Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-06

have with him troop of cavalry and n
battery of field artillery the latter being
without its guns. Camp No l will be es-
tablished at Manassas and will be under
Grant u S. A., who will be in command
of the LIST Division. Camp No. 2 Is to be
established at Thoroughfare about three
miles west of Gainesville and will be under
the command of Brigadier General J.
Franklin Bell, U. S. A, who will have com
mand of the I'd Division. These two divi-
sions will be the opposing forces ana are
located about ten miles apart. at the eX-
tremities of the field maneuver. Each Will
include regulars and militia and each Will
be part of imaginary armies. Inc nela OF
maneuver is a strip Of land In Prince VIII
liam county of about fifty square miles IN
extent. Gainesville being near the center
and Manassas and ThOroughfare at Ine
east and west extremities respectively. l ne
regulars will begin to arrive at tne cai W,
ground on August q and the militiamen Dy
September /. The maneuvers proper Will
continue until about September H.
The chief umpire will be Col. Arthur L.
Wagner, assistant adjutant general, VINO
acted in the same capacity at the maneuV-
ers at West Point, KY, and at Fort Riley,
Kan last year. He Is the author ol
number Of treatises on military subjects III
the army, and will have charge OF the pro
gram and the mapping out of the problems
for the maneuvers this year. Col. wagner
is the assistant commandant OF the general
service and staff college at Fort LeaVeh-
worth, Kan, and Is regarded as one OF the
ablest officers of the army. he Will De as
sisted by a large corps of capable omcers.
Col John w. Pullman, deputy quartermas-
ter general, will be chief quartermaster, ana
will have as his assistants MAS. Jonn
B. BelIinger and James B. Aleshire who
will act as quartermaSters of the two dlVls-
ions Lieut.. Col. John G. d. Knight, gen
eral staff will be chief of staff to the gen
eral commanding the maneuvers.
The Troops to Participate.
Following is a list of the state troops that
will participate in the maneuvers:
Maine, LIST and I'd Regiments of Infantry;
Vermont, I'd Regiment of Infantry; Massa-
chusetts, one battery of field artillery, 9th,
Sth and 9th Regiments of Infantry; Con-
necticut, one troop of cavalry, one battery
of field artillery, one machine gun battery,
1st. I'd and Sd Regiments and 1st Separate
Company of Infantry; New York two troops
from the LIST Squadron of Cavalry. 18th,
18th, 18th and I'd Regiments of Infantry;
New Jersey, 4th and 9Th Regiments of In
fantry: Maryland, one troop of cavalry, 1st
Regiment of Infantry; Delaware. one bat
talon of infantry; Virginia, Battery A, 1st
Regiment of Field Artillery, 10th Regiment
of Infantry; West Virginia, two battalions
of infantry: North Carolina, LIST Regiment
of Infantry; South Carolina LIST and I'd
Regiments of Infantry: Georgia, three
troops of cavalry and LIST. I'd and Sd regi
ments of Infantry: Alabama 1st Regiment
fantry; Texas, 1st and I'd Regiments of In
fantry; Tennessee, list and Sd Regiments
of Infantry.
Following is the roster of the regular
troops to attend: Three companies, head
quarters and band of the I'd Battalion of
Engineers: eight troops, headquarters and
band of the 18th Cavalry; eight troops head
quarters and band of the. 10Th Cavalry: 3D.
4th. 18th, sd and 27th Batteries Of Field
Artillery; three companies, LIST: nine COM
panes, headquarters and band, 9th; five
companies, headquarters and band Sth;
eight companies. headquarters and band
9th; ten companies, headquarters and band
of the 10Th Regiment of Infantry.