Evening journal., 1916-08-07
STAGE BIC WAR CAME
OFF Delaware CAPES
Naval Volunteers Will Have
Week of Practice on
Fighting Ships
FAST MOTORBOATS
TO BE IN THE FLEET

The south coast Of New Jersey and
he Delaware Bay will be the scene
of the reproduction OF some Of the
scenes which have taken place in the
English Channel, and waters about
the English Isles when. during the
second week in September. will occur
fhe most spectacular and complete
small boat maneuver that has ever
been held in any country outside
those sections OF the war zone already
mentioned
During that week the bsttleships
Rhode Island and Alabama which
viii have aboard the civilian members
Of the United States Naval Volunteers
from the district for the Naval Platts-
burg training cruise. will return for
the nnal week of the months cruise
and will take a weeks practice with
submarines, destroyers and motor
0nais. They will engage division Of
mctorboats and destroyers. IN tao
tical maneuver Of a weeks duration
during which night attacks. raids by
destroyers under cover OF smoke
screens and submarine attacks will
be features. The fleet of motorboats
will be Of the fastest type available.
and will be OF all sizes and descrip-
ions
swift MotorhOatS In scheme.
During the entire week the motor
boats will be engaged IN hunting sub
marines and will also maintain pa
troll az night to warn the battleships
OF any dash by the destroyer squad
ron. The beet OF motorboats will be di-
rected from the 165-foot express crui-
ser Gem owned by w. NJ. Ziezler. of
New York The smaller boats of the
mosquito fleet" will guard the shore
bases and patrol the Delaware inside
the Breakwater This phase Of the
cruiser will include Ave days. from
September 8 10 September 9, inclu-
sive.
On September 10, the VI unteers
will be given a furlough and the boats
will be laid up for cleaning and re-
pairs, and on the day following the
naneuvers will be concluded The
first two days will be devoted Ia
tuning the motorboats and yachts to
holding formations and responding 70
signals On the first day the boats
will assemble in Cold Spring Harbor
az Cape May. and will run In groups
to Northeast End Lightship. Five
Fathom Bank Lighthouse and Fen
wick Island hghtship On the even.
frr ..N ~. Are 81 frf.t aNs
drill by groups will be held
Great Spectacle on the Capes.
On the second day. fast boats o.
the motorboat scout fleet will run tC
Atlantic City. where they will be met
by a number Of Atlantic City boats
and will return TO Cape May, while
the smaller and slower boats will
hold maneuvers IN the vicinity OF the
capes The evening Of the second day
will he devoted TO a signal drill in
transmitting messages from end TO
end OF a motorboat formation spread
out over a large expansion OF the sea.
On the third day the first war game
will se played when the fastest OF the
small boats will go 10 sea in search
Of an enemy division Of submarines
and destroyers while the smaller
boats will patrol the waters close 10
shore On the evening OF the third
dav the battleships will he stationed
off the capes and the submarines will
make spectacular attempt 70 tor.
pedo them.
On the fourth day an elaborat,
game will be played in which six sub
marines will attempt 70 torpedo the
battleships while the motorboats vii
form a protecting Gordon about tn,
men-of-war and endeavor 10 detec
and sink the submarines Signal worl
and formation drill will occupy th'
fifth day. while on the last day th'
war gave Of the fourth day will b
repeated In addition FIVE larg
cruisers of t. 81 marine destroye
type. like those built for England AM
Russia. will come TO this port from
New York. On account OF the tram
in the vicinity OF New York. M
maneuvers will be held in that dis
trict. and the boats OF naval valu'
from that section have been divide'
between Philadelphia and Newport
which are the only two districts aloni
the coasts suitable for maneuverinl
and operating submersibles.
The boats from New York which
will cooperate with the local boat
include the Privateer. owned by Com
missioner r. Smith. 81 feet long ant
25 knot speed; the Mystery. owned b.
Ralph Pulitzer. 5s feet long and p
knot speed; the Aletho. owned BY
John K Robinson. IS feet long and p
knot speed: the Flyaway, owned b,
Fred Lapiehn, 3s feet long and p
knot sped and the Gem. owned b.
William ziegler l65 feet long and q
knot speed.
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