PHE United States Fleet will engage in the greatest naval manceuvres in American history next spring, was announced to-day by Admiral Joseph Reeves, Commander-in-Chief of U. S. Naval Forces! afloat.
The manceuvres will encompass an area in the north Pacific Ocean extending from the Aleutian Islands on the north, to the Midway Istends the south and the California coast on the east.
It is possible, Admiral Reeves said, that the great American armada may steam as far west as Wake Island which is much nearer Japan than the United States, although the Admiral did not express it in just those terms. Wake Island is about mid-way between the Hawaiian Islands and Japan.
The fleet will mobilize in Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco and Puget Sound harbours in April end will be engaged in the exercises for Several months, The Scouting Force, regularly stationed on the Atlantic Coast, will be brought through the Canal in March to join the Battle
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