The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-30
bATTLE-STA|NEO
SOLDIERS DRESS
UP FOR COMPANY
Pretty Girls and Folk from Home
Go to Sea Girt for Gov.
errors Day.
BLUES FLUSHED WITH THEIR
SUCCESS IN SHAM FIGHT
1t Was a Pretty Struggle and the
Essex Guardsmen Surprised
the Regulars.
GFrom a star Correspondents

CAMP FORT, Sea Girt, July 3d.
Governors Day is being celebrated by
military organizations, and visitors are
arriving by the hundreds. Tho men
their work in quick time in
to greet friends and show them
about the camp grounds. Members of
Battery A. of East Orange, had break
early, and hurried down to the
ranges to finish in time to take part
in the general festivities. BY noon they
had practically completed the tasks.
and the high standing OF shooting was
maintained.
Lieutenant Claude e. Lanterman Is
officer of the day In the Battery A
camp. The guard details were in
day. Captain Valentine Drescher, of
Company II, Orange. is officer of the
day in the Fifth Regiment camp.
The battle of yesterday, Won by the
Blue army, in which all the organiza-
tions took part, was the main topic
discussed last night by the officers and
men. 1t was a well-fought engage
ment, and Captain Murphy. of the reg
uidl dllily, Wdo WCik PiCaSto Will III
guardsmen's work.
There were only a few minor acct
dents. One of the regulars of Battery
A was thrown by his horse near h
rifle pits and slightly bruised. He was
removed to the hospital tent. The men
were somewhat fatigued from running
along sand roads, but never finched
when double-time orders were sent
along tho limo
Before starting out on their march
to the various distances assigned them,
the men were furnished with twenty
rounds of ammunition. Divided into a
Blue and Brown army, the former
commanded by Major Goessner and the
latter by Major Shoenthal, the men led
off. Company I, of Orange. was as
signed to perform advance guard work,
and Captain Horton lee them over to
Manasquan. A detachment of infan-
trymen from the Blue army marched
down the road skirting the camp and
went up a nearby road toward 'oring
Lake. One platoon of the battery was
assigned to each army, and immedl-
ately started for protected locations.
The regulars went out as cavalrymen,
divided in two sections.
RIvnI armIcs Coveted GoaI.
The advance guards of the Browns
started immediately toward the camp
Grounds tho nlaca selected az a strong
hold and which each army prepared
to reach and hold against attack. after
scouts had been thrown ont. There had
been objection voiced by property-own-
ere AGAINST tho men going through the
helds, ana TINS otered a ulstinct us
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A gun detachment from Battery A
in the Brown army finally came up
near the depot and infantrymen gath
cred near. Cavalrymen from the enemy
came close. but were driven back. Then
olloved a mistake of some sort. for
the cavalry swept in from ambush
There apparently were not enough in
fsntry near, and the gun was captured
by the Blues. Several umpires hap
pened u bc nearby at the time and de-
clared the piece out of order. Another
right and pumped in so much imaginary