The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-10
REMINGTON GUARDS
 SCATTER AS "SPY"
 CHARGES AT THEM
Fifty of Munitions Plant Army ] Routed Near Camp
 Hn Woods.

Halt, who goes there!" thundered
 the husky voice of a guard, who, for convenience sake, we'll call Michael
 Mccarthy, station at Camp Dodge on
 the outskirts of the grove wherein is contained the powder magazines of the Remington Arms & Ammunition 1 Co, in upper East Bridgeport It was bright moonlight night and
 the owls were hooting in all their glory and the babb1ing brook that flows by the powder reservation and
 through the meadows of the town
 farm with it's thunderous roaring as it
 sweeps over the cataract at the foot
 of old Success Hill, was all that re- Iieved the monotony of the evenings
 watch.
 Guard Mccarthy was sitting on
 fallen tree on the banks of the stream
 while his partner in guarding, Perciyal lN1aloney. was stirring up the coa1s on
 a fire that is used to keep the guards warm during the cold evenings now
 at hand.
 Mccarthy has been 8 resident of
 this country for only eight months and
 as he watched the water of the brook
 softly ripple, he was entranced. The sound of the rippIes almost told him
 what the old folks were now doing back in Connemara. He knew that 1 the annual fair at Donnybrook had concluded and he was wondering as
 to the number of prizes won by his 1 Daddy, who always sent 8 large num- Der of animals and prize fowl to the IDonnybrook fair. Mccarthy was sure that ssNeddie'' the grey donkey, would surely take a prize at this years fair and he was longing for letter from home when suddenly a dark grey ob- Ject was seen to Hitter across a stretch
 of moonlight within the very stockade 'l Of wire fence erected about the pow
 der reservation. It was then that
 Mccarthy shouted "halt. who goes there!''
 the penetrating eyes of Mccarthy pierced the dark woods in an effort to ] locate the prowler who might be a J German spy with intent to cause dam age or procure plans of the fortifi- cation of/F'Qrt Hartley Dodge and the ! surrounding vicinity.
 Again the command of t'halt, who goes there" ennanated from the lips of the ever alert Mccarthy and again there was no answer save the cracking of twig and the rattle of al cobb1e- ; stone as it went rolling down the with a loud splash in the waters of the : town farm stream. The matter now took on a serious aspect and the two guards became suspicious when after shouting the
 third command no answer was forth
 coming.
 eMaloney, call the reserves,'s' or
 ldered Sergeant Michael Mccarthy and ATaIoney called them with a series of I lstha1loosi' that made the We1kin ring.
 In a moment a squad of reservation : guards to the number of s50 appeared ! lon the scene and they proeeeded to v isurround the person who had the au- fzS., <.-,E FL. } Slowly the body of guards crept for l Iward. Inch by inch they advanced land soon aWe4e within gunshot dis ; tance of the intruder. Now they f halted and again they started at or ders. from Sergeant Mccarthy Again = Ithey halted as they neared the hidden l lprowler and for the fourth and last ? time the sergeant ordered the hidden :. prey to eadvance and give the coun- l tersign,'' but there was no answer. Mccarthy now gave orders to pre- z pare The advancing body of guards 2 was now only ten feet from the sus- pfcious character when orders were ' given to sweep down upon the enemy sIand capture him dead or alive. : l| As the squadron of Remington E. 2 lguards was on the point of charging g { a demoniac roar and snort was heard
 land from the depths of the woods Was ,, seen advancing a full grown buck deer ' with its nostrils diIated, it's horns glis ' tening in the moonlight, and frotf e dropping from it's mouth
 j The buck advanced to within five a fleet of the oncorning guards an6 { then as if challenging the men it ben C it's head low to the ground and chaTg. e ed upon them Safety first was tht 2 motto and the body of guardians O e Fort Hartley Dodge dropped theil - guns and ran for their lives y During the mad run for safet! e coats were lost. hats blown from th' h Eheads of the guards and guns wer' T discarded.
 Il During the fight many, of tn, t guards received abrasions which vii e Iincapaeitate them from duty for som, y time Black eyes were received iron e crashing into the heavy trunk of oal y trees. Chestnut burrs penetrated q their clothing. The story is the tall Z. Of thet anrnunitiqnl factory and an.
 guard who figured in the -escapad,
 hangs his head in shame when tn R matter is being discussed.
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