The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-31
REVIEW OF TROOPS
WILL Be ON SEPTIC
TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND MEN
WILL THEN BE SEEN ON MANASSAS
PARADE GROUND.

Gen. COrbin, Who Will Be in Com
mand of All the Forces, Inspected
the Ground and Decided Upon the
Plans for the derate
Monument Unveiled Upon the Bat
tIefieId of Bull Run.
HEADQUARTERS Camp, Gainesville, Va,
Aug 3O.-Gen. Corbin to-day fixed Sept.
10 as the date for holding the final re-
view of the $4,000 troops to participate
in the annual maneuvers of the army.
and Wellington, Va, as the place for
holding the review.
This decision was reached after the
broad sloping acres adjoining the
railroad track at Wellington had been
inspected by the General, accompanied
by Col. Knight, a member of his staff.
The inspection trip was made in an
automobile, and the headquarters of
Gen. Grant at Manassas was visited
before the return was made to head
quarters camp.
The review is to be a spectacular
feature of the maneuvers, and great
preparations are making by the South
ern Railway to transport large crowds
from Washington and the East.
The inspection trip to Division Camp
No. 1 was entirely satisfactory. Gen.
Corbin is laying special emphasis on
the lesson to be learned by the militia
men regarding proper camp sanitation,
the detrainment and entertainment of
troops, and the proper laying out of the
tented field. The trackage facilities
provided at each of the camps furnish
an excellent opportunity for the study
of transportation facilities, and this
object lesson is not to be overlooked as
a part of the benefit of the maneuvers.
ers.
To-day troops of cavalry and COM
panes of infantry were everywhere
present in the maneuver zone. These
practice marches are being made a
part of the daily programme of the
two camps. In the meantime the staff
and brigade officers of both Gems.
Grant and Bell are familiarizing them
selves with the roads and the country
for strategic purposes.
Monument Dedicated.
Troops of the United States army,
Gen. Corbin in command, and Gen.
Bell, commanding the Seventh Cav
airy, participated in the dedication of
a monument to the memory of the
Confederate dead of the first battle
of Bull Run at GrovetOn to-day The
principal address was delivered by
GOV. Montague. Gen. Cohbin spoke
briefly and ]. B. McCabe of Leesburg
also participated in the exercises.
Troops of cavalry converged at
Groveton from Thoroughfare, Ma
nassas and Gainesville. Over every
road leading to the place soldiers
equipped for war were to be seen.
The exercises at the monument were
simple. They began at II o'clock with
prayer by Chaplain Newson of the
Seventh Cavalry. The unveiling was
done by the Bull Run Auxiliary
Daughters of the Confederacy, assist
ed by the Manassas Auxiliary and the
Eighth Chapter of the same organiza-
ton, as we'll as the womens Auxiliary
of r. E. Lee Camp, Mrs. James E.
Alexander presiding. Music was fur
nishecI by the Seventh Cavalry Band.
Speeches Were Made.
Gov. Montague reviewed the splendid
fighting qualities of the Confederate
troops as displayed in the Bull Run
battles. This devotion to duty and
splendid courage, he said, was the only
redeeming feature of war, and this was
the lesson which the cultivation of
the memory of the dead of that day
should teach.
Gen. Corbin identified himself as a
Virginian. congratulated the state on
its dead heroes and the living gentle
men and the United States army for
the privilege of learning lessons of
warfare on the historic grounds to the
end that the injunction of George
Washington might be carried out: In
time of peace, prepare for war"
The practice march of Gen. Bells
troops. from Thoroughfare, was de-
clared to be satisfactory. Five divisions
were dispatched this morning over as
many roads and all reached their de-
tination at precisely the proposed time,
1870 o'clock.