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TreGA
FAYIT
.fyVCZi sfAVS SOLDIERS AT THEIR
SUMMER MILITARY PRACTICE
DLACKmR, 60UTHCRN BOUNDARY OF THE ftCW CAMP.
Fair Penco la winning her wny Into
lliu licnrta ot tho world powers slow
ly lint auroly, bu tlmt tlio probability
of (J r I in War breaking forth In ono
of his wild tnntruniH lit crowing Iobb
nml Iuhh likely, ntut yot thuro la nl
woya thu possibility tlmt lliu giant will
nwnko anil It la tlio part of wisdom,
ho tlio nntlonB feel, to lenrn tho wur
ganio during; tlio reign of tho nforo
snld fnlr Ponce. Thla Is particularly
trim of tho Huropcnn powers, but
while tho military establishment or tho
United Stales la Inslgnlllrnnt iia com
pnretl wlththoBoofhor neighbors uoross
tho Atlantic, thuro In tho hiuiio pup
poao ntul ambition to prnctlco tho arte
of war nml to work out tho prob
lems which would bo tout with In the
cuho of notuul conlllei.
Thla atrlfo for military ntul tiavnl
cdlulouoy hatt developed an elaborate
Huhomo of aiiuituor campaigning ho
Hint tho army of tho oust and tho
nituy or tho woat. togothor with tho
oouMt dofuuHOR ntul tho navy, nro kopt
litisy In Hold oporntloua and naval
ninncuvorn an thoy nro nt no ullior
tlino of thu yonr.
lutoroat In thla war ganio contura In
Uiu oust, bfotuiao thuio not only tho
Pultllgra, but tho navy and the coast
dufunsus ontur Into tho spectacular
itlintuy, which will continue through
Jlllio nml wait Into July, lloatllo Meets
will still through' tho lowur bay at
fow York. Troops will go trnmiilng
UlrOiig.li tlio Btioot.n or across tho llulda
In imffliiit tho foitlllcatlons. Itcnl
Will? tttneliiK from 0 to li! Inches,
driven by full chnrges or powder, Just
na u war were In full progrcaa and
Now Vork woro being assailed by n
groat (loot of bnttloahlpa, will screech
through thu air and plow tho wntora
or tho harbor.
Thoro nro doubtless puraona who
will wonder why shcllB or such glgan
tic propurtlona Hhoiild bu dlalrlbuted
over tho wntora of tho luwer bny, tho
gateway of half or tho foreign com
merce of n nation of 80.000.000 peoplo.
"Can't thla prnctlco nt shooting bo
done where there la less ilnngor or
doing damage?" porhnpa tho thought
loss will nak. An army ofllcer, If ho
thought hlinaoir pilvllogod to talk,
would reply that Now York would bo
ono or tho choice pickings or win and
that It la essential to have practice In
tho manipulation or tho engines for
protecting tho city It It la to bo pro
tected propoily.
Tho noise accompanying (his ills
play or military energy may lead aniuo
porsnnB to think that Hlaten Island
In tho center of a war, but In reality
It will bo only 11 loenl evidence of what
Is likely to bo tho most Important, bo
cause most pwetlenl, military prnctlco
ever held In this country. One million
dollars having been uppropilnleil for
tho purpose, coast defense drills by
tho regular army and tho coast de
fense regiments of tho state mllllln
nro to bo conducted on nil tho cousta
or tho United States, nml In nil tho
military departments thuro nro to bo
camps or Instruction,, nt which tho
fltute nillltln and national Infantry and
cavalry will work out together practl
cat military problems.
In tho coast dofenso work In
tho fnrtlllcntloua there will bo not
only firing nt targets and prnctlco In
detecting nt night tho nppronch of an
cnomy s fleet as personated by a few
government tugs, but thu solving of
such problems na this:
"Tho enemy hna landed n forco ot
50,000 men. at Long llranclt with tho
lutontlon or approaching tho fortifica
tions of Now York In tho renr nnd
cutting them off."
