BATTLESHIP FLEET AND COMMANDERS.

C9mmiMtdar in Chief: Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans.

FIRST SaUADRON.FIRST DIVISION.

CONNECTICUT (flagsh.p of Commander m C'n.ef). 16,000 ton.;

Captain Hugo Oaf I*l—, commanding;

Lieutenant Commander Robert B. Mi-gins, fleet «HfMa«r.LOUISIANA.16.000 tons:

Captain Richard Wainwright, command, ig.

KANSAS. 16.000 tons;

Captain Charles E. Vreeland. commanding.

VERMONT. 16.000 tons:Captain William P. Potter, command ing.

SECOND DIVISION.

Rear Admiral William H. Emory, comm ?nd/:-GEORGIA (flagship). 14.948 tons:

Captain Henry McCrea,. commanding.

VIRGINIA.14.948 tons;

Captain Seaton Schroeder. command irjj.

NEW JERSEY. 14.948 tons;

Captain William H. H. Southerland, commanJ:rg.

RHODE ISLAND. 14.948 tons:

Cn-Jtsin Joseph B. Murdock, comman dine-SECOND SQUADRON.

Rear Adrr.iral C. ML Thomas, commanding

THIRD DIVISION.

MINNESOTA (flagship). 16.000 tons:

Captain John Hubbard. commanding.

OHiO. 12.500 tons;

Captain Charles W. Bartlett. commanding.

MAINE.12.500 tons;

Captain Giles B. Harber. commanding.

MISSOURI. 12.500 tons;

Captain Greeniief A. Merriam, commanding.

FOURTH DIVISION.

Rear Admiral C. S. Sperry, commanding.

Ai ABAMA. 11.525 tons:Captain Ten Eyck De W. Vesder. co mmandiflj.

ILLINOIS,11,525 tons:Capfce'n John M. Bowyer, commanding,

KEARSARGE. 11.525 tons:Captain Hamilton Hutchins, commanding.

KENTUCKY. 11,025 tons:

CaDtain W. C. Cowies. commanding.

FLEET AUXILIARIES.

CULGOA (supply ship). 5.725 tons:

Lieutenant Commander John B. Patton. commanding.

GLACIER (supply ship). 7,000 tons:

\ Commander William S. Hogg, commanding.

PANTHER (repair ship). 3,380 tons:

Commander V. S. Nelson, commanding.

YANKTON (tender). 975 tons;•Lieutenant Walter R. Gherardi. command. ng.

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Meanwhile the* giant crane* on board- the warvesseU w«r« reaching out and picking up Thesteam

'launches and *running boats and storing

them snugly in their berths high up in the super-

structure and safe from the crashing boom ofstorm waves to b<i encountered on the trip.-

Next from the ships camo the whir and hiss of"steam-driven windias».:« and the grinding clank of

lifting'anchor chains, whoso massive links werebent of.six-inch et«*el. Sixty fathoms of chain hadbeen paid out en each ship. This Is ten times thedepth of the roadstead channel, but necessary toVeep MM vessels free from fouling in the swinging

current* of the tide. 'With the command to

"Hcav«i >r tip!" the work of raising anchors, hadbegun almost simultaneously on each of Oat sixteenships. Big reams of water were played uponth*r climbing chair, link*, stripping them <>f.allsand and harbor «auU as they rose to the surface.

The Connecticut, head of the column, and th«

With th*departure of the fleet officers the Miy-

flower r""O'*e*'de<l to get under way almost at wnee.mi as to take, her pl*c«at the bead of the for-

!ali° column and lead the way to the review-fcig '-n-aters off Thimble Shoal IJghthouse, ten

lniirs oat in Chesapeake Bay. or two-thirds of the•w*y from Hampton Road--- to the stretch of.oceanoutside tbe Virginia Capes. As the Mayflower re-treated" down the warship lane each vessel shepassed manned the rail with bluejackets, all of\u25a0whoni stood at attention.

THE MAYFLOWER DROPS ANCHOR.Again, without formal recognition of the honors

bestowed, the Mayflower entered the warship laneand proceeding slowly to a point about midway ofii.<*assembled fleet. let co her anchors ami swungaround partly, to face the flow of the ebbing tide.

