The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-10

When the shades of night fall over the surrounding country this evening nearly every troop which is to partici- pate in the Connecticut manoeuvre ! day having been devoted to their aS- sembly for the big war game Through out the day soldiers were conspicuous on the streets of the city; trains pull ed through Union station, loaded with l the militia boys and a. military aspect was thrown over the city in other ways Abouts noon today the first brigade o1
 New Jersey militia troops, the First
 Fourth and Fifth regiments, stopped I for a brief while at the Union station. en route for Long Hill. They are to participate in the battle waged by the Blue army and Long Hill has been established as an observation point ! for that army There were two trains and others followed later in the day, carrying other regiments. New York l National Guard troops also arrived in
 the city during the day and proceeded 10 their various destinations. Ths sec ond brigade, composed of the 14th,
 23rd and 47th regiments, were included | in those troops.
 1 Activities at the Chief Empires camp in Stratford today were not as brisk as they have been the last few ldays Most of the officers who have arrived at tn camp. spent the day making tours of the surrounding cOun- l try visiting the different camp sites and following the army movements as i they were carried out in the work of assembling the troops of the two arr mics. Visitors were again excluded | frsf7 r 7x rocks and boulders in the aviation field, was still going on. The public I was excluded from the camp last night l and it is very probable that the order Y C keep. the public out will prevail thrUu ghout the fnanoeuvress mucn te i itl1e dissa tisfactfon of the soldiers l themselves and many of the officers as we'll as the public.
 l Capt. Harry G. Bishop, assistant to I chief of staff, received orders to take Ischarge of a bureau of information and l set about his work today of locating | tent, quarters near the entrance of the camp. It will be his work to furnish l all information, both the press and l the visitors who are admitted to the camp. Col. Henry T. Allen, of the general staff, arrived in camp today, as war department representative for matters affecting the cavalry arm of service | He was warmly greeted by many of I the officers at the camp, being well known among them.
 Lieutenant w. Kreuger has been as- l signed to act as camp escort for the l foreign military attaches. 1t will be his duty to guide these distinguishes gentlemen about the camp and direct l them as to the progress of the man I oeuvree. Lieut. Kreuger will have l several foreign attaches to look out for. Among those who arrived at the camp today were Lieut.-Col. Morton l A Gage, British embassy; Col. Baron DeBode, Russian embassy, and Major 1 Jose Avalos, Mexican attache Others are expected to arrive within the next l two days.
 Perhaps the most spectacula part of the camp at Stratford is the aviation l saua dron and it's outfit With it's two machines, this outfit is attracting much attention Last night three suc- IcessfuI flights were made. Capt Hen nessey is in charge of the squadron: The flights were experimental and were made with the Burgess Wright machine by Lieut.. T. Dewitt Milling. Tn the third flight a height of 1,5O0 feet was attained. With two passen- gers in a machine it is found difficult to clear the stone wall at the end Ibf | the aviation field, by any great dis tance. As the public is excluded rom the field most of the visitors gather l at this stone wall and by standing upon it. put themselves in direct dam ger of having the machine run into them.
 One of tie aviators today said that something will have to be done 10 prevent this dangerous situation. The field isn't as long as it should be for the ayiators to make the rise from the ground without first running to with in short distance from the stone wall Then the rise is made and the best that can be done is to clear the
 stone wall by half a 3Ozen or ten feet
 at the most. - Captain Hennessey of the aviation snuad ie1egraphed to Lieut.. Arnold,
 who is in readiness with a Burgess
 Wright machine at Marblehead, to
 come to the camp, instruct1ng him to
 use his own discretion about making
 the trip by flying. The day was rath-
 CT windy and a treacherous one for
 the airman and Captain Hennessey
 thought he would leave it to the dis
 cretion of the men who are to make
 the trip to Stratford.
 The morning trial of the aeroplanes
 was put off on account of a brisk
 breeze blowing and no attempt will
 be made to make an ascension until
 it has died down. The information
 bureau has been established. A bat
 tery of camera men descended on
 headquarters today and shot the camp
 from all angles.
 Col L. M. Maus, chief surgeon of
 the general staff. did not arrive in
 camp yesterday as was expected He
 was detained at his office in New York
 and came on today In the meantime
 Col. Stevenson was in charge of the
 medical department.
 It is rumored that Zoar Bridge over
 the Housatonic river at the northern
 border of the town of Monroe, 15 miles
 away, is going to be the scene of one
 of the many battles to be fought in
 the manoeuvres.
 War, whether of the real sort, such
 as is deplored by Andrew Carnegie,
 or of the bloodless kind, such as now
 exists near the borders of Bridgeport,
 would be incomplete without the pres
 ence of the always picturesque war
 correspondent.
 Though a non-combatant, he will al-
 ways be found in the danger zone
 and near the firiny line sn.athat he