ASIATIC FLEET HEADS FOR JAPAN
Manila (JFK+50) The Evening Star reports* "the northern movement of the Asiatic fleet...started at 1 a.m." on March 31, 1923.
The first contingent of the fleet heading for Japan is under the command of Rear Admiral Edwin A. Anderson** who is aboard the flagship Huron. Within one week, the Star reports six destroyers of the 38th division will follow.
Cities to be visited will include Yokohama and Kobe.
*The report came to The Evening Star & Chicago Daily News via wireless transmission.
**Edwin Alexander Anderson, Jr. (1860-1933) was born in Wilmington, NC & graduated US Naval Academy 1882, served in the Spanish-American War & was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his part in the 1914 American intervention at Veracruz. USS Anderson (DD441) is named in his honor.
SOURCE
"U.S. Asiatic Fleet Leaving Manila On Way to Japan," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., March 31, 1923, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
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