No -\u25a0-\u25a0\u25a0-• had she dons so than the torpedo

launch of the* Connecticut, with Rear Admiral

Kvans and his naff on board, was darting swiftly10 her tide. Making the after gangway, the officers,in all the regaiia. *fspecial full dress uniform, re-paired on board the yacht to pay their rcapscts to'\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0 President/ He received' tls^nj on the quarter-deck and the exchange or cri^tinc? was nor*

h'srtv than formal. Following the Connecticut'slead, the launches from all the other ships wwrr«»--.>\u25a0": swarming about the Mas-flower. From theMinn'sotaN^me. the steam barge of Rear AdmiralCharles M- Thomas. commander of the second,squadron: from the Georgia there wa« the har^e ofRear Admiral TVi"iam 11. Hmory. commander of

fry the second <lirisl«a, and from tfce Alabama camewj Rear Admiral C. S. Sperry. commanding the fourth

V division. Each admiral was acaimpaniM by hisstaff. The captains commanding the sixteen shipsfollowed the flag officers to the Mayflower, andwith their arrival the reception Tiad readied its

climax. The ceremonies wcro few and within

half an fct»ur after Admiral Evans had first tepped

on ta* quarterdeck of tbe yacht all of the officerswere once more in their dancing launches, rPturn-

Irtg to their ship?. The last coodbys had been said

and ssa President'!" last -wishes of good luck hadbeen uttered- Suddenly the signal yards of the-Connecticut flashed the message:

\u25a0

M under -way Immediately, following the mo-tions of th»« flajisbip."

Orders volleyed from inch vessel's bridge. They

were conveyed by warning bells to engine moms,

through the anutcal notes of almost « score of bu-

BJM and. the shrill whistle of the "bosun's* 1 pipe.j..,,.. lines were hauled In. and as they tumbledto the deck the ship* were robbed of gala attire.

-Everything waX in cruising trim now, and the time,

'.\u25a0-

play was past.

Each ship was gayiy dressed from jackstaff tofl»sr post, th» loner line? of varicolored bits of sig-nal bunting fluttering in the oarty morning breeze.first in an almost perpendicular rise from the stemif* the signal yards surmounting the fore fightingtop. then reaching straight back to the after top«n<i down again to the su.-rn rail of the quarter-<l»ck. Black smoke pouring from every funnel in-dicated that the engineers* forces were building upFTeam lor the first step in the memorable voyage.

The Connecticut, flying the flag of Rear AdmiralEvans. commander chief of the expedition, wasthe. first to speak the President. Her starboard andjK»rt saluting guns began alternately to proclaimTheir respt?ct and duty to tho nation's chief. Fol-lowing the motions of the .flagship, as it Is ex-pressed in the navy, the other ship? took up the fir-ing and in less limn two minutes' time s>: gunshad boomed. A play at mimic warfare by the finestfleet the American navy has ever boasted could not

have produced a more spectacular effect. The*moltei of battle enveloped the fleet and the smellof gunpowder filled the air.

Great Fleet Gets Under Way With-out a Hitch.

Old Point Comfort. Va.. Dec. 16.—

The-Mayflower

•twang around the water battery of 1-V»rt Mon-

roe »nd into Hampton Roads shortly after S o'clock.

The saluting guns of the army post wer» the first

to signal the arrival of the President and lis party.

ITwenty-one times the cannon overlooking the pictu-resque moat of this famous old army stronghold

voiced their notes of welcome. The wlrit» navalyacht kept silently on her way. accepting the saluta\u0084. her due and as requiring no outward form ofrecogaitlon-

Aboard the sixteen warships, at anchor a milefarther up the Roads, buglers had already begun

to summon officers and crews to quarters. Mostof the men aboard the vessels had been called sev-eral times m the past to \u25a0welcome the President.tast there was a special significance In to-day.*

ceremony. It was not a time simplyto look pretty

en parade, but coupled with it was a note of "good-l>y and good luck" which they felt had a world ofmrnntTsg to i*.

It was not until the Mayflower had nearly

reached the Old Point pier that th* President hadhis first view of the splendid fleet. On rach side«»f a v^ritabl*:marine boulevard the ship? wern dis-posed in two long lines, the flagships Connecticutand Minnesota standing respectively at the head ofThe shore nd outbound columns. Like players «t

tome giant game of "London Bridg","'

the twinbattleships stood with figurative arras ovcrclaspedwaiting for th°> Mayflower to pass beneath anddown the lane to meet the cJier ships, which u-«repaired on opposite side?, and reached full two milesMRS]

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It was peculiarly fitting that the Connecticutshould lead t!i* greatest fleet ever sent from Amer-ican shores. She is th« product from stem to stern,

from keel plate to fighting top, of the American

SERIES OF feAI-UTES BEGUN.

