AMERICAN FLEET

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13664, 5 August 1908, Page 5

AMERICAN FLEET

OX THE WAY TO AUCKLAND, v Press .Aasociation-By Telegraph-Copyright SYDNEY"",; August '4.. Renter's Agency has received a further 4 wirekus message from the .American fleet. At ,8 p.m. on August list the fleet was 1500 miles from Auckland.' At 7 o'clopk in the morning tl» ili'el passed' the eastern end of Tutuila, steaming along the coast-' in s-ingle • column,., close inshore, and giving the inhabitants a (splendid view. At nine o'clock : in the -morning the' fleet ■ headed direct- for 'Auckland, the cruising formation of tho squadron being resumed, and tlie ispeed reduced to knots, in' order to avoid arrival at Auckland before Augusti 9th. The hospital ship Relief stopped at Pago-Pago to coal, and; will follow the lUvt to Auckland. Theweather, was fine, but Jiofc. BUTTER TOO DEAR, Received 12.37 a.m., August sth. MELBOURNE, August 4. Reuter has received' a. wireless message that at 8 o'clock on Sunday evening the fleet was west- of"Aucklaiid, being distant'' 1260 miles. The fleet had steamed 240 miles in the. ..last. 24 hours and- all was ■well. ' " - Per Press Association. : AUCKLAND, August 4. Lord Plunket. accohipauied' bv ' Lady. Plunket, arrives in Auckland via the West Coast ,by the Takapuna. on Friday in connection with the; .visit of "the American fleet. '. Captain Lyon.' A.D.C. with their/ Excellencies' household-, arrives in Auckland by the Tutanekai from Napier tomorrow. On Saturday the guests who are to stay.'at Government House < fleet week . will arrive in, the City. . THE FLEET AND THE COMMANDERS - . .' ' First, Division.^—Rear-Admiral' C.: S. - . ■ .b perry. ■■. -. • ■ Connecticut, 16,000 tons, Captain H. • Or.teihauis>. Kansas, 16,000 tons, -Captain -C. E. Vreeland; Louisiana, > 16,000 ; tons, Captain■ R. W.unwnght Vermont,. 16,000 tons,'•'•Gaptaip 'W.: P; Potter. ; : ; . v.- ■ • Second ' Division.—-Rear-Admiral "W; H. • Emory. • ' r■■■■>.■. .- ..Georgia,. 14,948- - tons, Captain ' Hi-- Mc- • > * J New. /Jersey,.; 14,948 -tons,-' Captain \y. 1 H Sutherland. Rhode Island, .14,948 .tons, - Capta in ,JV ■ B MUrdock, Virginia,! :.;14,948' !:tons,s Captain S. " Schroeden . i Tlurd ■■ -Division.—Rear-Admiral -'-O." M. ' " • .' Thomas. : ' Minnesota, 16,000 tons,' Cnptfun Jv Hubbard. ■ : : 1 ■■■ ■ Maine, 12,500 ''tons," Captain ••• G. • B: Harber. . • r ■- Missouri, ..12,500' toiiSj-Captain ■' G.' Ai.»: Merriam. . ■ •• ->• --i . Ohio, 12,500 tons, Captain C. W. Barfc-lett-j ■■. .• Fourth Division—Rear-admiral J.- H.' Dayton. ' , Alabama, 11,552 tons, . Captain T. E/ Veeder. Illinois, 11,552 torn?;' Captain . J. M.'Bowyer. 1 • KJeansage, 11,520 tons, Cajitain H. Hutchms Kentucky; 11;520 'tons,- Captain :■W;■ ■ U.-" Cowles Nebtaska, 14,948 tons, Captain-R. F. Nicholson! ' > ' • > j . 1 AuXihaiie? ' Arethusa, 6158. tons/ Cominancjler/ A;' W. -. Giant v ' - Oulgoa, 6000'; tkrtasj Litntti-Commdndfer J. Pattbn.' ' J 1 t Glacier, 8325 ton® - Commander V W. "E>. Hogg. 1 'II ,' • Panther, 3380 'tons, Commander V. S! Nelfon. ' •' v - 'Relief, -3300-tons, FipStokes. • "Xiankton, 975. tons,-. Lieut. 'Ght!rurdi. :t r