Arizona republican., 1902-10-08
THE MANEUYERS
 AT FORT RILEY
Were Brought to an End Yes
 terdaJ
It Is the Opinion of Experts Who Witnessed Them That the Re suits Are Worth the Money Ex- pended,

Fcrt Riley, Kans, October To days maneuvers were fine things to perform but pocr things to look at for these wishing to see any pomp and circumstance of war. The exercise in brief was the deplcyment of a line bat tie preparatory to making an attack upon the enemy in position.
 The situation was assumed to be that the blue division moving from the south upon Stockdale had crossed the Republican and Kansas rivers at Fort Riley. The blue commander learning that the brown division, two brigades of artillery and cavalry had taken up defensive position near the north rcser- vation line, moved forward to attack with the intention of defeating it before it could be reinforced. The brown force ! consisted of two squadrons of cavalry and four companies of infantry. The cavalry with the exception of one com pany acting as scouts, served as in | fantry and in estimating the strength of the defense each company of cav 1 airy was supposed tc be a regiment of 1 infantry.
 The attacking force of blues was commanded by General Kobbe and in | cludcd all the remaining regulars. The l blues advanced to the attack in three columns with great energy. The 1 browns fired upon them just enough | to enable the blues to determine the position of their enemy ard form their ! line for attack. Operations then ceased and the formations of attack ard defense were inspected by umpires. | During the afternoon Menahors mule battery went out into the hills for tar get practice. This battery was pur- chased abroad for use in the Philip pines and it's practicability in the field had not yet been demonstrated The practice this afternoon was with shrapnel and the results were pro- nourced satisfactory. There was tar get practice also by a number of field batteries.
 The pontoon bridge constructed across the Kansas river by the engin- eers was tested during the afternoon by succession Of troops of infantry cavalry and artillery. The bridge has been kept in place with much difficulty because of high water and great quan- tity Of drift in tho river. It with stOCd tity of drift in the river. It withstood and was declared by the Umpires good enough for anybody in times oi war
 With the clCse of maneuvers there seems to be but one opinion among thc regulars and national guard officers concerning them. All believe that eX-
 celleut results have been obtained dur
 ing the present series and much great
 CT good could be accomplished by man
 euvers conducted upon a scale more eX
 tensive.
 4 meeting of national guard cfhCer'
 at which General Bates, his staff anC
 many other regulars were present wa
 held tonight. at which resolutions wcr'
 adopted thanking the secretary of wa
 for permitting them to witness tn
 maneuvers, Major- General J. C. Bates U. s. A, commander of maneuver di
 vision and staff for CouTtesies; ColCne Arthur l.. Wage ner, assistant adjutan general U. $. A; chief umpire for in stTuction given and the discussion o
 various problems and lecture on mill
 tary strategy, commenting the polio. of the national guard forces and eX pressing the hope that the joint man
 cuvers will be continued annually.
 Brigadier- General Wiley of tn Pennsylvania national guard, who ha,
 been here throughout the maneuver left for home this afternoon upon re
 ceipt of an order calling out his bri
 gade in connection with the labor trou
 bles in his state.