The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-09
HE FIRING. IS HEAVY
CART LOADS OF CARTRIDGES
 ARE DISCHARGED.
Practically All the Regulars and National Guardsmen ct Camp Young Participated in the
 Fight Yesterday.

Camp Young, West Point, Ky, Oct. B. More spectacular and hotly contested, but lacking one or two of the finer points brought out in the previous manouvres, was the engagement participated in to- day by practically the entire number of regular soldiers and National Guardsmen In camp. When recall was sounded after two hours of hot fighting, the result was practically a dog fall, the Blue army in- ficting the heavier loss as tallied by the umpires but the Browns largely making up for this by a greater readiness to seize the actual advantages of position.
 The firing was the heaviest yet wit messed by the observers here. Cart loads of blank cartridges were expended by in- fantry. cavalry and artillery and from the time the opposing forces appeared until the game was over the hills rever- berated to pounding cannon and the clat- tering roll of the Krags frequently rose to the crash of heavy volley firing.
 The problem for the day was laid down by Colonel Wagner, who gave the com manders of the Blue and Brown armies wide latitude. There was no specification as to position or as to which should act on the defensive, as in the manouvres hitherto planned and executed. A divis- ion of Blues and a division of Browns were simply set in motion from points ten miles apart, each acting on orders to attack immediately on contact with the ''enemy.' Each division contained about 4,50O fighting men. The Blue division, commanded by Colonel Anderson. of the Sth Cavalry. was composed of the First Brigade (seven battalllons representing the 1st, 3rd and 20th United States in- fantry. and the 1st Wisconsin regimenD; second brigade dst, End. and Srd Indiana infantry); the 7th Cavalry two squad rons). and the 14th battery flelS artillery.
 The Brown division, commanded by Brlgadier General Bliss, U. 8. A.. was composed of the Third Brigade Qst, End and 3rd Michigan); Fourth Brigade (2nd. and 3rd Kentucky, sth Ohio and Ken lucky light artillery. battalion U. s. A.. infantry seven troops of cavalry, the 21st battery field artillery. lst battery In- diana field artillery.
 The battle was precipitated at the en- trance to a long and tortuous defle in | the hills. two guns from the 2lst battery and two troops of cavalry being sent on the run to take and hold 1t before the Blues came up The Blues had, however already gained a position from which they could turn the defile. so this Brown force was compelled to retire. rms move on the part of the Brown commander | threw the original plans of the Blues into confusion and forced them to strike al the Browns left and left center
 Accordingly. the Indiana brigade @eliv' cred hard blow for the Blues the nrine during their attack on the Brown left wing being the hottest Of the day' ins Indiana Guardsmen who nave alreaoS gained an enviable record, enhanced il still further by capturing three compa' nies of the Sth ohio and infiicting losses on the 3rd Kentucky and sth Ohio. esti mated by the umpires at lO Killed. .
 This of course caused the Brown Ier wing to fall back for some distance Tn' Indiana brigade was. however unable tC successfully turn the left nank or th' Browns and the reason for 1t was tha some of their hoosier brethren working on the other. got into the game
 The Indiana field artillery, a perf "1 fle'