The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-07-21
Nav4L MILITIA MiyoEUVERs.
Local Members to Take Part In the Events
 of Wednesday.

of Wednesday.
 A detail from the local division and signal corps will participate in We'd nesday's naval manoueyeres, Lieutenant Edward c. Buckiand. who Is In com mand of the First division Naval Mill tia. c. N. G.. In the absence of Lieuten- Hartford Thursday completing ar- engagements at the adJutaHt generals office for the coming cruise of the d. vision. which will start on or about August l2 from this city All uncer- tainty about the divisions being taken on tour of sea duty on one Of the government cruisers has vanished in consequence Of the letter shown Lieu tenant Buckland by Colonel Healey from Hon. William McAdo,. assistant secretary of the navy, asking where it was desirable for the naval militia to embark when they were taken on the cruise.
 In reply to this letter the adiutant generals office informed Secretary Me Adoo that New Haven was the place where the tars chould be taken aboard
 Next week 1t Is expected that Ad- iutant General Bradley will be noti- fled by the navy department which cruiser has been assigned to take the naval militia on. In all probability it will be the New York or San Francisco As soon as this information Is received orders for the cruise will be issued by Adjutant General Bradley.
 While in Hartford Lieutenant Buck land made arrangements with Major Giddings, chief of the signal corps of the c. N. G., for the part which the Connecticut division, assisted by the signal corps, Is to take in the manoeu- vers of the New York Naval Militia while on its cruise. which begins to- morrow. The big day of the cruise will be Wednesday. July 25. On that day the fleet on which the New York battalion is. will leave Gardiner's bay to engage the attacking squadron sup posed to be coming from Europe to attack the cities on Long Island sound, and also New York. A detail of signal men will be stationed on Fishers island off New London and two details of the Connecticut militia assisted by Major Giddings and detail from the signal corps will be stationed on Sea Flower reef and Pine island to receive the dispatches from the sta tion on Fishers island and transmit them to Fort Trumbull. where they will be received by detail of signal men from the regular army under the command of Major Calef.
 In leaving GardiHer's bay the flagship New York will approach within signal ing distance of permanent station A on Fishers Island, and will send a mes sage in duplicate first by the Morse code and second by Myers code. AS the flag ship leaves the vicinity of station A man on board will communicate with stations to the eastward. After it passes out of signalling distance dispatches will be brought back by tugs or dis patch boats, which will fly distinctive flag. The naval militia detail from the fleet will notify Captain Ives Gin com mand ofstation A}o the nature of this flag. The exact time in receiving and sending all messages will be noted. At least one message will be sent to, the war department, the navy department and the governors of Connecticut and New York. r.
 The detail from the local division will comprise all the petty officers except those who are on the cruise with the New York battalion and several sea- men. The party will be in command of either Ensign D. M. Goodridge or En- sign H. e. Day It will leave this city Tuesday night for New London,and ar irving there will man the. navy cutter provided by the New York battalion. The following morning the signal corps will be taken to the two stations which the. Connecticut forces will be respon- sible for. The success of the manoeuver- ing of this day is of great interest to the navy department as 1t is the practical working out of scheme to defend the plan of attack Of a European squadron on New York considered the most ad- visable by the English naval college.
 Last night eight members of the local division left for New York to join the Fourth division of the New York naval militia for the cruise which begins to- day Several of the party are petty of- fcers, but they will be enlisted as sea- men in order to familiarize themselves with the work which the local division will be called upon to perform on its cruise