Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-03

after it's meeting this noon. Today a Il
learned that several interesting events
took place in connection with the attack.
It seems that early in the evening the
scorpion sent two boats in shore. one
capturing the yacht Yankee and the
other a revenue cutter, but the acts were
ruled out as they happened before 8
o'clock. the time set for the beginning of
hostilities. One of the Junior officers from
the put up a good game of blur
which saved him and a boats crew from
capture. He a been sent to land ar
Beaver Tail and cut off the. communion
tlon or the signal corps there. He landed
and had captured four marines when the
others IN the corps came to their assist
ance. The officer from the Texas told
the marines hat he had two companies
on the beach below, and If he was not
allowed to depart with his prisoners he
would give the signal for achievements.
He was allowed to 60. and he. his boats
crew and the four prisoners were later
captured by a picket boat.
The k~earsarge took up a position south
OF the channel and she worked her
}~earchlights in such a way on the bat
.teries on the asst side of the entrance
that the torpedo boats had little difficulty
sage toward Fort Greble at a fve-knot
speed. These boats We're the Porter,
Gwynn, Morris n Rogers. When they
got in near the fort they opened up to a
se~venteen-knot clip. and, with the excep-
ton Of the Rogers, all were picked up
ana put out of action by the fort. The
Rogers continued around the, island and
attacked the gunboat Vicksburg, but was
picked up after within t~orpedoing dis
lance, but owing to he fact tina the
.lcksburg was supposed to be a battle
ship 1t has been ruled that the Rogers
was also put out of action. The Dahlgren
was put out by the batteries from Forts
Adams and Wetherell. and the Stiletto
was the only n to successfully run the
forts, the lights not being on her two
minutes, the time limit. She claims to
nave fired a torpedo at the Massachu-
setts, but the matter is yet to be settled.
The board is of the opinion that the
column of ships approached in good style
and that the lights had little effect on
the steering of the vessels. The interval
between the ships was supposed to repre-
sent two imaginary ships, and it is the
opinion that If the actual ships had led
the column and the imaginary ships had
brought up the rear the ships could have
better supported each other, and that the
fire of the forts could not have been con-
centrated so long upon one ship.
The Leyden, representing a battleship,
claims to have rammed the Kearsarge
after she passed the Dumping Rocks, but
TINS is also a question to be decided on.
In summing up it seems that a torpedo
boat is far from being invisible without
All WV oLXN
that a vessel under way, with her lights
properly manipulated would have a good
of escaping; also, that a vessel at
anchor behind a point or island is in
imminent danger of being ~torpedoed by a
torpedo boat. 1t is hoped that in future
operations that the navy department
Will do more than sanction the
m~anoeuvres, but will offer some assist
ance in the way of money inc the pro
viding of a more powerful fleet, both as
to ships and torpedo boats. This would
make the battle more real and give the
officers encouragement.
1t is thought that the manoeuvres
should be held each year either in spring
or late in the fall, and with Narragansett
Bay as the theater of action, the scope
be extended as far east as Vineyard
Sound n as far west as Long Island
Sound. The expert authority of the army,
who viewed last nights battle, is con-
WINGED of the necessity of searchlights
on Notifications and thinks that the
number should be greatly increased.
NJ Tomorrow the board Of a~rbitrament,
consisting of Rear Admiral N. H. Farqu-
har, Captains Stockton, Chadwick,
Snow, Commander Mason and Col. Has
brouck, U. S. A., will meet On board the
New York and make it's final report. It
is now the tenti of Admiral Farqu-
har to sail with his squadron either to-
or early Thursday morning.