The Jersey City news., 1898-06-11
GEN. GRANTS PROBLEM.
Interesting Battle Manoeu-
vres at Chickamauga
Camp Today.

CHICKAMAUGA, Chattanooga Nation
al Military Park, June I, 1S9S.-The eve.-t
of today at Chickamauga was the execu-
tion of General Fred Grams battle prob
lem. In this problem were number of
new and difficult manoeuvres and it was
watched with great interest by thousands
of officers and men. The new manoeuvres
were all carried out according to Gem
eral Grants excellently conceived plan,
and the fact was demonstrated that many
of them would be very useful in actual
conflict The battle began at o'clock
and was concluded before noon.
There was two columns in the forma-
tion. The first, consisting of the First
Vermont, Third Tennessee and Eighth
New York Regiments, were commanded
by Col Clark of Vermont and was form
ed along the Viniard Road.
The second column, consisting of the
Fourteenth New York, Second Nebraska
and First Missouri under command of
Col. Charles>J. Bills. of Nebraska, formed
on the Thedford Road. When the two
columns met, the struggle was begun in
earnest When this was finished Cen
eral Grant threw the two columns to-
gether to ward off a supposed attack
from some direction which he was sup
posed to have knowledge in advance.
General Grant was highly pleased with
the way in which the manpevres were
executed, as were also General Brooks
and all the other officers present Govern
or Hastings and Staff of Pennsyl ylvania,
went to. the Park at an early hour and
have been spending the day witnessing
the sham battle, inspecting he Pennsly-
vania troops and driving over the field.
They will remain several days.
The First Kentucky Infantry, 1900 Of
ficers and men, under Colonel john B.
Castleman, arrived at the Park this morn
ing The regiment is comparatively we'll
armed, uniformed and equipped, and is
the best organized which has yet come
from Kentucky. The number of Ken
lucky troops now on the field is 5000.
The Second South Carolina Infantry is
scheduled to arrive this evening.
The employees in the quarternIaster' de-
partmemt, under Captain zalinski, were
paid yesterday and today. The amount
paid was about $1,000
All regimenltal camps are now we'll sup
Piled with drinking water. The pipe
completed and the water turned on.
The fine driveways through the park
are being literally cut to pieces BY
thousands of wagons, and must be given
attention at once The Park Commits
sioners will probably put a large force Of
men at work on the roads during the
next few days.
A number of recruiting officers left for
their home States this morning. Und9
the late recruiting order the full compile
ment for company of infantry Is JOG
men, for troop of cavalry 100 men, for
a battery of light artillery 17S men, for q
battery of heavy artillery 200 men.
The health Of the camp continues to be
good and the authorities are encouraged
to believe that there will be very little
serious sickness among the men,
The quartermasters and commissary
departments have settled down to routine
work and the. receipts of provisions are
about as they have been during the past
few days. There are still large NUM-
ber Of regiments partially or totally lack
ing uniforms