. Book of the Royal blue . sent ahead as a specialservice squadron, being replaced by the Wis-consin and Nebraska. With unbroken ranksthese ships, w^ith the flagship Connecticut stillin command, left the ancient Pillars of Her-cules behind, and, steaming out of the Straitsof Gibraltar in Indian file, headed for homeamid the huzzas of all nations. The fleet will be met at sea, one thous-and miles from the coast, by the thirdsquadron of the Atlantic fleet, consisting ofthe battleships Maine, Mississippi, NewHampshire and Idaho, and the scout cruisersChester, Birmingham and Salem, undercommand of
. Book of the Royal blue . sent ahead as a specialservice squadron, being replaced by the Wis-consin and Nebraska. With unbroken ranksthese ships, w^ith the flagship Connecticut stillin command, left the ancient Pillars of Her-cules behind, and, steaming out of the Straitsof Gibraltar in Indian file, headed for homeamid the huzzas of all nations. The fleet will be met at sea, one thous-and miles from the coast, by the thirdsquadron of the Atlantic fleet, consisting ofthe battleships Maine, Mississippi, NewHampshire and Idaho, and the scout cruisersChester, Birmingham and Salem, undercommand of Rear Admiral Arnold, and willbe received and reviewed on arrival atHampton Roads by President Roosevelt. Prior to the departure of the battleshipsfrom Gibraltar, Rear Admiral Sperry gaveout the following statement as to the resultsof the around-the-world cruise: This cruise marks an epoch in our navalannals, for the fleet has found itself—beenwelded into a unity. An aggregation of 10 THE GREATEST ^AVAL CRUISE OF HISTORY. BATTLESHIP OHIO
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