The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-01
BROWN ARMY WINS
Yesterday Furnished Most
Dashing Maneuver of All,

CAMP YOUNG, WEST POINT, KY,
sept. 30.-The brown army apparently
came Off victorious today in what prov
ed by far the most exciting and dash
ing maneuver of the series of three
endlng today. Today's work ends the
neid work designed for regular troops
exclusively. Tomorrow the state troops
VIII begin pouring in and on Friday
as many OF them as have established
camp Will be combined with the reg
uiars for the first of the series of the
big events.
No more interesting spectacle than
todays maneuver could have been ar
ranged. For the first time since the
maneuVers began, all the arms of the
service mad fair chance to show their
mettIe and practically the whole
strength of the opposing commands
were IN actual contact with 'the enc
my at some time or other. The gen.
eral feature Of the problem was the
same as on the two preceding DAYS.
The blue army, having been driven in
on its base at Louisville by the brown
army from Nashville, has secured rein
torcements and in turn assumed the Of
fenslVe, while the brown is retiring.
During the interval between Monday
and today the main body of the browns
Imaginary was supposed to have
reached town twenty miles from
west Point The brown rear guard
was operating within eight miles of
West Point for the purpose of discov-
erlng the intentions of the blue ad-
vance guard (reaD.
The commander Of the brown rear
guard was acting under orders to har-
ass the blue advance guard, take pris-
oners and if the time seemed ripe to
strike hard blow, at the same time
avoiding an engagement which might
compromise the brown main body. The
blue advance guard consisted of the
FIRST infantry, a platoon of the Four
teenth battery field artillery and Troop
l. Fourth cavalry. The blues went out
swiftly and established outposts in a.
Well-coYered position along two roads
running east and west
Three roads opening at almost right
angles behind them were thus pro-
tected. The main body OF the blues
imaginary was supposed to be about
eight miles in the rear. The blues had
time to strengthen their position by
rifle pits. The brown rear guard con-
sisted of eight companies of the Third
infantry, six troops of the Seventh cav
airy and the Twenty first battery, field
artillery. Maj. Ayres, after feeling out
the position, directed his attack on
three parallel columns, sending the
artillery, supported by a troop of cav
airy against the blues left wing along
one road, four troops of cavalry along
another road against the blues right
and a central column of infantry and
dismounted cavalry.
A little brush at the blues right was
followed by swift cavalry movement
Which practically isolated large part
of the blues right. The central COL
u1nn of browns kept the blue center so
busy at the position in an orchard that
the brown artillery took a position
which enabled it to sweep the blue left
and part Of the center Under these
circumstances the blue line was COM
PEELED to fall back for a considerable
distance until the platoon of blue ar
ullery was finally brought over to the
left. This stiffened the resistance some
What, but the blues were unable to re-
gain much on their left. The blue right
finally got a better position and held
fairly we'll.
The advantage for the day seemed
decisively in favor Of the browns al
though the decision Of the umpires will
not be announced until tomorrow.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, Sept 3O.-The
First regiment, Wisconsin National
guard, 700 strong, in command of Col.
Otto Falk, left Milwaukee this after
noon for West Point, KY, where they
viii take part in the evolutions with
the regulars. Adjt Gen. Charles r.
Boardman accompanied the regiment.