New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-29

tered the outskirts Of the town 49,,
were preparing TO make camp n, m
night when the Red cavalry fro,.~ s
concealed position, charged on tbsr .
Well, sir, that was battle. IT,.
we're hsndto-hand struggles and ,ls'
firing. A detachment OF regula,
fantry was rushed down the hill IA -.
the Blue force. Two machine so a
swept up behind the fighting Red 60
airy and neld the Blue infantry re-.
for half an hour.
AS fast as men were declared d...
by the umpires others stepped a..
their places and continued the f,o,.
rank fighting.
Colonel Dickman sent his full ,r,a
lery force TO the aid OF the Reds =.
gagged in action and drove the Bls..
back a half mile along the roads 49,
through the fields. The air was an i.li
Of smoke that most of the time the ~
vance guards on either side could -.
see four lines Of men. Even In n.
chill atmosphere soldiers were in hs.-s
perspiration. There was not snils :.
any mans face; they were fighting !.
if the charges they fired eontain,S
bullets.
Scores Of the mel tumbled from g..
thusiasm and excitement as the fzh,;,,
continued. They were I'D quickly al
at it again. Probably many Of ,i,-
hal seldom before been 50 earner /.
anything. The spirit was certainlv
there.
Machine Guns Flank Blues.
As the engagement went on the Req
army, whose force was much smalls,
than the Blue. gradually gave grounS
To make a last effort COlone. Diekmss
withdrew his machine guns from IA,
main battle line and sent them down
road at right angles 20 the most ea,,.
erly road occupied By the Blues. Whe
the motor detachment got to this road
only few Blue soldiers.w were on il.
It's pieces ripping oLt almost deafen.
ing voleys. the motor machine gLn De.
tachment tore b. 20 the north keepirg
I'D the high speed until 10 had gained
position safe from immediate attack.
This dash ended the struggle Tor the
day. Colonel Dickman ordered his
cavalry 10 retreat. and they drew Sack
all lighting 10 join the artillery.
Colonel Edwin f. Finn, chief IN.
pire. decided that the Blue army bal
triumphed, but he also decided that the
Reds, in delaying the approach Of tie
defenders, had accomplished their mala
object.
The Blues after the battle marched
forward a mile and then made camp.
That is, they were ordered TO set up
tents. but the Professionals we're 50
weary that they threw themselves on
the ground. theoretically scores 0,
men had been killed. Actually, hun.
dreds had been half killed, for when
sick call sounded $50 Of the Rockies sp.
piled for treatment.
Their feet had been blistered By h,
long march and hard work Of battle
Two hours more would have seen many
of the students unfit for further work
Of the kind they had this morning
There is nothing light or humorous
about the course of instruction in It's
present stage
Shows Volunteer Weakness.
At times the pace was so hot tha.
some of the men found IL impossible
to keep in line. In addition 10 the
land work, Company C had to ford the
Chazy River at a point where il is fYs
feet deep and eighty feet wide Il was
hard enough to stand up, walking "a,
slippery river bottom, bu: i was doublI
hard to do so holding a rife above The
head to keep it dry.
When the sore footed provisional
regiment went TO sleep there was jus.
one thought among them-How hard
will it be tomorrow? The answer will
mean a great deal TO the unframed
men of the country. II after two and
a half weeks of training men cannot
stand a ten-mile march any better than
most of the Rockies did to-day, II VIII
be clear that raising an army OF yolun'
teers TO plunge into war is not the
easy task the public announcements Of
some of our leading citizens have as
serted il would be.
In addition to the tenmile march 70
Rouses Point tomorrow, they will have
TO fight along most Of the distance, ani
it will be interesting to know hon
many of them stand up under the WORK