New-York tribune., 1912-08-25

Of their shoes sleeping around campfres
trying 10 keep warm. few others. TO the
same end, dosed themselves with spirits.
None could sleep with the least comfort.
All this happened at a war game in
time Of peace.
II is pleasanter in way TO contemplate
the model headquarters camp at Para-
disc Green In Stratford, few miles from
bridgeport. Here were Chief Umpire
Bliss and his staff OF regular army as
sistants. the aviation squadron. Com
many A OF the signal corps. with the
u,reIess outfit Captain Willing and MS
mon OF the engineer corps part OF the
10th Cavalry. the military attaches' 'he
beadouarters officers OF the New YORK
militia and the visiting members oil 'he
New York Legislature. IL was spiCh-
and-span camp, spacious, Dry on H''o
plateau bordered with luXuriant corn
fields and groves OF trees. The engineers
rigeed a shower bath below a dam. con-
fining a small pond. and II you did not
care for that luxury after a days dusty
automobile riding in the field. you could
tub yourself in front OF your tent ike
Richard Harding Davis or take sponge
bath in the style OF Lieutenant Colonel
Cornelius Vanderbilt. A colored barber
OF the 10th Cavalry was ready TO scrape
your face II you did not have a man"
10 attend 10 that operation. There was
excellent food cooked In screened kit
chens and served in screened dining tents
Sanitary scrupulosity was carried 20 such
a fine point that crude carbolic and tar
by-product were spread on the mule and
horse picket lines. so as to squelch the
last disease-carrying hy. There was mos
quito netting In many OF the tents, to-
sether with cots. blankets, canvas arm
chair. a strip OF mating. lantern. bucket.
wash basin. Under these conditions war
was a delightful exercise. In fact, Mr..
Davis. the beau ideal Of war correspond
ents. who brought his rubber tub with
him and a host OF "reminiscences from
Cuba 10 Manchuria, thought that some
OF the luxuries were excessive, and in
dignantly repudiated such items as a cot
mattress and the attentions OF body
servant.
The war correspondents who Jared we'll
and had a chance to get information did
so chiefly through the good graces OF
Major General Organ and Adjutant Cen
eral Verbeck Of the New York militia.
The regular army authorities offered nei.
ther tent room nor adequate facilities for
obtaining the news. II was apologetically
stated in their behalf that an appropria-
ton was lacking 10 look after the press.
But IL would have required no appropria-
ton 10 have assigned a few tents TO cor
respondents. to have given them trans
portation with the umpires and to have
organized first class bureau for the dis
semination Of news. In peace. as I'm war.
the wise general or War Department
knows the value OF publicity.
The great attraction at Paradise Green
was the acroplanes and their morning and
evening Nights There were two Curtiss
machines and one Burgess Wright ma
chine. all two-passenger biplsnes The
Burgess Wright, driven by Lieutenant
Foulois. was equipped for wireless The
Curtiss machine. operated by Beckwith
Havens did not belong TO the army A
hydro aeroplane, called a Burgess tractor,
started for the field Of war from Marble
head. Mass, and broke down on the way
Iieutenants Arnold and Kirkland we're
aboard. The complete OUTFIT Of this sea-
y~N aicShip weighed ton, including
cable andvnchor'