The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1903-10-02
THE: hRmY'S NlIMIC WAR
Details Of the Fall Maneuvers
at Fort Riley.
ALL ARMS OF SERVICE TO JOIN IN

Movements Of the Troops Will Ex-
tend Over an Area OF Two Hundred
and Twenty-Five Square Miles--Bat-
tAehe1d Is on Historic Ground.
Large Corps of Umpires.
The United States army will soon
commence the greatest maneuvers in
it's history. The maneuvers will take
place on the military reservation at
Fort Riley, Ean., and on the farm land
bordering the reservation, says the st.
Louis Globe-Democrat. The movements
of the troops will be conducted on a
larger scale in many ways than they
were last fall. There will be about
twice as many troops participating in
the maneuvers this year, and their
movements will extend over an area Of
225 square miles instead Of being linn
tied to nineteen square miles. as they
were a year ago.
The maneuvers will begin on Oct. 1G
and will continue until Oct. 81. They
will be participated in by troops repre-
senting each arm Of the service, and
besides the 1900 troops that are sta
toned regularly at Fort Riley, troops
will come from Jefferson barracks, Mo-;
Forts Leavenworth. Kan; Sill and Re
no, Okla; Niobrara and Robinson. Neb.;
Douglas, Utah; Smelling. Mimi; Lin
coin, N. D.; Mycr, Va. and Keogh
Mont.
The regular troops that have been
designated to take part in the maneu-
vers are: First battalion Of engineers;
headquarters, band and First and Sec
ond squadrons Fourth cavalry; First
and Third squadrons, Eighth cavalry;
headquarters, band and First and
Third sQuadrons, Tenth cavalry; the
Sixth, Seventh. Nineteenth. Twentieth,
Twenty-ffth, Twenty-eighth and Twen-
ty-ninth batteries Of field artillery; the
Sixth, Twenty-second and Twenty
sixth regiments Of infantry. with head
quarters and band of each. These
troops will all come from the various
posts in the department of the Missou-
ri. The Second, Twelfth and Twenty.
first regiments Of infantry, which are
stationed outside Of the department
will take part as will the First compa
ny Of instruction. hospital corps, OF
Washington barracks, and a$signal
corps from Fort Myer, Va. The regular
troops will number over 5000.
Besides the regular troops there viii
be an army of national guard present
as follows: Kansas, one brigade, con
sisting Of two regiments of infantry
and two batteries of field artillery
Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska and Arkan.
sas, one regiment Of infantry each; Col
orado, one battalion Of infantry; Ne.
braska, signal corps Of about sixty
men. Nearly 5000 national guards will
participate in the maneuvers, and the
total number of troops in the maneu,
yer division will be close to 1900.
The camp site of the maneuver divi-
sion last fall has been chosen for the
location Of the camp for this years
maneuver division. The camp will be
on the famous Pawnee flats, just east
Of the military post. The site is IA
nous one for the reason that it was
once occupied by town that was the
first capital Of the territory of Kansas.
The old state house, roofess and floor
less and in a dilapidated condition. still
stands, and this fall, when the big
army Is encampedabou It, it will mark
the center Of the great camp.
The new camp site will extend along
the Kansas river for several miles. The
troops will be encamped in regimental
formation, and each one Of these camps
will have its regular system Of streets