Last week was a week of change for the U. S. Navy. To begin with, the old identities of the Fleet were abandoned. The U. S. fleet henceforth is composed of four Forces: the Battle Force, based in the Pacific; the Scouting Force, based in the Atlantic; the Submarine Force, based at Pearl Harbor, T. H.. San Diego. Coco Solo, C. Z., New London. Conn. ; the Base Force, divided between Pacific and Atlantic seaboards.
New Commander-in-Chief of the Fleet, highest Naval officer afloat, is Admiral Frank Herman Schofield, whose appointment, announced last week,...
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