Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-11
FOR DEFENSE OF COAST
Gen. Wade Prepared to Repel
Nays Attack.
THE WAR MANEUVERS
ALL THE GARRISoNs LARGELY
REINFORCED.
Admiral Dickins Commands Sea Fight
ers-Week of Anxiety Begins at
IL O'Clock Tonight.
Special from a STAFF Correspondent.

Special from STAFF Correspondent
OLD POINT COMFORT. Va, June 10
The garrison at Fort Monroe fully 5000
strong, and the garrisons of all the forts
In the artillery district of Baltimore and
the Potomac, begin a week of intense &C
tivity tomorrow. While much has been
said and written in attempts TO underrate
the benefits of the joint exercises between
the army and navy which will hold the at
tention of the officers of both branches of
the service for week, military men gen.
orally keenly alive to the Importance
OF the results that are to be obtained and
have carefully watched the work of prep
aration. they will watch the execution
of the plans laid out with the most careful
scrutiny.
The fact that the problems involve tech
nicalites almost solely while adding to
the interest of these in the possession of
arms. rather works the other way with
the general public. To great degree the
results that will come from the solution of
the problems will be entirely technical,
and comprehended. therefore. almost en-
tirely by those who are advanced in the
science of national defense.
This explanation was made by an army
officer tonight TO The Star correspondent,
to forestall any disappointment that might
ments of the progress of the maneuvers
during the time they are being worked out.
Gen. Wade Arrives.
Mai. Cen James F. Wade. commanding
the Atlantic division of the army. arrived
here this evening with his stan. Gen. Wade
established his headquarters here at the
Chamberlin Hotel, and will remain through
out the week, in command of the army
contingent during the exercises. Gen.
Wade was accomna Ited by his chief OF
staff Col. Kerr. and his aids Capt. John
p Wade, I'd Cavalry. and Capt. w. ]. GIas-
cow 18th Cavalry. He came from New
York by train.
The exercises begin at exactly II o'clock
tomorrow night From that hour until noon
next Saturday some one or more of the
forts in the artillery district of the Chesa-
peake Potomac and Baltimore are con-
structively in jeopardy. The regular gar
risons of all the forts have been increased
by large numbers. Fort Monroe usually
has about $40 officers and enlisted men
sheltered within its limits. 1t now has over
1900. At Fort Washington the regular gar
rison is three companies of Coast Artillery;
1t now has twelve companies. and similar
increases have been made al every post.
Cause for Activity.
The army has the best kind of cause for
its activity. according to the army officers
They feel that the tests that are to be made
from tonight on are very important To
them the work that is to be done is to show
the actual efficiency of the various elements
of defense over which they stand Jealous
guard and to the construction of which they
have given much time and thought. A
mere glance at the works here suffices to
show that a great amount of energy has
been expended in the actual manual work
of construction. to say nothing of the in
genuty that has been taxed to preserve the
secrecy of the defense If the officers Of
the army should throw open these fortifica-
tons or those up the bay to any and every
one who desired to inspect Them at least
half of their effectiveness would be lost.
The fact that there is doubt as to the loca-
ton of the main battery and the secondary