This will set tho ofllcors In com
mand to studying methods qf protect
Ing tho fortlllcntlotiB. Thoy will Ibbuo
orders, nml tho troops wilt tnko tho
positions thoy would occupy In rent
war. Tho practicing offlcors nnd
troops will bo expected ncluiilly to do
fond tho fort nnd II ro tho guns If tho
cnomy la mot. Tho solutions of tho
vnrloiiB problems In nil their details
will bo placed on file at tho varlotiB
formications for tho usu or tho defend
ers In caso of actual wnr. It Is ox
pected Hint In courso of time every
possible wny In which tho fortlflcn
Hons cnu bo uttnekud nnd defended
by different sized forces will bo ac
tually worked out In this way, ready
for usu In caso or an emergency.
It Is n busy tlmu with tho dopnrt-
merit or the cast, for tho burning ot
powder nt Forts Wads worth nnd Ham
ilton wll! bo n modest pnrt of tho war
like operations which will bo carried
on undor tho direction of Ma, den,
flrnnt. commander ot tho dopartrnont
Thoro will bo similar operations at tho
formications nbout Halllmoro, nt both
onda or hong Island sound, nlong tho
shoros of Nurragansott bay and nbout
lloston harbor. Thoro will nlso bo n
camp or Instruction nt 11 no Plains, n
level stretch or land bordering on the
curving reaches or tho Hlock river at
Kelt's Mills, nbout nluo miles from
Wutertown, N. Y Including uiu so
lutlou ot problems which tho popular
mind, untrnmmeled with tccnnicuii
ties of u mllltnry or nny othor nature
delights to stylo sham battles.
Altogether thoro will bo about 20.000
mun ongnged. Of theso about 11,000
will discover tho tusto of tho dust or
I'luo Plains, whllo the remainder will
bo learning how to protect their cap
drums In tho fortifications. A largo
proportion or these troops will bo
mllltla from tho slates ot Maryland,
Now Jersey, Pennsylvania. Now York,
Connecticut, llhodo Island, Mnssaclm
setts, Now Hampshire and Vermont,
thoro being less than 3,000 regulars at
Pino Plains.
den. Orant, who Is to command tho
troops at tho camp ot Instruction In
person, when asked what ho hoped to
learn from tho work, said;
"I nni tho teacher, so you could
hardly expect that I would learn any
thing from tho problems themselves.
I hope to got bettor acquainted with
both thu regulars and tho atnto troops,
tho personnel and tho personal equa
tion. 1 expect to learn what tho dif
ferent ofllcors rati do best. Tho vul
uo of this Is that In caso nt need I
would know how to assign thu olllcera
and troops."
"Tho stuto mllltla as n wholo Is
moro effective now than four years
ago. Tho Improvement lias boon great
er lit some states than In olhors, This
la duo to tho greater Interest mani
fested In somo states. Thoro Is an in
creasing Interest In nil tho states and a
very great interest In many or them.
There Is moro hard work being done
from it military point or vlow."
Then He Knew,
Nowpop (entering tho room) Whnt
In tho world makes tho baby cry so?
Mrs. Nowpop I'm sure I don't
know. I havo been trying to sing him
to sleep for nn hour or more.
Nowpop Ohl Chlcngo Dally News,
Natural Sequence.
Ills WIfo From tho nppearanco of
tho clouds It looks as though rain
woro coming up.
Her HuBbnud Woll, don't lot that
worry you. Soonor or Inter It will
come down. Chicago Dally News.
As long as thoro aro typewriters, so
long shall man dlctato to woman.
Only for Heaven.
Mother Just run tin stnlrs, Tommy,
and fetch baby's night gown.
Tommy Don't want to.
Mother Oh. well. If you'ro going to
bo unkind to your now llttln sister
Hiio'll put on nor wings nnd fly back
again to heaven.
Tommy Then let her put on her
wings nml fetch hor nightgown!
Punch.
Sufficient Excuse.
A tiny four-year-old was spending n
night away from homo. At bedtime
she knelt nt the kneo or her hostess to
any hor prayers, expecting tho usual
prompting. Finding Mrs, II tinnblo to
help her out, she concluded thus:
"Plenso, God, 'scuso mo. 1 enn't re
member my prayers, and I'm staying
with a lady who don't know nny."
Homo Herald.
We Cannot.
"U wo fllvo women votes, will they
want to run tor all all tho onioeB?"
"I don't think so. Can you Imagine
n woman setting up thu Ico cream so
das for peoplo not oven In her sot?"
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