Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-09
COVERS A WIDE RANGE
QUARTERMASTER'S AND COMMITS
SARY DEPARTMENTS ACTIVE.
Problems Of Transportation Of Troops
and Camp Equipage and Sub
sisting the Former.

the necessary preparations Can Dc
for these two departments are being tried
out by the maneuvers in exactly the same
manner as the troops that are to take the
field. Much of the success in war depends
on the facilities for transporting and feed
ing the troops, 1t is claimed by military
men, so that the officers of the quarter
masters ordnance and commissary de-
partments are having their problems to
work out, just as the tacticians are to have
theirs when the soldiers on the field
and the battle is about to begin. The off,
GERS of the medical department a I'D the
Engineer Corps have a bit of preliminary
work to do when troops are going into the
field to establish base of operations. too
and the problems presented them are even
now In the course of solution.
The Transportation Problem.
The quartermaster's department has
charge of the transportation of the troops
and also of such Of the preliminary work of
establishing camp relates to furnishing
mounts for the officers and men, securing
supplies of wood and water and arranging
for quarters, etc. There a thousand
and one details to the work which require
knowledge equal to that Of the manager
OF big business. The organization of the
quartermasters department for the ma
neuvers is about the same as that for an
army corps in the field in time of war.
The number of men will be, approximately,
what is considered the proper number for
an army corps. The work of the staff de-
partments and the problems they will solve
Will be for the corps as a whole and not
for the Brown or the Blue" armies, ex-
cept as to the individual officers with these
particular bodies of troops Already an
army OF workmen directed from Washing
ton by the chief quartermaster is now en-
gagged in preparing the ground for the ma
hrn
laid out, and the ground cleaned for the
tents.
The Water Supply.
The water supply for the troops Is one of
the chief concerns of the camp builders.
Camp No. l. which is to be located near
Manassas, Prince William county, will be
supplied with artesan wells, no less than
twenty-five being necessary for the pur
poses of camp life. Camp No. 9, near
Thoroughfare, will derive its water supply
from two big reservoirs which will be fed
by a fine spring at Thoroughfare Gap. The
matter of conveying the soldiers and their
Quits, the tents and provisions and the ar
t1cles that vii! be needed-upon the maneu-
vering grounds is another great problem to
be confronted. The Southern Railway
Company has this matter in charge and is
busy laying tracks and constructing
stations for the use of the soldiers and their
friends. All told, the government has ST.
Oco,OO ready to spend upon the maneuvers
If such a sum is needed, but it is not proba-
BILE that it will cost as much as that. The
maneuvering area is $1,000 acres, which.
under the agreement made with the farm
ers of Virginia, is to be leased al 20 cents
an acre. In addition to that expense the
United States will probably be called upon
to pay few bills for damages to crops,
buildings and stock The amount of dam
ages to be paid the farmers will be determ-
ined after the maneuvers are over by a
board of adjudication. This board will con-
,l1r 20 no
pointed, respectively, by Gen. Corbin, by the
governor of Virginia and by the farmers.
The Southern Railway Company Is spend
ing $4,000 in laying tracks about the camps.
On September 10, which will probably be
the gala day of the maneuvers, there will
be parade and review of the entire force
by President Roosevelt and Gen. Corbin,
commanding the Department of the East
Map by Officers and Enlisted Men.
map of the territory over which the
troops will operate has been prepared by
the officers and enlisted men of the I'd Bat
talon of Engineers, and Is now in the
hands of Gen. Corbin.
The map has been made from original
surveys made by the officers and enlisted
men detailed from the I'd Battalion of En-
gineers, and from the maps made by the
engineer officers of the Union army under
Gen. Mcdowell and the confederate army
under Gen. Beauregard, and the geological
u.
the entire area of the maneuvers extant
much of the work on the new map was en-
trely original and the officers who made 1t
have been congratulated on the excellent
manner in which they performed their
duties
Following is roster of the umpires:
Virginia Maneuvers.
General Staff. to report to Major General
p6inp the nr0yfS-
ional army corps at Gainesville, Va.
Umpires with the Blue, Colonel Jacob A
Augur, 10th Cavalry (senior umpire); Colo
mel William r. Livermore, C. E.; Lieuten-
ant Colonel James s. Petit. A. A. G.; Lieu
tenant Colonel Alfred c. Sharpe, A. A. e..
Majors Frederick V. Abbot, c. E.; Edward
J. McClernand. General Staff; Henry NJ
Andrews, Artillery Corps; Eben Swift, 18th
Cavalry, and Granger Adams, Artillery
Infantry; Waldo E. Aver, Both Infantry;
William M. Wright, I'd Infantry: Samuel
f. Smiley, 18th Infantry: Marcus ID. Cron-
in, 25th Infantry; Michael ]. Lehman, 25th
Infantry; Charles Crawford. Goth Infantry;
Cornelius Dew. Wilcox, Artillery Corps;
Lawson NJ Fuller, o. D.; Charles D.
Rhodes; General STAFF; Edwin B. Winans.
Cavalry; Frank H. Whitman, I'd Infantry;
John c. Gilmore. jr.. Artillery Corps; VII
liam K. Naylor, 9th Infantry; Malin Craig,
10th Cavalry.
The umpires with the Blue will report to
the brigadier general commanding the first
provisional division at Manassas Va.
Umpires with the brown-Col. Edgar q.
Steever 4th Cavalry. senior umpire; Lieut..
Col Charles G. Treat, commandant of ca
diets, U. s. NJ. A; Lieut. Col. Robert II. r.
Loughborough. 9th Infantry; Majs. Dan c.
Kingman. c. E.: Walter l.. Fiske, c. c.;
Charles Byrne. Both Infantry; Hunter Lig-
gett, A A. G.; Charles G. Morton 9th In
fantry; George II. Morgan, 9th Cavalry;
Thomas II. Rees c. E.; Capts. Harry c.
Hale, general staff; Edwin st. j. Greble,
Artillery Corps: Matthew F. Steele, 9th
Cavalry: F. Dew. Ramsey, general staff; F.
w. Sladen, 14th Infantry: Lucien G. Berry,
Artillery Corps; ]. F. Reynolds Lands, LIST
Cavalry; Ellwood w. Evans. Sth Cavalry;
Louis c. Scherer, 4th Cavalry; William J.
Snow, Artillery Corps; Henry H. Whitney,
Artillery Corps; Clarence H Mcneil, Artil-
lery Corps; Romulus F. Walton 9th In
fantry; Tenney Ross. It'll Infantry; Guy v.
Henry, 18th Cavalry.
The umpires with the brown will report
to the brigadier general commanding the
I'd Provisional Division at Thoroughfare.
Va. Each umpire will be required to be
provided with both dress and service uni
forms and white helmet or cap.
The following named officers will report
to the major general commanding the Pro-
visional Army Corps, at Gainesville Va
September 1, 1904, for duty as additional
aids to the general officers engaged in the
maneuyerS: First Lieuts RAYMOND SbaIdon