When abreast the Presidential yacht the Con-necticut began her series of salutes. The men at

the rails, at the word of command, raised theirright hands to their caps and held them there until

\u25a0 \u25a0 v;;yMower was cleared. On the forward hfgdmjCaptain Hugo Osterhaus and the fleet navigating

officer came SB attention witha flourish of swords.Admiral Kvans and the members of his ptaft sa-luted similarly Jn turn from the after bridge, whilathe marine guard, with polished rifles, stood mo-tionless at "present arms" :drums aboard the fiap;-*hip were- ruffling their tokens of respect when at

last came tiie strains of "The Star Ppangb-d Ban-

ner" floating across the wav-s.Just beyond the Mayflower the saluiing cannon

were brought Into play, and with twenty-one gunsthe flagship voiced her farewell message, the whiteglobules of powd*r smoke rising like filmy balloonsfrom either bow to l>econi«> lost in the deep huedcoal vapor whirlingfrom the giowlng Jlres beneathhissing boilers.

The President '..fied his hai, and the spontaneous

cheer he voiced was quickly taken iip by others

in his party, from his position on the Mayflower's

bridge th« President had an uninterrupted view ofthe entire pageant.

*Ther<» wan Jin!* lime to T/aJt before Ike widegirthed null of the. Connecticut, glimmering whit",

showed off the quarter rail. Com<ng toward th»

Mayflower almost bow on. at the head of th« farflung line, great clouds of curling black smokeleaping from her three towering funnels-buffpainted to coincide, with the color of the super-

structure— rails manned -with bale a thousandsailors in the'r nattiest puits of blue, with inarin«guard, full uniiorm<*ti and stiff at "attention" onthe quarterdeck, with band playing the nationalanthem, \u25a0with Admiral Evans on th« aftcrbridge,

high above the main deck, with the Union Jackat the stern, the two starred rear admiral's ensign

of blue at the main truck and a spotless n'w

American nag fluttering from flagstaff at the stern,

the Connecticut presented a picture which fairly

thrilled those -who saw, find set patriotic pulses

beating in quick nlngrhythm.

The President's jmch< was well down th» bay

when the battleship column began to move, Com-

ing to anchor near the "tail of the Horseshoe.- a*

the water formation about Thimble Shoal light islocally known, the Mayflower again let go heranchors and stood by to review the Pacific boundparade.

FULL. SPEED AHEAD ORDERED.

When at last all sixteen ships were in position

m single column, "natural order and distance."four hundred yards apart, the engine room indica-tors. far down In th? depths of the steel protecteddecks, showed "full speed ahead." For the pur-

poses of this cruise full speed means an easy pace

of ten knots an hour, and It was on this basisthat th- Fhip* bad* farewell to the treat crowdsgathered on the. Old I'oint shore and moved away

from their familiar anchorage ground. As the h'.tc

vessels gained headway they on«» after anotherpicked up th*ir "bones" from tha furrowed wake

of the BagsWs>.

other ships of the first \u25a0illlai «m «*****•"•«

Vermont and aha LouisUms-were tb* first to get

their anchors folded on their bows 1hen came

for each narrator and captain a bit of difficult

manoeuvring at close quarters. The sweep of he

ebbing tide had turned every Flap's stem- to the

west and it was. necessary to swing each vessel

around to take position for the eastward start to

the Capes. One -by one the other nrmorcladsboasted their p*>=ltion pennants to the, fore truck.signifying that they were ready to get under way.

Th« flagships aT each of the three divisions subor-dinate, to the ilrst did not hoist their pennants

untii the last anchor chains of the Immediate com-mand wen Ktr»wed. TIM beat of Riant cop >cr-

bladed twin propellers churned• the roadstead

waters to milky white as they manoeuvred for the

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Federal Court Decides Against Governmentin Litigation Involving. Standardization.

. Norfolk, Va.. Dae, 16.— United States Judge Wad-dill to:day awarded tho Newport News Shipbuildingand Dry Dock Company a [verdict for' li.WRI in lt» ,action ;at&lnst the United sutta to recover this I

amount because of the requirement of John

1.0nS. when Secretary of the Navy, that;»•

cruiser Charleston, built by the plaintiffcompanyshould be tested for speed under the new .tana

ardlxation method 3 when she was built under «£tract callingonly for a test under the <""f^g,of four hours' run over a measured course » W«°

This'ca^ is important, because 'the same quesUM

is involved in. cases of several other - w? rJf"!L /built for.the government by tH« I""*»*lga .„:Kivar \u25a0alpbulldln* comp«»l«- *«»• •°v""*probably will take as appeal.

