Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-10
READY FOR THE FRAY
Army and Navy Prepared for
War Maneuvers.
REVIEW OF SITUATION
ADMIRAL DICKENS IN A CONTEST
WITH GEN. WADE.
Exercises to Determine Best Line Of At
tack by Navy Upon Shore
Defenses.
REVIEW OF SITUATION


FORT MONROE, Va. June 10.-Nothing
is wanted to complete the preparations of
the army for the war game but the arrival
of Maj Gen. James F. Wade and staff. Gen.
Wade Is expected here this afternoon. He
will open headquarters at the Chamberln
Hotel and will remain here throughout the
period of exercises. Practically all the de-
tails of the arn1y's end of the game have
been completed, and the soldiery only await
the coming of Admiral Dickens and his
squadron to show how completely their
work has been done.
Old Point is alive with officers of the army
and navy. Almost all the navy umpires and
observers to be stationed here have arrived
and reported for duty. A large detachment
Of them came down on the Washington boat
that arrived here this morning. The con-
sensus of opinion here is that the first and
most important of the tests will be made
here and that the exercises will start
promptly on the hour tomorrow night.
The Navy's First Move.
The navy today begins it's first move in
the war game that is to hold the atten-
ton of both army and navy alike next
week. For three or four days past Admiral
Dickens squadron of sixteen ships of war
has been assembling near Annapolis and
making the final preparations for its adj
vance agains- the Notifications here, at
Baltimore and at Washington. The fleet
was scheduled to get together by noon to-
d. and 1t is confidently expected to pass
here on it's way out to sea some time this
evening or tonight. Three of the torpedo
boats that are to make up the fleet arc
waiting at Newport News for the remainder
OF the squadron to come down the bay, and
THIS leads the Fort Monroe officers to be-
heve that the naval commander intends to
go to sea tonight or tomorrow morning
and disappear beyond the capes. He may
not DO that. He may not come down the
bay at all. and may first turn the attack
on the forts about Baltimore and Washing
ton. But whether he does not, he holds
his last communication with the land to-
DAY, and after that is prohibited from land
ing or having any intercourse with the
shore of any character until afternoon next
Saturday.
Tuesday Admiral Dickens and his squad
ron left the anchorage it has been holding
at Annapolis and proceeded to the rem
devious appointed for the feet off Solo
mons Island, Md, in the Chesapeake bay,
near Rochester Beach Here the ships were
met by the collier Marcellus, from which all
of the vessels took on supplies of coal for
the entire time they will be out.
Naval Reserves Arrive.
The naval reserve of Maryland and the
District of Columbia arrived at the rem
devious this afternoon, and the supposition
is here that the fleet started down the bay
Immediately after the arrival of the militia
men. SO far as can be learned, the Of
fcers In command here at Fort Monroe have
no information as to the whereabouts of the
meet now. They will not make public any
thing they might have, absolutely refus-
Ing to make statements of any kind
Admiral Dickens fleet consists of the
Texas, flagship, Capt. George A. Bicknell;
the Florida, Commander John c. Fremont;
the Arkansas, Commander A. H. Calf; the
Newark. Commander Charles J. Badger;
the Terror. Commander William F. Fullam;
the Atlanta. Commander William F. Hal
sey; the Nevada, Commander Alfred Rev
nolds; the Hartford, Commander Ten Eyck
u. w. Veeder; the Whipple. Lieut. j. v.
Chase; the Stuart. Lieut.. David 8. Sellers;
the Worden, Lieut.. B. B. Mccormick: the
Marlborough Lieut.. Roland l. Curtin; the
Sylvia. Commander Edwin Geer of the
naval reserve of Maryland, with the Siren
and the Hornet; the Puritan, Commander
5. w. Stratton, with the naval militia of
the District of Columbia
The navy has the hardest kind of a task
cut out for 1t. 1t will suffer many disad-
Vantages In the coming encounter with
the forts. The fact that the task before
accomplishment, If accomplishment be
considered getting the advantage over the
army, can be easily by perusal of ex-
tracts from the regulations agreed upon
by the Joint board of the army and navy
that prepared the program for the exer-
cises.
Extract From Regulations.
The regulations are:
AS matter of joint exercises any as
sumptions may be made, and these as
sumptfons may be changed from time to
time to meet the conditions of different
phases. 1t is recommended that the chan
nels of approach to the several fortresses