Nine months on a cruise and experiences in Nicaragua . Cir> CO n>r O Z >. NINE MONTHS ON A CRUISE Being a history of the cruise of the U. S. S. California from November 1 5, 191 1 to August 1 5, 1912, toHawaiian Islands, Philipine Islands, China and Japan CHAPTER I. THK HAWAIIAN ISLANDS On the night of November 14, 1911, the United StatesPacific Fleet—consisting then of two divisions, the California(Fleet and First Division Flagship) with the South Dakota andMaryland forming the First Division, and the West Virginia(Second Division Flagship) and Colorado Composing the SecondDivision,—

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Nine months on a cruise and experiences in Nicaragua . Cir> CO n>r O Z >. NINE MONTHS ON A CRUISE Being a history of the cruise of the U. S. S. California from November 1 5, 191 1 to August 1 5, 1912, toHawaiian Islands, Philipine Islands, China and Japan CHAPTER I. THK HAWAIIAN ISLANDS On the night of November 14, 1911, the United StatesPacific Fleet—consisting then of two divisions, the California(Fleet and First Division Flagship) with the South Dakota andMaryland forming the First Division, and the West Virginia(Second Division Flagship) and Colorado Composing the SecondDivision,—completed Autum Target Practice, 1911. On themorning of the 15th the Fleet assembled in the harbor of SanDiego, Cal., everyone expecting that we would there completepreparations for the voyage to Honolulu for which orders hadbeen issued from time to time and which though delayed by un-foreseen occurrences was to be made after the completionof thistarget practice. Somewhat unexpectedly Rear Admiral Chaun-cey Thomas, U. S. N., Commander-in-Chief, United StatesPacific Fleet, rninemonthsoncrui00rich

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