The sun., 1909-05-26
4 WARLIKE GARDEN PARTY
oBTILS AND ATTACKS ON FORT
r,, AT GOVERNORS ISLAND.

Iu,o Help Aiong the Army Relief Society
The Seventh Of the National Guard
a. special Gucsts-Onicers From .
German Cruiser Bremen Attend.
There couldn't have been fner garden
r.,,v Weather than that which prevailed
yesterday afternoon at Governors Island.
ard as A consequence many persons who
veren especially interested In the philan-
thropic work Of the Army Relief Society
under whose auspices the function was
held went down and spent their money
for the mere fun OF the thing.
Girls inlingerie frocks and rose wreathec
hats girls in smartly tailored pongees anc
broad brimmed sailors. and other girls
in pastel satins and serges and beplumec
besdeear arrived on every boat, swarmed
No to the receiving party on Gen. Woods
niazza and thence into the gayly deco
rated booths. where the wives and daugh.
,ers Of the officers OF the post were doing
their best to supply the demand for the
various things which can be bought only
At fairs and fetes,
When the time came for the traditional
attack on Fort Jay fully thousand para
soils Of every hue dotted the green border
ing on the moat, and the opinion was ex'
pressed by more than one person that nc
man could even pretend to fight in the face
Of such color scheme. The invader
,omprsed the major part OF Companies
EF and G Of the Twelfth Infantry. ant
thev did not succeed in taking the fort
until according to the technicians pres
ent. one-haf their number had beer
killed and the garrison had been entirely
wiped out
The attack was preceded by musica
drill and bay yonet exercises and followed
tv shelter tent drill.
The girls applauded all the time the
Twelfth was being put through its paces
but that fact didn't in the least diminish
The enthusiasm with which they greetec
the approach Of the Seventh OF the Ma
tional Guard rs Col. Daniel Appleton
led them across the parade ground. The
seventh wore their full dress summer
uniforms with the white duck trousers.
About $50 men turned out. They came
down from East Sixty third street in two
boats Of the ouartermasters department
the General Candy and the General John
son All who saw the parade agreed that
better than the militiamen. The Seventh
was invited on this occasion in accord
ance with the theory OF Gen. Wood that
/, is a good thing to bring about ooopera.
ton and mutual understanding between
the regulars and the militia.
Among those who received with Ge n
and Mrs. Wood were Capt. Joseph Muir.
dock of the Brooklyn navy yard and Mrs
Murdock, Mrs. William Guy Howard Mrs
Fabius NJ. Clarke, Mrs. F. B. Jones, Mrs
4. Jarvis Patten. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry W
Taft Gen. Charles Roe and Mrs. Roe
Others present were Capt. A. Hoffman. ir
command Of the visiting German cruiser
Bremen. and Lieut.. g. Blokhuis, Lieut.
Baron Won Matzlaen and Lieut. Gorges
also Of the Bremen. under the chaperon'
age of Lieut. z. s. c. Parker, Capt. Muir.
docks aide; Mrs. Donald MoIean. Mrs
William Cumming Story. Gen. Horace
Porter, Gen. Daniel Sickles Rear Admira
G. c. Reiter, Will Carleton, Gen. Thoma.
Hubbard. Col. A. l.. Smith, Mrs. Pearce
Bailey, MIR. and Mrs. Preston Hicks anc
Mr. and Mrs, Talbot Olyphant:
II will be some years before the Twelfth
Infantry will give another garden party
on Governors Island as 1t has beer
ordered to the Philippines and will star
in a week or two. The post will be occu
pied by battalion from the Twenty