| Show HANIAII 4 MAY ItHTALTATE tIt t-It h rrrd that They VIII AUomrt t 11 llomlnrl Nnm New ntlanil Towns New York May 3A special I to the Herald from Washington says 11 Tearing an attack upon the seaports 01 the North Atlantic coast b > the iJ Hlitagnpili menofmmir now on their way rJ l t hZ to wvtitern waters Secretary Alger has U seacoast defenses taken steps to further Improve the There Is I nrdlnt authority for the I statement that the administration believes the Spanish menof war will appear at some port on the coast and attempt to retaliate tor the lasts I of the 1hlllpplne Island by doing as much damage aa possible and when this work has been i completed cill with all speed > to Porto lllco and If necesnry light their way Into San JuanA I Juan-A 10 the point where Spain will strike the authorities are totally Unable Un-able to say New York Is I considered In a very good condItion 10 revise at tack uT this la not the case with the New England cities and with ports along the Southern coast j Cap still W P Duvall military aide to Secretary Alger has hen Inspecting I the defenses of Dayton and other New England l cities for several days It wan to prevent Spanish privateers from ravishing rav-ishing the Northeast cot that the cruisers Columbia and the Minneapolis were Bent to patrol duty there and the mohlllzlLtlon ot the northern Pulpit squadron at 1rovIncetown Is with the view of having n naval force handy 10 resist an attack on any of tho Northeastern North-eastern Parts Instructions to the commanding officers offi-cers of the auxiliary cruisers Yankee I Prairie Dixie and Yosemite require them to join the flagshIp San Francis f ion i-on at Provlncetown without delay Their crews will have gun practice on I I the way and will be given as much I training as possible 1Ilda Commodore Hown squad 1 ron the ports will Ito defended by great 11 guns and On errltt v III Improve the fortifications as much as possible I t 6A |
