The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-04
HOSTS GATHERING ON
THE MANASSAS FIELD
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even of a light battery. the chances are
that he sticks to his animal and is glad
Of IT,
squad Of signal corps men with an
equipment wagon are stringing wire
/ through the trees, the men shining up
the tail trunks as If they were monkeys.
Difference Apparent.
Everywhere there are soldiers, mount
ed and afoOt. in all stages OF easy un-
dress. always saving those who rifle in
hand. are on sentry-go. 1t is easy
I enough today 10 tell the difference PC
tween the regular and the miliuaman.
/ 1t will be more difficult a week from
now when the hot Virginia sun has set
| its seal on the alabaster brow OF the
| ofiice-man and raised a blister on the
| back of his much enduring neck
The average regular be he officer or
/ private, by the end % August has got
/ a complexion which in mahogany would
make a cabinet maker weep with JOY
But there seems always room Cor a
/ bit more pigment IN their skins, and
/ this Virginia sun handles a most eff
| fective brush; so over the red-brown
/ they brought with them. there Is a new
vermillLOn coating that lends added
| brillianey to their noses.
Fine Fields.
! Few spots better fitted than Manassas
for maneuvers on e large scale could
/ have been selected. The ground TO be
/ covered consisted of about fifty square
miles Of Prince William county The
terrain" as the technicians call it,
provides most all variety OF country.
] There are gently rolling plains and
/ steep. bristly hills that will make the
militia man sweat blood when he starts
/ 20 climb them with the thermometer in
/ the Os. The country IS about equal
} " divided between cleared and wooded
] land. thus giving plenty OF space for
( large operations Of cavalry and infantry.
/ at the same time 'aHording plenty Of
! opportunities for cover. And the country
Il Is healthful, devoid Of malaria and its
miasmatic te-rOrs-
Same Dust Theirs.
Above all. It is historic soil, full Of
/ inspiration for the sons Of Yanks and
/ the Johnny Rebs Here forty-three
years ago the first battle OF the civil
war was fought, when the Confederates
| threw the hastily organized Northern
| army back in confusion on Washington.
And again, a year later, another
Northern army after the stubbornest
Of fights. was forced to retreat before
/ the stars and bars All Virginia Is
historic and this field is within few
miles OF the sites OF some Of che great
| est battles OF the world.
| In this new army OF 5000 men who
are TO fight in play and try 10 solve the
! same problems that confronted the men
! Of the great war, SOutherner and
| NCrtherner will stand side by side IN
! the army Of the browns" New York
/ and Georgia. Massachusetts and Vir-
giuia. South Carolina and Connecticut
same dust and hike the same miles in
! perfect amity. all under the protecting
and instructing aegis Of the regulars.
Roster of Troops.
! Fifteen thousand Of the army are regu-
lars, attached to the various garrisons
and posts Of the Department Of the At
lantlc. The other 1900 are militiamen.
/ from Connecticut. New York. Massachu-
sets. Virginia, Georgia, Florida, South
/ Carolina. Tennessee. Alabama. Texas.
Maryland. Vermont. Maine. North Car
dina New Jersey, Delaware, and West
Virginia. New YOrk's contingent viii be
the Twelfth Infantry from Manhattan.
/ the Fourteenth from brooklyn, the Sew
enty-fourth from Buffalo, and the Sec
ord from upstate towns, and a provis-
/ iOnal squadron of cavalry.
| The full roster OF the forces and their
Organization IS as follows:
From All Quarters.
! First division. Brig. Gen. F. .. Grant.
! commanding-Divi troops. two com
panies. headquarters and band. Second
/ Battalion Engineers; eight troops Fiji
! teenth Cavalry. headquarters. and band /.
/ one troop Connecticut cavalry; two
! troops First Squadron New York Cav
/ airy: Twenty-third and Twenty seventh
Batteries. United States Field Artillery;
one battery Massachusetts artillery; Bat
/ terry A. Virginia artillery.
Elvfgr 4 Theodore j
] whit commanding - Five companies,
! headquarters, and band, Fifth Infantry;
/ First Georgia Infantry. Fifth Massachu-
| sets Infantry. Fifth New Jersey In
fantry. Seventy-fourth New York In
| fantry.
| Second Brigade. Brig. Gen Tasker H.
Bliss. commanding-Foqr companies six
/ teenth Infantry. First Florida Infantry.
! Fourteenth New York Infantry. First
South Carolina Infantry First Tennessee
third Brigade. Col. Butler D. Price.
Sixteenth Infantry. commanding-SiX
| companies Headquarters. and band
! Sixteenth Infantry; Wrist Alabama IN
/ fantry. PROVISIONAL; First Maine Infan-
Try. First Texas Infantry, SEVENTEEN
| Virginia Infantry.
North and South
Fourth Brigade. Gen. Russell Frost
| Connecticut National Guard, command
ing-Four companies Fifth Infantry
! First Connecticut Infantry, second Con
| necticut Infantry, Thir,. Connecticut In
fantry. First Separate Company Con
| necticut Infantry.
Second Division. Brig. Gen. j. Frank
/ in Bell neutrality-suspicious. troops
First Company Second Battalion Eng
| neers, Two sQGadrons, headquarters anc
band Seventh Cavalry: First Squadron
Georgia Cavalry. First Troop Maryland
| Cavalry, Twenty-third and Twenty
fourth Batteries United States Field Ar
tillery. First Battery Connecticut Artil-
lery, First Battery Connecticut Machine
Gun.
First Brigade. Brig. Gen. J. NJ. Lee,