The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-09
BIG SHAM BATTLE TO-DAY.
THE CITY TO DE ATTACKED BY ITS
OWN TROOPS.

tie 0wn Troops. Too. Will Conduct the De-
f~cnce-NearIy 5000 Mon In All will ne
RnEsEed-Van Csrtiapdt Park e ne the
Centrs or 1tostiiitiea The MaROuvres.
Van Cortlandt Park will DO the scene this
morning OF a stirring battle between thousands Of
soldiers, and In the afternoon, whom the rouRher
work OF war is over, the entire First Brigade
will be paraded by Gen. Louis Fitzgerald. and
marched in review before MaJor-Gen. Wesley
Merritt Of tho United States Army. The battle
will DO fought between two wings OF our own
New York city troops. and. although 1t Is not
expected that any one will be either killed or
wounded, yet it will be accompanied by tho rat
tie Of muskotry. tho booming OF cannon. the
charging of cavalry, tho rushing hither and
thither OF aides with reports and orders, and,
in short, with all the picturesque features Of
real war.
Tho forces TO be engaged In tho battle are the
Seventh. the Eighth, the Ninth, the Twelfth,
the Twonty-second. tho Sixty-ninth. and the
seventy-nrst regiments, the threo cavalry
troops Of Squadron A, tho First Brigade Signal
Corps, and wondors and Wilson's batteries Of
light artillery. Altogether there are moro than
5000 men In Gen. Fitzgerald's brigade, and
:hero are likely to be close to that number on
tho Geld OF battle this morning. with about
$500 men In one of tho contending forces and
about 100 in the other.
Tho stronger side will DO known as tho
western force" This will consist Of the
Eighth. the Ninth. tho Twelfth. and Twenty
second regiments, the First Battery under Wen
del. and one troop Of cavalry. Col. Seward Of
the Ninth will be in command and Major Avory
d. Andrews, brigade engineer. will act as chief
Of STAFF.
Col. Daniel Appleton Of the Seventh will COM
mand the eastern force" and Lieut.-Col.
Stephen II. Olin. chief of staff to Gen. Fitz-
gerald, win BIO Col. Appleton's chief of stan.
Under Col. Appleton will DO the Seventh, Sixty
Gen. Fitzgerald viii take no direct part in
from iHs 0a vaffoa m0p psrts Of tho I%s d Siti S and IN o ePi%
that every detail may be fully known to him.
1seet @s%e viii q g. hi ses sshe ivan aith sA sssh aif feress.
Major Van Duzer, Major Hartman. and Capt;
Major Montsnt, Major Roosevelt and Capt.
Coster will report to Col Appleton:
an enemy coming DOWN tho Hudson valley and
only the sd iR,s SssS guard SS gs sent 1t H9P fsei for and and
the guardians of the city, TO take. possession Of
and to guard these, and finally to form the left
nank OF . force advancing, upon kingsbridge.
l In H5GsF this shss d Il issll p ai{ s ssIs Part IN th ssS St sFHHP.
at Riverdsle station, on The Hudson River Rail.
avenues at 10 o'clock.
Col, Appleton's forces are to DO the defend
arss egimenis will reach ne outskirts Of the
quarter. win be at Jerome avenue and tho Gun
here he will receive the portions q the cavalry
and artillery, which are to assist him. Tho cav
GEN. Fitzgerald viii retain eight men Of the
etSea. o q Gsp ss h ats %Ssn men '1 wei boS e aisid iea
between the eastern and western forces. Every
l roanas Of S blank w amn Ss PES5is aSd shsre T sTfn =
forty rounds for each of the batteries. Not until
eonmsnder know .HhetSer he has won ei.A or
lost the battle. When the final positions
ar: :ns . ta ds:I.ion a rs sn%n.pf in q 9svo T'l ot he U oo%'
mander who has succeeded in getting the
f tie @sa a N t 3, m spee ,ntS sse viii have eirse had IN a
Sharming picture OF military action worked out
mako it stir their nerves.
Since the field Of operations is SO large It will
m be iMp0ssiSleb for AMY sSny 0 eaS, p Of srd to sss all nh the
everloots the parade ground 10 tho best point
Park, and in all Of that territory there Is only
the parade ground which is open and level
the northern and southern ends would prevent
the lake and the buralo Enclosure in the centre
Of the park are not to be invaded, r,.
s shsq New ' {oTft s Snd Patn san R u ssan snd tho es
obstacles. 1t may therefore be assumed that
Mosholu bridge and the section about Van Cort-
landt station will be important strategic points
trate. and that the final struggle will take place
about the parade ground, where afterward there
will DO 2 roundup Of all the troops and a parade
For those who will follow THE SUNS sugges-
ton and view the battle from Broadway, whore
1t oyerlooks the parade ground. the most con-
NE Sixth and Ninth avenue elevated EyaiIroads
to 155th street, and thence by way Of the New
York and Putnam road to either Van Cortlandt
at $3.50, 8. $3.50, and 10 o'clock in tho morning,
and take thirteen minutes to reach Van Cort-
landt station. The latest Of these trains will
the troops will begin TO and even
the train at IL 10 might take one there in time
TO see the wind up on the parade ground.
Those who wish to SEQ the men OF their favor
lite regiments as they arrive and perhaps also
follow them through the battle should proceed
either by the Hudson, River road or the Harlem
The Seventh will take a train at the Eighty
sixth street station at $3.50 A: NJ, the Eighth
will leave the 10th street station at 9:15 A. NJ.
street station OF the Hudson River road at 9:l5
A. NJ, the Twelfth, will find a train at Sixtieth
street and Eleventh avenue at 9:l5 A. NJ, and
time and place, while the Si1ty.nlnth and Sew.
snty;hrst will start from the Grand Central
Station at $3.50 A. NJ.
The centre OF interest in the afternoon will be
Gen. FitZgerald's headquarters, at the Van Cort-
landt mansion, and the parade ground: The re.
view is to be held at 3 o'clock. Trains leave
155th street every half hour during the After
noon, at the even hour and halves. The mansion
and. parade grounds are about ten minutes
walk from Van Cortlandt station.
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