The Indianapolis journal., 1903-10-11
Instruction Given i'm the Art of War
Wa. of Great benefit tn Ma
tionaI Guardsmen.
VIEWS OF COLONEL WAGNER
MILITARY EXPERT on THE RESULTS
OF THE MANEUyERs.
Hooxier Troops Again Commended
for Their Work on the Firing
Line and I'm skirInishing.

CAMP YOUNG, HOWARD, KY, Oct. To-
BY order OF Mai. Gen. John c. Bates. COM
manding at Camp Young, the maneuver di-
vision which has been playing the war game
over sixty-four square miles of beautiful
country for ten days was dissolved this
morning. Husky militiamen from Indiana,
Kentucky. Michigan. Ohio and Wisconsin
were released from the iron discipline of
camp life and sent by devious ways to their
homes and more prosaic occupations. Seven
thousand five hundred state guards were
marched from camp to Howard Station,
where. after interminable waits, they en-
barked by special trains for their homes.
Regular troops. 900 in number. remain at
Camp Young until the 18th or 18th.
This morning at o'clock in the state
Camps tent pegs were drawn, the men were
given hasty breakfasts of bacon and coffee.
baggage was packed into every farmers
wagon that could be corralled and the first
preparations made for the journey home
The camp WAS strictly policed. Every bit
OF rubbish and scrap of offal was burned,
buried hauled away. BY strict orders
from the government the camp grounds
were left in as good condition when the
troops arrived
From West Point TO division headquarters
there was hustle and rush. Orderlies dashed
here and there. carrying messages from
high officers Commanders made final calls
upon each other. The army mule, wicked
but willing, drew numbering wagons of quar-
teEmasters' or commissaries' supplies at
sallop. Big guns rolled to the Illinois Cen
trail tracks. conveyed by whooplng artil-
.lerymen. The scene was well-ordered bed
lam. methodical chaos. Out of the thou
sand hoarse cries. the galloping of horses.
the seeming purposeless din and disorder,
came the fall of the white city and the
march OF its brown citizens.
IN INDIANAS CAMP.
In Indiana's big camp the men were up
\ and out at daybreak. Company cooks
hustled breakfast. and the work of demoi-
tion began. At s O'Clock every tent was
down and packed for transportation. AT
every Indiana soldier was at Howard sta
tion awaiting the order 10 embark. Then
came the most annoying. apparently the
most unnecessary annoyance the trip pro-
duced. Hour after hour Indiana's troops
waited for their trains. restless, tired and
hungry. General Mckee had been notified
that the three Indiana regiments would be
out OF Howard by 11:30 a. m. This would
have put them in indianapolis by p m,
with good luck.
Noon came, and only seven trains had
been moved. Indiana's first train, for part
of the First Regiment. was Number II. The
time dragged by. and it was not until
o'clock that an Indiana boy left the station.
The First Regiment got started at that
time. and the Second and Third an hour or
two later.
Ii was the story of the arrival repeated
rfrn..
ent. 1t was attempted to concentrate 1900
men at little two-by-four country depot.
move them on a single line OF railway, and
get 1t all done In four hours. 1t took twelve
hours to complete the job. This wretched
transportation system has been the greatest
drawback, the most pronounced defect in
Camp Young. If a similar camp of in
struction is held next year, as in all prob
ability will be the case. so pronounced has
been the success Of this experiment, it is
safe to say that the bluuders in mobilza-
tion and transportation will not be repeated.
1ndianas soldiers should be handled by In
diana's quartermaster general The United
States department seemingly had only the
vaguest, haziest knowledge OF railway
routes and connections in this State.
FOUR HOURS BEHIND
All army ol pdcScHStI dscHtS, represents
ing the different railroads. pulled and
hauled at Howard to-day, trying to do the
impossible Despite their efforts the sched-
uIe got four hours behind in almost every
case.
The Michigan brigade was lucky. 1t was
first TO reach camp and to embark BY noon
every Michigander was rolling toward
home. leaving behind disgruntIed Hoosiers
and Kentuckians. The Eighth Ohio and
the First Wisconsin got out next. Indiana's $
turn finally came and after the special did
begin 10 arrive the rest was easy IL was
Z O'Clock. however. before the last Indiana
soldier boy left Howard.
General Mckee and Maj. Carroll b. Carr
left Howard by the regular l. & c. train.
which was delayed nearly four hours by the
lam and blockade 1T the concentration
point. When the two officers finally arrived
tired and famished in Louisville they found
they had missed connections with the Big
-Four and would have TO wait until $50
General Mckee strongly condemned the
unwisdom OF a transportation scheme which
would contemplate The moving of so large
body OF men TO destinations far separated
using a single line OF railway as the first
link. He believes that at the next man.
euver camp this fault viii have been OBJ
Waited.
Several other officers. among them Mai
William H. Kershner. chief commissary OF
subsistence of the Indiana troops Capt
William g. Comfy. of Company ID of the
Second: cant Emmett r. Branch. of the
Third and Mai. J. J. Backman and Lieut..
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