Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-08-10
N. !. TROOPS OFF
FOR MIMIC WAR
Tonight They Camp in conneo-
ficut, Prepared for Strenu-
Gus Campaign.

road. where entrainment was made
Tor the battle grounds.
Get Taste of Hard Work.
In the wake of the troopers marched
the New Jersey Field Hospital Corps
under the command of Major Dr.
Harold Corbusier, a former regular
army officer. In all probability they
will remain with the troopers through
out the engagement
Most of the troopers slept at the
arnory last night and were aroused
at four O'clock. Boots and sadd es
was sounded about an hour later and
all of the men were ready when the
order Of march was given at $50.
The march to the freight yards was
made Without accident or incident
The men were given their 1rst ta3ie
of the hard work that is in store for
!, them when the work of loading the
horses and equipment on the fiat cars
was begun
Delay in Starting.
It was necessary to drive the sixty
one horses through the stables of the
Anheuser- Busch plant before they
could be loaded on the cars. Because
Of the narrowness of the passage II
tcok longer than really had been
thought necessary to accomplish the
ioading. The hardest work, how
ever, was in getting the two wagons,
carrying the field supplies, onto the
fat cars These had to be lifted into
place by the men, there being no rope
OF tackle on hand. Four cars car
ried the horses and wagons, while
another baggage car was necessary
for the mems equipment.
When the order to "board" was
given the men piled into two coaches,
Captain Bryant making his head
quarters in the forward end of the
first coach, where a field desk was
rigged for his convenience. 1t is ex-
pected that the party viii arrive at
Bridgeport this afternoon, where they
will receive their further orders
Carries Forty-one Horses.
It was expected to get away after
8 O'Clock, but it was some time after
this hour when the train finally pulled
ont owing to the delay of the hos
pital corps in getting its horses and
equipment in the cars. The corps
took away about forty men and eight
wagons, carrying equipment for field
hospitals. In this party there were
forty-one horses.
The Oranges were well represented
among the thousands of troops leav-
ing this section early today to take
mart in the war game. One of the
largest representations went with
Field Battery A. of East Orange, |
commanded by Captain Harry L. |
Harrison, who has seen twenty-five
years service. The battery is having !
its first baptism of near war" and
because of the vast amount of equip |
ment taken along and the absence of
raw material the organ |
liza ation is hopeful of making good |
showing. 4
Ready for Quick Action.
A long train of freight cars that
pulled out of the Orange freight yards
about o'clock this morning carried
the East Orange force to Jersey City
and thence to the scene of action with |
the attacking force The soldiers |
were summoned to the Parkway Ar |
mory last night at 9 o'clock and they |
slept there.
The guns and caissons. the latter
used to carry ammunition for use in
the three-inch field pieces, were
loaded on the cars yesterday by a |
detail and they had a strenuous time
of IT, The horses we're picketed at
the armory for the evening and long