The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1904-09-06
MIMIC VAR OPENS.
General Bell Sends HIS Forces Forward
Mt Double Quick Time.


Corps Headquarters, Gainesville, Va,
Sept. 5.-orders for a rush to positions
were given in both manoeuvre camps
exactly at midnight tonight. The
blue army under General Grant
moved to attack the brown army
General Bell The orders Of General
Bell sent his forces toward his adver-
ssary at double quick. 1t is his desire
to reach a position near the center Of
the manoeuvre field and stop the at
tacking force, whose duty it is to force
a passage through Thoroughfare Gap.
Careful estimates of these marches in
dicate that at daybreak a collision be-
tween the opposing forces will take
place somewhere near Groveton, a
memorable spot in the Bull Run bait
ties. From this first collision the
brown army can fall back if necessary,
to successive positions towards Thor
loughfare. General Corbin will join
| General Grant and witness the opera
tions of his army. The day following
he will be with General Bell.
The plans Of neither commander have
been divulged, but the problem makes
plain to military strategists the course
that will be followed, in all likelihood.
Every regiment to participate in the
manoeuyres was in its place shortly
latter noon to-day. Outpost duty, regi-
mental and brigade drills have been in
progress, and all the final arrange
lments made the leaving camp for the
/ battle which is to continue until 3
O'Clock Wednesday afternoon with a
| truce from 8 o'clock Tuesday afternoon
until midnight.
/ While the armies were preparing for
their contest tonight in camps num-
/ bers and 2, corps headquarters pre-
sented scene quite in contrast to war
! fare. General Corbin and his distin-
guished guests gathered in the mess
tent for dinner at Z o'clock and the
function was prolonged until o'clock,
while speeches in response to toasts
We're made. a. toast to the president
was drunk standing, toast to Spain
was responded to by Colonel Monte
verde, the Spanish military attache,
who is an observer of the manoeuvres
Colonel Raspopoff, the Russian obsery-
\ er, raised his glass to the president
Governor Warffeld of Maryland spoke
for his state and incidentally remarked
I that Maryland was responsible for Ne
braska, Kansas, Missouri, and other
western states. This gave ex-senator
Manderson OF Nebraska, who spoke
next, an opportunity for a humorous
i thrust. He had often wondered, he
said, where to look for the source of
his friend Bryan. He now knew Mary
4 land was responsible for him, according
to the confession Of her governor. He
touched on the structures reported tc
have been made by Representative
! Livingston Of Georgia. on the "full
dress" features of the dinner in General
Corbins camp, and invited an investi-
cation by congress with the hope that
| the ladies present, Mrs. Corbin, Mrs
\ Grant and Miss Patten, would be call
ed as witnesses. Any member of either
house of congress, he said, who would
not vote for the proper training of the
army, that it might be efficient as such
was not worthy place in congress
General f. v. Greene of New York and
Brigadier General Riggs of Massachus-
etts also responded FORECASTS.