The Cordova daily times., 1917-09-25
BRITISH TROOP PS GIVE HARVEST
 FESTIVAL
(By Associated Pressl

ING CAMP IN ENGLAND, Sept. 25. = A large delegation of the American railway engineers spent day recent. ly as guests of the British troops en. camped at Aldershot, where the king and queen with other members of the royal family were present at the larg- est program of field sports that has ever been held on Salisbury Plain.
 The Americans brought with them tug of war team, which provided one Of the features of the hafternoon in long-drawn contest with the champion. ship team of the English engineers. the result being finally declared a draw.
 The big fete was arranged by the British garrison at Aldershot as cele. bration of the bringing in of it's har. vest For months past men of all ranks and regiments in the garrison have been practicing, in addition to their military duties. the patriotism that seeks to defeat the enemy by pro. viding the nations with home grown food. Turf that had never before known the ploughshare was pioughed and sown. and men who had never learned the first rudiments of farm ing toiled strenuously in their spare hours under the guidance of their more skilful comrades. The result ex- ceeded all efforts. The Aldershot har. vest was so bountiful that men and officers simultaneously agreed that a great harvest festival was eminently the thing, and that nothing would sat. isfy them short of the attendance of the king and queen.
 The king, who knows thing or two about farming himself, accepted the invitation, and a committee of ar. engagements representing every unit in the district began work forthwith on suitable program. The center of the days festivities was huge tent with tables laden with samples of the Aldershot harvest. There were fruits vegetables, grain. shrubs and roobs of various kinds. The royal party mo- tored down from Windsor. arriving early in the afternoon and remaining for three hours.
 The arena in front of the harvest tent was surrounded by great circu- lar grandstand. composed of double line of ancient and modern transport wagons which afforded seats for the soldiers and their friends. For six pence, the gate money all going to local war charities, the American visitors found they could have their choice of a number of positions, either in the drivers seats of big army Tor ries. or on benches alongside friendly delegations of British Tommies and non-commissioned officers.
 It was like many.ringed circus. While the field sports were in pro gress on the ground, there was a con tinuous performance of high diving somersaplting trapezing and all varie- ties of aerobatics by squadron of British aeroplane men Up aloft. Relay races and tugs of war were the most popular items on the program, but there were many unusual and very spectacular types of field sports. such as a mounted wrestling competition, in which both horses and men took part in an exciting struggle, the team from the Royal Engineers finally de- feating the Army Service Corps on points.
 There was also Victoria cross race. illustrating the methods by which mounted men rescue comrades in the actual fighting of today, This was followed by mimic exhibitions Of hayonet fighting. and blindfold drill competition. in which blindfoided non commissioned officers of various units vied with each other in putting their blindfolded attachments through the complex movements of open field drill Meanwhile the women of the gar rison had baby show. in which Mrs. Corporal Tootle's twin boys secured an easy victory. The first prize me dal as handed to them by the queen. Outside the circle of army wagons were the sideshows, including a comic bull fight, which the king declared the best thing of it's kind which he had ever seen.