Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-31

two shower baths have been placed de-
signed, arranged and set up by the quar-
termaster. BY this time the colonel thinks
about his tentage and baggage, and before
he has time to wink an eye he is COM
PEELED to move out of the way to permit a
long train of wagons, furnished by the
quartermaster, to unload the subject OF
his thoughts at the very spot where it will
be needed. The cavalry camps are marked
with yellow flags and the artillery camps
with red flags. Every brigade staff officer
finds at the brigade headquarters tent
marked with the emblem of his department,
all provided after hard work by the quar-
termaster. The elements that enter into
the experience of one officer are not pro-
vided for one regiment a. a time, but
given all the regiments at the same time.
1t has required the hardest kind of hard
work to complete all these arrangements,
and there has never been a moment when
the officers assigned to this duty have been
idle. After the regiments are camped they
Will still have their duties to perform, and
when the last soldier has departed they
will be required to undo all they have done
with the same dispatch and in as thorough
manner as the original task was accom-
plished.
The work that has been done here. as
stated has been called almost if not quite,
perfect by the chief quartermaster of the
corps, and nothing that has been done
here could not be done In the same length
of time. less than three weeks. anywhere
IN any part of the country where ordinary
conditions exist and where permanent
camps might be established in time of war
such as Camp Alger. Camp Thomas or
camp Meade were during the Spanish war
Meeting Postponed.
The meeting of the division and brigade
commanders with the chief umpire of the
maneuver corps which was announced for
today will not be held until tomorrow morn
ing Col A. L. Wagner. chief umpire, is
preparing short statement that is to be
given to the colonies of the militia regt-
ments respecting the maneuvers as soon
as they arrive, AID the meeting to be held
tomorrow is for the purpose of familiarizing
the commanders of the brigades and diyi-
sions with the general trend of the instruc-
lions that Will be issued directly to the
OF the problems that can be properly
brought out In a meeting of the directing
minds of both the blue and brown armies.
All day today reconnaissance by troops Of
all arms has been going on. On ali the
roads troops are met with in some forma-
maps and the country. The division COM
manders have directed that all the officers
of their commands shall familiarize Them
selves with the country lying between the
camps. and as result the field Is swarm
Ing with troops at all hours during the day
Inc omcers OF the corps commanders staff
have received instructions from Gen Cor
bin 10 study the country carefully also. and
they, too. have been hard at work riding
over the various roads and comparing The
topography with the maps furnished nv The
engineer department. This will be the pro
gram for every day this week, and by the
tins the mansuvsrs actually begin IT Ia
hoped that the men and officers will know,
every inch OF the territory to be covered
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