The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-13

(Trom Our Regular Correspondent)
WARRINGTON. y. c., Sept. 2l.-Nonc
but several regjhs'snts " regular troops
are now left on the manOnuvre field at
z Manastaa and 1t Is probable that IN an.
other week. the last OF thtse will be gone
Y General Corbn is In Washington to-day
and will he there several days before he
starts for the Philippines. lie can1e to
3 Washington yesterday In his auto. ac-
companlcd by Mrs. Corbln and Mrs
Grant The trip consumed little more
than two hours
General Barry, who was designated to
pfnfnaitd the regulars. left to clear up
after the volunteers. assumed command
yesterday and located his hca dnuarters
at Gainesville; where General Corbin had
! his during the maroenvrea The regulars
+ are ut worx to-day packing and clean
ling for removal. All thes tents which were
used BY the soldiers are the property Of
government and the regulars will have to
$ GIT them together for shipment. In al :
y .dition& 10 tlIis the regular soldiers Will
Z have some work to do In the way OF re-.
I pairing such damage MS II is possible for
them tn repair. stieh az rebuilding fences
~ and replacing Ftone walls torn down.
The rest Of the work will be attend
cd to by the board DESIGNATED to hear
& complaints OF farmers whose property
was danihEed by the soldiers. This board
3 IL composed Of Lieutenant Colonel Hull.
assistant judge advocate general Of the
q army Captain Grlmslcy. OF Chlpeper, rep
rcsenttng the State and The volunteer SOL.
dlcrs, and Mr.. Brown. the civilla n mem
her OF the board. II cannot he scen that
8 Il great deal pf damage has been done.
\ No crops have suffered except the corn.
and it5is said tina in no cases has there
been much damage done to this. The
4 board will be very liberal In dealing with
4 the farmers. The sta ndard price Of new
!. earn per barrel is two dollars. shucked
and delivered. The board Will i.nve the
& dana gea done to corn fields assessed IN
4 barrels instead Of dollars. and the farmers
I who have suffered will be allowed q dol y
& lar a barrel for the corn destroyed In
4 great many instances the amount OF
damage were agreed on at once by the
farmers whose crops had suffered and
b the officers designated ia accompany the
4 troops for the purpose Of settling the
damage claims. Thus far the farmers OF
I'rlnce William have been very liberad
= and have manifested no desire to grab.
nor shown n tendency to be exho:bftant
6 in their claims. The amount OF damage
Mantonly done by the soldiers was very
small 4 Store at, wellington was loot.
{ cd and some small stands in the neigh.
horioed OF Camp 30. s deyast ted OK
what there was to rat in them. This Is
about the extent Of y the llama &c oo ele.
which could have been avoided.
Colonel IIeistand. assistant adjutant
general on General Corbin's staff. says
he wants the army to be manoeuvered on
the Manassas fields again next year and
every year He was mainly instrume ntai
in having the manocuvers on those fields
this year and his personal work among
z the farmers OF Prince William was large
IS responsible for their consenting TO
have SO many soldiers brought into the
county. The soldiers have behaved SO
well that the farmers want them back
another year. The army officers are SO
vel pleased with the result OF the man
oeuvers that they are going to Insist that
they be made q feature OF army lie
every autumn, erd Colonel Helstand
saws that the Officers are very DESTROYS
9 OF having Manassas chosen as the per-
4 manent manoeuvering grounds, in order
that the money spent there this year IN
making preparations for the work may
& not be thrown away.