The sun., 1901-06-18
TIE 7TH FIGHTS A BATTLE.
MEETS kNEKY FROM WEST POINT AND
VICTORY PERCHES ALL ROUND.

Only Respective Historians Know which Side
Were the Real Heroes. and They Osser kAd
icslly-Cayalry Charge That Came Neal
the Real Thlng Foes In Dress Parade
STATE CAMP, PEEKsKILL, june 1.-THE
Seventh Regiment enjoyed itself thoroughly
to-day. II marched eight miles. fought two
sham skirmishes. pitched new camp, had a
dress parade and a band concert and then
turned In tired but happy. The skrmishes
were the most enjoyable Of tho days events
hut unfortunately there II diherence o'
opinion a. to their outcome. The West Poin'
cadets, who were the opponents OF the militia
men, declare that they cleaned out the New
Workers. while the latter are just as insisten'
that they made Uncle Sans cadets look a'
though a hazins board OF inquiry had Just
got through with them.
There was no ofYicial decision as to who
won the scraps owing to sudden change
In the plan OF operations. II had been ar
ranged between Col Daniel Appleton oil the
Seventh and the scademy's officers tha'
the West Point force was to act a a retreating
Amy The seventh was u tackle their rear
suard To save time a change was made
at the last moment and the cadets attacked
the rear guard of the seventh. but not until
there had been a lively tight at the head of
the Ssyentb's line The cadets withdrew
under FIRE In the enga cement and later hurled
all their forces on the Seventh's rear with a
result quite ambiguous. IL depended upon
whether one got his inform alton from the
north or the south side Of the stone wall IN
camp Roe where the contending forces
pitched mess tents for the night The cadets
we're sire their calvary charge captured
,he seventh. whole rear The Seventh WAS
kot ha
lated before II got within sabring distance
OF the miltiamen Anyway II was lot OF
The Seventh had guard mount at O'Clock
this morning then ate breakfast and al $40
broke camp for the practice march over 70
Camp Roe. ,iyh, dusty miles away a, None,
Youngsters from West Point were going 10
Iay for them and they had orders TO keep
sharp loosou, for bnGls un sam =, o2s, Grsnp me
and marched from there toward Mohegan
The roads from the PeeksGill camp and from
Garrison's TO Mohegan intsrsect near Narian-
Vile and 1t was there that trouble WAS ex-
pectad or course. the seventh knew nothing
as 10 the enemy'~ plans and they marched
away with strong advance and rear guard
and HsnkerS out ahead capt FISK Of COM
pany u was in command or the advance
guard with Capt Mclean Of Company X
supporting him The rear guard was in COM
mard OF Can't Iandon Of Company
By ii o'clock the head Of the seyenth's
line had reached the pumphtu use OF the Peeks-
kill waterworks there Vas crossroads
Just ahead of them, on to the left there
was a barn and lot Of stone fences. II
look Ell a little bad and tho sharpshooters
Of the seventh kept Their eyes skinned for
ing to the testimony Of the Seventh'- his
torian, soldier hove in sight around the
bend In the road Four sharp>h 'oters fred
at him and be disappeared
an otficer. and then from tha stone fences
OF TO the left came volley. There we're
fired back viciou'lyi Lieut. Barron de-
ploved his men to right. down the. road
Lieut. Bernard strunk into wheat neld 10
the left and the mllitiamen began to move
up swinging down on the barn with a view
TO closing in and surrounding ths enemy
The West Pointers kept peppering away
superior forces of the state Guard came too
close for comfort they retired. A private
IN Company X tried 10 capture bodily ven
turesome cadet who Jagged behind, bot his
man escaped
After tnat the advance guard OF the seventh
had no more trouble This was because
rear guard was the next to latch it This
fight occurred further up, thg road near the
Waysde Inn The main boJy and the bag
gage, train had pa >5ed IN safety Capt
rear in most approved tshion when sud-
denly he got a voley H. threw his men on
their faces behind Thank you, ma'am, In
cover and the cadets saw the point They
brought up their light artillery and banged
away at the line. behind the Thank, you,
a'am Capt Landon retired under u
storm Of shrapns! TO second line Of defence
conveniently near something must have
happened 10 the cadet battery for the firing
ceased and flank movement was com
menced through "A wheat field on the right
This made Capt Landon nervous for two
reasons
hanked and in the second place he had orders
to keep his men out of cultivated fields. The
farmers in these parts have high opinion
Of the National Guard. but they don't Ike to
have their wheat fields trampled down even
II their preservation does entail the los, of a
regiments rear guard But from q. military
fandon to do, but check those nsnkers and
under orders his men began gingerIy to pick
their way through the wheat
Then the West Pointers brought the fight
to climax \ troop Of cavalry was ordered
into action. They came pounding down
the road Yelling Just as all ,Cayalrymen vel
in the story book charges With Few sharp
orders Can't. Landon brought. his men. who
still held the road, to the. feet Bayonets
were fixed and while the o. pers from the
Point came galloping oI. the militiamen
But the charge did not stop COMPANY stood
firm with their haNOuet- ready hundred
arated the two forces Capt landun gave
no order to retreat or to break aud the luen
of the Seventh stood fixed 1t began 10 look as
though some on" was gong to get hurt even
have been hurt II IN" cayalrymen had not
been West Pointers or some other force
II seemed a. II the bayonet- Of the Infantry
men must pierce III" breasts OF the chargers
and the thin gray line, 60 tumblng In the
dust under the horses hOofs there was a
SHARP command and a. one OF the horses Of
the troopers reared back on his hauuchr,
and stopped. there was sigh OF relief
from tn. line OF inlantrNmen Not that they
we're scared. but they had been excited
Then after un exchange of compliment
the two forces moved on together.
According to the historian OF the cadets
this encounter was gloriou, victory fol
lncle Sans youngsters According Il
the historian Of the seventh Il vas not he
cause It Is asserted that II there had besI
bullet, in the Springfield rifles the charge
would have crumped up before II ever go
within a hundred yards OF the line Mucl
tactical history of the present Boer wal
this
The opposing forces reached Camp Roe
enth WI, lined up along the road and pre-
sented arms to the cadets a. they passed
and went into camp. where th" Eighth Rrg
ment was last wrsk They got .hemNel. 49, p
marching order and only brought with then
their shcl,er tents They will r,tlrn L
West Point in ne morning; ne detagh
Glasses and contains 700 men, con!pri,iu,
two companies Of infantry on" Nghl hat
terry mountain ha,trry a.d troop OF i.,ny cay
ing them ar" Lieut. -Cul Charles II Treat
commandaut OF the post Capt st JohI
Greble, Capt George n. sands. capt J h
TOmp,on and capt T.. Ander son.
IL took the seventh u httle longer To get
their camp IN shape for they are TO reniail
~ Camp Roe until "Wednesday and they ha'
more To do By evening every thing VA
In readiness for IN" dress parade witch Wa
ordered for 30 O'Clock. The old"is formed
the third battalion uI the regiment In th'
parade and there was a hne chance TO com
pare them with the mllitlamen After th
pnrade The ffIrnd, Of The Seventh were ~