The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-23


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ferries behaved vel. GscczSac1al shsoss
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white others vert beurscfug arTtsAs the
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p~ay@d In q cloud Of spray. TIE Eonac-
rock has four OF these enormous guns
each % which MEASURES rwerfy-ezgnt feet
IN length. ard TIE Monterey ass two
which ara ever larger. * fact are among
TIE largest anoat
Tho large. practice all be continued
the Phliadespnia. and as her ganners have
had considerable experience. sosns sptes-
ctd Workmanship - expected Admiral
Eeardssee ha9 also planned for night
attack On bis flagship ~ torpedo eoAts-
This, he says Will De a game o. skia-
The boats from TIE Aonaenock ard Men
ferey viii be provided wfrh torpe6oeS and
the men vii be given orders 70 explode
them near the aruare1 SIDES q tire Pail
ncelphla- IL IL needless % say that these
sofpedoes are dummies. II viii then de-
veiop upon the officers and crew OF t1e
ragship 20 discover tn@ approach Of ere
torpedo beats. uEirE their sesrchiixnts
for that purpose. and II tasy succeed In
fFing CUR az tae attacking party. before
they have reached \ dAngs rcus proximity.
ths enemy wtFl have been defeated and
the ship saved. II on the other hand the
torpedo reached IT'S dessirastcn. the sup
position Is that the snip has been dis
sbied. This IN apparently chIid's play.
yet In modern warfare the same probe m
Of defending vessels from The approach OF
torpedoes 10 likely 20 prove one Of Gttil-
cult solution. and 1t c~0covss the navy 20
pat In pracIics AL % their skill Ia defeat
ing such an attack.
When asked II all the vessels in his
squadron were provided with torpedoes.
Admiral Heardslee ex piainee that the men
had been taught how 20 ifnproviss tor
p~do ON very snort notice. Even an or
binary tomato can Allied with gun cotton
and provi6ec with a fuse. which Is con-
nected with an electric battery. would
prove a destructive explosive II attached
10 a spar and thrust beneath nan-ot-
war. The torpedoss now IN use are inii-
factor in war
The night signals as praeticed by the
squadron have been a beautiful feature
of the programme. Roman candles and
sky rockets describe iIlgrained orbits IN
the sky while coIored electric lights fash
signals which are unintell giole 10 lands
man, but which In reality express in let
ters and words any COMMUNICATIONS that
the officers are disposed 10 transmit by
that means. This system of signals has
been recently introduced Ia the navy ana
this II the first opportunity they have
had of testing their utility. Four electric
lanterns are suspended from the mast
head. and the upper half of each lantern
ss red while the lower half IL white. The
electric wires connect them to "a keyboard
very similar to a typewriter. Each COM
bination OF lights represents a letter or
word and by this means orders can be
communicated rapidly and accurately. A
system of ciphers has also been adopted
which are 20 be used In communicating Sc
cret orders.
A Camp on shore.
The establishment of a camp ashore was
FIRST inaugurated az San Diego, and IL was
Of such benefit 10 the men that the expert
mont will be repeated here. Upon the ar
rival OF the Alert and Bennington. and
possibly before, ten companies, number
ing in all 1000 men. win be sent ashore.
where they will conduct themselves with
all the precaution they woaii adopt IL they
were invading an enemy's territory. or
this battalion the philadelphia viii fur
ulRh five companies and the Monterey and
yanaanock two each. They will consist
az Infantry and artillery. AMI while ashore
xyiu engage IN the usual drills adopted IN
the army. The navy Is not supplied with