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[Dec. 17, 1910. 
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Rhymes of The Stream and Forest 
FRANK MERTON BUCKLAND 
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on which rest the latest mechanical racks for 
raising and lowering the targets above the 
walls. Between the racks and the walls seats 
are provided for the target markers. More 
than eight hundred yards of concrete tunnels 
connect the butts of the various ranges, in 
order that the target men may pass from one 
range to another without being exposed to the 
rifle fire. 
“A new scoring system which has proved 
very satisfactory was introduced this season,” 
explained Walter S. Lamp, superintendent of 
the range. "The marking and scoring are done 
by a provisional company of 150 men chosen 
from the different regiments, preference being 
given to those out of employment, provided 
they are fully qualified for the places. These 
men are under State pay, and serve on alter¬ 
nate days behind the butts and at the scoring 
tables. The system is a good one. as it affords 
a company of trained scorers who will be com¬ 
petent to take charge of that work in the 
national matches next season. The whole sys¬ 
tem has been so satisfactory that it is likely to 
be adopted permanently.” 
The skirmish field, which is still in course of 
construction, will be equipped with fifty-six tar¬ 
gets resembling human forms (in such positions 
as an enemy would be likely to assume in actual 
warfare), as well as the regulation targets. 
This skirmish field, which is the largest in the 
country, is equal to more than three Creed- 
moors, and when used in connection with the 
adjoining three hundred acres of the reserva¬ 
tion wi.ll afford ample room for a whole army 
corps to go through the various military tactics 
and for sham battles and other military ma¬ 
neuvers. 
For two years an army of men equipped with 
steam shovels, railroad trains, steam drills, 
stone crushers, concrete mixers and other ma¬ 
chinery has been at work. The whole 325 acres, 
which was thickly wooded, had to be cleared 
and the stumps removed, hills leveled and val¬ 
leys filled in. Thousands of tons of rock were 
blasted and carted away, huge embankments 
built and hundreds of tons of concrete manu¬ 
factured and put in place. 
On an elevation at the upper end of the 
skirmish field, and overlooking the whole reser¬ 
vation, it is planned to erect a concrete ad¬ 
ministration building and a large mess hall. 
The mess hall will be an imposing structure, 
surmounted by a tall concrete water tower, 
which will give grace and beauty to the build¬ 
ing. It will have two dining rooms, one hav¬ 
ing a seating capacity of eight hundred men 
and an officers’ mess room seating sixty men. 
The plans which the State architects are pre¬ 
paring for these buildings are not yet worked 
out in detail, but the general scheme has been 
decided upon. 
At the present time the men dine in the new 
stucco garage, which has been turned into a 
temporary mess hall, while the officers get their 
meals at the Guardsmen’s Inn, a pretty new 
structure built primarily for the accommodation 
of guests at the range. 
To the right of the administration building 
ground has been reserved for the club houses 
of the various regiments, these buildings also 
to be of concrete. These will be erected by 
the regiments, and the group of buildings will 
form a hollow square, opening to the west and 
overlooking the skirmish field and the valley 
beyond. 
The whole reservation, including ranges, 
skirmish field, building sites, etc., occupies 325 
acres. It lies about two miles back of Pier- 
mont, in Rockland county, west of the ridge of 
low mountains that skirt the Hudson just north 
of the Palisades. It is surrounded on three 
sides by thickly wooded hills, which open to the 
west, disclosing miles of beautiful farming val¬ 
ley and the Ramapo mountains in the distance. 
The site is ideal for such a purpose, being com¬ 
pletely guarded, so that it is well-nigh impos¬ 
sible for accidents to occur. It can easily be 
reached in one hour from New York.—Tribune. 
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