The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-14

GLIDING the erection and operation Of
wireless stations.
According to the announcement there
will DO moro thrills In the tournament
than the programme indicates. One Of
the special features will be trench COM
bats between companies Of the 18th In
fantry, combats In which the fight will
be made from actual trenches, In which
han grenades n gas machines will be
used and In which the soldiers will use
the respirators and head equipment
made necessary by the appearance Of
poison gas as a weapon IN warfare. or
course there will be no poison gas used
m the hand grenades that explode will
not be Of cast iron nor will they be filled
with bullets. but the general effect is ex-
pected to be realistic and n sufficiently
stirring reproduction Of what In going on
daily upon the battlefields OF Europe.
The bang of heavy guns will shake
the Garden often during the tournament
A battery Of the Second Field Artillery
commanded by Capt. John J. Stephens,
Jr. Will let ny In sub-calibre target prac-
tice at big iron targets planted on the
Fourth avenue side Of the building. A
wooden house of nimsy construction will
be the setting Of the target. The in
slant a bullet strikes the target nm
electrical connection will set fire 10
black powder which will destroy the
house. the whole giving a lively demon
s~tration Of the effectiveness OF modern
artillery. The . inch field piece used
by the United States army is very slmi-
lar to the famous rs milIimetre field gun
Of the French army and is considered
to be about as effective.
A third feature emphasized by the
tournament managers will be the bridge
building and bridge demolition by the
Twenty-second Corps Of Engineers.
There won't be any make believe about
this part Of the show. The militia en-
gineers will throw together a substan-
tial bridge somewhere near the centre
Of the arena. They will have horse. foot
and artillery march over 1t to prove
how solid 1t Ia and will then blow It 10
smithereens with a substantial charge
Of explosives.
Some Rough Riding Too.
These things. together with ne rough
riding by Troop X OF the Fifth Cavalry,
Y. 5. A.. from Fort Myer, and the special
exhibitions by n company OF the mir
tieth Infantry OF the regular establish
ment n with the work OF the detach-
ments from the United States navy. are
expected to make n programme hat will
nll the Garden every night.
Every evening at the opening Of the
performance the review OF the provi-
slonal regiment will be conducted by a
person in public or military life who Is
interested in national preparedness
Mayor Mitchell. n veteran Of P%lattsburg
will review the regiment and formally
open the tournament tomorrow night. or
Tuesday night Gen. George w. wfnga:e
will officlate. Wednesday night will be
Naval night md Rear Admiral Ma.
thanicl Usher. commandant OF the New
York Navy Yard. will preside. On
Thursday evening s. Stanwood Menken
president OF the National Security
League. will be the reviewing officer
Gen. Leonard Wood. commanding the
Department Of the East. will receive thu
salutes OF the troops on Friday nigh
and probably Gov. Charles S. Whitman
will be at the side Of Gen. Wood. A
the Saturday matinee the Nat,ona
Guard committee OF the Chamber Of
Commerce. headed by Seth Low. vii
be the guests.
The Military Athletic League ha.