The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-15
IN BEDDING
Blue Soldiers Have Complete Posses
 sion of Pretty Town.

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 Bedding, Aug. 15.--Without leaving camp and at the, time wholly uncon- scious of the part they were theoretl- cally enacting the troops stationed here gained a point in the war game on Monday and lost one the next day. The credit mark came to them pe- cause they were in a position to exe- cute flanking movement and on paper formed part of such move
 rent. The subsequent point in their error column was due to their being at dinner on Tuesday when tele- graphic call came for them to make a rally. Their inability to respond with sufficient promptness to do ef- fective work brought the black mark
 It is apparently because the men have not been living the life of a real soldier long enough to get weaned from home fare that the army rat1ons fail to satisfy their inner yearnings. They make no specific complalnts against the quantity or quality Of the food purveyed in camp, but that 1t does not appease their hunger is shown by the vast consumption of bakers bread, crackers and timed meats not to mention such void hllers as jam, candy, pickles, cake, pie and in fact all the obtainable ediDles
 
 bread was baked especially for them in Danbury. but they prefer the ordl- nary bakery product as was shown by their purchase from Merchant Muen- nich of about thousand loaves in two days. At first their drinking wa ter was taken from the river. but an analysis showed some impurities in this and a change was then made to water from brook near the camp. x
 Although the breaking of the glass in the door of the Ridge store Mon day night appears to have been only a niece of thoughtlens skylarking Major Helm. Regular Army offlcer on duty with the troops, did not pass 1t lightly by. At 10 o'clock that night, an hour or so after the incident oc- cured, he routed out the company to which the unknown offenders be- longed and proceeded to put them through dress parade with an outflow of denunciatory oratory as an accom- paniment. By the time he finished his vftriolic verbal review of the af- fair it seemed to his hearers to be nothing less than high crime and misderneanor. Members of another company also nisbehaved the same evening by raiding load of eatables and drinkables sent to the camp grounds by Mir Muennich to be vend- ed out, and making distribution of the entire stock without the formal ity of paying. As the despofled team was at the time within the company's lines the captain ordered the men co settle in full and they promptly obey ed Another vendor who suffered from a similar raid got nothing Tn settlement because his team was out side any company's quarters. The or ficers, however, offered to furnish the team with provost guards so as to prevent a repetition of the trouble.
 A signal corps detachment arrived Tuesday afternoon and took up quart CTS on land of Michael Floods at the Center. Today Major General Rome and staff appeared on the scene and located in Dr. Smiths lot near the town house which is about two miles west of the main camp. Their arrival was thought to presage some inn portant movem ent.
 The recopnoitering airship for which many have been watching showed up last night at 9:30, accord ing to a number of observers who claim to have seen it from the Ridge. It came into view from the southeast and after lowering briefly over Pleas ant Valley shot away towards the south again, having evidently suc- ceeded in it's mission of picking up the Blues camp. It had been under stood among the troops that a prac- tice sham battle was on the program for today but this morning the word went around that it would either oc- cur later or not at all. On the part of the privates and minor officers if is mostly guess work as to what they xxyiI1 hn oaIIod 1Tnnn f0 dA