Excerpt from Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute, 1896, Vol. 22 Our Atlantic coast presents almost the same strategic conditions to an enemy today that it did when the thirteen colonies strug gled for independence, or when, in the new union, they again fought Great Britain in 18m. The waterways remain unchanged the cities retain their same relative importance, only they have grown much richer, while their land defenses have practically crumbled away. We may, therefore, expect to be attacked at almost the same ...
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Excerpt from Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute, 1896, Vol. 22 Our Atlantic coast presents almost the same strategic conditions to an enemy today that it did when the thirteen colonies strug gled for independence, or when, in the new union, they again fought Great Britain in 18m. The waterways remain unchanged the cities retain their same relative importance, only they have grown much richer, while their land defenses have practically crumbled away. We may, therefore, expect to be attacked at almost the same points now as then, viz. Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington and Norfolk. In addition to these, Portland, Maine, must now be considered, because of its open harbor and railroad terminals, while the southern Atlantic ports, and especially the mouth Of the Mississippi river, cannot be neglected. Portland and Boston can be considered as in the same field of defense, which I will, for convenience, call the Boston District, being the bight between Cape Cod and Mount Desert Island. The defense of New York involves the holding Of all internal water routes and bays from Nantucket to The Highlands; hence I shall call this the New York District. The defense Of Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington and Norfolk is accomplished if we hold the mouths Of Delaware and Chesapeake Bays, so I shall call this the Chesapeake District. Other dis tricts will be styled the Charleston District, the Gulf District, and the Pacific District. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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