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Mlncle*Samj| Pacific ^Fleetj Sixteen E?ig Battleships Which Will Steam Fifteen Thou sand Miles to San Francisco?Santa Claus Will Come Aboard at Trinidad?Magdalena Bay Target Practice ? I r Jj^ ~jp'~ ?f. ATS off! The | fleet Is |>nai)lng 1 l?y. More ' half w u y aroti 11 (I t Ii e earth In saHing dista n< e?nlsiut 15.000 miles ? to reach it point 0.0(1(1 III 1 1 C S away hy Intnl. the most iiiiik ntficeut. tlif most formida ble, the most ef fective of UIIVIll fleets sets sail from Hampton It on ils, Vlr Kliilii, for Kan F r a n c I a c o. From the At lantic to the Pacific, from the east to the west by way of the south,down the Atlantic coast, around C a p e Horn, through Magellan strait and up the Pa cific coast, these ships of war will plow their way through nearly 14,000 nau tical knots of brine. From mld-Decem ber until mid-April the whole world will watch the progress of the sixteen mighty American battleships and their attendant lesser war vessels. Every nation on the map of the globe will take a keen ottlclal Interest in the news of the cruise. Intelligent citizens In every clime will follow the dispatches chronicling the onward career of the splendid squadrons. It Is an Impor tant piece of world news. In the United States naturally the cruise of this great tleet from the At lantic to the Pacific will lie of the high est Interest to the average |>ersou. For six months we have been talking nbout this proposed movemeut of warships. For six months rnelo Sam has been making preparations for the voyage. Some citizens have acquiesced with en thusiasm In the pinna of the navy de partment. Others have objected to the cruise on various grounds. Some have looked upon It as a valuable "demon stration" In view of possible Japanese hostilities. Others have commended the plan merely as a matter of exer cising our ships and seamen, Just to show what they can do when they try. Still others have hinted tlint It Is no body's business outside of America what we do with our own naval equip ment so long as we keep the |iencc. Opponents of the cruise have held that It Is u needless waste of money, while a few of them seem to regard the movement ns something nkin to the shaking of a red rag lu the face of a bull. Very probably those who hold that It Is nobody's business but Uncle I ! It jv ^ f k*r*TQaT Aims r\ reiArow '*[/ PACIFIC / )/f/77 OCCAM h ? rV C t m V CfTV StAttllAM r BOUTS OP THE FLEET AND DISTANCES. Sam's are close to the mark. The United States has two long coast lines to defend, separated by 3.000 miles of land. Until the acquisition of Hawaii, Guam and the Philippines our Pacific coast was relatively unimportant In a naval sense. United States ownership of those islands Increased the impor tance of Pacific coast naval patrol. Japan's growing military and naval prowess further euhanced this lmpor :? ce ","i> ! ve no desire to fight ). pland or I'";';: i. i!. yet wo keep tin :>tli <?" . iantly fruariled by p i i: i :: . The movement of a p :\t ll t to L'uclflc water* Is but 11 i. si ill i ' ? .nonce of changed coudl II :ik. Koeretary of the Navy Me tea If i irked some months ago when this n .<H,cut was under consideration tl it It ha I "practically no significance fi. n a uiilllury standpoint." At that time (here was some little friction with .lapau on account of Incidents In San 1'; .iiclsco. That matter was settled amicably, and now the big fleet goes forward with such significance us In dustrial nud commercial conditions may give It. t'nder the command of Hear Admiral Rohley I?. Kvans this grandest assem bly of American ships that ever plow c 1 the seas Is going around the tip end of South America and up through the blue brine of the Pacific to regusci tuted and rejuvenated San Francisco. The sixteen battleships which, wltl the necessary colliers, supply ships, re pair ships and other auxiliaries to ar extended cruise, constitute this fleet are as follows: Tonnage. Quna. Speed. Connecticut 17,600 ?4 18 Louisiana 17.1*0 21 18 Mlnneaita 17.>?4 24 IS Vermont 17,ii!*) 24 18 Kansas 17,650 21 18 Virginia 15.320 24 12 Georgia 15.320 24 IS N. w Jersey 15,320 24 13 Khodu Island 15.320 24 13 Maine ..; 13,500 20 IS Missouri 13,600 20 18 Ohio 13.500 20 IS Alabama 11,565 IS 17 Illinois 11,605 IS 17 Kenrsarge 11.740 22 16 Kentucky 11.540 22 16 (Guns of secondary battery not given.) According to the Itinerary mapped out, the ships must travel l.'5,722 knots to reach San Francisco tiny. This ti equivalent to i ore thnii 15,000 miles. 