CRUISER CHABLESTON CASE LOST.

Colonel Johnston, of Texas, Boomed by TomV Johnson, Balks.

Colonel It. M Johnston, Democratic NationalCommitteeman of Texas and publisher of *ThoHouston Post." is bring talked of for the secondplace on the Democratic national ticket. ..Torn I*Johnson, of Ohio, started •< boom for the colonelat the meeting of the Democratic National Com-mittee in AVashlngton last week anil the boom fol-low .-.I the Texan . to New York. Colonel Johnstonshied lust night when he was usked about It.

"Ifyou fellows want to advertise me," said thocolonel, "go ahead and say that Iam a red hotcandidate for the Vice-Presidential nomination andthat lam going to get it. But. on the level. lamnot a candidate for the place, and Ido not believethat Ishall he const. In that connection. Whilethe sentiment of the South will undoubtedly favora Southern man for the place, inasmuch as thatsection furnishes almost all of the Democratic votesin ike Klectoral College, Iam <.i the opinion thatthe Southern delegates to the Denver conventioncouM select \u25a0 man from our section for this dlstiu-gulshed honor who is better ciualifled and would bemore potent in the cause of Democracy than my-self."

"His Name Will Be the Only One Presentedat Denver."

Kormaa K. Mack, member of the Democrat Na-tional Committee from iMs state, said yesterdayat th« Hoffman House that there would be no seri-ous opposition to Bryan in the Democratic NationalConvention In Denver next year.

"llryan's name will bo the only one presented."said Mr. Mack. "1 think that the ddsgasee fromevery state, with the possible exception of HewYork and Delaware, will be Instructed for Bryan.What would be tha use of this state holding outIn opposition? We can have an instructed delega-tion from this state if Mr. Murphy consents, butIfhe objects Isuppose the delegation will go unin-structed. In any event, there, is no doubt of thenomination of Mr T!r\an. Even Roger Sullivan, ofIllinois, baa withdrawn his opposition to him."

Mr.Mack is going to try to persuade Mr.Murphythat the best thins: for.the Democratic organizationIn this state to do 13 for the state to Instruct itsdelegates for Bryan. Colonel H. M. Johnston, ofTexas, national commlttee.man from the Lone Starstate, is assisting Mr. Mack hi his labors in he-

half of Mr. Bryan. Messrs. Mack ami Johnstonand Roger Sullivan dined together at the IlotTmanHouse yesterday.

FOR TAIL OF DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

ROOSEVELT AGAIN. WATSON THINKS.

Says the President is Serving His First Term—Bryan Democratic Candidate.

IR;, Telefmrh t»> Tbi Tribun*.]Atlanta, Dee IS.—Thomas K. Watson to-day said

that the Republican nomination may b« forced onMr. Roosevelt desplt* his expressed determinationnot to accept, another term. Mr. Watson said thirdterm talk was "all bosh." as Mr. Roosevelt hasonly had on« term, the succession to M.-Klnleynotcounting. He thought Itnot Improbable that Mr.Roosevelt would b« unanimously renomlnated. andunder Mich conditions, In order to carry out thereforms he has begun, he would be "compelled bythe voice of people to accept. Ho expressed th»belief that Bryan would be nominated by theDemocrats, snylng that Bryan was a good man.but ho had weakened himself by adopting Mr.Roosevelt's idea that the government should paythe campaign expenses of both parties.

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Flags Eying; from Public Buildings inMany Cities in Country.

San Francisco, Dec. M.—The news or the depart-ure of tbe battleship Meet under command of lc«arAdmiral Evans for the Pacific was received withenthusiastic demonstrations at every port on thisoaaat BverywaNero flags are flyln and the peoastfrom San Diego to Seattle are keenly awake to theimportance of the movement of the vessels Theofficers and men will bo warmly welcomed and thevarious cities at which th. are expected to stunaro already preparing receptions and entertain-ments In their honors. News of the progress orthe vessels will be anxiously awaited throughoutthe Pacific stales.

