New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-22
TO REBEL Any HOSTILE ATTACK

To REPEI. ANY HOSTILE ATTA'N.
Under the direction Of Major-Gener'l Merritt. n
spccal inspection s being made OF Ill tho 'o'',''-
cations on the Atlantic scacoast Nlthl' 'h' '"
~ the DEPARTMENT Of the East. IT j. DOING oo''-
drc,cd by Colonel r. r. Hughes. Inspcctor-"eh-
oral NJ the North Atlantic Division. stationed IN
the Army Buniing IN this city Colonel lueH'9
began his work n few days ago folhs Ho"." ~
and visiting Fort Caswen. on the coast OF ''o''"
Carolina near Wilmington. and coming nor'n""'"
Tho nlaces he has visited are FORTRESS Monroe
Va sherldan's Point. Va: Fort Washington Nd
md Washington Barracks He VAS to go to Fort
McHenry Nd and, Forts Delaware ana No''"'
which guard the Delaware River. before NlS'''"s
the forts about this harbor. and going hoIth""''
10 Fort Proble Me. and Portland ltean, 'o'"
which hc will 20 also to Fort warren ana Lo'b
Island Head. at Boston; Fort ADAMS J" i''o'0
Island and Fort Trumbull. Conn
4, row weeks ago General Merritt sent mem
her OF his staff who spent two weeks IN c"f'in'
insucction OF all the fortihcn lions ana tho'' con-
dltions for defence. and he made fuI report >"
detail Of tho progress Of work at eacA one ro'-
foving luon their report. and In order To kho"
,ta crcrcoucl., AZ each place. Colonel Hughes
v.os dispatched TO set forth I'm detail what 'ach
fort needed u put 1t In complete readiness '"'
var lie makes daily reports by wire an" 'n'7'
are forwarded TO Washington. and whatever Is I'M
,,r,fivolv needed Is ordered at on"c for the poih'
reported from The nrst inspection took for'-
,ieht all POSSIBLE speed being made. As II was o.
genital 10 have a full statement u m" 'onHIuoh
OF each fort and It's guns and apparatus Tor manu-
Ing them TO the best advantage
l., ,s thought that Colonel Hughes Inspection VIII
tako considerably longer. but tho Crisis when hss
h,en reached will doubtless cause as great &C.
gree OF haste a. f. consistent with iH'' ana com
plete examination ~ the wor" ~hi'" = H,'e 10
.u.pl.c em.nts arc READY Al nearly al Ioin's' ana
,i"' = yor a. rcadv submarine mines and tor
I'm
"eor he hls r,fled guns and mortar batteries WI
givo them q saiHic which viii lIeI an atno' INC
men ou board poascss 10 rat"ss ne oGoros! 'vhos.
headquarters are on Governors Island ~ to DC De,
tnchcd from h.s station mere "n 20 ~ Ma tor
DUTY o., clict sigma! oinc'r on IN" rtt'' ~. Iors
General Miles lie had not received ms orders orders
yesterday oai seh ns S a. atairy and saw
scryicr ln indian lighting WIN General ME-, , IL.
1865 nc h'came cadrt ia IN, a., H'in,s IN Isl,
n nrst lieutenant OF cavalry In 1870. and captain
e is' ~ i' "a T. S %S ~ eane 70 his city was
..g div m Wnshlugton Captain Alle-l has mad
nafss 81 i9s % S4d sS Of OF ali kinds in
ton with tho immediate use 81 ne detenGrS
onsrf,nrn, y.sfefday 10 have commissdry
r1l"' nre,srod Tor use IN the Held and 20 have
a.t tr"nspor,cd He decided 70 have the sze
usually mao 10 be carried on wheels made In
lif contains butchers clcI' -. Avs, hhN"' ana
nh other Implements needed for cutting up meat
Colonel Weston said yesterday that his new prep.
nrat!on OF ration@. eomposcd Of beef potatoes ana
onions. put up ia iwo-pound cans was 10 nave -
fi,r ,esi in tho ncld lie nas ordered eases Of II
sent 10 Tampa and TO cnickamauga whets ne ~
to 50 himself 81 charge 70! the commisS"ry depart
ment - nu,,
There was great interest n the Army building
y.sf.rdav and on Governors island III the news
Of tho immncncc " war and anxiety TO learn ne
i"5ts as If all the officers In charge here would
sUbordinates. Bu, there viii be a great deal to be
done here in connection YIN rrocur.ng thnPP.s's
and Transportation. ne well as In seeing mat me
dcfences Of the most important cues or me co"h
fry arc In proper condition and in using them TO
me best advantage in any emergency mat may
When asked II he expected to go TO the field
Lieutenant Colonel kmhall deputy quartermas,
neid but do not SEQ how can be spared from this
post Here are duties OF the ufst
mat nv familiarity with them hts mo better 20
ihcm over 70 any one else without los. of time and
money 10 the Government should IKE 20 go win
mel Glenn and the others ordered South. bu; my
duty appears 10 DE to remain at my post mere ana
Among The visitors NJ Governors Island yesterday
afternoon were three Cubans. who live in this
entity In prosperous circumstances; ne pii p0.c
they had I'm Wow was to tender thelr services 10
r"achlng Army Headquarters they were referred to
Lieutenant Harry clay Hale. Of General Mctr'tt
personal stan After hearing their statements. ne
informed them that no one on Governor Island
was authorized to accept any service thry could
war department At Washington. one OF the men
told Lieutenant Hale that he had ranch in cuba
The large official map OF Cuba In the office the
place where TT. ranch WIS siiuated LIZ ,Htenan
Of the same kind recently by men who wanted TO
tender their services 20 the Government
tordny and volunteered to act as an interpreter for
me army Of iryasion in cmba He also was re-
feeling that he had been rcbuned