The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-10
ARMY AND NAVY MANEUVBRS

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 inside of limits not yet prescribed The duty of the defending squadron will be to send out scouts to locate the ''ene- my's" vessels before they can reach the coast. The vessels participating in these maneuvers will include the bat tleships Kearsarge, Alabama, Massa- chusetts and Olympia, comprising the North Atlantic squadron, as well as the Montgomery, Scorpion, Marblehead, Hist and such other vessels as can be spared at the time.
 At these naval maneuvers the officials hope to experiment with wireless teleg- raphy, if suitable arrangements can be perfected in time, and it is said there also will be experiments in coaling ships. transporting supplies and other comparatively minor features of naval warfare.
 The second and more important set of summer maneuvres will consist of a naval attack O na point on the North Atlantic coast by a supposed hostile fleet, which attack is to be met by a joint defense by the army and militia, assisted by small number of naval vessels detached for the purpose from vessels detached for the purpose from the North Atlantic squadron.
 Active preparations are in progress by the army for it's part in the com ing maneuvres. The defense will be under the general direction of the com- manding officer of the department of the east, thoguh the actual work de- wolves on the coast artillery, whose of- f1cers, in the districts which are to be attacked will be in active command.
 It has been determined that the at- , tack will be made between New Bed ford Mass, on the east and the eastern defenses of Long Island sound. This will include the artillery district of Narragansett, commanded by Colonel Henry c. Hasbrouck and the district of New London, commanded by Lieuten- ant Colonel J. M. K. Davis. The Mar ragansett district includes Fort Adams, Wetherell and Grebel, Rhode Island, and Rodman, Mass. The New London district is composed of Forts Trumbull, Conn.,, Mansfield, R. l., H. G. Wright, Michie and Terry, New York.
 The New York forts are situated at the entrance of Long Island sound and are located for the purpose of defend ing all the cities of the Sound as we'll as the upper approach to New York city.
 All the engineer officers available have been ordered to these districts ant directing the preparations of such DOT. tion Of the defense as would come un- der their charge. Ordnance officers have been directed to give attention tC the inspection of guns and quantities of ammunition with blank charges have been sent to the various forts. Not only will the defense consist of handling and firing guns, but it will also be a test oi the appliances, such as range finders telegra aphic facilities, signal operations and everything else. Within the ra- dius of the operations the army vii have no notice of where and when the attack will be made. The army must find out The signal corps will be util- ized for this purpose, as we'll as all tel egraph and telephone stations along the coast.
 The navy will take every Drecaution to conceal the point of attack and the army will do it's utmost to find out just where the fleet will approach the coast and also at what time.
 Owing to the secrecy to be maintain ed by the navy the troops in the differ ent forts will be kept in state of read mess either for day or night attack.