Los Angeles, Dec. IS.-l.os Angeles to-day cele-brated the departure or the fleet: at HamptonRoads. The national colors floated from everypublic building In the city, from many businesshouses and hundreds of residences, -Mayor Harpersent a message \o Admiral Evans, to be deliveredby wireless telegraph on board the Connecticutconveying congratulations on the successful de-parture or the fleet and wishing a safe voyage tothe ships. Mayor Harper's telegraph to AdmiralKvans was as follows:

"Felicitations from Los Angeles, iv.,,,1.. Jubilantflags flying. Want to pay respects on arrival'Western hospitality promised."

San Diego. Gal* Dec. IG.-In honor of AdmiralKvans and his fleet of battleships, which nailedfrom Hampton Roads to-day. San Diego the nextUnited States city they will see. \u25a0bowed the Starsand Stripea from every public building.

Cincinnati. Dec. IS.—ln honor of the great An,,,Ican fleet which sailed to-day on the way to thePacific and in response to a proclamation by MayorDempsey flags were displayed during the morningon public and private buildings all over the cityOn both courthouse and City Hall the flag wasofficially unfurled and kept flyinguntil a drizzlingrain set in during the afternoon.

SAILING CF FLEET CELIBRATED.

KEEN INTEREST SHOWN ABROAD.

Naval Experts Lay Stress on Fleet's PassingStrait of Magellan.

Parli«. Dec. IS.—French i.aval officers are int»ns»-ly interested in the cruise of the American battle-«hlp »-jiiadron to the Pacific. As a professional

feat they consider It surrounded hy almost In-surmountable difficulties. Captain faker, of theQeneral StaJT, said day:

The financial resources of America him fee theproblem ••; coating the fleet compMxatlvely easy,hut there ar« tint, great difficulties— to ke«pbo many units together; ond. In provision Andrepair the .ships In th«» •••:' of an accident, and.thlid. the navigation of th« Strait nf Magellan bysuch an armada. If th» <:-..- is successfully m~.compllahed. and if at it- end, an the programmecontemplates, ill- vessels ar*1 abie to engage intarget practice, thus demonstrating their readinessto me*t a hostile fleet, the whole naval world willtak«» clt its lint In admiration.

iBerlin. Dec 1«. -Thenaval export of the •'IJerlin'r

Tageblatf Bays regarding the voyage of the

American flaei to the rapine:

Th« most interesting part of the voyage to'navi-gatora will tv tba passage of the Straff of Ma-gellan, if this route Is chosen, for every s<-nmanknown th« difficulties of that passage even lor asirsßl* phlp.It is only natural that th*» American Navy De-partment should draw \u25a0 veil of deepest secrecy

over nil the details of this voyage, undertaken Infull preparation for action. Th» naval attaches atWashington will consequently take all the creatorcar* to report all news from the ports of oall regarding coaling, the speed of the vessels ordamages to th* ships or their machinery "Th«voyage is a most severe test, especially of"the en-gjnrera and the stokers, since IIwill show wh-th-ror not the recent reorganization of thin departmentof the American navy hap been successful.

London, Dee. 17.- "The Times" this morning, man editorial highly eulogizing president Roosevelt.regards the dispatch or the American Beet to thePacific as a demonstration of the views enunciatedIn bis Prudential memmage

"His attitude." says "The Times." "must com-mand the reaped and approbation of Englishmen;We admire the resolution with which he clings tohis naval policy not less than the broad wisdomby which it Is Inspired.'!

"The Times" proceeds to confess that the nil<=-Kiviiißs which it formerly expressed t>n the Inop-portunencss of th.- cruise nave been dispelled bySecretary Taft'a visit to the Far East and theadmirable temper and restraint shown by the Jap-anese government and people.

Wireless Station at Charleston Navy YardPicks Up Message.

Charleston. 8. C. Dec. 16.— Tho wireless sta-

tion at the Navy Yard picked up the battleship

licet to-night. The Connecticut operator was

sending to New York, and the massage, as faras caught, read as follows:

'on board Connecticut, 8 ev-ninp:. forty rni'.rs

noHheaat Of Cape Hattcras, lieadini; south,

asatheast Speed, t<ri knots. In four columnsabreast."

The message was longer, but th-- operator

could not prt anything further.Th • Beet Is expected to pass this port to-

morrow, but so far seems to be out of com-munication with the limited wireless stationhere.

FLEET NEAR CAPE HATTERAS.

