Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-10
ARMY and navy P|NED
Elaborate Naval and Military
Maneuvers Planned for
Next Month.
The Navy Will Attack Fortified
Points and the Military Will
Defend Them.
Plans OF Each Kept With Strict
Secrecy - Much Rivalry
Excited.

Washington. July 10.-Nothing just
| like the joint army and navy maneuN-
ers which will take place next month in
Narragansett bay have ever before
been seen in this country. AS the plans
are elaborated they provide for one OF
the most interesting military games
ever known, and the navy is to dem
onstrate it's ability to make sudden
| attack on the fortified posts without
enabling the army to concentrate 1oi
| its defense on the other hand the
army. thru the signal service expects To
be able TO determine the presence OF
the attacking fleet in sufficient time NV
only to make use of the great guns but
| also To concentrate so as TO prevent Il
| landing.
Great rivalry has been manifested
between the army and the navy, ana
each branch of the service Is suafdllis
Tits plans With jealous care much
greater secrecy being involved IMAM
probably would be the case IN ae,u''i
warfare, because the securing OF plans
by an open enemy is much more dllI-
cult than the discovery OF details pS u
friend The latest devices OF mlillars
communication are to be put INTO OPP
GRAFTON by the signal corps OF the army
and these plans are under the partlcu-
lar direction of Lieut.. Samuel heper'
an expert on electrical communication,
at the present time on the stan OF
Lieut.. Gen Miles, whose son-lll-iaw
he is.
ON the part of the navy the detalis
of the attack will be worked out by the
general board, of which Admiral Dew
ev is the president. In this way 'he
commanding officer of both the army
and the navy will be personally inter-
ested The strategy of the naval at
tack will be known to Admiral Dewey,
who will communicate the necessary
orders directly to the captains Oh me
ships interested.
According to the present plan the
coast of Lcng Island sound on pom
sides is to be defended from a'tach NY
tho navy. The line of defense VIII eS-
tend from the eastern entrance OF Long
island sound to Fort Rodman az New
Rodford. The navy is to be permitted
tn make its attack at any point ana .ie
descent on the coasts is likely 10 ne
m.de on any one of two or three diner
ont nights. 1t will be the duty OF 'ne
= NV IN see that the line of defense Is
oonn,,,etely manned. and for this puf-
nose ii will be necessary TO estaplish ''ii
rapid means of com
,,,,,,ication between the different forts
- .f.o,. tho navy has completed its pre-
,ip;nary maneuvers the attempted ~
tack on Long Island SOUND WIZ Ao
mt only after the ships have been ou'
of communication with the lallu io'
some DAYS The signal corps mas
nared plans for a wireless telesiap,'s
system. and the chart plotters III 'i'e
coast defense stations lmmeuialels uP
on detecting the approach OF ,he siips
will calculate with mathematical Ple
.;sion the speed of the hostile squadron
,rba time for the ships to reach Il Civ
ON noint i'm the channel Will be com
m,ted the time required for pro
;aa.;,a ia got tn the same spot Will also
he worked out, and then the gums "a
the fort will be trained upon tha' par
ticular zone of fire
1Y,nnires on the ships and the shore
will determine whether the altacklil'
or the defending party has lhe pe,
ter OF the great game. 1t has not Se'
been determined whether the navy
shall attempt to land marines at any
noint on the coast, but if they do de-
eide on this plan of campaign a regi-
men, of cavalry and another of intan-
try will be scattered along the SCUM
as they get ashore.
Owing to the necessity of keeping the
plans secret and in order to foster
the rivalry between the army anH
navy, Secretaries Moody and Root HAY
been compelled to adopt unusual meas
ures to prevent leaks. This has given
rise to a story that newspaper CORE
spondents would not be accommodated
on the ships or at the fort. The press
associations will be taken care of as
usual, and there will be no attempt to
deprive newspapers of accurate lnfor.
nation DIS to the results of the great
military game, the only prohibition be
ing against the publication of tech
nical details, which would be of nc
interest to the public but might be
of immense Importance to some foreign
country.
Secretary Moody has already desig-
mated the ships for the naval naneuv-
ers. The squadron will include the
pattleships INearsarge. Massachusetts
and Alabama, which are now lying a
the Brooklyn navy yard and which
nave orders to be ready to sail next
Tuesday. The movements of the
Il, ~,
York City by way of Long Island SCUM,