The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-29
HIT SUPPLY TRAIN
FWenty-first Regiment Takes
Part i'm Maneuvers.

FORT RILEY, Kan, Oct. 2S.-The
military maneuvers of today were
planned by Col. Wagner, the chief UNI
p1re, and were highly successful. In
fact it was considered by the colonel
to be one of the most successful that
has yet taken place. The exercise was
the attack and defense of a convoy.
ana, When all things stated in the prob
lem are taken into consideration, the
situation at the close of the days
nghtlng was somewhat severe for the
wagon train. The defense of the train
was in charge of Lieut.. Col. Lough-
borough, of the Sixth infantry, who
mad under his command the Second.
Sixth, Twenty-firSt and Twenty fifth
regiments of infantry, one battalion Of
t the twelfth infantry, one squadron OF
the Fourth cavalry and the Twentieth
held battery under Capt. Snow.
-, me idea of the problem was that
the supply train that had been cut off
from its supplies was to be hurried
through in advance. A force under
Lieut. Col. Kingsbury, of the Eighth
cavalry, was to attack this train, do
as much damage as possible and hold
IL until an imaginary force, coming I'm
IN IN the rear should enable him to cap
ture the train. He Certainly DELAYED II
and crippled it badly, and moreover
neid 1t for lehgthh of time sufficient
Tor his reinforcenfents to arrive and
When they came up5 there would have
been some grand doipSS. with that long
line of wagons. However, although
Loughborough lost a goodIv number of
wagons, his infantry was steadiIv
pressing forward, driving back Lieut.
COL hIngsbury's men and inlcting
neaVy damage upon him. AS usual, the
problem came to a close Just as the
real good fighting was about to COM
mence.
;. Loughborough was to be at the north
line Of the reservation with the head
of his column at 10 o'clock. He was tn
pc allowed one-half hour to march
from his line before Kingsbury should
march against him. Loughborough
was on the line at the appointed time.
and then he marched away to the
north until it seemed as though he
must soon be in a position to attack
the north star, but all this time There
was no sign of Kingsbury and his
troops.
The march Of the wagons and their
guards continued for an hour longer.
but there was no enemy Suddenly the
advance battalion, which was under
MAJ. Morton, of the Sixth infantry,
came full upon two squadrons of Kins-
ourys cavalry, dismounted. VoIley
after yolley was thrown into them and
a rapid file fire was poured at them
for several minutes. The umpires de-
clded that this cavalry had been prac-
tically destroyed by Maj. Morton and
ruled it out of the game
Meanwhile, the wagon train was at
tackled and the umpires decided that
twenty-five wagons were put out of
service. and LOughborOugh. returning
IN time to prevent further damage,
packed his train behind the hill and
pushed forward his infantry to drive
the battery back.
This was quickly done and the train
advanced. BY the time the head of the
train reached the hill from which Las
siters battery had fired, the umpires
called a halt. While the wagon train
was moving forward Capt. Snow and
the infantry had been making it warm
for the remainder of Kingsbury's cav
airy.
The umpires. however. decided that
he had delaped the train long enough
to allow his hypothetical reinforce
ments to come UP, and that the train
was in serious danger, although Lough-
borough was still pushing it forward
The marching was very severe but the
troops stood it magnificently.