New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-21
IN. wind. CAPTAIN Taylor's red. wind

the wind. Captain Taylor's red, wind
bitten face bore token OF that TACT
Thrce-auarters of an hour after the
arrival of Carlstrom's machine stephen
MacGordon brought his 60-horsepower
angle tractor Curtiss to the ground be
side il. He had left Newport news at
the same time with Cerlstrom, had run
into the same storm and was driven
even further of his course. lie new AZ
an altitude Of 5000 feet for the greater
part OF the 400-mile trip.
Sentry Disturbed by Shots.
At 2:3O o'clock in the afternoon the
show proper began. when PROVISIONAL
company of the 14th Infantry, National
Guard. pitched its shelter tents and
settled down for camp life. Camp life
did not prove ~ be placid. Tom jones'
the sentry. heard firing in the distance.
n was Just getting nervous about u
when the outpost came TO camp, driven
in nv an attacking party of uncertain
strength. The commander OF the little
army decided that now was the time
for preparedness. if ever, and the com
mand ITO arms" rang through the
camp. Out Of the shelter tents came
the soldiers, like prairie dog, scamper-
ing out of holes in the ground.
BY this time the attacking party "as
coming up in force, and the men OF
the Fighting Fourteenth advanced 10
meet them. They found the Toe
stronger than they expected, and were
being slowly driven back on their
camp, when Battery d, Of the I'd Ar
tilery, came dashing up, jerked over
the ground by motor cars. That saved
the day for the time being, and as soon
as the field pices began to below the
attack broke and retreated.
But the battle was not over. mere
was another division of the guard that
had not had a chance In the fray.
That was the cavalry, which, making
a thanking movement, protected by the
bulletin board, drove the field artillery
from its position. What might have
been the outcome Of this shifting and
sanguinary encounter no man could
tell-and never will tell. because the
next number on the programme came
along. II was barn door contest.
That is the way il went one thing
after another, and nothing duplicated.
As a final flourish the two longfwlng-
ing war planes went up in a six-lap
race around the course, while an anti
aircraft gun blazed away at them.
They were reinforced by the arrival
Of Tex Millman in his monoplane from
Hunt ngton. Long Island.
L. S. Troopers in Show.
More than 1000 saw cavalry, artillery
and infantry of the United States
soldiery in a realistic exhibition of
battle last night at Sheepshead Bay.
Flashes of light from the cannon spent
Il Il o,.lyp
the gloom was broken only by points
of light from smaller arms. Dashing
charges Of infantry and cavalry gave
all the thrill of battle. without the
anguish that follows when one knows
that there are dead and dying as q
result.
Later the arena became as light as
during the afternoon exhibition, for
searchlghts in the second tier Of seats
PLAYED continuously After the battle
there was an exhibition of fireworks,
and the Scottish bagpipers skirled pa
triotic music.
Following the sham battle in Sleeps
head Bay last night, troop OF the lst
Cavalry gave an exhibition before the
fireworks began.
The greatest enthusiasm of the even
ing came when a purple battleship APP
pesred in a sea of light green fire.
Other figures burned in outline against
the darkness were admonitiOns to be
loyal and prepared.
A duplicate of the sign over the
Union League. absolute and Unquali-
fed Loyalty to Our Country" was fol-
lowed by an American eagle, with the
word prepared" above. The an
nouncer quoted, as this was presented:
"Our forefathers placed IL there-we
should be prepared to keep it there"
The evenings programme ended with a
replica of President Woodrow Wilson
under the title, First Citizen Of the
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