The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-24
HIGH SEAS BATTLE PRACTICE
STIRRING ENHIBITION NiDE
~ B.OOO llRDS
NEBRASKA leads It, Division IN LONG Ms-
tanrc ~hnotinE lea Rough weather
GesrEIsr NI>hap PuIIs Her Down
IIne uaRge % ~ the ShOts Fired.

INV NNNNsF w -" Wv" 7NffN'N
T.. : = vERNoNr. sep, % FoRT
'I1NHpE. sept - n" first squadron
~ the Atlantic fleet finished ITS first
an m battle prictIr" Yesterday. Airing
81 she stArbnard batteries. from the q inch
AZ. The second squadron was delayed
IA the work h"rIu.r the tow lines 81 the
RATS parted Vrral times. The first
squadron failcd 10 finish the port bat
terry frlnIs TODAY for th" same reason
The ranges ara twenty miles apart
The vermont -,.rDnl ship IA the fourth
squadron. took the tpw 1T four RATS IN
column FROM he M-.i~-ipui late vc~,a"
day afternoon and carried them over IN"
grounds all night. Constant scanning
at from three 80 FIVE knots wis necessary
u prevent iha rlfts b'ypminy "pflngled
and piling up IN the hattl"-hlp.
At daybrraA all wa favorable The
sun roSe clear and hight br""I" orpIt
up from the at Later IN" wind shifted
tn tho northeast and drove IN a choppv
sea. Tho wind increased To twenty tiv"
miles an hour by nightflll with = heavy
sea running Bv o oylrrK M" columns
were formed, tho fourth -Iu1drnu repre-
sen'ing thecnNmy. with the third squadron
a. defenders
The NIuu".o'g. wrih Rear Admiral
J II MMrioCk'S ed hIg a. the 'ppmast
bead the fourth sguIlr,n SITTING m" pace
for IA" Vermont a. towing ship. The
Vermont h"td'i into th" north SIv
hundred wards astrru bobh.d the. first
raft the Other three -. -rn at intervals
of eJ1 wards SIX hundred wards behind
th"n steamed the Mt-SI~-ippi The Idaho
brought ~ tn rear ~ yards is'"rn
Ten miles N tho pert quarter tn thru
squadron p0ar"d up through tn" hIz"
First ca'nH thu smoke m m m" hull-
lifted ont - an" sea. AMI ~ thoy steamed
ahead and slightly ~ starbutrd th"v
picked up bonrs With their seventeen
knots Tn towing Ha"t made only
eight knog= ART m an hour IA" attacking
position WIS about mad"
At iI"O yards thu MINI sofa -lgnlllcl
nv wircI"-s that al Wa char IN"
Georgs'- squadron, TIL tht-i. STOOD by
for fring. bur th.s w1s DELAYED b.rlu.n
merchant =,nIup.- c-"pt up over tn"
Minn"su'a port bpW
The stei'ner's course WIS HORIZONTALLY
opposite hut apparently thnS" on board
enjoyed the spectacle and sh" took her
time 70 get clear ~ the range
The Minnesota column headed stra ght
on and the Georgia dropped back only
N dash up again when all was clear
Up vent the rod Gag I3Wn yards away
II was the signal 70 fire 4 pun ~ smoke
came from the Georglas forward -
inch wrret. with Clouded slash II FIRE
Out shot streak and IN eleven seconds
proJectli" from a , inch gun struck
800 yards snort OF the target bat m direct
line for the centre
This shor vas for rang" finding and
eaCh ship took lts turn with one O.! tucu
gun. Then cam" a slieuo" of guns the
snip= still sf"awing heavily ~. ] ~"
bones IN thH teeth ~ 'D" var dogs were
nov turned t. trutu that swept m. fore
castles and mn" gun deuN forNard ports.
On the NiInuesOfl amt her ships every
place belov deck rom -kippers cabin
t. tho galley was described only the mon
ia the euEln" rooms we're below n"
quarter DOCS ~ IA" Vermont and IN"
forecast" OF the Mississippi we're clear
10 give fre.. paSSa e. 10 any straying shell
Other ships were hn"t atop with officers
and crows In the mainmasi ot ia"
vermont. and the fprena-' ~ tho Nis-IS
suppl were IN" umpire- and observers
u spot tho shells a. they struck canvas
or sea
Within five minutes after tho ranging .
shp.s we're firai the starhptrd 80" - al
four attacking ships nrpt" uL, gHaue
am fpf several E'.CUnd- w".' "nvclpp..,i
IA smoke. n Wa b"Iu''Il SIlvo
sharp eve caught - dtrS streak Then
tlsr, wpuln be abr l.lui coarse Whis'lIng
and a wfIte fpamlng Nnl"snp would .
snD0t y hundred vnrdS MO fhs air -rIr ,
rounded 10y sore - i"--"r gsys"r-
l hres seconds later me crrrk'- caps ami
IA twu seconds more the heavy roar and ,
onward rImblng from th" firing III -
Z hon came other gsvssrs On and on b..-
youd ne 'pTRets. the shells rIcp,'hetIng
five - Ten mile, only 10 great a schooner
psoprny M over III. EASTERN horizon ,
Out from Hampton Roads The huoner
turned tirl and IN" firing continued
WIN each mn @RlvO sixteen - inch.
twenty Inch 'ud tv"nty-fDur y inch
su".I- we're dropped around ~" targets.
NJ ."atnlv ahead pr as'"ru. much To- the
r"lsf VI ia" snO nj .-rs and men exposed
to view on u" vermont and Mississippi.
The number ~ rounds ranged from
three fpr rtch r. inch cIn 20 four for each
; ant r,1 for each q inch gun -Four !.
u"h guns pn eaCI - IN" four ships CAV.
il '.'.I y for eight shots, twenty -Four
: .nch total - uInsty--.I and twenty
7 rJr inch = 'uirl 81 -. making = grand
total ~ ?Ss shots fired on IA. run To
= ,ch snip was assigned a target IN IA"
order = - position. the ships st@amIng
go wards aptT'
While m. results have not been com 70
puted officially m" Nebraska took tho
"ads WIN Three holes N her screen and
per cent - hts for the total Tn.
srGe's we're - hy ~ feet representing
he rndsh - 4 hat'leship The firing
asted slightly over nv" minutes.
The Georgia made the poorest showing
~ doubt due 10 the accident 10 her 4? inch
gun III" ships - this division Georgia
Nebraska Rhode STAND and virginia
nave superimTrs"d turre'-. one forward
md one aft With two ~ inch guns at the
b -" and W. inch ~ the top. They carry
w. in"h tuTrets, nns On each side amid
.hlp=
II vas m this forward inch superirn.
-osnd 'urrst thar bareback occurred
turing oalihTatiou pra'tip" ~ Capa cod
Raw ~ July ~ 1871. When several mon
Ner" kl.l led. including II.I' Goo'irich
! be Georgia has had Two or three thor
minor fuishap- intending collisions 7 hesa
nave elected her 20 m" hospsiOo class
ll"ut VI VI PrIch' - ~ charge ~ tho
/" Inrh 'nrret ~ which to-day accIdant
p"r'irr"d Tn" destroyed gun lu-t two
'hHis and The sister weapDn did not FIRE
itsrWdrt ~ iuR 4" the confusion caused
~ the acCi'isnf thus losing one shot