New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-26

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less station by the radio section Of the
signal battalion; the pitching OF shell
ter tents by Company X of the 47th,
under Captain George l.. Wilson: drill
by Troop c, 1st Cavalry. Captain John
A. c. Jansen; flag drill. Company A,
1st Battalion, Signal Corps. Captain
James c. Fox; rough riding by Troop
G, Squad A, Captain Robert w. Bush,
and drill by Battery A, I'd Field Artil
lery, Captain Walter 7. Fox.
As the morning went along CompanY
F, fist Regiment. under Captain James
Eben, had q combat exercise; Troop X,
1st Cavalry, Captain Harry II. Spencer,
appeared In a drill; there was ma
chine gun drill by the troop under CAP.
tain Henry Sheldon; Company L OF
the seth had combat exercise, under
Captain Timothy J. Moynahan, and
there was another pitching of shelter
tents by Company d Of the 18th. Cap
tain Sidney G. DeKay.
Motorcycles Make Charge.
Then there was the establishment OF
a dressing station by the Third Ambu
lance Company, Captain Leander II
Shearer; combat exercise, Company +,
Of the 18th, Captain Charles W. Berry,
and the firing of aerial signal bombs by
a detachment of the signal battalion
under Major William L. Hallahan.
Along the western edge OF the field
Company B, signal battalion, Captain
George +. Schenk. demonstrated the
laying and recovery Of signal wires.
The pontoon bridge over the lake was
erected by the pontoon battalion, G..
E, Major William s. Conrow command
ing. while the dynamited bridge was
made by the Pioneer Battalion. {. r.
Major Frederick n. Whitley Consid-
cradle commotion was kicked up at the
northern end Of the field when the
demolition detachment OF the Pioneer
Battalion gave folk demonstration OF
what il means to charge over mined
ground. when they ripped up the SOIL
with their land mines.
But gasolene won the morning, ana
civilian gasolene at that, Captain
Lorillard Spencer. c. <. c., and his
men gave the most spectacular exhibit
ton Of all. 1t consisted of a charge
OF motorcycles carrying men and ma
chine guns. They were supported by
a fast gray armored motor car, with
an ominous-lookin revolving turret
atom of il. from which came stream
Of bullets from a big machine gun.
When the detachment left the heId
motorcycle stretcher carried on
wounded man.
Big Battle Begins.
After these few little things had
happened, the men messed, the Mayor
and his guests had luncheon, the GoV-
ernor and his went to eat, and as many
thousands of the populace as couid
picnic on fruit and crackers and
drinks bought from the army OF camp
followers, who swarmed about the aDut,
ting landscape. After every one had
done what could be done in an hour,
they settled down for the afternoon
performance. A.,
York City has fallen into the hands of
an enemy. His outpOsts are located az
the southern line of Van Cortlandt
Park. The American army, under com
mand of General Organ, is in the
hills of Westchester County, up about
Ossining. He sends out his scouts;
Well. these scouts came riding down
the field and soon came IN contact with
the patrols of the enemy's outposts.
There was a slight action and the en-
enny patrols were reinforced and the
scouts were driven back. BY this time
the advance guard of the American
army came up and drove back the
enemy patrols.
They were supported by held pat
teries' some placed for direct fire at
the northern end Of the field and
others for indirect fire behind Deer
Range Hill. at the east Of the park.
The advance guard was quickly rein
forced by the main army and general
action ensued
But the enemy was getting the best
of il when a brilliant thanking move
nent was executed by the horse around
Deer Range Hill. They might not have
prevailed had not gasolene won again.
They were hard pressed when, with
a ouick swoop, the motor cycles ana
the armored car came up and put the
enemy TO fight. The outposts we're
driven in. back on the main line OF the
enemy holding the city, and there the
matters rest.
Six Were Injured.
This "a more or less the ideal story
Of what happened. II was not IN the
least made less interesting to the lay
mans eve by the fact that scouts
horses ran away with them and tney
were kept running about between the
two 60bting lines. 1t made even less
difference that one detachment Of horse
forgot what side it was on, ana JUST
fought for the sake of fighting. Even
less did it hurt that the reserves were
kind of slow in coming up, so that me
advance guard had TO 90 through the
motions of shooting for while. IL
was a good sham battle anyway.
II was not a bloodless day. A. the
field hospital, DR.. T. S. Cusack, OF Ford-
ham Hispitai. treated SIX cases; -
Mccarthy. a private of the list kegi-
meut. living at 536 East llsth street
got a laceration Of his right eye IN
bavonet combat, when his opponents
blade pierced his helmet. J. Rochester,
Of the LIST Cavalry. got dislocsieo
shoulder, when his horse fell on MN.
Roth of these men returned 10 the
field after treatment.
Then along came G. NatnahsOna.o .a
private of the 18th Regiment, OF $500
White Plains Avenue, who got his nahd
caught and cut in the breech mechan.
ism Of his gun. Pat Carey, OF the ISL
Cavalry. living at 1865 Third Avenue
had his leg ripped open by a KICK ron
his horse. and J. +. Curtis, oil the Iou
Regiment, living at 1868 Franklin A.
enue. Brooklyn, was thrown from NE ne
horse. and his spine was injured ms
condition was so serious ne WAS 10