Show MURRAY SAYS Oll OUR WESTERN COAST IS 18 WEll DEfENDED NEW V E YORK Au Aug IS Brig Gen Arthur Arthur Ar Ar- r thur Murray of or the tho coast artillery Is Ii In inNes New Nes York preparing for an ed extended d trl till of coast Inspection which will wll extend from Portland Me Mc Ie to the most mos southerly point on the lie gulf of Mexico 1 Tho The main purpose of the trip is to do ermine Just what Is necessary nt In tho way of a additional coal coast fortifications to io place the nation in such uch u a l position that it ma may feel safe from successful attack h by an ar enemy With this data lain collected ho willbO will wll go bO before tho the various committees in iii congress con con- gress anc and ask for the tho needed funds We Yo e ore ii in splendid shape shupe on the Pa- Pa ciVic coa coast l an and 1 In the islands General Gen Gen- eral oral Murray In a n statement regarding his hlo plans It Il Is 18 true that we have no noa hot hota a line lint of continuous fortifications the en entire entire entire en- en tire length of the Pacific coast whIch many p people believe c to be bo essential but we se are arc in splendid shape to resist l attack at those points where an enemy le he like likely to seek seck a landingIn landing In net fact I ma may say 11 that no flO enemy could as assail us at any uny of those theSe vital vita points All of tho towns anti and cities along ho tho Pacific are protected d splendidly splendidly-so so strongly Iron h that it would be foil folly for anyone anyone to attempt n a landing Of or course cours there r are arc places where ships of war could land lane mom metro out these places tre t re such Nuch that I It would bo IJU nn an cas easy matter for our land lam forces cS to check cheek an invasion quickly Unless s there should be bo some ome Iud sudden en and extraordinary change in the style oi of forts and guns and battleships ana anu this does doe not seem eem pos possible our work will wll Of endure |