Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-31

and was surprised at the progress that mas
been made, While the staff officers VINO
have had direct charge of the Work nave
reported progress from time to time. the
details of the work have so many ramlhca-
lions and are so varied and diverse that II
was impossible that the general command
ing should have exact knowledge as to
everything that had been done. He knew
OF course. in a general way. that the camps
were being rapidly whipped into shape
but just how far the different staff de-
partments had progressed with their tasks
he was not in a position to ascertain &C
Curately. being many miles from the scene
of action. Therefore when he rode over
the field of 300 or more acres that are IN
cluded in General Corbin's divisional camp
he was agreeably surprised and very rnucn
pleased at what he saw. The oHcerS oi
the army who have been unacquainted with
General Corbin's methods are much sur
prsed at his grasp of the situation as IL IS.
He is rated by those familiar with ms "orh
as one the greatest organizers In the army
and one of the greatest the army ever had'
He has personally gone over all the plans
for the encampment and has placed the
work of executing his orders in most ca
pable hands. Every staff department Is pre-
sided over by an expert in the particular
line of work laid out for him. ana Whiie the
planning of the general outline Is credited
TO General Corbin solely. the excellent man
ner in which the orders were executed be-
longs solely to the heads of the staff de-
partments which have had 1t In charge
One Feature of the Encampment.
One of the features of this camp that 1t
is the especial desire of the officers to I'M
press on visitors and others interested In
the maneuvers is that there is not a single
element of the work that could not be car
ried out to it's farthest limit in time OF war.
In fact several officers have said that II
this country was at with another ma
tion some of the tasks which now appear
harculean would be greatly simphhed. 1t
is interesting to note that the orders ls-
sued by the corps COMMANDER respecting
the property rights of the people whose
land has been leased for the maneuvers
are in some paragraphs almost exactly like
a set of orders issued by General Mellow
ell. IN command of the Union army, at the
time of the invasion of Virginia In July,
1861 Then, as now. officers were eau
toned to hold their men strictly account
able for any damage that might be done
to private property. and then, as now,
boards were appointed to receive claims
for such damage and award financial re-
lief when. in their opinion. the interests OF
the country could be best served. If the
state troops that are to participate in the
maneuvers were United States volunteers
the regular officers in charge would be able
to enforce their orders with greater free
dom OF action and would be able to punish
men more severely for violation thereof.
1t is not to be understood by this. however,
that the army officers do not expect to con-
troll the state troops, because they do. and
every mlitiaman will be held as strictly
accountable for his actions the regular
soldiers now are. But the position of state
troops serving outside the borders of their
own states under officers of other organiza-
tons than those of their own homes is