The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-04
ROAR OF BATTLE
STIRS OYSTER BAY
Naval Militia Lands Under
Fire From Big Guns Of
Squadron A.
CENSORSHIP Is BAFFLED

Dick Harding Davis and the rest o:
those lads who say after returning from
the wars that the censor will not allow
war correspondents out In front OF the
bayonets are all wrong. A real good
war correspondent these days has no
trouble interviewing the whole army
while they're dropping In their tracks
at least that was true down around the
Battle OF oyster BAY yesterday after
noon.
And when the First Battalion of Ma
val Militia. under Commando Charley
1ongstreet Poor. attacked tie right or
cafe flank Of the Seawanhaka Corinthian
Yacht Clubs home on Centre Island.
Oyster Bay. and drove tho Squadron A
defenders, under Capt. Henry Sheldon.
back to the tall timbers all that war
means was brought TO our doors-ma-
chine gun clacking like Charley Chap
LIN falling down stairs for the movies.
one and three Founders barking afioat
and ashore. tea and kykes on the club
house veranda. pink socked Riddles roll
ing down h velvet green hill in e~cstatic
excitement. masked batteries of gin
rickies indoors for those who went in
for that sort of thing. between $4,000. 900
and 1880. 900 pretty girls and alto
gether almost as much noise and rattle
and bang as one hears in lower Man
haitian when all the steam riveters are
pursuing their art simultaneously.
Only one thing prevented panic when
the white clad naval militia's landing
party under Lieut.. Earl Farweil jumped
from their whale boats into Gle water
and waded ashore. firing o. the IN
trenched squadron A-sters-all the time
the war gallery watching the sham bat
tie knew that II the worst came to the
worst everybody could dive into the hay.
swim across toward Sagumore Hin and
holler for help from the Colonel.
The why of the Warfare.
clubs programme OF the sham battle
.hareup. sis { o exemplfy the meth
dds Of attack and defence In landing
troops. rather than to attempt to show
superiority OF strategy by either side"
That may have been the whole plan in
the minds Of the special committee
that arranged the battle. VI. c. Smith.
Colgate Hoyt. Jr.. n Clinton Mac
kenzie hut the great result OF the day
was a demonstration that a real good
war correspondent can make the censor.
even In modern warfare, look like the
last run of shad--providing. OF course,
the war correspondent will take no back
talk from any army, but assert his
rights.
In fact the names OF the soldiers and
sailors engaged in battle were early OBJ
tanned. all OF them. Only lack Of space
prevents the listing here of everybody
among those present on both firing lines.
Furthermore. THE Sun correspondent
got the whole plan OF battle from Capt.
David $. Biddle. u. =. A-Capt. Biddle
was the umpire-before a shot was
fired.
Still furthermore. the Jump told which
side was to win even before he naval
yacht Wasp rounded Shaw's Point a,
4:+5 o'clock p. NJ. and opened up with
her starboard three Founders. clinking
the Wacked ice in veranda lemonades az
she fired. The ump said the attacking
force OF naval militia was to win he.
cause OF superior numbers. The navy
won.
Not since the time Peggy O'Dowd hac
her third dance Interrupted by a mi
on In the committing suburbs OF Brussel,
the night before Waterloo has so peace
full "A scene been interrupted by grim
war as tndt OF yesterday NJ the btttlt
OF Oyster Bay.
The sun was shining on blue gray
water. Girls. girls. girls. girls, girls in
so many pinks and pale greens and vio-
let's paved the lawns that the hillside
looked like a hundred ton box OF candy.
Mahogany motor boats coursed about
the hay like fox terrier pups. Bare
kneed. pink socked. white pantaletted
boys and funny frocked little girls
also somewhat pantaletted. one gath.
cred, as they rolled In the grass
climbed the banks so they could slide
down again.
The big white and saffron naval yacht
Wasp lay of the clubhouse dock. Near
by was ex-Commodore August Hecks-
cher's black and speedy Flying Fox,
strongly suggestive of a navy destroyer,
And across the bay were tawny clins
and wooded hills and half hidden homes
OF the W. Emlen Roosevelts. the j
West Roosevelts. the II. II. Landons
the chimneys of the Colonel's Saga
more. with rolling white launches and
g~listening sloops and yawls and
%schooners and knockabouts dancing
along In between-not forgetting Col
gate Hoyt. Jr. s. happy craft OF the Nu'
class named (for some reason or other
the Josephus.
Machine Guns In Action.
Hidden behind cherry trees and tn,
white trousers and Whita ebpas apf