 Arriving in Mexico on 20 March , the fleet underwent three weeks of target practice . Rear Admiral Evans was relieved of command during this time , as he was completely bedridden and in constant pain , so on 30 March , Connecticut set sail north at full speed . She was met two days later by the schooner Yankton , which took the admiral to a hospital . Connecticut traveled back south to rejoin the fleet , and Rear Admiral Charles M. Thomas took Evans 's place on Connecticut as the commander of the fleet , which continued its journey north , bound for California . 
