Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-09-01

the fort. X battery and A battery
YOrked all the i6-pOund rapld-tlring
guns In the western and eastern EN-
placement. respectively. G battery
manned the 6-pounders on siege car
riages. and ! battery ran about the
shore with the Calling and the l.
Founders, placing them effectively 10
repel landing parties. throwing M
temporary works for screens and To-
'ating range finders. II was a morn
ing OF hard work and the afternoon
was no easier.
The morning guard was wen per-
formed. wonderfully we'll for the see
Ond day In camp. Capt. Lombard OF h
battery was officer OF the day Lieut.
Gleason OF X battery, officer Of the
guard.
Yesterday the signal corps was d.
vided, Lieut., Spencely, with state sig
nal corps men and Private Baker of
the regulars taking III their position
on Mishdum Point The balance OF
the regimental signal corps. nine men,
with Private Cline Of the regulars,
Will be on duty at Fort Rodman.
Over at Cay Head is Private Mayberry
OF the regulars, acting as transmitter
OF the messages from the Vineyard,
whose operators have their eye on the
hostile fleet In Menmesha Blight. 1t Is
pretty certain that any movement from
the fleet will be known Immediately at
Fort Rodman.
This morning the signal details were
busy working out messages back and
forth around the various parts Of the
camp and on the top OF the forth, while
In al. tf,.x hn M
station messages We're exchanged with
the stations at Mishaum and Guilty.
hunk.
TROOPS HAVE BUSY DAY.
Newport. Aug. S1.--With imaginary
war almost at hand, Sunday was far
from a day OF rest to the troops man
ming the defenses IN this vicinity.
Working parties We're out nearly all
day while the Massachusetts, troops at
Forts Adams and Greble had a busy
time among the big guns and mortars
Company by company they We're taken
up to numerous batteries. where the
details were explained TO them by the
painstaking regulars, but as admis-
sions to the fore We're cut off the reg
ulafs were unmolested by the crowds
Of excursionlsts which surged into the
city, The men at the signal stations
along the shore, however, were not so
fortunate. The searchight at Prices
Neck although somewhat out of the
beaten track Of the ocean drive. had
numerous visitors, while the little tele-
| phone stations at Bateman's Point and
Garlic Rock were fairly besIegel At
one time nearly 100 curious excursion
lists were clustered about little cor
pOraPs guard at the very tip end Of
the island OF Rhode Island. and the
troops were piled with questions of all
kinds. These little stations have been
consigned as A. 3 and C. Station A Is
the one at Garlic Rock, station Il at
Bateman's Point and Station C at the
searchllght at Prices Neck.
Asst. Seey. of War Sanger. who has
been here for the past three days. was
taken on board the Nourmahal, owned
| by John Jacob ATtor. and shortly be-
fore noon the yacht left for the east
ward. In the direction of the fleet, off
returned just before dark.
The gunboat Gloucester arrived dur
ing the day In order TO get the last
mail As she disappeared In the mist
TO the eastward on her return those
on shore caught the last glimpse that
they will probably have Of any of Ad-
miral Higginson's fleet until they make
| their appearance, threatening some
point. The weather all day was hazy
and tonight a fog Is threatened, and
| every nrecautipn was taken to guard
against an attack after midnight, the
time at which actual hostilities may
| begin.
BIG GUNS BELCH FORTH.
New London, Conn, Aug. 3l,-At In
tervas all day the big guns and th'
| mortars at the. forts in this vicinit,
] belched forth fire and smoke, and SEN