New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-23
MODEL FIELD BATTERY
70 WORK WAR GAME
Oi,ted Force Of $50 Artillery
MON NON TO Have II Days of Ma
npIJvreS ON Long Island.
N RE LESSON IN INVASION
Floral Park to Montauk
will Be "Enemy's Coun-
try"-Experts in
Command.

Command.
peaceful Long Island, from Floral Park
...,ouk Point. will be an enemys
80 from July to July 90 inclusive,
-. which period it Will be invaded by
.,,ck provisional battery of the New
~ National Guard at war strength
wing 80 officers and men and 10 ami
This battery Of picked men Will
..rt q skeleton battalion of up-to-
-. ssld artillery, equipped with the
-, Guns. harness. wagons and ammu-
rldon.
The provisional battery will be horsed
- the different batteries in the LIST
"a d Regiments, so that the delay OF
,...t,rg in green animals will be avoid
7, will be the first time in the history
= the state that such an organization
y. basn so perfectly equipped for the
80 Forty student officers OF field artil-
-. from, all the batteries in the state
~, accompany the battery on its march
80 witness the field firing at Montauk
: o-ser 10 gain practical instruction IN
s.,.ns Of a campaign in an enemy's
COUNTRY. a.,
The battery and the student officers Will
.,,sr,ble al Floral Park on July 1, and
IN remain there over July 6. The three
Awe will be used in hard drills in the
,volptions Of the battery and battalion.
r,lonel George A. Wingate, of the I'd
v.B Artillery. y G.. y. Y. will be in
.,rrand. but will leave the instruction
:, csntain J. 3. W. Corey and Captain
pobsrt Davis. 5th United States Field
artillery. graduates from the School OF
Fire at Fort sill. and Lieutenant Harry
p,.u 1st United States Artillery. former
" instructor at the School of Musketry,
Al known as officers of marked ability.
sergeant ]. J. McQuillan. Of the United
states Field Artillery, from the School OF
Fire at Fort sill. will also be present 10
assist IN the instruction.
On the road march 10 Montauk Point
rconnoissance Of the enemys country
viii be made By trained scouts, and can
vas targets representing the enemy VIII
h secretly placed so as TO test the alert
mss Of the artil'erymen. who will pre-
rare for action. by direct and indirect
IRE as the occasion demands. The march
Kfl be one continuous problem, and, IN
addition. will involve the care Of animals
supply. rations. sanitation, etc. There
viii be four guns. six caissons. two store
wagons. six field wagons. one reel cart
ard one auto-truck.
After leaving Floral Park, the camps
vii be at the following places: Hicks
vile. Babylon, Blue Point. Moriches'
ard Westhampton. staying at the lat
.sr place July Y and 70. The next camps
vii be at Shinnecock Hills. Bridgehamp-
Ion, Amaganseu and Montauk Point
reaching the latter place July Il.
At Montauk life-s.zed targets. repre-
slting artillery, cavalry and infantry,
VII Be placed al from 100 TO $500 yards.
tie actual distances being unknown TO
tie gunners, and the targets being placed
4 positions difficult TO discover. the en-
sny's forces being screened. as in actual
warfare. The artiNerymen will be taught
% select a position aflording conceal
nent from view Of the enemy, II possible,
and also 10 select a clear field Of fire TO
he front and TANKS, and other important
tsiails o. position and ammunition sup
py The command VIII return home by
fal, when there viii be instruction IN
Dzdlng guns, animals. wagons, etc, on
ne ears. and then detraining AT the city.
Among the student officers will be Col
'ael H. II. Rogers, lst Field Artillery,
's'ently appointed colonel; Lieutenant
Colonel F. H. Hines. Majors F. 3. Bar
'slio and Chauncey Matlock. Captain
heron r. Strong. Captain Guido r. Yer
1eek, son OF the former adtutant general;
Iapiain John II. Hegeman. jr., Captain
:! C. 3. Stokes and Lieutenant Edwin
Emerson.
Washington. June 22.-Plans are under
ssy for joint army and navy coast de-
Aace exercises 10 be held on Long Island
"dnd and Narragansett Bay during the
sssk beginning August T. This is the first
-Ie such a programme has been ar
'shged since 1905, and IT is expected that
cs maneuyres and tests viii prove par
ueliarly valuable in showing improved
1staods evolved in the last eight years.
MAJOR William Chamberlain. coast
aullsry corps, has been designated to
ps'ieet Preparations for the event and will
,saea Washington tomorrow from Fort
Nonfoe 10 confer with Brlgadier General
Erasmus NJ. Weaver. chief Of the coast
artillery
troops from all the Atlantic Coast sta
sols probably will be sent to the Long
s-%n0 and Narragansett stations 10 par
~~ps'e IN the exercises. and Rear Adj
Badger, commanding the Atlantic
w VIII designate ships 70 take part. II
expected that a majority Of the vessels
we heet will have a part In the pro-
"s"nie al some time during the week.
ueherai Weaver said tonight that the
n. game would not be played with an
70 seeing whether the coast defences
me navy would come out victorious.
mst the naval craft would cooper
Win the coast artillery TO enable the
H Organization TO test out certain
EAsnes and plans.
ruKM LEAGUE FOR MOSS