; 5 Inches thicker than Ike main protection of th:modern Connecticut.. The lightening of modern: armor of late years has been made possible by

new processes of toughening the steel plates.

When the ech<*>s of the saluting cannon of the

! Kentucky had died away across the waters, the'

Connecticut, at the head of the column, four nines

j away, had almost reached the Capes, and the his-

! Tory-making journey had begun in earnest < .cat-

! ing the Capes later, the Connecticut .showed theI way down the coast. It is expected that at sea

f various manoeuvres and different squadron forma-

! tions will be tried, but the speed, will always re-; main the wmt. ten knots an hour, unless some

i ship should have to. exceed that limit tempor.irll>

to correct her position or carry out some order.

The Jittle'teriaer Yankton. rating as a gunboat and

assigned to Rear Admiral Evans Ma dispatch ves-

i sel was not entirely overlooked in the review.

j She boomed her salute and manned her diminutiverails in regulation fashion and kept pace with the

bigger vessels with a commendable display of as-'

surance.Fleet colliers aid provisions ships have preceded

! the battleships to Trinidad, where the first stop

! for coaling and the replenishing of larder sup-

plies will be made. The stay ai Trinidad, where

the. ships will arrive on Christmas Eve. is limited

to five days. The second stage of the journey will

i take the squadrons to Rio de .Janeiro, wherethey will make- a tan days' stop, from January U

to January 21. The third Ics leads to the end of

South America. Punta Arenas, In the Strait ofMagellan. this port b-Mns; reached on January 21.

The sth of February will see the fleet aguln under

way. picking vits courso cautiously through the

western end of the strait and then heading northone* more, for Callao. The Callao stop Is scheduled

t from February 18 to 21?.21?. the fleet calling on the

latter date for America's rested naval station atMagdalena Bay, Southern California. The fleet

should sight the Band dimes and Indian huts at

Magdatena not later than Karen 14. Their stay

hero is indefinite, for the spring target practice,planned on a lavish seal", must be accompl#»hed

before the fleet set» out on the final stage of Its

1 voyage to Sun Francisco.

naval establishment. Designed at the Navy De-partment In Washington, and built at the, BrooklynNavy Yard, the Connecticut represents the highesttype of fighting machine the navy has ever known.Her size, measured by the water the great hull dis-places and not by carrying capacity, is registeredat 16.000 tons. ITh* energy of her twin reciprocat-ing engines is rated at 18,500 horsepower, andbar estimated speed of eighteen knot* was easilyexceeded on her trial trip. In armor the Connecti-cut In belted with 11 inch** of wellnlgh Invulner-able steel amidships to protect her vitals. This*>*-It tapers away gradually to 4 Inch** at stem andstern. Her cnsema.t»K »re protected by 7 Inches ofharden**! \u25a0teel, her main turrets, elliptical in form.are constructed of 12-inch 8te«l. her secondary tur-rets protected by S inch** of the metal, and hatprotected dock, bending over engine and ammuni-tion rooms, has a 3-Inch covering.

MOST POWERFUL BATTEItT.Th» battery of the Connecticut stands as a great

Increase in power pver anything heretofore nt-tempted on an American battleship. The latestpattern of .«-calibre lMneh guns -was mounted inher main turret! for the first time in the history ofthe navy. Inaddition to four of these, carried twinshape In barbette turrets forward and aft. there «r»elßht .45-raJlbro S-lnch guns In turret* on the broad-side and an exceedingly powerful secondary batterymounted in casomatee on the gun deck, consistingof twelve 7-inch rinn of .30-calibr». The calibre ofa naval gun in th* me.asur» of Its lenßth. Th» in-crease of calibre lias grown from .35 to .50 in the.last few years. The 7-Inch gun* on the Connecticutand other vessel* of her typ<» are. new to t!»» navyand are believed to be the, best pl«ces of ordnanceplanned In a decide. Of SO-.-n|lhr« UnKth. theyare capable of penetrating six lnehe« of Krtipparmor two miles, away. The. fire in any directionfrom the Connecticut clas« of ("lilps in tremendousAhead or astern two 12-lnctu four 8-inch and two7-inch suns can bo brought into action. A broad-fide, hail of lead and steel can to poured from four1T«. four B's and «Ijc 7's. to say nothing of the

twelve 3-inch rapid fire guns and th» twenty-nixsmaller pieces which complete the, armament. Fol-lowing In the. wake of the Connecticut and salutingin their turn, with bands playing, drums rufflingand guns booming, the Kansa?, th« Vermont andth" Louisiana steamed by the Mayflower. The.««jfour ships are as nearly alike, as th« naval archi-tects «nd builders could make. them, their onlydifferences being in minor detail* which. ar«- lost tothe untrained «-ye. They constituted th« first di-vision, first squadron, of th« fleet.

