The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-07-26
TIE yAV4L MAgEUVERs.
Program of the Interstate and National
 Signaling Operations Yesterday.

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 New London. July 26.-considerable
 interest has been aroused in the naval
 manoeuvres off Fishers Island this
 week from the fact that this is the first
 time that the United States army. navy.
 the National Guard of Connecticut and
 New York and the naval militia of each
 state have attempted any intercommu-
 nieation by signaling. either by flag.
 torch or heliograph.
 The details of thework were arranged
 by an order signed by Major J. Il. Calef,
 U. s. A.: Commander J.W. Miller. First
 Naval battalion. s. N. r.; Major H. A. Giddings. brigade signal officer, C. NC;
 and Captain F.. E. Ives. signal corps,
 First brigade, N. c. $. N. Y.
 Lieutenant Arthur W. Chase at Fort
 Trumbull has been engaged with de-
 tail of men for the past week in experi-
 menting with flag and heliograph on various stations. and as a result of his observations the stations were located
 as follows:
 Permanent signal station A. district No. 1, section No. 1, at Prospect Hill, Fishers Island, maintained by de-
 tail from the U. s. navy and the na- val militia of New York in command of Lieutenant Niblack of the U. s. $. Dolphin.
 The next station in line of communi- cation was located at North Hill, Fish
 CTS Island, maintained by detail from
 First brigade signal corps. N. G. s. N. Y, in command of Sergeant s. M. Butler
 of that command.
 Next at the North Hammock, or Dumping" by a detail from the First brigade signal corps, N. c. s. N. Y. The next sweep, and the longest on
 the flag line, to Mumford's point. Con necticut shore, station maintained by
 third section brigade signal corps, c.
 N. G., Lieutenant A. A. Beach. From this point messages were for warded by bicycle to Poquonnoc june ton, also signalled by heliograph or flag to the Fort Griswold house, where per manent signal station C. A., district No l, section No. l, Connecticut, were main
 tained by first section brigade signal
 corps, C. N. G., Lieutenant Arthur B.
 Jenkins.
 bull, maintained by detail from Bat
 tery K, Second artillery, U. s. A., Lieu tenant Arthur w. Chase.
 Major Giddings and Captain Ives had
 supervision over the districts of the per
 manent signal stations, and Major Ca lief general supervision over the line from Fishers Island and had the mes sages forwarded from the fort to their several destinations by wire. Messages were also forwarded direct from Fishers Island to Fort Griswold house and thence to the fort. The tug Aries and the U. s. S. Dis patch served as dispatch boats, ap- preaching within signal distance of sages with the Morse and Meyers codes. A man-of-war cutter from the flag ship New York was manned by a crew from the naval militia, c. N. G., com
 manded by Ensign H. G. Day, which | arrived in this city from New Haven | last evening and was at the disposal of
 Major Giddings for the purpose of l transporting his details to their sta l tions.
 The various details left this city at an
 early hour this morning and were on 1 their respective stations by 8 o'clock. The program for Thursday is as fol- lows:
 1 Early breakfast for signal observa-
 tion corps. To go ashore and keep fleet l informed of approach of enemy. 500 a. m.-Naval militia of Connecti-
 cut report on board after having break lasted on shore; bring results of their work on the main land. Forenoon watch-Land to oppose ar attack from sea. Plan of defense to be given by regular officers. Review on shore.
 1: p. m.-Dinner.
 1 200 p. m.-Instruction by ships off, l cerc on duty of petty officers. Con- manding officers of naval militia aboard l different ships come on board the flag l ship, bringing with them reports of their observation parties and the log of all work done by their divisions during
 the week. A prize will be given by
 Commander Miller to the division show ing the most perfect signal and observ- | ation work. A board of regular officers
 to act as judges.
 800 p. m.-Search light, night signal l ling and torpedo attack. LOCAL NEWS JOTTINGS.