CONTENTS

INTRODUCTORY

WITH THE BATTLE FLEET

CHAPTER I FROM HAMPTON ROADS TO TRINIDAD

CHAPTER II. CHRISTMAS WITH THE FLEET

CHAPTER III TRINIDAD TO RIO JANEIRO

CHAPTER IV NEPTUNE AHOY!

CHAPTER V BRAZIL'S ENTHUSIASTIC WELCOME

CHAPTER VI NATIONAL SALUTES AT SEA

CHAPTER VII PUNTA ARENAS THE WORLD'S JUMPING-OFF PLACE

CHAPTER VIII THROUGH MAGELLAN STRAIT

CHAPTER IX IN AND OUT OF VALPARAISO HARBOR

CHAPTER X PERU'S WARM-HEARTED GREETING

CHAPTER XI TARGET SHOOTING AT MAGDALENA BAY

CHAPTER XII ROUTINE OF A BATTLESHIP

CHAPTER XIII SOCIAL LIFE ON AN AMERICAN MAN-O'-WAR

CHAPTER XIV END AND LESSONS OF THE CRUISE TO THE PACIFIC

WITH
THE BATTLE FLEET

CRUISE OF THE SIXTEEN BATTLESHIPS OF THE
UNITED STATES ATLANTIC FLEET FROM HAMPTON
ROADS TO THE GOLDEN GATE

DECEMBER, 1907-MAY, 1908

BY

FRANKLIN MATTHEWS

ILLUSTRATED BY

HENRY REUTERDAHL
(Courtesy of Collier's Weekly)

1909
B. W. HUEBSCH
NEW YORK

Copyright 1909
by B. W. HUEBSCH

1st Printing, October, 1908
2d Printing, December, 1908
3d Printing, February, 1909

TO
REAR ADMIRAL RICHARD WAINWRIGHT, U.S.N.,
(Captain of the U.S.S. Louisiana on the Atlantic Fleet's Cruise to the Pacific)

AN ABLE OFFICER AND
A GENTLEMAN