The evening world., 1893-10-21
SOLDIERS IN MIMIC BATTLE.
First Brigade in Practice at Van
Cortlandt Park.
Gov. Flower and His Stnr TO Re-
Wow the Troops.

The sham battle at Van Cortlandt
Park This afternoon. engaging the whole
First Brigade OF the National Guard,
the largest body OF men ever tnking part
IN a practice drill in this vicinity, at
tracted thousands OF people to the great
uptown park.
Every train over the west side Ele-
waited roads from shortly before noon
on carried its load OF spectators to the
terminus, whence the park was reached
by various routes.
Upper Broadway and the Kingsbridgc
road had a sensation in the appearance
Of Troop A In the full panoply OF war,
as the troops advanced on Van Cort-
landt Park. The seven crack regiments
Of the city were transported to the scene
OF battle by special trains over the Sixth
and Ninth avenue Elevated Railways
M the New York and Northern. which
ran trains every four minutes after
noon.
The two batteries and the Signal Corps
went by the Broadway route, dragging
their cannon and other implements OF
war.
The orders OF Gen. Fitzgerald were
tiot NhV iSh' ANNSihiiNtt o''u'u ''1"'N
W special train for Mosholu from
Einety-third street at 12.42 7. NJ; the
Seventy-frst Regiment from One Hun
dred and Fourth street station OF the
same moment: the Twelfth and Twenty
second Regiments from Fifty-ninth and
Sixty-sixth streets. respectively, at 1915
p. NJ.
Thes,. with the Secold Battery and
detachments from Troop A and the Sly
nal Corps are to form the Northern
Forces under Col. Scott. of the Eighth
Regiment.
The, Southern forces, under Gen. Fitz;
gerald, Include the First Battery and
dctachrnents from Troop 4 and the Sig
mi S S,r's And Rsa, ans sevS Tbfh sysGih Was
, nder orders to march from the armory
Mt Park avenue and Sixty seventh street,
and take a special train at Ninth avenue
Sixty-ninth to leave Sixth avenue sta
lion at Eighth street at l2.49. and the
Ninth Regiment to leave Sixth avenue
ard Twenty-eighth street station at
the SAINT moment.
The soldiers were to be equipped as
for a long campaign, with haVersacks,
overcoats and blankets. Each man was
to be served with twenty rounds of blank
CT rtridges.
The programme at Van Cortlandt Park
included a review OF the First Brigade,
NIlutT bTlH. -btu bpuiS it16ViuIi' "
Gov. Flower and HIS STAFF.
The Brigade Quartermaster promised
that $500 soldiers and officers would
participate in the m~an9enyre on the
surrounded at. convenient distances by
rising ground from which spectators get
a splendid view of the battlefield.
The arrangement Of the battle. pro-
vlded hat the Northern forces should
debark from their trains at Mosholu
station and Immediately form In line OF
resting on Broadway. the left near
" The Southern afsen, forces, leaving their
trains at Van C1rt Il; ths s snrinnt % War
Cortlandt mansion. the left on Broad
way.
The Second Battery, with the North
ern forces, was to be posted on the high
ground to the northeast OF the swamp,
and the First Battery. opposing. on the
high ground to the east OF the manslon:
share OF the benefits Of this practice
drill" as It is technically called. IN the
work OF. building elevated signal sta
wagEinR signals.
The orders to Troop A, just returned
from Trenton, are to "per r. Lnr s"ch uu-
This practice drill has been hooked for
ward to with anticipations OF much ben
eft by the soldiers and the officers, The
order required that the whole movement
be slowly and carefully executed, the
number OF rounds and volleys to be fired
and the time and distance OF .rushcs TO
be deliberately thought out, and conveyed
nv distinct command, leaving nothing to
the discretion of the men.
Thus the battle was to begin with the
Seventh and a. part of the SlAty-ninth
advancing slowly and by PUSHES pressing
the Twenty second and Twelfth back
until their lines were parallel to the rail-
way tracks. The Eighth comes to rein
49, --a -. a-ArpAsia 1nfnrSa haDinQ
with rapid firing.
The South has the best OF 1t Mt first.
but the Northern forces rally: the battle
gets desperately earnest. and finally Is
declared n draw. like some memorable
p~rize-hghts. The soldiers sheathe their
sabres and make up