The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-14
~ i.IN am TORPLDD FLEET
PIT To ROi ..
nlS Hoats sIsamlnG IN Four Dnisl"nS
over Ten MIIr course PicL y Targets
RepTesentInE the Enemy and de-
,,ro, the supposed Boais Win Eas".

Repre.eutInE the Enemy and he.
strs, the supposed Roais Win Eas".
poErsNorrH. Va sept ~. hy Wireless
from = Vermont a. Saa German
tramp iuaf~d across she drill waters IT he
ATLANTIC hattls~hIp he~t. fifty miles on
,aV- Henry hight tins afternoon and
tangled up battle praCiI"" until Rear
Admiral Seaton Schroeder. with ms little
Gags told the German to get along about
h. business
The four divisions ~ the feet were
taking position TO resist an atlas 81
imaginary torpedo boats and ~" tramp
was informed that when IN" >"'"u inch
rifles began 10 shell the Atlantic -'anery
he neighborhood wouldn't be- healthy
placs for peace boats The German
wasted no time IN steaming "ut Of tn"
hring zone
The hattleshIps proved tonight that
they can take care ~ themselves against
torpedo boat attacks Tn" Ing ships
made a remarkable and spectacular show.
ing against a suppositltlous enemy, who
'onk advantage Of the cloudad moon
The victory - the hattleshIps against
the slim lo~ lying speedy torpedo firers
NAa CiealCll ana tl-tlNlNN lue inhkln-
arv enemy was riddled and sunk before
10 divisions got within dangerous dis
tan'-
Rear Admiral Schroeder hset com
m"nCei to-day the manpuvres that will
as' until September ~. The feet Is
DIV ided into four divisions. In the first
= The Connecticut. Admiral Schru"dsrs
nagship. and the Michigan. Capt Albert
GleAver Berry The North Dakota was
attached 20 this division. but the oll eN-
plo~lcn on Thursday last put her out II
commission In the second ara tha
louisiana. Rear Admiral Nrreland's flag
chip. the Kansas. Capt Charles ! Badger
South Carolina. Capt. Augustus + F.ch-
teller and the New Hampshire Capt
Thomas ;. Rodgers. In the third division
are the Georgia. Rear Admiral Comlys
AaEsh,p. Nebraska. Capt. John T Newton
Rhode Island. Capt. Thomas D. Griffin,
and the Virginia. Capt. James Il Glennon
In the fourth division are the Minnesota
Pear Admiral Murdocks flagship. Yer.
mont capt Walter Mclean. Mississippi
Capt william 2. Fullam. and Idaho Capt
Herber' q. Dunn. The fifth division con-
iain- the Tennessee Rear Admiral Staun-
ton flagship. North Carolina. Capt elf
ford Bo,I-h. and Montana Capt John
g Quinby With these IL division ~
suXlllar~~ Celtic. Culgoa. Panther. Sol
ace and Iankton.
For battle practice this afternoon and
tonight ne feet worked in four divisions
The flagship Connecticut. the Virginia,
the Kansas and the Minnesota we're sent
out at noon for spottinR finng They
obtained the ranges with their and
inch guns. While the range finders were
making little Reyseru IN the ocsan the
German tramp steamship appeared
The real work came AZ night since
torpedo boats do not even IN theory az
tempt TO sink hattleships while the OCEAN
II sunlit The weather conditions rather
favored the torpedo feet. Tn" night was
dark and the noon was veiled almost
continuously by heavy clouds The sea
ran strongly and there was brisk de-
necting wing wind.
The mAnRuyre a. arranRei ~ N"
Rear Admiral and his stan II tacticians
presupposed that the feet u t-.i',e-hip-
would ne attacked AZ an unknown TIm.
~ powerful feet II 'orpedu rua'-
Two targets, ten miles apart. WeT" planted
IN the ocean 10 serve a. the enemy
The battleshiJs raced up the coast m
four divisions wheeled and began to
search the waves with their illuminated
trscers One after the other they picked
up the targets and began To pitch shells
81 the enemy For hours the feet steamed
a. full speed up and down the coast firing
IN the dark atthe suppnsltitious torp"doers
There was continuous roar fromthe inch
and inch rifles as the biR ships got the
"a n &c and let GO with hroadsIdeS
The torpedo boats were supposed To-
attack IN four divisions ten miles apart.
and the battLeshiPs. streaming IN line be
tween the two targets. used their broad
sides on the imaginary attacking divisions
Inc range varied from ?. 30O yards "a ? 49,
wards and when the fight was over all 81
ire enemy had hem riddled and -unk.
The fleet Officers agreed that ~ had been
: splendid demonstration ~ concentrated
ta'tIe frinE and that real torpedo boats
would have been disposed ~ In all proha-
r.uty ss easily as the imaginary ones
ssre
he manpuvres will he over on Sep
rernrer 20. after which the feet will e. 10
Nsw York 10 anchor in the Hudson River
To men will get their pay. about sof" ~.
- ere and have a chance tn spend u IN IA"
3 CITY