The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-07-21
Company c, as Brown Army, Is
< Attacked in Darkness by
Companies |, L and K.
STROUD OF SECRECY
Y AROUND MANEUVER
First Regiment in Leisure Hours
Watches Fast Baseball
Game.
BY HARRY D0ANE.
Especial staff Correspondent with First
a. Regiment.

Especial staff Correspondent with First
90 Regiment
SEA GIRT, July 21.-An attack was
made on Camp Fort last night by the
brown army, consisting of Company c.,
while the rest OF the battanon-Com-
panies /, L and X, under the command
of Major Croker, defended the camp.
When the two armies came in the
. browns were out of ammunition and
had lost one prisoner
p The maneuver was conducted with
of the other companies did not know
what vas up until G. had disappeared.
The attacked country was bounded by
the road on the north, the guard-house
on the west and tie last company
street ON the east. The camp itself was
out of bounds, leaving three sides of the
square to be defended. The quarter
master %sergeants from all four COM
panies were employed as scouts. No
decision will be given as to the result OF
the conflict.
Work on Ranges Harder.
The work on the ranges is becoming
more and more every year,
inc the difficulties presented to the
men who are trying to qualify for
niarksmen, sharpshooters and experts,
are greater. This Is due In part to
the change In system of rifle practise
now In use. In previous years the men
came for their weeks encampment with
nothing to do but learn the routine of a
soldiers life, points which could only
be taught in theory at the armories.
Drilling and guard duty were the prin-
cipal lessons taught, with an occasional
sham battle to give the men a taste of
xesl work.
In order to give them a chance to
Jea1n how to handle a rifle and hit
what they aimed at, from three to six
days were given each regiment for rifle
practise in the fall after the encamp-
nient was over. That was dispensed
, with, however, on account of the ex-
psnse of moving the regiment to the
&~ncampment twice in one season. At
present the expense Of transportation
is only borne once. when the men are
to Sea Girt for their week.
New Rules for Shooting.
Another change that might appear to
be a handicap to the men on the ranges
is h a governing the number of shots
to be fired and the rules under which
the men proceed from one range to
another. The old rules provided that q
man should have two sighting shots
and four strings of five shots each. The
present rules change that Now, after
the two sighting shots ne men are
compelled to move up II they make 20
or better on the first two strings. It is
thought that the old rule afforded the
man onothe range more practise for the
longer distances, "
Company L managed to take a game
from Company X IN the baseball series
yesterday by a score OF 10 to 6. The
batteries were Hubert and Fillppone
for L and Ten Brock and Messenger
for *. 49,. ~.
The inspection of Company B by
Captain Frank E.. Hawkins, of the
regular army, yesterday proved the
company a credit to its officers.
> In the battalion drill in the afternoon
B was selected for advance. guard and
outpost duty. and went through the
work without a break