Evening star., 1902-08-20
RECULARSAND MILITIA
Military Maneuvers at Fort
Riley, Kan.
THE, ORDER ISSUED
FEW STATES WILL BE ABLE TO
PARTICIPATE.
Many Will, However, Send Officers to
Witness the Exercises-President
to Review the Troops.

An order was issued at the War Depart
ment today directing the mobilization of
mixed division of regulars and militia on
the large reservation at Fort Riley, Kan.
The regular troops to participate in the en-
campment and attending maneuvers at that
point comprise the following organizations:
First Battalion of Engineers.
Headquarters. band, 1st and I'd Squad
rons, 4th Cavalry
Third Squadron, Sth Cavalry.
Sixth, 7th, 10th, goth and 2Sth Batteries,
Field Artillery.
Headquarters. band and twelve compa
MES 9th United States Infantry.
Headquarters, band and twelve compa
MES 22d United States Infantry.
Headquarters, band and 18th United
States Infantry, excepting Company L.
Detachment of the Signal Corps.
Detachment of the Hospital Corps.
The governors of all the states were In
vlted to send a contingent of the various
state forces to participate In these ma
neuVers, but for want Of appropriation
and various other causes very few of the
states found themselves able at this late
date to participate. Arkansas will send one
battalion of infantry, Kansas two regi
ments OF infantry and two batteries OF
field artillery, and Nebraska two regiments
of infantry. A number of governors of
states have signified their intention to send
officers to witness these maneuvers and
have expressed the hope that they may be
able, In future years, to furnish OrganiZa-
tions to take part in such practical work
which will be of great benefit to all par
ticipating.
The Regular Contingent.
The regular contingent of this division
will go into camp at Fort Riley September
~, and will be followed by the state organ
fzations September 20. 1t is intended to
continue joint maneuvers for a period Of
ten days after the division is organized.
In order not to interfere with the current
work OF the various department headquar-
ters, a special division staff has been de-
| tailed to report to Major General John c.
| Bates, who has been assigned to command
| OF the division during the maneuvers.
The benefits to be derived from bringing
together regiments, brigades and divisions
| Is SO apparent that the War Department
has fully determined upon this policy for
| the future. Many of the states have per-
| manent maneuvers from their National
GUARDS during the summer months, and the
| result has been extremely beneficial to all
! those organizations. The regular army has
| had an abundance of field service during
the past four years, but nearly all the re-
| cent work In the Philippine Islands has
| been done by small detachments, frequent
| ly mere squads.
There will be no effort to initiate the
| great maneuvers which take place annually
1
| ize Its own reservations for this work.
| whereas in Europe the maneuvers practi-
| cally cover space as great as the whole
of New England. With their long expert
| ence In these matters they have become
| able to maneuver, over private property un-
der some just and equitable arrangement
| for compensation, but in America any at
| tempt to do this would be followed by a
food of claims for -exorbitant damages
and no such scheme could ever be carried
| out.
| 1t is probable that the maneuvers for this
year will include instruction in advance
and rear guard, patrolling, passage of de-
i files, defense of conveys, marches of con-
| centratiOn, attack and defense of positions
use of pontoon bridges and combined ma
| neuvers of the three arms.
President to Review Troops.
| 1t is expected that President Roosevelt
will be present and review the troops which
participate in the encampment, the exact
date not yet having been fixed. The follow
ing officers have been assigned to duty on
the staff of Gen. Bates, and have been di-
rected to report at Fort Riley not later
than September 20:
| Maj. ]. w. McClernard cavalry, assistant
| adjutant general, adjutant general; Lieut.
Col 8. c. Mills, inspector general: Capt c..
B. Baker, quartermaster, chief uuartermas-
ter; Capt H. J. Gallagher, commissary.
chief commissary; Lieut.. Col. John Van r.
Hoff, surgeon general. chief surgeon, and
| Maj. G. p. Scriven, Signal Corps chief sjg-