The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-07
SEA AND LAND FIGHT.
MIMIC BATTLE 1T THE EN-
 TRANCE OF LONG ISLAND

Sound i'm september-The Army Versus
 the Navy-F0rts and Torpedo Boats
 Against the North AtIantIc Squadron
 -COnnecticnGs Part fin tho Spectacle
 -PFesident to Review Fleet.
 What will be the most extensive land
 and sea maneuvers ever fought" this
 side of the Atlantic will take place at
 the east entrance of Long Island sound
 during the opening days of September.
 The sham battle'' near the City of
 Mexico in January, 1900, when two thousand men were engaged, was among the largest maneuvering in re- cent years in this continent, but it was a skirmish compared to the coming en- counter at the mouth of the Sound.
 The two field exercises at Mantle year ago when twenty-seven hundred
 soldiers unanswered in the woods and
 on the hills to the west of the camp were more like a suitable introduction
 to the mimic warfare on the eastern
 waters of the Sound two months hence, when three thousand of Uncle Sam's
 sailors and marines will attack and
 three thousand or more soldiers and
 sailors will defend the string of fortifi- cations across the wide entrance. IMPORTANCE OF THE SOUND. In Europe leading naval authorities
 asserted at the outbreak of the Spanish war that a dash by Cervera across the
 Atlantic, while the American men-o- war were at Key West and Havana,
 would place either Boston or New York at his mercy. It was maintained that the defences at the Sounds entrance were inadequate to protect the great highway to New York. A sharp spat
 with the Notifications with perhaps the loss of vessel or two. so it was assert ed, would end with the crimson and yell low steaming up-Sound, ready for Fort Schuyler and the navigating dangers of Hellgate. Cervera was ordered to the West Indies and the little theory of the alarmists was never substantiated or exploded It has had fascination for naval men, Hartford's Admiral Bunce among them The strengthening of the defenses of the Sound has steadily ad- vanced and the marine highway to the metropolis of the continent is now in a | state far more protected than it was in | April 1898. The general scheme of de- | fense was explained by Admiral Bunce l in a speech which he made at the an
 nual banquet of the naval division in
 1900.
 CAREFUL PREPARATIONS. | It was suggested last winter by Gen. | eral Randolph, chief of artillery, that | forces from the army and the navy en- | gage in joint maneuvers with a view to test practically. as far as possible, | the strength of the fortifications. The l suggestion was acted upon. A commit | tee representing the sister branches of | the service was selected to prepare a
 general programme and formulate rules | for a mimic encounter.
 The naval board of strategy began to work at the details of the attack, after | it had been decided that the bulk of the l North Atlantic squadron should engage l in the mimic battles. Experts from the army began to prepare the details of 1 the defense.
 STATE MILITIA.
 It was early intended to allow the mi l litia of several states to be represented 1 in the naneuvers but it was found that
 the state appropriations were in some i cases insufficient and that there were no
 national funds available. Massachu- | setts, however, decided to defray the expenses of her First Heavy Artillery. Still, the Connecticut National Guard
 will be represented as it's crack Naval | Battalion will be in the maneuverS, and aboard one of the powerful vessels. To many of the members of the battalion the waters of the Sound are nearly as familiar as the streets of their home
 cities. Nearly every Saturday for four
 summers details from the battalion l have taken the battalion's practice ves- sel Elfrida for days duty usually to | New London or Fishers Island For l week in 1897 and for another in 1901 the | battalion was encamped on Fishers Island, where many of the members have repeatedly had small boat drill, as well as camp routine. Their famil- iarity with the theater of operations may make them particularly useful in l the maneuvers. Commander Frederick l l.. AveriI, of New Haven, is at the | head of the battalion and Lieutenant | Commander Frank $. Cornwell, of New 1 Haven, is the second in command. l Following is the roster of the commits | stoned staff:
 Navigator. Lieutenant Robert D. l.. 1 Hutchinson, New Haven; adjutant, 1 Lieutenant q. G.) Frederick P. Lewis, | New Haven: surgeon. Lieutenant Da- vid M. Trecartin, Bridgeport; assistant curgeon, Ensign Carroll c. Beach, Hart | ford; paymaster, Lieutenant q. CD | Henry F. Punderson, New Haven; chief
 engineer, Lieutenant Walter P. Payne, | New Haven; assistant engineer, Ensign ! William G. Hinckey. Hartford. The roster of the line officers is the l following:
 First Division-Lieutenant. Charles A. | Ingersoll, New Haven; lieutenant c. 1 CD, John K Murphy, New Haven; en- I signs, Clifford M. Peck. Milford, and Ambrose B. Jewett, New Haven. I Second Division-Lieutenant, Lyman 1 Root, Hartford; lieutenant o. CD, For
 rest Shepherd, Hartford; ensigns, Fred ! E. Bosworth, Hartford, and Edwin T. l Northam, Hartford.
 Third Divson-Lieutenant, Frederick A. Bartlett, Bridgeport: lieutenant o.