Show DANGER LIES IN ANs AN s 1 z ATTACK BY LAND AT J NEW YORK HARBOR m. m jj J WASHINGTON June 18 Gen Murray Murra If o ot artillery has returned New tS York where he was an observer o of or the T Joint operations of th the regular coast art ar- ar t and the New York State mill- mill Y In repelling the sham naval attack upon up up- up- up 5 on the defense of ot New York Having planned these Joint drills with the tha special g purpose r rif of insuring n the existence of a outS out suf I S detent force o of r trained fn t r r il ro fo to an make good the gre- gre great gret t deficiency in numbers numbers' of cot S the regular coast artillery Gen Murray is extremely gratified wIth th the exhibition S t of ot f Interest and enthusiasm shown hon 1 by the S. S New York National Guardsmen in the successful suc- suc f fj j work wok of last week weE t If S 'S t He Ite now projects an art extension of th the y- y plans for joint drills based upon the fad fact a developed b by the e experience of last f week kd that h rp the ge geb Teal real ei weakness f of New TV h Yorks York's defense lies In the danger of ot an S is vj attack by a land force In In- Inthe the rear of the fortifications Therefore It tt Is proposed to divide the territory lying behind the forts torts S r Into sections each one covered by a force torce 1 of ot militiamen Thus In the case cae of Fort Wadsworth the zone in the rear for fot a distance of ot about ten miles would be di divided divided dl- dl S vided Into one mile sections and to each S section would be assigned one company of O 5 guardsmen whose business it would be to make f 0 a s study g of the h topography a of the theS S country u so thorough o that h the g militiamen S r would know intuitively and In the darkest dark dark- 5 est night just where lay every ridge and S depression and natural obstacle so that S they could fight to the best advantage InS in S repelling an attack v S x S As this sort of oC expert knowledge cannot 11 S be acquired in a a. few days It Is Is' Gen Murrays Murray's Mur- Mur rays ray's plan to have ave c certain organizations S. S of the National Guard permanently as as- z 5 h. h signed year by year to the same defenS ez i S t iV sive zones n so that they may ye become ed thor thor- i familiar with Its strong points and weakness r i'S Ot Of course this can an only be done b by the I r hearty bearty co operation of the officers of the i National Guard In the v various States tate |