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April 18?Spring maneuvers of the German fleet; in Bay of Swinemünde, the Baltic...
Last week was a week of change for the U. S. Navy. To begin with, the old identities of the Fleet were abandoned. The U. S. fleet henceforth is composed of four Forces: the Battle Force, based in the Pacific; the Scouting Force, based in the Atlantic; the Submarine Force, based at Pearl Harbor, T. H.. San Diego. Coco Solo, C. Z., New London. Conn. ; the Base Force, divided between Pacific and Atlantic seaboards...
...Commander-in-Chief of the Fleet, highest Naval officer afloat, is Admiral Frank Herman Schofield, whose appointment, announced last week, will become effective in September. Born 62 years ago at Jerusalem, N. Y., his home now is at Penn Van, N. Y. In 1898, eight years after his graduation from Annapolis, he was executive officer of the Hawk in the Spanish-American War. During the War he was on Admiral Sims's staff in London. Four years ago he was a member of the U. S. delegation to the abortive Three-Power Naval Conference at Geneva. Small, bespectacled, suggesting...
...Fleet had just broken up after battle practice in the Caribbean. On the Atlantic and Pacific, ships swung round, raced for Nicaragua. The hospital ship Relief was off the west coast of Mexico, bound for San Diego. Knowing that every bed would be needed, convalescent sailors went over the side in lifeboats, were transferred to cruisers and destroyers while the Relief plowed south to Corinto...
...years Mr. Davis has been at his post in Manila. Lately he was joined by newly-appointed Vice-Governor George Charles Butte, felt free to travel. He knew that the 26-year-old Pittsburgh was about to be relieved by the cruiser Houston as flagship of the Asiatic fleet, was then to steam to Norfolk Navy Yard and be scrapped. Perhaps sorry to see the old ship go to her grave, Governor Davis secured her for his tour. She was freshly painted, and six weeks ago she cleared from Manila for Saigon...