Four hundred yards astern of the Louisianacame the Georgia, flying the flag of Rear AdmiralWilliam H. Emory and leading the tour ships ofthe second division, first squadron. Admiral Emorywas on the after bridge. The details of whitewith the passing of the second division were thosame as those set by the Connecticut and followedby all the other shins as they came. The Georgiaclass of battleships »t a distance appear verysimilar to tho Connecticut type, except that theyhave double decked turrets for 12-inch and 8-inchguns forward and aft. Their three funnels andsuperstructure are much the same and their dis-placement is only about 1,000 tons under the 15,0.0

Imark of the Connecticut. The Georgia class exceliall of the American battleships in speed and horse-j power. Their rate, which has been exceeded inevery Instance, is nineteen knots, with 1.100 horse-power for each and « very knot. After the Georgia

'came the New Jersey, the Rhode Island and theVirginia. Again in this division all four ships areof one design, and are next latest to the Con-necticut type.

MINNESOTA LEADS HER SQUADRON.The passing of the Virginia completed the first

squadron under command of Admiral Evans. Next

came the eight ships of tHe second squadron, di-vided Into the third and fourth divisions of the

;fleet, of four ships each. The eccond squadronpresented the first break in the homogeneous com-position of the various, units ol the Jlect. The bigMinnesota, with Rear Admiral Thomas on thebridge, led the squadron. The Minnesota belongsto the Connecticut class, making the fifth and last\u25a0hip of that pattern. Following her came th*>Ohio, the Missouri and the Maine, the three latterbeing all of one type and representing the thirdretrospective state of American naval architecture.Their tonnage is 12,500 and their speed eighteenknots. In the main class the new high calibrel"-inch guns first found their place in the navy.

The fourth class of battleships, lookingbackwardIn American naval history, was found to-day Inthe Alabama and the Illinois, the two leading shipsin the fourth division, second squadron. Rear-Ad-miral Sperry's flag new at the main truck of theAlabama, and he stood In his assigned place on theafter bridge. The Alabama and the Illinois are quitedistinctive from the other ships of the fleet. Theirtwo funnels are placed athwart ship, in MississippiRiver steamship fashion, experimented with onthese ships and immediately abandoned. The Ala-bama and the Illinois displace only 11,552 tons, butthey have a speed of more than seventeen knots |and are ranked as first class battleships in,every-thing except date of construction. They have 13-inch guns in their main battery, and this is con-sidered a decided advantage by many ordnance ex-perts, who are advocating a return to the largerbore rifles. \ • .

The fifth and last class of ships reported in theparade of the Pacific bound fleet were the Kearsargearid the Kentucky, the latter bringing up the rear jof the line. The two ships were launched In 1838, ;

about the time of the Spanish-American War. Like Ithe Alabama and the Illinois, they mount 13-Inchguns In their main turrets, and have armor beltsreaching a maximum of 16-Incbce In 'thickness, or

NEW-YORfc OAWt TRIBUNE. TUESDAY. DECEMBER 17. 1907.

V-- continuing in single order an* steaming

»t the uniform .peed of ten knots an hour, ac-

cording to orders, are well down the coast tow-

grd the treacherous waters of Hatteras. The

first lap of their journey *ill bring them to

Trinidad on Christmas Eve. and ther*. amid the

heat of the tropics, the Christmas -celebrations

*111 be held.Hundreds of goodby telegrams were flashed

to the ships by wireless telegraphy as they left

the roadstead and had turned down the southern

coasL The President, after the review at the

Horseshoe was completed, returned to Washing-

ton, the Mayflower weighing anchor for the

trip up the Potomac shortly after noon. The

fleet sot under way just after 10' o'clock, and

in less than two hours had cleaned the Capes

and had begun in earnest the most notable prac-

tice cruise in all naval history.

details or mi: start.

IA potent stimulant, an appetizer, »

a sleep bringing -nightcap." |A subtle beverage to be lingered j

over and enjoyed. 1W.A J"o>1or 4 Ca.»4af .M B'vra.i."\u25a0 V. M

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