Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-02

.ouoa this wear. were members of the ma
NEWER divisions at those two places, 50
tbat all of the officers selected Tor tnis outy
are, to certain extent. 1amih th Win T rt,e
work that is mapped out for them. Inc
duties of the umpires are manlfo!d IN eAer-
cises of this kind. Col. wagner, IN eHoeav-
cring to define their duties to The star rep
resentatiye Yesterday sad that they rep
,esotit Mo hullets and the moral effect "of
fire contact of fighting forces. AS oehneu
in the preliminary instructions LOT utnPlres
issued by the War Department they repre-.
sent the impresslons anu comniicated YER
hiage Bhan Col. Wagners denhIoh' pue ~
means the same thing. Ill,
on This occasion the force OF umplres VIII
number fifty-one otllcees aah 1--WE than the
rank of captain has been chosen and II was
the desire to secure field ofhcers Soliice eas
ranking as majors or higher exclusively Iol
this duty. but the limited number or those
lila HE made it necessary to go to the
LIST of captain. The reason given TOT Sc
Letting officers Of the hlgher grades lof
service as umpireS was that the "oIh re-
cuires men of wide experience anu iULs
acouaintance with military methods. Inc
officers are selected from among the pest
eouipped and most efficient men IN the
army and the fact OF their selecuon Is
testimonial of the high estimate placed
nnon their abilities by their superiors. The
force that will do duty here next week VIII
be divided into two sections. one section
will go with the blue army ana one with
tho brown The chief umpire is with neither
army and is the supreme authority of the
maneuyer field. With each army the senior
officer will be senior umpire and Will be
supreme in his army, the other oimcers VIII
he subordinate to these three. The chief
umpire as has been previously stated, Will
he Col Arthur L. Wagner of the general
staff. who was chief umpire at West Point
and Fort Riley last year and who mas oeen,
until lately, the second in command at the
general service and staff college at Fort
Ieayenworth, Kan. Col. Jacob A. Augur,
10Th Cavalry, will be the senior umpire with
Gen. Grants army and nd, COL H. Eagar ,,r a.
pire with the brown. All the officers de-
tailed for this duty will wear the uniform OF
the divisions to which they are attached
and will be distinguished from the other
troops by a white cap or helmet. The chief
umpire is permitted to wear either the blue
or brown uniform and Is accompanied by
mounted orderly carrying his flag, white
ensign with a large red Y in the center.
No Stimulation of Former Engagements
All of the officers concerned In the or
ganization of the maneuver corps desire II
to be fully understood that in the condi-
lions that are to be brought about here
there is to be no attempt to work over any
historical tactical problems such as the
battles of the civil war that have been
fought out on the fields surrounding the
maneuver zone. They declare that 1t cannot
be too often explained and reiterated that
army field exercises of the character Of
those to be attempted here next week are
hut elements in the education of the SOL
diers, and are given under these conditions
because they are the only conditions under
which such exercises are practicable. This
is not to be sham battle or a fight. The
question Of which side wins does not enter
into the usefulness of the maneuvers in
any sense of the word. although the rivalry
between the two opposing forces Is ca1cu-
lated to spur the individual soldier on to
greater endeavor. The situations that are
presented In the program are entirely DIFF
ferent from those of any battle In history.