The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1904-09-01
Thousands of Troops Will
Participate with Army
Manassas
TIE PLANS FOR MANEUVERS
Field Of Operation Embraces Fifty
Square Miles in Prince William
County Vrginia-List of
Companies to be Present

Washington, Aug Everything /,
practically in readiness for the begin
png of the great army maneuvers Al
Manassas, Va. The regular 4roons
that are to take part are already on
the field, and the state militia will ar
rieve Saturday and Sunday. Every
state of the Atlantic division, with the
exception of Mississippi will be rep
resented
The plans for the maneuvers have
been carefully worked out by officers
ct the regular army, who have been
engaged on this duty for some time
The field Of operations embraces SO
square miles in Prince William coun.
y Virginia, extending from the village
of Thoroughfare eastward to Bull Run
The grounds chosen for camps and
for field exercises are well adapted
to such purposes, and have been pro-
vided with ample water supply, drain
age and other needfu facilities.
The 10000 troops engaged in The
maneuvers viii constitute Que corps.
which will be divided into two diyis-
ions. Major General Henry c. Corbin
for Adjutant General of the army and
now in charge of the military divis-
ion Of the Atlantic will he in supreme
command and the two divisions of the
force under him will be commanded
by Brigadier General J. Fr3.alliR Bell
and Brigadier General Frederick d.
Grant.
The First division, under General
Grant, will occupy camp No 1, near
Manassas, and will wear the Old style
blue flannel blouses, while the enemy.
The Second division. under General
Bell. viii be encamped at Thorough
fare, ten miles away and will be uni
foimed in khaki.
Beginning next Monday and contin-
uing for five days problems Of vital
Importance in modern warfare win be
worked out. and in'orGer that the reg
ular and militia troops engaged may
derive The greatest and most lasting
GOOD from the operations, conditions
of actual armed conflict will be ap-
p7oximated to the nearest possible de-
grce.
During the engagements between
tn Blues and she Browns as the OPP
posing forces will be designated for
purposes of brer!2y the spectacular
features thai distinguished the crap
ping OF armies in former times, the
dash of cavalry against artillery, the
bayonet charge in close order against
Infantry intrenched, the rush across
the shot-swepL open, will all be sacri-
E,ed to the business like features of
the present day warfare.
The sham battles will be no boys
play. Compared with theEl the drill
the state militia gets in arm ,ries and
or parade grounds is like a kinder
aarten to a boys military school. Al
taough the government will pay FOR
damage done the opposing forces will
net hesitate to pun down a man
fences, tramp over his cornfield, or dig
u3 his front garden, if necessary, on
the grounds Of economy Whatever
would be considered expedient in ac-
tual battle will be carried out in sham
battle. While the opposing forces
will be instructed in gerenal way,
to destroy as little property as posi-
Lle. to avoid cemeteries and fish war
Iens, and to consider the lights of
the lnoffensive farmer, no regiment or
company is gong to imperl tic chanc-
es of the success Of its division by
taking these things into serious con
sideration.
AS showing the large body Of soldi-
cry that will receive instruction dur
ing the manewers it is interesting
to note the various organizations OF
regulars and militia that are already
il camp or on their way. The First
division will consist Of two companies,
headquarters and band, Second Bat
TALON United States Engineers; eight
troops Fifteenth cavalry, headquarters
and band; one troop Connecticut cav
airy, provisional; two troops First
Squadron, New York cavalry provis-
ional; twenty-third battery and TWEEN
tv-seventh battery United states artil-
iery; first battery Massachusetts field
artillery; battery A, first Virginia, five
companies, headquarters and band fif-
tn United States infantry; first Geor-
gia infantry; fifth Massachusetts, in
fantry; fifth New Jersey infantry;
first Florida infantry; seventy fourth
New Yorli infantry, fourth company