Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-14
TO co TO FORT RILEY
Over Eleven Thousand Men
in the Maneuvers.
DEPARTMENTS PLANS
PERFECTING DETAILS FOR THE
COMING OPERATIONS.
Available Territory Has Been Greatly
Increased - National Guardsmen
From Six States to Take Part.


is now engaged in perfecting the details
for the series of maneuvers at Fort Riley
Kan, which are to follow those at West
Point. The plans for these latter maneu-
vers are outlined as follows:
The maneuverS are to commence on or
about Thursday. the 18th of October. and
continue until Tuesday, the 9th of October,
and to be participated in by troops from
Jefferson barracks, Mo-; Fort Leavenworth
and Fort Riley, Kan; Fort Sill and Fort
Reno, Okla; Fort Niobrara and Fort Rob
inson, Neb.; Fort Logan, Col. Fort D. A.
Russell, Wyo.; Fort Douglas, Utah; Fort
Smelling Mimi; Fort Lincoln, N. D.; Fort
Keogh, Mont, and Fort Myer, Va, as well
as by one regiment of infantry from the
Arkansas National Guard, one regiment OF
infantry from the Iowa National Guard,
two regiments of infantry and two bat
teries of field artillery from the Kansas
National Guard, one regiment of infantry
from the Missouri National Guard, one reg
iment of infantry and one company signal
corps from the Nebraska National Guard
and one battalion of infantry from the
Colorado National Guard, making total
of exceeding IL 900 men.
Proceeding to Fort Riley.
AS a part of the work attending the
maneuvers at Fort Riley, the greater por-
ton of the regular army organizations will
reach the scene of maneuvers by marching
a part of the way and by rail the other
part both going and returning, and still
others will be moved entirely by rail- Thus,
the engineers the I'd Squadron 4th Cav
airy; the 2Sth Field Battery and two bat
talionS 9th Infantry viii proceed from Fort
Leavenworth to Fort Riley and return by
marching, the other battalion of the 9th
Infantry both going and returning by rail;
the first squadron, Sth Cavalry, and the
field battery from Fort Sill will proceed by
marching, the cavalry to return by rail and
the field battery, upon completion of the
maneuyers, to proceed by marching to Fort
Leavenworth and there take station; TWO
battalions, 18th Infantry, will march from
Fort Niobrara to Norfolk, Neb., where they
will take rail to Fort Riley, returning 10
Fort Niobrara by rail; the I'd Battalion.
25th Infantry. will march from Fort Reno
to Wichita, Kan, and return by rail, and
from Wichita to Fort Riley and return by
marching; the 10th Cavalry will march
from Fort Robinson to Sidney, Col, where
they will take rail to Fort Riley, returning
by rail to Sidney, and thence 10 Fort Rob-
inson by marching.
Troops from the Department of the Mis-
souri, are directed to so arrange their Jour
ney as to reach the scene of the maneuvers
on the 18th or 18th of October; those troops
from without the department to arrive on
the 14th of October, and the militia to so
arrange their journeys as to arrive on the
18th; this 10 prevent the necessary congeS-
uon which would otherwise result from the
arrival of so many organizations at once
The troops of the militia will be transport
ed by the United States by rail or water
ffon the home stations of their companies
TO the place of maneuver and return and
paid and subsisted from the date of de-
parture to the date of return to their home
stations. The United States will also trans
port such regimental and company property
as is necessary for use in the field: also the
field allowance of officers and mems bag
gage. the horses of mounted officers, of bat
terles and troops and of baggage wagons
pack and draft animals. The War Depart
ment announces that under the present law
no per diem allowance of fora ge for horses
of any kind belonging to the organized
militia can be furnished by the government,
but that purchases for cash may be made
at contract rates of forage and such other
supplies as can be furnished without incon-
venience.
The Troops Participating.
The troops participating in the maneu-
vers are to be organized as follows:
Provisional Division-Maj. Gen. John c.
Bates. United States army, commanding;
1st Battalion United States Engineers; Hos
pital Company of Instruction. No. i: Com
pany B, United States Signal Corps: Sig
nal Company. Nebraska National Guard.
First Briga de-Brig. Gen. Frederick u.
Grant. United States army commanding:
I'd United States Infantry; 18th United
States Infantry Qst Battalion); 21st United
States Infantry.
Second Brigade-Brig. Gen. J. Franklin
Bell. United States army commanding;
9th United States Infantry III companies);
25th United States Infantry III companes);
55th Regiment Infantry, Iowa National
Guard.
Third Brigade-Brig. Gen. Thomas H.
Barry, United States army. commanding;
Provisional Regiment Arkansas State
Guard; Provisional Regiment, National
Guard of Missouri: I'd Regiment Infantry
Nebraska National Guard.
Fourth Brigade-Brig. Gen. James w. f.
Hughes, Kansas National Guard com
n.anding; 1st Infantry, Kansas National
Guard: I'd Infantry Kansas National
Guard.
Cavalry Brigade-Brig. Gen. C. c. c. Carr,
United states army. commanding; 4th
United United States Cavalry g troops; sth
United States Cavalry g troops)
Divisional Artillery-Maj. William H.
Ceftin, Artillery Corps. mmanding 9Th,
!th, 18th. Goth. 25th. 2sth and Goth Bat
teries and B, Field Artillery. Kansas Ma
tic nal Guard.
Scene Of the Maneuvers
Fort Riley, the scene of these maneuyers
is located on the Kansas and Republican
rivers about three and half miles from
Junction City, in Geary county, Kan, on
the line of the Union Pacific railroad. and
contains about 10000 acres. It was found
as result of last years maneuvers that
for the maneuvering of large bodies of men
In the working out of tactical problems
the present reservation, large as it is. is
entirely Inadequate In order to secure ad-
ditfonal lands the military authorities have
for the past year been in negotiations with
land owners in the vicinity of Fort Riley
with a view of increasing the maneuver
territory by the temporary use of desirable
tracts in the townships of Winfield and
Jefferson. Cary county. Through the pub
lie spiritedness Of these. land owners and
the good Offices of the Commercial Club OF
Junction City, the War Department has
succeeded in obtaining the written consent
OF 14O land owners adjoining the reserva-
tion. whose aggregate holdings amount to
about seventy square miles, or A.2}9 acres,
who agree to permit the military authori-
ties to enter upon and occupy their hold
ings whenever 1t may become necessary to
do so In the prosecution of the maneuvers
this year, at nominal rental of cents