The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-26
IN CAMP AWAY OFF
IN THE Widest PART or THE
MAP or WESTCHESTER.
Provisional Companies Of the seventh and
The First Battery Please Col. Apple
ion by the way They BeStn-Msk'ns
CauAp I'm the Dark-Problenns OF war.

the First Battery Please SOt. Apfso
ton by the way They Besin-Msklns
Casp in the DarK-Probiens OF War.
PuRprs, June Us Four provisional
companies OF the Seventh Regiment and
the First Battery, Field Artillery, de-
clared war on the elements and the Their
mometer here to-day for a three days
campaign. Incidentally they are going
to carry on a game OF warfare among
themselves, but II they come u as well
in this theoretical fighting as they have
AGAINST old General Humidity 1t will be
a hard problem for the umpires to decide
which m out on top.
At 4 o'clock this afternoon o ESQ
commissioned and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
officers reported at the Seventh Regiment
in New York for this practice trial
at warfare. Four hours and twenty min
utes later they had pitched their little
dog tents in the quadrangular field near
Salem Centre, and this in the pitch dark
meas, broken only by the lanterns slung
at the doors OF the chief officers tents.
the sparks Of q million and one frefies
and the uncertain simmer OF q partly
clouded moon. Considering that nor
than two hours OF this vas spent on the
soecial train which brought them from
the city. that q four and a half mile tramp
was included and thatthe men had never
pitched a dog tent before In their lives,
6oi. Daniel Appleton thought that 1t a
Caot. John F. OyRyan. commanding the
First Battery, suggested to Col. Appleton
some time ago that these man1uvres. be
held. The Seventh IL to 60 into the big
up in Massachusetts, In August
and inssmuch as they have never played
glad to have his officers get the practice.
90 volunteers were called for from the
commissioned and non-commissioned
officers and 10 his surprise practically
ali the men OF the required ranks were
anxious to 90. The non-commissioned
are serving as privates and the com
missloned are taking turns; those on duty
observe practical tactics during the three
DAYS that the man9uvres will last.
The First Battery bought q l3o acre
farm three miles from here. near the VII
laee Of Salem Centre. In April. 1907;
A regular camp Is maintained by them all
through the summer. and usually q score
OF men are here. There is a iarGe arm
On the north. and further on there Il a
wooded hill studded with bouldors
and marked with Rvines. 1t Is expected
that these woods, where even the natives
sometimes get lost. will AFFORD b hardest
kind Of a test.
To-nieht before they turn in Capt.
Irving Z. Hunt Of the Regular army.
Col. Appleton and Lieut. Col. Willard Q.
Fisk, who is the director OF the man
euvres. are going to decide. what prob
lems are 10 DO solved tomorrow, and on
Sunday Capt. Hunt Is to be the chief
umpire, and the senior, oficers will help
him. The battery and the four COM,
into two armies. the Browns and the
Blues, Major Francis q. Landon 10 to
command one and Major Robert Mclean
the other.
these majors, and there is no restriction
on the amount OF midnight oil they may
burn. the only drawback to settling things
ers are occupying the same tent and each
one intends to stay awake all night for
fear of giving away his plans by talking
in his sleep. They are to have four hours
to solve their problems. starting early
In the morning. 1t won't be too early
though. tor when Everything = sald ana
ness men who are out here pretending to
fight, and there Is nc necessity OF giving
them too many of the horrors OF war at
one dose, according to those in charge.
In the afternoon there will be another
problem and on Sunday morning a third.
By that time they all will be veterans
and ready for anything.
The bllstering pavements OF the city
made the trip from the armory to the
an uncomfortable me-. but on the
up here the train shot through q
thunderstorm that cooled things on In
great shape. Tho march from Purdy's
to the camp was not a hard one. for the
baggage suit cases, portmanteaus
and handbags which theae soldiers are
allowed to bring along went ahead In
wagons, 30 that when they paraded into
camp with ffcs piping and drums thump-
ing II was more like the approach Of a
army than Of a few hundred
business men Oh on a trip to improve their
military education.
When the long files Of hungry men
passed the meas tent and the tents were
ready for the night everybody went into
tho big mess hall for a while and listened
TO the head men lecture On tactics. Even
II II is o lot Of fun. this warfare game,
" there are plenty OF cigars and
other things TO be had without the ask
Ing, and even II there arc lots OF con-
veniences In this camp. including three
real live shower baths. Il must not be for
gotten that these sometimes soldiers have
nome out here to learn somathinu and 10