Show STUDYING COAST DEFENSE washington aug G the board appointed by the president to consider the necessity of revising the plans of the endicott board for coast defense appointed a bub to visit the principal seaports the latter committee will meet in boston next monday and visit the defensive works in that harbor and these officers will afterwards inspect at portland me later in the year some ot he committee ill make inspections at san francisco san diego and other pacific coast points the sub commit tee consists of major general J P storey retired general alexander mackenzie chief of engineers general william crossler chelt of ordnance general W V Grec lcy chief signal officer major geora G W goethals Goetha lh corpa of all of the arav and captain charles S sperry of the davv general greeley ia now in alaska |