The Washington times., 1908-07-19

NYankee to hoist the signal. so that they
may show what they can do. In COM
petition with the others
Most interesting, beautiful. aLd pfc
turesque Of all will be the sigma, work
cor Quoted by the defense along tie lons
c14CIon that will be established at night.
to stop an attack from the torpedo
boats. the little wasos that sting in the
night and disappear in the darkness.
Each ship Of the defense will have its
special field TO cover in the defense.
which will be not unlike the patrol duty
of a sentry. Each commander will be
at his discretion in his own field. but
the merit OF his organization viii in
| large measure depend upon the eff
fciency shown in this work.
All lights VIII be turned of, even the
! searchhghts, on moonlight nights, when
they are not as serviceabIe as they are
( on dark nights. The searchlights viii
not be turned on until an enemy is
| sighted.
Wren Enemy" Is Seen.
When the approaching torpedo boat,
or other enemy" is spotted. the ship
making the discovery will throw ner
/ light on the enemy" and hold It there
/ for a minute. The beam will then be
/ tilted in the air to an angle OF forty
! FIVE degrees. Immediately over the hos
/ tile vessel. thus telling the rest OF the
| defending fleet tho position OF this one
! hostile force Al the same time two
/ red lights viii be turned on. with the
night signals set
! In the maneuvers AID mimic battles
/ It will be the object Of tho defending
| forces to discover the enemy's vessel
/ before It can get by and signal the flag
| ship, supposed to be the flagship or an
| enormous defending squadron, anchored
| I'm the roads. If two torpedo boats sue
/ coed in getting by Undetected. Il will
/ be considered as a defeat for the de-
! tenders, as these little vessels, once
through the Gordon could noe be caught
/ before they did vast damage 10 the
country along the bay and the Potomac
and probably TO shipping. There. the
greatest care will undoubtedly be ex-
ercised.
Whether OF. not the vessels would en-
] gage one another with blank shells. had
not been fully determined when Com
mander Dempf and the men Of his COM
mand left Washington Friday 10 board
the Yankee at Alexandria
NOT Much Play
| Those youngsters who have gone on
the cruise in the belief that # will b'
all play, are UP against a mighty big
dfsa ppointment, for although an un.
usual lot Of shore liberty will be al
lowed, they will have to live up to tht
life of the real jackies, who will be
plentifully sprinkled in with the re
/ serves.
The Washington contingent undoubt
edIy will surprise the, navy officials f.
its show Of efficiency. The men have
/ been well trained, and they know thei
work as well as many men who hav,
devoted a lifetime to the sea. Gem
mander Dempf has been in the reserv
for twenty-four years. and has ha,
practical experience in The Unite,
States navy.
Many of the men forming the Wash
ington brigade are men who were ono
in the regular navy For months the.
have been carefully drilled and trained
and when they left Friday they wer
in the best shape imaginable. TIL
hard routine of life on board ship, will
> but little play time may be hard for
time with the young man used to
/, life in the city, but that they viii en-
JOY it, there can be no doubt.
In every detail from sreveilie unit
all lights are ''piped" out at 10 c'clOcl
it will be one round Of hard work, bu
| work OF the sort that is different, ant
| therefore interesting.
| II is probable that in the maneuver
/ the feet will cover a wide range. an,
probably will run up the coast as IA
: ! as Hog Island. The results of the ma
neuvers, and every action, viii be care
fully noted, and reports Of each di
vision, and the drills and target prac
| tee made to the Navy Department.
Commander Dempf is confident hi
J men wiz receive the highest com
| mendation. According to all report
from Hampton Roads, everything i
| progressing finely and the men are 81
> in the best of health and spirits.