The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1903-10-07
Over 1900 Troops at Camp
Young Participating in
the ManeuyerS.
MANEUVER PROGRAM OF WEEK.


battalion artillery. .......,. 2'4VO
Wisconsin, one regiment. l,3OO
Indiana, three regiments, one
battery ......,.....'...'''' ~'~VV
Total ......... 1880
The above are the troops now en-
camped on the field at Camp Young
who are participating in the maneu-
vers at West Point. Between 5000
and 10. 600 of these, who compose the
national guardsmen Of five states
Kentucky, Indiana. Wisconsin, Michl-
gan and Ohio. arrived at Camp Young
Howard. last Thursday. At an early
hour the troop trains bearing the
different regiments began to arrive at
camp. and continued all during the
day every hour adding hundreds OF
militia men to the main body OF regu-
lars. Long troop trains, running IN
two, three and four sections, followed
each other into camp and were IN
loaded as rapidly as possible, the var
ious regiments going to their camp
sites.
Two regiments of the Kentucky
State Guard and the Louisville bat
cries marched into Camp Young last
Wednesday But they did not come all
at one time. Sometimes two companies
struggled in together, sometimes
battalion marched IN to add to the
hustle and confusion, and occasionally
a single company struggled in alone
and started preparations for TWO
weeks of camp life.
Last week the soldiers were put
through all the maneuvers OF war, each
day being occupied with carrying out
the program as recently published in
the News.
Nothing short of real war could have
surpassed the maneuvers which were
executed on the training grounds we'd
nesday. The country people were OUT
IN numbers and the strangers from the
city mingled with the population Of
the neighboring villages, who mad
heard that the cannonading from the
hills in the neighborhood Of Wiggln-
ton would be general, and no one
wished to miss the spectacular eXhi-
bition. As far as sound and thund'r Ct
artillery 90, the assembled crowd was
not disappointed, but the surface OF
the country was such that few Of the
soldiers were seen engaged in the night.
The man on horseback was in evil
dence in numbers for the first time at
Camp Young Thursday when the cav
airy brigade gave dress parade in the |
Howard flats, between that place and |
West Point. Fifteen troops from the |
Second, Fourth, Seventh aud Eighth |
regiments, with their sabeIs glinting |
in the sunlight, stood before Gen. &c. |
Bates, the commanding officer Of the /
encampmeut as the hour hand pointed |
TO clock, and the spectacle was |
imposing. a touch of color was add
ed 70 the olive drab uniforms of the
officers, ana TIE khaki OF the troops .
by the bright-colore uniforms of Coils.
Foster and Raspahotf the distinguished
military attaches at the encampment
from the Russian and English embass-
les at Washington.
The Seventh Regiment Band, which
has done service on many similar
occasions led the line of march, stop
ping IN front Of Gen. Bates and his
staff on the first round of the review.
Around four sides of the square walk
ed the prancing cavalry horses, and
then the band struck up Garry
owen. 1t was the air which had
won fame tor the regiments at a battle
charge on the fields of Cuba, and it was
the air which caused President Theo-
dore Roosevelt, little more than a
year ago, as he stood in the historic
limits of Chlckamauga Park, to wave
his hat IN the air and cheer like a
school boy, as the crowd became
frantic with military ardor.
Lieut.. S.B.M Young, in command of
the United States Army, and Gen. Ian
Hamilton. of the English Army, prob
ably will visit Camp Young about
October 10. A letter was received from
them last week accepting an invita-
ton TO be the guest of the Louisville
Board Of Trade should they come.
They have been perfecting their plans
gu ietly, but it is almost certainty |
that they Will visit Louisville and |
Camp Young
Besides going through the tactics
of war, the troops have been throwing |