| OCR Text |
Show C '"' 9 m m a n m i u m n m m m m m 9 1 ' MIMIC WARFARE ENDS IN . DEFEAT OF "ENEMY'S" FLEET 1 - - - - - -. ..- .. . ........ - - - ' w mr mw m m m m m w m WW e?jaPJ The war game Is over. At b:30 o'clock on tho morning of Aug. 8, the onomy wns captured trying to take Winter Harbor. Ho was sighted by tho Olympla. Buglo notes sounded on tho Olympla, Olym-pla, men rushed to quarters and tho operator In tho wlroless telegraph room was slgunlllng for tho Kcar-sarge Kcar-sarge to announco tho discovery of tho fleot to Rear Admiral Darkor. Tho flagship, twonty-flvo miles away off Mount Desert Rock, caught tho sound waves and answered. In n fow ino-monts ino-monts word came by tho wlroloss that the Koarsargo was on hor way to aid tho Olympla. Mcanwhllo that vessel had found hcrsolf In a predlcnmont. Tho fog, which had beon of advantage to tho onomy, provod a handicap to tho Olympla, for when it lifted and Admlr-al Admlr-al Sauds vossels wero seen, thoy wtro too close to tho quoon of Manila bay for hor to oscapo. Under tho rules of the manoouvrej shn was overpowered IE by tho superior forco and could do nothing but run up tho white flag. Tho conditions at this point, had It not been for tho Olympla's wlroless telograph equipment, Indicated that Roar Admiral Sands might have reached an anchorago In Wlntor Harbor, Har-bor, but tho Olympla's note of warning warn-ing had boon heard. About 8 o'clock tho dofendors, or tho groater part of thom, returned to port. Most of the ships headed for tho coaling station, but tho Kenrsargo, Illinois and Alabama lay outside Bar Island. " 'Wo mot tho onemy,' as Perry said, 'and thoy aro ours.' "That tolls about tho wholo story," romarkod Roar Admiral Barker, who commanded tho defending forces during dur-ing tho manoouvros. Tho admiral had very llttlo to say. Ho spoko of tho ofllctoncy ct tho wlroless telegraph sorvico, nnd called nttontlon to tho fact that nono of his coruraunteatlons had boon from tho shoro. -a rftT--- |
