Portsmouth, Aug. 14.
President Roosevelt yesterday visited the site of salvage operations on the HMlefated submarine Squalus several miles off the coast from Portsmouth, The President appeared unexpected~ ly aboard the cruiser Tuscaloosa on which he is spending a ten-day holi-ay. sailing in the north Avanti. He declined all formalities at the scene of the disaster and appeared as ordinary sightseers, He resumed his trip aboard the Tuscaloosa after sending a message to the Squalus salvage workers as President and Commander-in-Chief of the Navy.
"Lam greatly pleased," the message said "with the dificult and arduous service being performed by the officers and men of your unit. 'The work has been' well done, The President conferred for a hi hour with the commander of the Portsmouth on his return from the Salvage workers yesterday tested the cables holding the damaged submarine and said it would be two oF [three days before another effort could be made to tow the sunken undersea craft Into more shallow water. United Press.
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