OOfk MBWB. MENU FOR SIX DAYS tbe ranking officer among tbe navlee out fight of the world that might come here. to 9r USA AMEg WXLUS. As eoon as the United States At- A division consists of five battle- BIG U. S. FLEET lantic fleet started to assemble at Vera ships—one of which usually Is docksd MONDAY—BREAKFAST. Crux Admiral Craddock. In the West for repairs—and when in float or- TnStL Indies. Was ordered to proceed at all ganization a varying aumbsr of aux- SwunL Cmm. speed to this spot. As soon as he ar- iliary cruisers, gunboats, destroyers, FORCED TO PLAY rived on the cruiser Essex, flying a colliers and other craft A fleet of five Toast Coffee. rear admiral's flag, be was tbe rank- divisions would be much larger than LUNCHEON. ing officer In port. In ease of any an army division. Deviled ham lost Cucumbers. concerted move by the world powers A captain In the navy ranks with a flffi haanneka. Orange marmalade SECOND FIDDLE he would have commanded, and Great colonel In the army. A rear-admiral load tee Britain with Its one cruiser—now the ranks with a major-general. Fhrragut DINNER. Vera Cruz cruisers Berwick and Tancaater have' Rear Admiral after the Officers at Outranked Joined the Essex—would have domi- Civil war was made aa admiral. Da Boiled potatoes. Spinach souffle by the British. nated the situation. vld Porter was made a vice admiral “Rather technical.*' says the layman. and on Fxrragut’s death succeeded to Little strawberry puddfage Coffee i True, hut In affairs of the sea and the full rank of admiral. The rank nations rules of precedence are strict- of admiral died with Porter. HAVE NO ADMIRAL IN NAVY Consequences have been serious and Appointment of temporary admirals TUESDAY—BREAKFAST. far-reaching from a similar situation. for command of fleets hss bqan sug- Ftult In the time of the Boxer uprising la gested. They would always he sub Cereal. Cream. Mexico Situation Calls Attention to China, when the allied powers landed Liver ala Bordalalse Potato eouffle Policy by Which American Prestige their forces to restore order. It was be- le Sacrificed—Claeh at Port lieved that Captain McCalla. an Amer- LUNCHEON. Narrowly Averted. ican campaigner of long experience In Macaroni, with cheese eence China, would command. But Great Staffed green peppers. * Batter rolls. Vera Crus, Mexico.—Mobilising tbe Britain, with foresight In 1900, Just as Rheberb seaoe Atlantic fleet off Vera Crus baa dis- today, had hurried Vice-Admiral Sey- Otnger sponge cake Tee mour scene He closed an astounding situation In tbe to the of action. out- DINNER. American navy, says James B. Wood ranked the other officers. Great Brit- Velvet soup. tbe ain wanted to dominate the situation. Egyptian In Chicago Dally News. With every- chicken. Mashed potatoee largest fleet baa ever se- Vice-Admiral Seymour surprised Creamed this nation com- cauliflower. embled tor active service, one of tbe body by going ashore and taking largest any ever In one mand himself. To the Chinese—from Lemon nation baa had mandarin to cream lie Coffee port. Its commanding rear admiral la down coolie—Great Brit- ruling power. American outranked of seniority by ain was the because tbe on tbe British rear admiral, whose entire naval officers Asiatic station WEDNESDAY—BREAKFAST. say that the opinion formed then con- command been from one to three Trait has tinues. small cruisers, representing one- Cereal. Cream. not Among officers the American of Amer- of Bam toast Petstose maitre d'hote!. twentieth the strength of tbe navy on a con- ican battleships. whose duties take them Coffee tinuous round of foreign capitals, In tbe event of any united action Al- LUNCHEON. royal there Is constant embarrassment. Baked shad roe, with bacon. Rear Admiral Craddock of tbe most American trails navy Invariably the Endloh end cnonmber would command. Unless there after the British. German. Austrian. agreement Grape fruit marmalade Cooktoe should be special between Italian, Dutch, Danish, Swedish. Nor- tbe British and United States govern- wegian, Russian. Japanese. French. DINNER. ments the entire American naval Spanish, Portuguese, Greek, Turkish. forces would orders. * *B*"h be under bla Argentine. Brasilian. Chilean. Peru- P Washington—by which la meant con. Potatoes nln Itaßenne *Fone gress vian. Chinese. and the national administration, ad- this and preceding onee—la responsible All outrank him. All have vice- Omnso toe Brownlee of full grade ad- for tbe situation. With all Its claims mirals and most them aa a world power, with a 9150.000.000 mirals. Foreign war vessels which come Into Vera Crux today salute the British colors first, steaming silently THURSDAY—BREAKFAST. • past the rows of American ships, some of them as large as all three "limeys.’’ CONnL as the Britishers are called. Scrambled eggs. Native Mexico sees. Mexico also Spriag onions on *"*>l pays respect to the British. If Amer- Coffee ica had admirals or even vice-admirals LUNCHEON. In command of its Imposing fleets, the Clam chowder. orange situation might be reversed. Boiled rice, with compote Nnt brand. Coooe In the Atlantic fleet along the east DINNER. coast of Mexico, centered at Vera Crux, are six rear admirals. All are Smothswd equal precedence steak. wffi'rM hinanas of rank, but bold Resr Admiral Henry T. Maya Masked potatoee Cold slaw. according to the date of their promo-