AMERICAN FLEET.
ADVANCE VESSEL LEAVES.
FOR HAWAIIAN WATERS
, (Received Wednesday, 12.20 pan.) *'' ' . i •■* i SAN FRANCISCO, Tuesday. The advance vessel of the American navy has left for the scene of the manoeuvres in Hawaiian waters. The flagship Seattle has sailed, bearing Admiral Coontz and Major-General Hines, Chief of Staff of the Army, who are ailing as umpires, and a group of newspaper publishers and correspondents.
.The grand exodus begins on April 15th, when war craft of every description will steam. through the Golden Gate.
The departure will be recognised by the coast defence guns at the mouth*of the harbour, while airplanes will scout ahead.
Admiral Robinson, commander of the battle fleet, will be aboard the flagship California. He will collect and realign the, craft after the bay lias been cleared, and open his sealed orders from Washington, detailing the* attack, and the war- game will then be under w T ay. The reception to 45,000. officers and men of the fleet ends to-day. There will be a grand ball to-night. The sailors’ festivities wound up with baseball gamse and an entertainment in the civic auditorium.—Aus. and X.Z. Cable Assn.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 15 April 1925, Page 5
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189AMERICAN FLEET. Wairarapa Daily Times, 15 April 1925, Page 5
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