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Show TARGET PRACTICE OF THE WARSHIPS Washington, Sept. 7 Tho Atlantic fleet Is accomplishing much In the solution of the problems of war by the target practice now In progress off tho Chesapeako Capes, according to advices to the navy department. ' These exercises will determine primarily pri-marily the effectiveness of long range firing Battles of the future will bo fought at long range, between tho maximum and minimum of 16,000 and 8,000 yards, and tho present practice j is expector to yield much valuable In- formation as to efficiency of the gun crews and as to how far the guns of various calibre can be depended upon to bit with any degree of accuracy. At the close of each day, Rear Admiral Ad-miral Hugo Osterhaus send3 a wireless wire-less message to the secretary of the navy stating that he has completed "problem A," or "problem B." This ; means much to tho officers and officials offi-cials of the navv, but ery little of thq information will leak out to the pub-He, pub-He, It will be aways enshrouded with secrecy in order that no foreign power may learn just what this country Is doing with naval ordnance problems. The comparative records of the various va-rious ships, It is said, may bo published pub-lished when the exercises aro con-eluded con-eluded The real accomplishments, however, will be kept confidential. NTaval offlcei s here today declared that the practice had proceeded with greater celerity than had been anticipated antici-pated The battleship Delaware may complete Its long-range experimental firing at the old battleship San .Marcos next week. These tests, according to report, were suddenly terminated temporarily tem-porarily several days ago by Rear Ad- mlral Osterhaus because the Delaware g; by mistake fired at the repair ship 5J Panther, standing 1,500 yards away jj fiom the San Marcos. The big guns ' I of the Delaware are expected to shat- H ter the San Marcos to pieces in the I forthcoming experiments, and then tho , I remains of the old ship will be gatb I ered up and sold for old junk s |