'I'lie naval authorities tigure that lifl days >\I!I elapse lietween the time of starting uml the time of arrival at des tination, lint that only sixty-three days will lie devoted to actual tailing. The rest of the time will lie spent In port en route and at target practice. It Is ti e In'entlon of the navy department to give the crews milch practice at the big and little guns under the best con ditions possible. There will he five stops on the long trip, where the ships will anchor and many members of the crews will enjoy shore leave. From Hamilton ltoads to Trlnhlad. the first port where the licet will pnuse, the distance Is 1,780 knots. The sailors will spend Christmas at Trinidad, leav ing there about three days afterward for ltlo de Janeiro, 2,'.KMI knots ills hint. About Jan. 10 the ships will an chor In the harbor of the Brazilian me tropolis, remaining a week. 1'unta Arenas, In the strait of Magellan, Is 2,2:10 knots farther along. The fleet will spend the closing week of January In that port. Callao, the next stopping point, is 2,850 knots awuv. According to the schedule mapped out. the fleet should reach Callao on Feb. 13. Six days' respite from cruising will l>e had in that harbor; then comes a stretch of 12 knots to Magilalena bay, on the west coast of Lower California, which Is u penlnaulu belonging to the republic of Mexico. At Magdalena bay a con si le: al !e period will lie spent lti gun practice. The Mexican government has granted the United States the priv ilege of using this line bay, an ocean inlet forty miles long nnd protected with reefs of sands, so that the water is al.ways placid, as a coaling and prac tti^> station for a period of three years. From Magdalena hay to Pan Francis co bay, where the ships will drop an chor at the end of their voyage, the distance is about 1,000 knots. It Is be lieved that, barring accidents and oth er untoward circumstance*, the ships will ride triumphantly through the Golden Hate and anchor In the bay on April pi. While the disposition of the fleet aft er arrival In San Francisco bay Is uot| definitely Indicated, It Is safe to as- ] "?'lttie that the big battleships will do more or less cruising up and down the I'ilcllic < :ist. It Is quite probable that i msldernhle time will be spent In the Ft g"! ml harbors, such as those nt ? c nr. 1 T ?>: .a. It may lie that a t-i .'a e to Honolulu win be Included. IfFSS CALL OX THE LOUISIANA. THE BATTLESHIP CONNECTICUT. ELAGSIIU' OF HEAR ADMIRAL ROBLEY D. EVANS. | ffjFighting Bob "and His Men Three Rear Admirals, Sixteen Captains and Fifteen Thou sand Men Who Man the Ships For the Pacific?Robley D. Evans, the Picturesque Veteran Who Commands the Fleet I ? .,i- L < round num Iktu 15.000 men. let uh any cue man for every mile of the ills tunce to be maile, go wltb k i1 u r Admiral "Fllthtlng Bob" Means In his licet of war ves sels from the Atlantic to the I'aclflc. These ure mostly u a v u 1 oUlcers and teamen, with u sprin kling of United States marines. They are In the UKt;reKute the physical (lower ?the huge and hefty bouquet? of the American navy. And It Is not h a n d 1 n p mom nny nonquota undeserved to say that they constitute the finest and tit tost IlKhtlUK force that ever trod the ?locks of steel war monsters. Itobloy I). Evans, the commnnilor In chief of the fleet. Is perhaps the best known man In the navy. From his flagship, the splendid battleship Con necticut, he will direct the movements of the sixteen great battleships and the other vessels. He has l>een forty seven years in the navy, counting from the date of his entrance in the Naval academy. lie began his career as an active tighter lu the latter part of the civil war. In the nssault upon Fort Fisher the young ensign received wounds which gave him si permanent limp and caused him to lie retired from the navy for disability. But Evans made a stubborn tight for reinstate ment. In which he was the winner. Thus CAPTAIN R1CHABD WAINWRIanT. was saved to the navy an officer who for a generation past has l>een Its most picturesque character and one of Its ublest men. Rear Admiral Evans Is now near the age of