlan, closely followed fol-lowed by the cruisers Pittsburg, flag- ... ., ,. nir .. ' ,t . - - . . - -is- - ship of Rear Admiral Pullam, commander-in-chief of the Pacific reserve fleet, and tho Colorado. Authorities here on naval matters said that Admiral WInslow, commander-in-chief of tho Pacific fleet, could blockade effectively within a space measured by minutes, every port on tho Mexican west coast if events rendered ren-dered such action necessary. It alBO was reported that Admiral Winslow would place Rear Admiral Fullam in command of the naval forces operating operat-ing Bouth of Manzanillo to Nallna Cruz. The armored cruiser Maryland, which departed from the Puget Sound navy yard yesterday, was expected, ex-pected, here in a few days. The cruiser cruis-er South Dakota, scheduled to leave Puget Sound yard today, was to take aboard every available marine at the northern port, call at San Francisco for the same purpose and. proceed to San Diego for orders, it was announced. an-nounced. The disposition of tho Paclflo fleet in Mexican waters will be substantially substantial-ly as follows by Saturday morning, It was learned today: At San De Cabo Destroyer Hop-kinB. Hop-kinB. At LaPaz Destroyer Hull. At Guaymas Cruiser Cleveland, supply steamer Glacier, armored cruiser cruis-er Maryland. At Topolobampo Gunboat York-town, York-town, destroyer Truxtun. At Mazatlan Cruiser San Diego, gunboat Annapolis. At Manzanillo Cruisers Pittsburg, Colorado, Albany. At Salinia Cruz CruiserB Denver, Raleigh. v At Acapulco Cruiser Chattanooga. En route Cruisers Milwaukee from San Diego, Cruiser South Dakota from Puget Sound. |