The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-28
MANASSAS MANEUyERs.

Army and Navy Journal Complies ln-
 formation of Interest to Those Who
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 The Army and Navy Journal has the following information concerning the coming maneuvers at Manassas, Va:
 Colonel Henry o. s. Heistand, militia ry secretary's department, and Cap tain James A. Moss, Twenty in fantry, A. D. C., returned to Governors Island on Tuesday, July 19, after an in spection of the ground selected for the fall maneuvers near Manassas, Va. The maneuver field includes fifty square miles of territory in Prince William county, Va, extending from the hamlet of Thoroughfare east to Bull Run. Headquarters will be estab- lished about quarter of mile south west of Gainesville, Va. The forces participating will be divided into two main camps. each to consist of about twelve thousand troops, both regular army and militia of all arms.
 Maneuyer Camp No. 1 will be located about two and one-half miles north west of Manassas. Camp No. 2 will be about one mile west of Thoroughfare. Brig. Gen. Frederick D. Grant, U. S. A., will be in command of No. 1 camp and Brig. Gen. J. Granklin Bell, U. s. A, of No. ?. Other general off cers participating in the rnanueyers will be Generals Barry, Bliss and Whit. Colonel A. l.. Wagner will be chief unl- pire.
 None of the residents inside the man. euver area have refused to sign leases. There was some apprehension felt when the matter was first taken up with the property owners that their private property would be damaged or Inolested but the officers in charge of the ar engagements were able to allay any fears that existed by informing the res- idents of the good character of the regular army for which they were able to vouch, and also by assurances that the militia of the various states was made up of representative citizens with regulations to maintain, and that there was no ground for believing that they would conduct themselves differently when away from home.
 It is earnestly hoped that the assur- ances of good conduct given by Colonel Heistand and Captain Moss will be made good by the actions of the par ticipating troops, as it Is believed that the question of holding future maneu- vers will be largely determined by the behavior of the citizen soldiers at Ma nassas. As an evidence of the confi- dence that can be reposed in the regu lar army, a company of engineers has been roaming at will over the maneu- yer field for the past six weeks, and not a single complaint has been received from a resident; on the contrary the men are on the best of terms with the property owners.
 That the naneuvers are popular with the National Guard is attested by the fact that as soon as organizations have been designated to take part, applica- tions for enlistment have come in to such an extent that many applicants have been necessarily rejected.
 The Southern railway is making ann pie provisions of sidings and storage tracks at both main camps for hand ling troops and supplies.
 A board consisting of Generals Grant, Barry and Bliss have been on the man. euver field the past week formulating problems to be worked out by the troops. It is understood that the two camps will be maintained during the maneuver period as hostile forces, lia- ble to attack at any time, and ap- preaching as closely as possible to the conditions prevailing in actual warfare.
 The Journal places the Connecticut infantry regiments in the first division. Each regiment will have fifty-three of. ficers, eight hundred and sixteen men and eighteen horses. The First Sepa- rate Company will have three officers and sixty-five men and the adjutant- generals staff will be composed of nine officers and five men, each mounted. Troop A, Connecticut Cavalry, will also be in the first division, with three off, cers and sixty-five men.
 In the second division Connecticut will be represented by battery of field artillery and a battery of machine guns. So far the following divisions of the Connecticut National Guard have not been assigned: Medical corps, thirteen officers and thirteen horses; hospital corps, thirty-nine men; signal corps, five officers and forty-eight men.
 Nearly twenty-six thousand men will take part in the naneuyers. There will be 2,644 horses used.