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threatened as to divert him from his princ''
ably do TO prevent TINS Two important
inquiries at tnis stase Oh opeiae'ons are
whether Nentuokee snail % retained as tne
base Tor the meet OF new one se,ecoea eise'
| where, ana whctner tho enemy snail " ee'
ssckso ae once.
Ihen comes second stage IN eno arrlVs'
| OF tne otner hoStiie meet ON tne S.eh Oh may
"nicn suggests tne question whe'ner guy
otner cnense Oh pian 10 neeoou' AZ" "i''
tnese lnstructons'
-Dstermino position best suited for the bases Of op
e,ssoSs oassS,. ., s .ne ~ ,po s.rsn.,an
"indicst. strategic points on land in the theatre of
operations for assembling bodic. of troops amoyn,ins
In all to 10000 OF all arms with view TO coneehra.
,ns,s. '' ST.. nn,nn,r =, ,raon. FOR each noInt
whence drawn and probable time required for assem-.
bly,; 5000 seamen and 1000 marines from intrenched
camp to DO included in above Organize this force
'n,op''p'' '''',e'' o'",o'
men, turning 10 the tactics OF .ne proo-
lem, tnese hciuoe the oeVeiopmen' Vi pians
tof defending the Meet IN Nahtuckee oouno
enu luz e'"oinB a''scH ny uSe vi .ne 'nfee
entrances, anu ior oeiehoihs anoeher hee'
paee' "nether seieceeo ou's'oe o, hs'oe 'ne
enenys hne Oh investment lhis ieaus W
inc oisoussioh at ienRtn Oh 'he .ac''cai v"lue
Oh eacn naFoor IN INC 'heatre Oh opera'ions
anu conclusion as 70 "h,ch ahorus 'ne
oese security lor an INFERIOR neet.
Again. n inc stra'eey adopoeo requires
aetaekine tne enemy az any poih', the queS-
ZION i' whetner tnis shnii oe ny hien' VI ny
oay, ano !" "hae iorina'.onS' anu w "h"'
ne'hoos. Ane hypo'hes'S "iio"oy gwen
eno"' sn"e !no ohehiy h"' ehVet0" o"'0o
Dy WIN transport" consuming corps y,
so'ooo men OF aii arms, "n!ch no Is 10 iano
ior an ae'ack ON for'iana. Acco.oinsy'
INC question ID no" he VIII uiSPoSe nis Aee'
anu transports ,of 'n'' p"i pv''' "nu
no Will Prouaoiy 0ry W hahu. ohooio ouf
forces attempt to attack him during dis
EN- mbarkation and IL 60 by Dipht or by day.
,,a h., ,rh.t ,,othods, n,r .h;,. ,o,id
~
coihInaho iorce VI o,ooo sea"eh "iiu ina-
rtnes, and the question Is how these could
be used to retard the enemy'g landing and
bis advonce unon Portland
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Anon 'ho ReheIai quesUioh Vi coaSe oeienco
oi1nss Wy '"AAu ooo y, oons'ue =.
.A o oo ,N Wv. -
az" y, ue,onoo pi"n' ~, t>"h.u'Ae' oouhu
s.o p,""uns VI uiin0 oo''i uV'ionS' ne'iio"s
" "nnns .no 'naineio ",'no"' oooyo "iu
Nenv' q. nien' ouu ~ 'nioH "oa'ne' oom
"n'e"c.'n W soouo 'e'se.'' ''snai', "n.
eiselapn "ions 'ne ooas. De'"eeh ven Iof'iana
auu % Sape Wv, .onnec.iuk N,Un .ne Nt,
'' inilals eauqa"f.ets' 'ne proVisl'nins ana
eoaiins Vi 'le nee' oaSe' wherever seieeseo'
.ne 'ofpeuo ooa' o'.Ses' "n, 'no iooAou' s'a-
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Interior "a'erS' ior example 70 fehooscoe
Day sui.aoio an.horaHe mus' 10 seiec'eo
tnefe ana protece'on pianneo py the oostruc-
',on VI ehahheis or oUher"ise' Hinaiiy' these
eieneh's are niciuoeo III 'he general stuay
Oh coas' oe1ehce:
plan organisation and administration OF the i'm
~, ,,,., .lan",s s., o.n snoau Mhol
being de,ermIped BY strategic eon,lderatIrn, nlnn
their defence without aid from our regular naval
forces.
t., ~ ~ .nos. e.,, POM ,
tribute seamen and marine. 10 neet ond Il, thrcarens
points of the Plan organization of camp Iines
Of supplics and transportation Where establish CEN
"s' 'A'ai hoAp''a''
IL VIII DO seen, therefore, that tho naval
prooiem ior 1910 gives plenty OF scope for
study ara ror tho exercise or skill. 1t Ia
iess available than last years Tor actual
reconhoissances OF the areas concerned by
steam launches from Newport, except, per-
haps' az Nantucket sound and 1t is not OF
on Importance quite SO great as the defence
OF the chie1 city OF the country. Yet 1t is
obviously among the problems OF the first
order OF practical value.
AS last year. Also the interest and value
OF the study are enhanced by founding the
problem on nearly existing conditions, in
stead OF imagining state OF affairs for the
far-dlstant future. The force OF ten battle
SHIPS and armored cruisers proposed for our
Meet exceeds little our total built and
building OF these classes, since there are
only SIX now nearly finished, including the
New YORK ALREADY complete; but two
Others the Iowa and Brooklyn, are well
along, and Congress has authorized an
other pair OF heavy battle ships which
are soon TO DE begun. The hypothesis
OF fifteen cruisers does not exceed