The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-08-24


.lcield Of Bull Run in the carly lays
IF September will be or a much more
Elaborate scale than has ever been at.
tempted heretofore. Regular troops
and militia organizations TO the mum
Der Of 80, 800 will be assembled at the
camps in the vicinity Of Thoroughiarc
ard Manassas and will come from al
most every State in the Union east of
the Mis>irpi river.
Great benefits to both the regular
establishment and the militia orran
2atior are expected to result from the
operations. The actual manoeuyrc-
will las, from Sept > to Sept. ~, but
he greater part Of the regular troops
lnd some OF the militia will be on the
..yround before the former date aud
will remain for some time after the
last Of the sham engagements has
been fought and the set problems Of
mimic warfare have been satisfactori.
~ solved.
Maj. Gen. Henry G. Corbin, former
:adiutant general of the army, and now
N charge Of the military division Of
the Atlantic, with headquarters at
Governors Island, New York, will be
IN supreme command, and the two di-
visions of the force under him will be
commanded by Grig. Gen. j. Franklin
Bell and Brig. Gen. Frederick D.
Grant, son Of the famous soldier pres
Tdent.
Brig. Gen. Theodore J. Wint, Brig.
Gen. Tasker II. Bliss, Col. Butler b.
Price Of the Sixteenth infantry and
Gen. Russell Frost of the Connecticut
National Guard will command the
@'irst, Second, Third and Fourth brig
ades, respectively, Of the First divis-
ion; and Brig. Gen. j. NJ. Lee, Brig
eGen. Thomas H. Barry, Col. James
asegan of the Ninth infantry and Col.
e. A. Smith of the Eighth infantry
'Nill be in command Of the brigades Of
the Second division.
The First division, under Gen.
Grant, will occupy Manoeuvres camp,
No. l, near Manassas, and will wear
the old style blue flannel blouses,
while the enemy, the Second divi sion,
sunder Gen. Bell, will be encamlod at
'Ehoroughfare, more than ten miles
away, and will be uniformed in khaki.
During the Eve days that the ma
uoeuvres are in progress, problems of
vital Importance in modern warfare
will be worked out, and in order that
the regulsr and militia troops engaged
may derive the greatest and most last
ing good from the operations. condi-
sions Of actual armed conflict will be
approzimated to the Dearest possible
degree.
During the engagement between the
Blues and the Browns, as the oppos-
ing forces will be designated for pur-
uoses Of brevity, the spectacular fea-
ssures that distinguished the graphing
OF armies in former times, the dash Of
savslry against artillery, the bayonet
charge in close order against infantry
Eetrenchsa, the rnah acrosa the shot-
sswept open, will all be sacrificed to
the business features of the present
day warfare.
The army Of 10000 men will not be
sent to the vancouver camps for pur.
poses Of military display, nor to work
.out problems Of warfare that became
practically obsolete with the advent of
the small bore. high powdered maya.
zine arm, the deadly machine gun and
the powdered long range siege gun in
use by all armies at the present time.
They will be sent to work out essen.
fsially modern problems Of war that
Jtake iato consideration all of the mod.
. srn engines Of destruction and the
-ohaage'in military operations necessi-
>teted by their use.
The army officers who have been
designated to serve as umpires during
the manoeuvers have received their
instructions along this line, and the
military commander who, during the
manosrTers, shall lead his command
rn gallant charge or desperate assault,
according to the old standard, will
find that he and his men have proba-
IDLY advanced through zone of theo.
Setical destruction, and that, on pa
per, his command has been annihila.
ted,
FIX nigh ofhoers Of the army who
are now engaged in working out the
details Of the manoeuvers are satisfied
that when, after Eve days of fighting,
of march and Of couutermaroh, Of
oaioht attnoE and armed aurnrisa tba