Show PLAN OF DEFENSE SE naval officers outline a plan of protection I 1 te action to our coas coasts t r washington dec 2311 23 A report lias has juit been submitted to secretary herbort herbert by it a board of 0 naval officers outi lining a plan ot of defense of 0 the atlantic and gulf ault coasts 1 ift it c rase x re of war i the board me met 1 secretly and il I 1 of nf admirals garnsay hams ay and liance caits samson and taylor anil and waln right inasmuch Inae much na as tills this board nag arr by order dated august I 1 baat a and convened by virtue ot of that I 1 order the meeting has no f con with the present state of 0 orelen foreign relations I 1 tho plans tit of defense considered were ivere originally prepared lit at the naval war college at nevi Kenpo port rl 11 1 the order tor for th examination and revision of plans was issued in III view of 0 P sible trouble aith ith fl power pov er tho the secretary ot of the Navy denied that the board was assem assembled on ac I 1 munt of 0 possible complication vv ith spain and dec lanil that plans f far or coast defenses would have been prepared at this time whether out our foreign relations rel atlon were serene or strained the fact that the board met lind submitted its report ahia the senate foreign ite ile lations lallona wal declaring arlim for the independence of cuba lentils lends additional interest to the plans plana adopted they provide for or tho the defense ot of the antio antle coat coast from delaware to cape cod from capp capi cod to the penobscot delaware and chesapeake bays from cap capa e hatteras to eastport East port sie lie and for the southern part of oc tile atlantic coast and for foi the entire gulf coast it la in also that chilt the board considered and reported to tile the secretary of navy on the distribution ot of tho the north allari tie squadron and the assignment of the lie various vessels of oc thit that great squadron in case caad of oc v vi ar the strength of nt the navy including the th ships in ill comal filon and those laid up la ili discussed in the report oni one ot of tho the important features of the boards elaborations was the hie question of auxiliary cruls crul pis sois for ve uve in case of emergency there file ait nineteen vessels tailing sailing between ports on the north atlantic it coast which have been subsidized by tho the government and are available for meana of 0 defense in cave case of at war these ships range from lite die st louis with ton tons displace ue ment to the with tons the proposed batteries of these merchant ships include all runs guns up to six inches in caliber put but few of these guns have been completed the number Is 14 being increased each year a and no the hie suns gittis are arc stored at n port will which ch would lie be convenient for the vessel for khith they are intended PRE PARIN 1 1 ron FOR AN IL EMERGENCY mr no ency EN cy now new york dec 21 23 Licu lieutenant tenant commander comi I 1 ft 11 buckingham united Ur itel states navy came from washington tind and attended a meeting ir of the second annval M battalion which was bet held in arc brooklyn klyn last as pr h ip I 1 lie ile represented the secretary of f 1 the 1 navy in telling 0 it the great service the naval militia might lend to the regular navy in case or of vair i ir be sail said tile the greatest danger in new york utis aa riot not th tt thi the ships of art an enemy would pass the forts forta at the entrance to the haffor lia ibor but that they would lie to off out i of range of 0 our punt guns and blockade our port putting a stop to commerce tho the navy department FIRM he be has been planning to have a lIn flotilla tills of thirty or forty torpedo boats in this harbor and others at different ports along alone the atlantic and pacina coasts these could bo be officered and manned in great part by our navy militia the navy department Is counting on tho the naval militia to help in ili case of a sudden emergency emo Rency to protect our srab seat card icard cities and in case of an outbreak might mobilize me belize all the naval militia organizations ot of tho the country at one point |