The U.SS, Augusta, flagship of the United States Asiatic Fleet will be based at Tsingtao during the months of July, August and September, according to the! latest plans which have been approved by the Commander-in-Chief, Admiral H. E.
Yarnell At Tsingtao the Augusta will join the light-cruiser Marblehead, while the Blackham, two divisions of destroyers, and certain auxiliaries will berth at Chefoo The Canopus, submarines, /one division of destroyers, and auxiliaries are to be based in Philippine waters, River and coastal gunboats will operate as usual on the Yangtze, and from coastal ports in Central and South China, In view of the unsettled conditions in Far East the schedule of ship movements may be altered,
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