New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-26
GATES Military Exhibition
Oh rheered BY Thousands
at Van Cortlandt.
JEALOUSY" RUMOR
FNLIVENS COMBAT
.,o, Denies Feeling Against
OI p,,ttsburg Rookies-SiS In
,n,ed. and One May Die.

-. Ccrtisnd' faTN lo4'""'u wv
:. n the Balkan States yesterday
.,rtnr and Modified. BY afternoon noon
., ve,, bit further than mere
'.a,,,,ion. for the swish Of dum-dun'
.sSsll. through the air was replace
!, nat Of vadd.Os Aging from IN the
W.. cartridges in ten thousand Ma
...,,l Gusrdsmen's rifles
=, .omewhat in the nature OF a
.,..,;r. demonstration on the part o.
y.,ional Guard. The business
ladders o. Plattsburg have been
..;,s 3, much glory for SIX weeks
.Is,..o.ine IS The guardsmen get
,.,,.ofit Everybody. both Platts-
.-.,.-. and guard officers. clear up to
..,.,,or Charles s Whitman. had
.,,s. 70 say yesterday 70 the effect
=. ,hsre was 10 jealousy no, not
any cause for jealousy and,
-. 81 there should not be the least
-. Q: jealousy between General
o.pr,,s state troops and General
- Woods pupils at Plattsburg.
rv,-roBe so wanted to make it plain
-. - state Of envy existed that no
:, ,orcot 70 mention it. However,
,,,,irg thst there is no real state Of
lined relations. a quarter OF mil
-, prisoners were captured yesterday
.-,hs National Guardsmen. They we're
4. $4,000 citizens Of New York who
..,,r,5 the amphitheatre Of hills about
d. marx parade ground with a veneer
=. humanity TO watch the gusrdsmen
~, the lesson OF preparedness
,.,,,, home than even the Plattsburg-
o, had been able 70 do.
Programme Hints At Jealousy.
Will. this question Of state OF
,.,lousy is up. it might as well be DIS
.,,,s Of before the real news. Said
., so.cslled official programme that
"a p.ddled vociferousiy about the
rssnds by many men:
The National Guard feels little
,,ri,ved over the enthusiasm shown
Inward ;hs recent camp Of military in
rrv,.iu &. Plattsburg. and the evo-
lv,ior, here will be a demonstration
II in. what the National Guard can
DO An officer Of the guard said re-
t,.ly: Most OF the men who received
few days instruction at Plattsburg
EEL that they are now qualified TO be
Ulcers. snd he public seems 10 agree
viii them. The cold fact is that 1t
axes more than q few weeks 70 make
. common soldier, 10 say nothing Of an
sfssr The coming military show will
Prove that. and Will be an answer to
esss who wonder what the National
Guard does besides parades.' ,"
Major General Organ, head of the
I'sis troops, fastened TO repudiate the
progrsmme HI said il was simply an
s,e&cs catch-penny venture, and that
as sentiments expressed in it were
silly and had offended every one OFF,
ailly connected with the mobilization.
Mayor Mitchell came TO see the show
U,k General Wood. The Mayor was
'',sderably put out that the pro-
cannes should be peddled about In
- city. General Wood said:
Think the programme is being put
'.' through a misunderstanding A
yea, many National Guard officers
iivt expressed 10 me the sentiment
"A: they are in favor Of all kinds
tnlliiary training. They are in favor
he Plsttsburg camp because that
Aasht the men who went there that II
Htly takes a great deal of work to
siks good soldiers, and convinced
len that they need National Guard
'rerenee. think the Plsttsburg
amp will help recruit the guard"
Governor Defends Guard.
Governor Whitman made his state
s'n' about the jealousy talk as soon
ne reached the field, and before any
is,,os
have heard OF slight undertone
y FEELING sgains, the Plattsburg ex-
I.hnsnt' he said, but / am glad to
to'e 10 say ! DO not think that II
ue sentiment Of the National Guard.
an glad 10 know that the guard
s.sneht is IN favor both OF their
ZIG a.e o. Preparedness and that demon
&c. s'Te AZ Plattsburg. As a people we
s s..e both kinds am glad to come
@-day and see this practical
y.as1'suon Of preparedness"
n, eiuays event fell into two parts.
~. morning section was something
80 great county fair, with a ten-ring
80 N the middle. Around the
90 q The parade ground the vari-
,,,,. I ~, OF the guard had set up their
"a, t many purposes. Some were
ls,.S Ielsi information 70 help folk
49, now to join the regiments, an
n, acre .1sfe were the Red Cross ten:,
M. '.a wireless plant, and in be-
itta ''"Ohaoe ana not cog
be.y nat az the water engineers were
:, 'uuoing a pOntoon bridge, while
brS.. one edge Of the field a trestle
h" was built over an imaginary
C.s. Alter Il was nicely built and
q, "a V'kyan and his staff and vsri-
ida. ~ generals and their stats had
der, sneir horses over il, certain SOL
al,., ' IN a destructive spirit in them
i,ie !. y with dynamite and blew It
n, -, 81 imitation Of the Seventh Ave
subway accident.
n, Field Alive with Drills.
s.rs ~. !. these things were going fo..
q s,, mere were fifty different kinds
s,,,. I things happening out in the
s.s, ~ the field. The Seventh Regi-
a. li,s sneer Captain Samuel X. Thorn
l,s,s ~" ~ Up IN front Of the reviewing
,ss'r.~ WIN their coats of and did set
u ~ exercises. There were also
kjs, Iiolishing Of q field hospital bv
tl sGan +. Dunseith and his men;
- " Battery II s.. ~ a..1t-'