retirement for naval officers. It Is said that he is highly pleased with his assignment to command the fleet on the cruise to the I'acltlc. thus round ing out his long cnreer with a service of unusual distinction, which will lie I t Imp Tturt I. ' it In naval history. Admiral in,: h Horn inuI'll KiM M'rvI his i .:(k" ieuce In handling l.r.je fleet* limbing hl::i available for i ... vrof this expedl.Um Int i - i ? I s.tv-o.. ? ..ear* tie la still a \ > ? itis. active i.iau. The policy- of the piei-i. eiit mid the navy department I prel'.Ti h.g . onager men for the main < n.main's has not eliminated "Flght ii g Boh." who Is sit id to possess the spirit of a young niun of forty. lu A Imlral Evans' fleet are several sutiorUiiiate commanders who hare i nle distinguished records?men of In teresting personality uslde from their performances. Bear Admiral William II Euiory. commander of the division of the fleet which Includes the great battleships Georgia. Virginia. New Jer sey and liberie Island, with the Geor gia us his flagship. Is distinguished In the navy for Ills bravery, his diploma cy anil his dress. When he wns a young officer be married a wealthy young woman, l'or years the Einorys live 1 In the finest house In Washington anil were known as most lavish enter tainers. William II. Emory, when not In uniform, was gorgeously garbed. It , is said at one time that he changed Ids trousers every hour in the day. The late Admiral Worden remarked, "Emory Is not so much of a dude as he looks" In fact, this officer always commanded the respect of his brother officers and the men under him. A few years ago Emory severely cen | sured n seaman, who remarked later that It was only the officer's uniform i that protected him from a licking. Emory Immediately doffed his uniform, dressed himself in one of his gorgeous citizen suits, got a shore leave for the i enlisted man, met him up an alley and administered the licking himself, though the other man was the bigger. Then he helped the defeated man back to the ship and sent him to the hospital ward. ltear Admiral Charles M. Thomas, who commands a division of the Pa olflc Isaind beet, consisting of the bat tleship Minnesota, flagship, and the : battleships Ohio. Maine and Missouri, entered the Naval academy only two months later than lJobley I). Evans. Admiral Thomas has had very large experience us an educator and trainer j of seamen For years he was seulor Instructor In ordnance and was In charge of the Infantry battalion of cadets at the Naval academy. Captain III hard Walnwrlght. com manding the battleship Louisiana, is , one of the notable heroes of the Span ish-American war. At the naval bat tle of Santiago he was in command of the torpedo boat destroyer Gloucester, a converted yacht. He dashed Into the thickest of the fight and destroyed the Spanish torpedo boats Furor and Flu ton. Later he captured without assist ance the Porto Itican harbor of Gua nica for use as a landing place for the army of General Miles. The secretary of tho navy in presenting Walnwrlght a sword from the people of his native section said: "There Is a roll of honor Commander Walnwrlght which Is knowu as that of the bravest of the brave. On thnt Imperishable roll your name has been written by your coun trymen." The commander of the battleship Ylr glnla. Captain Senton Svhroeder, has distinguished himself not only as a naval officer in sea service, but In ctvl! iife as governor of the island of Guam for two and a half years. Governor Schroeder established a school system on tho Island and In other ways helped to Americanize Guam. He Is also an i author, having written a work en : titled "Fall of Maximilian's Empire" and several notable magazine articles. REAR ADMIRAL CHARLES M. THOMAS. REAR ADMIRAL ROBLEY D. EVANS. (GlowingHeaf\ ^^rom^unce When the mercury drops out of sight, and I you just can'I keep the house warm, you'll find it wonderfully convenient to use a PERFECTION I Oil Heater ? (Equipped wltb Smokeless Device) It's very light?carry it about?heat any cold room. Turn the wick high or low?no V danger?no smoke?no smell. Easily cared lor and gives nine hours 01 cozy comfort at one filling of ^ brass font Finished in nickel ahd japan. Every heater warranted. / [The T a -i-i.-1-L^ with its flood ol steady. 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