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Show - PER CLOAK I OF DARKNESS l; Foreign Foe Might Des-'' Des-'' ! try e Coast Defen- 1 ses of United States f Washington, Sept, 9. Realizing that In time of war1 a foreign foe, under Icloak cf darkness, might creep close 'fto the coaet line of the United Status -ijjj and destroy the coast defenses, the lilTu t'var dePartmcnt has planned a pro-iil pro-iil JEram or extensive night target prac-'y prac-'y tice exercises for the coast artillery Ojh Icorps. vra J One of the biggest .drills will be "M V cld Fort Terr-V' T- Y- from Sep j3 tomhcr IS to 21. The coast defenses M -soldiers there will Tire at :t moving -target, leu by twenty-four reel, lar Iout in lxng Island sound. The target I will he found by mammoth search-illfghts search-illfghts and the projectiles, fired fr-rn tbroe-mch guns, will be equipped with tracers es: ecially designed to show ;tho trajectory cf a shell and aid thr Crun crews In accuratelv aiming the m-. fre 5jjl k T'ie exeiHses are regarded as mm ftr-mmM with such important pos;ibl' . H fr? that Brigadier General Erasmu-I Erasmu-I M- "Veaer, rhief cf the coast arlil-H arlil-H r" corps, ?n-l Cantalns Percy P '- Pi"hon end James F. Howell have m i been detailed 19 obsene I hem. .. H t! Th navy for some time Ins been ,B Jf'ii'llng its gunners in nlhi firing. ,J but in the past the army has given ii"e maur oniy intermittent ntteu- Tiion m f This policy has now been changed linnl tbe exerclFcs at Fort Terry wi'l Blfj'httr'i be followed by similar practice ii.at irrt Caswell, N. C. |