Connecticut western news., 1912-08-29
SOLDIERS INVADE TOWN
Infantry and Cavalry Go Through Canaan After
 War ManeuVerS.

War ManeuVerS.
 Soldiers soldiers soldiers and more soldiers ! Soldiers on foot, on horseback and on army wagons. Ca- naan has been over-run with military en route home from the war maneuvers, and young America is full to the brim of patriotic fire and warlike ambition.
 The first invasion was on Thursday morning, when the Fifth U. s. Infantry, of Plattsburgh, N. Y. marched through. from their camp at Lime Rock to Sheffield, where they bivouacked that night. They picked Elm street for their route through the town, and the advance guard passed along shortly after 8 o'clock, the main body of 800 troops following within an hour. People living in the center of the village heard of the arrival in time to allow many of them to congregate at Barnes corner and see the soldiers go by. It was an unusual and inspiring sight, the double line of marching men stretching out as far as an unobstructed view of the road could be had, in either direction. Many followed the soldiers in automo- piles, and visited their camp at Sheffield.
 The second armed invasion was on Monday, when the famous Tenth U. s. colored Cavalry, ,on their days hike from Norfolk to Great Harrington, came through, over 800 strong, on horseback, with a long train of army supply wagons. Their route was down Main Main street and up Railroad street, and the horsemen were nearly an hour in going through the center of the town. It was a memorable spectacle. So many horses were never before seen together in Oanaan-nor so many colored gentle men. @t"
 They were followed to Great Barring. ton by large numbers from here and Sheffield. who visited camp and attended the concert given by the regimental band on the Great Harrington band stand.
 The Tenth Cavalry is one of the most famous regiments of the regular army and will be especially remembered as the regiment which rescued Teddy and his rough riders at San Juan hill when the present Bull Mooser was in bad way with the Spanish bullets flying thick and fast about him. The regi- ment has also seen considerable service in the Philippines and some of the men told thrilling tales of their experience while there. William Price, corporal in Troop L, and Joseph Howell Of the same troop have both spent several years in the islands and are old cam paigners. Howell married anative girl and proudly shows a picture which he had just received from his wife and baby in the far east. Their tales of the Moros who turn frantic and run amuck, killing right and left until they are lick ed-make the uninitiated glad that they did not take part in the earlier days of the fighting in the islands.
 When the fanatic runs amuck he ties up his joints with cord, paints h1s face, arms himself with a deadly kriss and rushes at the first white man he meets to kill him. The fanatic believes that if he dies fighting while killing Chris tians he will surely go to the Moham- medan heaven, so he usually makes sure that he kills plenty of tbe Chris tians.
 The soldiers experienced many meet ings with these fanatics which almost invariably resulted in the death of some Christian and always in the death of the Moro. The men say that the