Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 August 1909 — BATTLE FLEET AT PRACTICE [ARTICLE]

BATTLE FLEET AT PRACTICE

Eighteen Vessels Engage in Mimic War Evolutions. Norfolk, Va., Aug. 27. —With the Atlantic battleship fleet augmented by the armored cruisers North Carolina, Montana and New York, Rear Admiral Seaton Schroeder was in supreme command of eighteen warships. The battle practice work of the day with the dismantled torpedo boat O’Brien and battle practice barge No. 2 as moving targets began early.