The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-03
THIRD BATTLE WILL BE
FOUGHT AT BULL RUN
This Time TIE Es', " cement
WiW Be a Mimic One and
WiU Cost a Million and a
Half Gen. Cos,bin NIL
Command lMusseuUers.

HAY Gen. Cor6im NH
Command Masewgers.
Washington, Sept. 3.-Great popular
interest has at last been aaroused in
army maneuvers. The mimic operations
to be held 47I /, at cost of 81, 500 600 in
Sept. to 10 are attracting attention
from all parts Of thes United States be-
cause it was there that the5two battles
Of Bull Run were fought in the, civil
war. It was there that the conf ederate
leader Jackson so valiantly held a posi-
1sStonewall'' Jacksonss ts !.
The Joint army and navy maneuvers
in Long Island sound and off the New
England coast and those held by the
army alone at Fort Rilek Kan, and at
West Point, Ky last year were Te,I not
But even the lay mind knows that once
men fought with bullets instead Of
blanks at Bull Run. Every veteran will
watch the daily reports from the mimic
zone of war to seeif peace rs Try at CON
f1lct is an improvement upon the strate,,
gy OF Pope, Beauregard, Mcdowell and
Jackson.
After the last echoes Of the musketrry
have to figure up a bill of about $1,500-
600. Congress appropriated $l,OOO,OOO
s e be used Sc BY the militia 9he Nm Vait s
q: this, however, will be spent in the
Virginia maneuvers Much larger ap-
| portionment of army funds has been
made for this war game than was de-
voted last year to the maneuveTs at
Fort Riley and West Point, KY,
| The n9rticinatiOn Of militia from
nearly all the eastern states brings the
maneuv ers very. close home to thousands
in the ranks of citizens. In this cam
paign the regulars will lead the way.
They. will be living examples to the
militia Of what is expected to consti.
tute an able fighting machine in time of
war. The result will be further de-
velopment of harmonious relations and
cooperation between the standing army
of the country and the second line Of de-
Tense or the militia, which is it's real
bulwark against invasion or in protec-
tion of national rights
4 General Corbin Will Command. =
: Major General H C. Corbin, COM
handing officer of the division of the
ATLANTIC, and who, on Oct: l, will leave
the United States to take charge of
%an d0F tSs grea ae army ppf thirty thoa
sand regulars and militiamen who will
constitute the provisional corps. This
corp will be divided into two divisions,
and it is between these two that the
campaign will be fought out.
: the first division viii; be commanded
by Brigadier ! General Frederick D.
Grant, Son of General U. S. Grant, who
4 overthrow the Confederacy.
v3E EaHis foe for five days will be Briga-
: Edier General J. Franklin Bell, most
energetic. and talented officer, whose
regular duty is the administration of
|, the general service and st af~eollege, at
} Fort Leavenworth Kah. General Bell
, served with distinction in the Philip
-pines. 20 ,s i !: I'D - 2y q
? General Gorb1n : headquarters will be
peses e ana VIII be des
7 mated as the ..'Blues, :" because they
i viii wear the old. blue army shirt. The
T. division under General J. Franklin Bel
i, will wear khaki, will be called the
l "Browns,' and will be camped neal
Hh1ro 6s gap The with trG sTes w
by the umpires, of whom there will be
e many, the military attaches Of foreign
governments, who are making elaborate
Preparations to be on hand and observe
= the operations of the troops, and the
n newspaper correspondents, who will &c
e into the field as stipulated by the or
) der with a 3sred brassard upon the right
G arm above the elbow"
!, Militia to Mingle with Regulars
/ In every part of the field there will
! always be militiamen. The militia or
l. CARNATIONS have been sandwiched il
q between the regulars, as crowd o:
t boys who can swim will take those wht
} cannot into the water for lesson il
n aquatics. -,
e Both battles of. Bull Run. wer
J. fought in, "a j.. geographical square
i bounded by .Centreville on the east
e Groveton on the west, Sudley Spring
4 4 on the, north, and Manassas on tn
s south: > The The mimic :, campaign ann nov 9?
= ly this region, which has undergon
u u little change in the last forty years
= The towns are all about the same size
I some of the hamlets are even .smalle
Il than they were, and the: roads are mo
y in all Instances much improved. Til
e ton. The stream known as Bull ru
8 flows a muddy course just as it did j
= the sixties, and any participant i
n either engag cement who returned Their
n today would have little difficulty i
;e again locating the precise spot wher
f he charged or held position agains
the enemy. ; - -'.0-~. =, -
There will be mo real attempt mad
. to. simulate precisely the strategy a
IL either battle Of Bull Run.
), AS Second Bull Run Was Fought.
It General Bell, with headquarters nea
q Thorofare gap, will be in about tn
u position of the army of StoneWall Jack
le son as it. passed thru the gap on it
s.. way to attack Manassas at the opeI
s., ing Of the second battle Of Bull Ru1
e, At that time General Pope was south
- west Of Manassas trying to hold an &C
e. ., vanced federal. position on the Rapps
= hammock until General Mcclellan shout
% be able to leave the peninsula an
= effect a junction with with Pope Q
= Acquia creek. Mcclellan was not abb
4 to leave the peninsula as soon as b
.. hoped. .z Il
20 Lee, quick. to see that Pope was to
~ far advanced to be naturally strong, 9
- once began to move his entire force
"a down upon him. Jackson led a div
4. sion thru Thorofare gap and a
ne tackled Manassas. p ope immediatel
n directed a consolidation Of all FEEDER;
a. forces at Gainesville and Bristow:. q
err left Ricketts, division rear sEhorl
te fare gap to prevent more of Lee,
C. troops coming thru to strengthen VA c]
Of son. jackson then retired from Ma
s. L assas to Sudley, ford and occupied
id position on railroad line recently $su
ne veyed and which, altho oyergrow
ne with grass and trees, can still be di
re ting,lished. His right extended te
40 ward CaineSville -