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Show SHOT AT IMAGINARY FOE. Big Ouns nnd Mortals nt Torts at New London Belch Foith Tiro in Oamo of War. New London, Conn . Aug SI At Intervals Inter-vals all da) the big guns and tho mortars at tho forts In this vicinity belched forth lire and smoke and sent shot and shell nt Imaginary target"- Illustrative of moving ships The loncusstun wus vo grout that It was felt plainl) In this clt), nnd It seemtil by the sound as It tho Mins were at old I ort Trumbull lusicud of from seven to Ihllteen miles dlslunt Tho U S S Panther, with the Connecticut Connec-ticut nival tMttulluu on bourJ, sailed nwu) to the eastward Just before noon toilav tn loin Hie attacking tint leaving Ih, training ship Lanuuuir bl tho harbor ns tl c sole representative of th, nav MnJ-iltn Jl ic rthur and Om Creel), chief signal olllcir will be at 1'nrt Trumbull Trum-bull mull after the enemy Is stghltd, and will then proceed to whatever point tint ma) in mnsliiered to be most advantageous advantage-ous for the direction of the movements of Hie arm) forces It Is believed that the plan of signals Is the most complete ever established in the world and every precaution has hicn taki n lo have substitutes for nnv svslem that ma) bo (lestroytil or crip) led by tho Marchllghts will phi) an Important pnrt In the muneuvers ul night, unit the cflt-cienc) cflt-cienc) uf those of thu nrmv was demonstrated demon-strated nt ml Inlght, whin tho waters of the enllre New Iondon ellstrlit were completely com-pletely tnveresl, ever) sialchllght lv Ing Usui ut that hour and Irected a short distance dis-tance nlmve the surface nf thn waters It was a magulllcint sight and Ihe smallest small-est Imat even the sm ill craft used b) tho mackerel flshermi 11 nt this season, could lie seen pbilnlv and with Ihe aid of marine ma-rine glasses the occupants nf the bo its colli 1 bo counted How tho warships can get wlililn tiring dlstiincu of tin forts as set forth hi the rulis gov rnlng the vvnr game Is somewhat m)8tff)lng tn tho un-Inltl un-Inltl it,l Dltiiitches from I'nsriue Island Mass. sn Vilmlrnl lllKglnrou tins no I linn In a burr) to git his lloi t out tn sen for at r, , lust nlkht tho grentir iiumhtr of Ills vessels wire nt anchor In Mi nmesha night At sunsit u thick mist lame In from lln sen with a moderate west southwest south-west wind During the nfternom salutes were llr,,l fiom th, ships In I minr of s-elstunl s-elstunl hfcritnr) nf WiirSingii who was tikin nn hi irl tin Keatsirgc on u visit to Admiral Illi.glm.nn |