UNITED STATES NAVY.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 88, 15 April 1925, Page 5

UNITED STATES NAVY.

I THE PACIFIC MANOEUVRES. i j FLEET LEAVES TO-DAY. THROUGH THE GOLDEN GATE. <By Cable —Press Association. —Copyright.) (Received V 2 noon.' • SAN FRANCISCO, April 14. The advance vessel of the American j navy left for the scene of manoeuvres ,in Hawaiian waters. The flagship I Seattle sailed with Admiral Coontz and j Major-General Hines (Chief of Staff of the Army), who are acting as umpires. A group of newspaper publishers and correspondents are aboard. The grand exodus begins on April 15, when warcraft of every description will ■ steam through the Golden Gate. The departure will be celebrated by coast defence guns at the mouth of the harbour, while aeroplanes will scout ahead. Admiral Robison (commander of the battle fleet) will be aboard the flagship California. He will collect and re-allign the craft, and after the -bay is cleared, will open sealed orders from Washington detailing the attack, and the war game will then be under way. The reception to 40,000 officers and men of the fleet ends to-day. Officers will ibe feted at a final ball 'to-night. The sailors' festivities wound up with baseball games and an entertainment in the | civic auditorium.—(A. and N-Z. Cable.)