The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-18
|llvAL ROOkIEs
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Y Defend Slpres From an
 Enelny z Flset Invasion 1T Gun Prsssice Now.

.< I ko' nAvy sF3n4tlburg ---so called 1. W e regular mon 0f our sea defence, 11h1 tbth th6ss Eies's ore desig- jn& 6 s0fficia114 ~ naval volunteers's 4r51 1 thelra &lrAk re&l day of service rd4y. hAvtnG spent Wednesdays' I 1,f40 of them. on enc. way from New z41kk and other navy yards on this 5 & 10 the. rendexyous off the eastern
 ln1 cf Isong Isl6nd. Hi finding their t36r nichea aboard acquiring the [ 6f1 fe 'ssea leen,s' learning the stranee
 kyio of tho m&n40s wars man and
 kutne themselves with sometimes 6 &13n and abashed sknowIedge Of { (|Ai @k that &rs tnbo6 Iii the navy.
 z: a[Iley h4vS soinG v a3inost real service &n1@d of tli6nns q They are to ta1le I|6l( m the wdr game Of the annual 8ic1l manoeuvres Of tho navy! {,
 k ciS1I5ap taIIoru 9 the New 1er- ao 1faine kxl1 Kentucky after first 1ll k(+ for mSdt Of them-in canvas &1fnoalss and ' wash rp yesterday .iIzo1 11tnk tn a baieIrat. were started 1n hdik dfi ili1ng. beipG Instructed in op- er1 bn nk the lAunches, pulling boats TIT S.3ltng cutterA They will have |1 q k0fe leave ftr It least week.
 ~ .1 hen under way they will stand B d1 SheS When not kunder way the z ihsl Is arraneed as follows: Five |6Scj kt,e reveille 6 20. pipe sweeperp k6i1 mon for nMeepine) 5 30, tpEn (S{ {Ex &axa1 TOT Hxo to Work.'); swfm- III wkef, morning work Is con1pIet- 'td :So. recall from swimming; S;45sE t1 np clothes Iinees z s1b, mess gear; >4s0S >bre6 lkfast q 60y call for guard 6,11 dl5k; .: s6. fir1t call for colors; D., eo11tss and guar6 srpount; 8;1s. turn to. hri2 2htworlk \ tpoIishing); e:30.. sick 'eAII< . :45, mock off bright work: 2, <eaIdFni Quafters. r1upter at battle sta- {io2I1 \ Q Y &. sectire e:30, assembly ana ph2 cai drill o:45t retreat dril1 can. {. am x and istrnctfons II :15. retreat az3d! Iight nfnokfng lamp; 11:20, swim ISl1n& call; 11 :40, recall from swtm- 15l<0s 1:46< u1ess Eear: 12. dinner. x Kte i o'c3ock. .sturn to'' Is ordered; F1: 5driII call: { retreat, fresh water, ocrhb and wash clothes; 5. swimming c41Iy 5sz0. recall from swimming: s :lGs mess gear. tr1re mp clothes lines ma dry down dt&ks; 6, supper; 6:80. t0rf{ Co; 6:4s. lectures; 7:30. hars- n1oc1S: 7:45, drf1ls as ordered; S.50, 6so1re and nrst calI: g. tattoo (meam z
 lns ITO to bed's s:c5, taps tlishts 2 Iknding va&ch st sea, however. viii I1f ~ plenty o& time for play and, aa fhS hhips liavs, moticn pictures, pianos and other mcaug of 4museme1t. Jack won't come homo . dun boy from too much work. ~
 me "rooi<ies' IT. estting their first ,ta&ke of gunnery off Long Island. us- IT <SmAl1 arms mounted atop the bfe 5Q near the breeck, called sub-ca5- lbro practice, by which, with . target mounted at the muzxle of the big e. Inch or 1S-inch gun the supposedly Z Dir shells hit ls recorded with the 1l<&J& lead pellet virtually al 1t would b6 1( the larger projectile were being lueod Later, at Tangier Sound, the recruits will have regular gun prac- tict
 Before that. however, they must
 r14et and van1uish---for the theoretic-
 al safety of the United States-a big
 fleet that is attempting to make a Alanding somewhere between Newport ' m Hampton Roads Rear Admiral 1,4 Helm, commanding the reserve
 At1kntic fleet. including the battle 4z11b4 with the Navy Plattsburgers"
 -the New Jersey. Maine. Kentcuky, .A.5bama. Kearsarke. 1lltnois, lLouisi- ana Virginia and Rhode Island. the |11atRhip with a flotilla of torpedo boa&s and destroyefss will try to in 'tercept the Atlantic feet under Rear Admiral Frank F. FlStcher. with the nevysb most powerful Dattleships and 'submarine fleet Rear Admiral Austin H. Knight, on the superdreadnought Pennsylvania will b4 tho umpire. W q