The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-09
mysterious ENCOUNTERS.
Armies Were Gotten in Position
for iTo-day's Work.
special Contemporaries :
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Special Correspond ence Of The Times
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sPRBSs CAMP tGAINESVILLE, VA,
September Son account of the pitiable
condition of the blue arrny, General Grant
made the request that the hour 70 r. he
commencement Of the second problem be
delayed suntil 9 o'clock his morning.
The blue army was entirely worn out
by It's two days Of hitting officers and and
men ,ssilnaccustomed to marching. We're
Gfootsorc, stiff and disabled. The play
battle has become q thing serious emo b
for the most strenuous 4 ind their galcty
Of Monday has changed to a sad and
serious nilen. s jS4 81 fs "a
X General Bell, commanding the brown
army, was ready and anxious to begin
1.-THE fray, for his men lad had the easier
work. His command had marched not
more than half tho distance covered by
the blueatroops and there fore Y wa o
his advantage TO proceed al as Sear lyy q II
hour as possible. I5 b
I & However. 4 like d rue sports nan, Cien-
3eral Bell granted the tensions o time
and SO the advance begansat 90 clock
Fighting Begins.
AT 1890 o'clock, the advance guard of
General Grants army. the First Brigade,
under General Vim :, ,ss5N as at Welingt ton,
crossing the large fie Ids where the great
march past takes place on Saturday. At
ii 5o' clock, there was All eng cement be-
tween the advance of the armies, but no
enga cement of hllloment occurred until
nearly 2 clock, when the First Brigade
Of tho blues. under G eneral Whit engaged
a regiment of Connecticut and Georgia
troops supporting q platoon of, Captain
FOOTE'S artillery of General Lee brown
brigade. 5Y NJ !.
Il A troop Of tho Fifteenth Cavalry Corps
we're put out of business by the Seventh
Cavalry, but during tho whole morning
there was no serious encounter for he
simple fact that the armies were being
gotten into position for Tomorrow, when
the solution Of the two problems will be
determined. Tonight the armies are
bivouacklng on the field and before day
breaks, they will be n ga II, on the march.
The heat Is intense. and the dust sim
ply awful Many of tho men march with
wet handkerchiefs tied across their faces
and the suffering has been fearful. but
E''IIaec ollm smenlnisee juyabit."
What the Foreigners Think.
i rode a quarter part Of the day with
tho foreign attaches, and 1t Interested
mo greatly hearing them discuss the sit
.ua ton. Colonel Raspopoff.t Russian att
Itaelle, spoke highly OF our army.S,IIe said
1T was wonderful tina t tho government
jhnd been able to get such q large per-
5centage Of the army together, Tho mel,
were excellently handled. and the discip-
limo was admirable. he thought Major,
Williams. of the Royql Engineers. the
English attache, Is a soldier OF the first
rank. who has seen service all the world
oyer, He, like his Their before HIM was
grad uated first In his, class&at Woolwicl
and like Colonel Wa gner. OF our army,
!he Is considered san authority on army
5n,anoeuYers, Major Williams said to mo
to-day that the country covered by the
man oeuyeEs Is the most dlfficllt he has
eyer observed more difficult than in
France, Gerrnny or In his own 4coun try
because OF the low hills and numerous;
tracts ofawoods, He seemed to think 1t
3War8balloons for obserY Ion, He has becni
able to discover the positions of the en- o.
my when orr army Is not equipped with:
war la cons for obseryati ion. lilo has been
also greatly Impressed at the higi intel
5ligeilee OF our enlisted men and tho dis
.rlpline and determinat ion 81 our lun-ss
3teers.q N M.
4 To-day while Mrs. Vanderbilt was
llunesnns IN comforts Mt General g,orbin's
With q motor cav NalL lfss;1