The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-08
Gen. GRANTS FORCE
PUSHES THROUGH
Il Plefces the Line of Gen. Bell
and the First Vancouver
Problem Closes

GAINESVILLE, VT, Sept. THE
hrst maneuyer problem closed at noon
today with Gen. Grants force pushed
through the left wing of Gen. Bell. This
put the blue force within two miles of
Phoroughfare Gap. the objective peint.
However, Gen. Bell had Smiths brigade
ON the right and Barry's brigade ON
the left Of this breach in his line and
Cox Wagner, chief Umpire. draws no
conclusion as to what might happen
had not hostilities ceased under the
command previously issued by Gen.
Corbin to cease hostilities. at noon so
that the tired troops might be given
relief
This attack on the part of the blue
force was made by Gen. Whit with
Prices brigade, consisting of the Sew
entIeth Virginia, the First Maine, First
Alabama and Sixteenth infantry. Pre-
V1ous to this there had been severe
fighting on the line to which Gen. Bell
had fallen back during the night This
line, the Antioch road, was within two
miles OF the western limit of the ma
neuVer zone and extended the five
miles of the width of the zone
While Gen. Bell was falling back to
the new line from Carolina road, which
Mad been the scene of conflict the day
before, Gen. Grant occupied the hours
between midnight and daylight in con-
eentrating his forces for an attack
on the brown left He withdrew all of
ms cavalry from the southern portion
or his line, their position on the first
day, and threw two full brigades and
sixteen guns to the point indicated His
artillery was so well placed that it
had unobstructed play for an hour on
the brown line The effect of this fire
was not taken into account by a de-
clsion rendered by the umpire on the
field early in the battle, when the blue
force was required to fall back but
was taken into account later and credit
given accordingly to the fleet of the
fire of the blue artillery
Made to Seem Real
Every spectacular feature of a battle
IN full progress was produced in. the
maneuvers today, and the field was
viewed from near and far by many
spectators. Gen. Corbin went among
the troops of both armies and made
close observation of the progress of the
battle. Mrs. Cerbin, Mrs. Grant and
MISS Patten viewed the maneuvers
from an automobile. During the after
noon the troops returned to their re-
SpectIVe camps to rest until o'clock
tomorrow morning, when the problem
:" Iii NC lCFCISSd anu tile prOWn army
Will take the field against the blue in
the effort to strike at Washington
The militia troops displayed the
usual disadvantage of fnexperience i'll
the field. Many of them ate their two
day rat1onS the first day and went
hungry today. The regulars set them a
good example in this respect, dividing
their supplies equally between the two
+ days.
Complaint of depredations by mill
tlan1en came to headquarters today
I from wellington, where 1t was claimed
the First South Carolina regiment had
cleaned out provision store The loss
will be reimbursed to the proprietor
+ and the amount deducted from the pay
OF this regiment, Gen Corbin and
both division commanders are praisins
I the conduct of the militia. They have
been tired out, but their fighting quail
+ ties have not been impaired.
The first serious casualty of the ma
neuverS occurred today. Private viii
liams, of the Seventh cavalry, a mem
Der of the brown army, was shot in the
right lung with a wad from a blank
cartridge. The shot was fired by a
soldier in a Tennessee regiment at
short range and was accidental and in
c1dent to the maneuvef. 1t is thought
| the wounded man will recover.
Gen Corbin ISSUED an order late to-
night postponing the second problem of
the maneuvers until o'clock tomorrow
morning. The postpenement is made that
the troops of both divisions may secure
a much needed rest before again taking
the field for another forty EIGHT hours,
maneuvers.