The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-11
THE THIRD BULL Run.
Historic Ground Chosen for the Ean-
oeuvers Of tee army.
SOUTH CAROLINA WILL BETEEgE
Twenty-Five Thousand Regulars and
State Troops Will Take Part In
FortniSht's Operations. 4
Shame Rartle
Shame Battle.

third battle of Bull Run. The gen
eral staff Of the army is now engaged
upon improving the strategy OF Gen
eral "Stone Jackson IN what IS
regarded by military strategistS as the
most mastery campaign OF the civil
war.
From Portland, Me-, which never
came nearer to war than seeing in the
ofhng Spanish fleets which never ex-
listed, the army manoeuvers will be
transferred this year to Manassas.
Va, which sill bears the marks OF
the heavy blows dealt by blue and
gray forty-two years ago.
For the first time an opportunity
will be afforded for effective compari-
sons between the old army which
fought and the new army which is
being trained to fight. Can the mod
ern armament and the methods OF
transportation which have developed
forty years from the days when Pope
and Lee raced from their respective
bases to the battle ground change the
result Of their manoeuvers? Twenty
two thousand modern soldiers will be
used to test the proweSS Of the ancient
armies of the rebellion and prove
what would have happened had the
commanders whose names made lis
tory possessed krag-Jorgensen rifles,
Dougerty, wagons and the new army
field gun.
It is probable that no field OF any
Of the great Southern conflicts could
have been selected which mas suffered
SO little change as the low-lying land
in the Valley Of Northern Virginia
between Thoroughfare Gap and the
Potomac.
There have been few alterations in
the general make up and Characters
tics Of Manassas since the rear guard
Of General Pope's army fell back 70
Washington. Railroad lines and roads
which afforded the old com mbatantS
their only methods Of transportation
other than that afforded by the coun-
try roads have not changed. The lines
shown upon the map Of 1862 are still
unchanged, except that upon what
was the left flank of the Northern
army there has been constructed a
road between Alexander and Freoer-
icksburg, and line across what was
the base OF the Southern army from
Fredericksburg to Charlottesville.
These latter lines would Sc materially
have affected the operations Of the
civil war that it is probable, if the
general staff follows its plan Of repro
6ucing the campaign of 1862, they
will be barred by the umpire.
Eighteen thousand regular army
troops and four thousand militiamen
from various Eastern states will par
ticipate in the operations, which will
continue from September 5 to 20.
This is the largest body Of regulars
and militia gathered for manosuvreS
in the history Of the United States.
The fel6r of Bull Run, Bristow Sta
tiop, Milford and Manassas Junction
will again be trod by armed soldiers.
The same strategic points which play
el: such a vital part in the contest OF
military science waged between Cen
eral John Pope, the Federal leader,
AMI General Robert E. Lee, Confsoer-
ate, stand the same today as 10 1852.
Major General Henry c. Corbiu,
commanding the division OF the Al
lantic, will be in supreme command.
Lieutant General Adna E. Chafee,
chief Of staff, whose actual fighting
service in Cuba, the Philippines and
China in the last few years is fresh in
mind, will observe the manoeuvres,
military attaches Of foreign govern
ments will witness the evolutionS.
Convenient as the scene Of fighting
will be to Washington and Baltimore,
and even Philadelphia and New York,
thousands Of onlookerS are expected
to find their way thither. Already
inquiries that pour in upon the war
department show that many an old
veteran who fought in the cam
paign Of August, 1862, intends to see
how the soldiers Of today will handle
themselves or the fighting ground.
To this day wherever the veterans
of the campaign o. tae great rebellion
gather stories as to red Virginia
mu6n have a prominent place. It is
declared there is 10 stickier' mud in
the world and no time when it is
'stickiern than the last rainy harvest
months.
The campaign Of 1858 was fought
for the most part by veterans OF at
least a years standing. There were
four regiments from in or near the city
of New York in that campaign, but
they had had time to learn the differ
ence between the pavementS Of the
island of Manhattan and the shifting
slush in the wake Of a Virginia rain
storm. It is considered highly proba-
BILE by army officers that the regi-
ments from the state OF New York so
fortunate as to be allowed the oppor-
tunity to attend these nanoeuvres
will be apt to encounter some incon-
venience before they equal the record
Of General Stonewall Jackson when be
fought two armies in the same day
beyond Thoroughfare Gap at points
fifteen miles Of red clay apart ana
won tne strategy Of the game OF 1862.
Cooperation Of militia with regular
troops, which forms the basic princi-
pie of the national scheme Of defense,
will be afforded thorough operation
in these manoeuyres. General Cor
bin recently went to Virginia to
make arrangements for obtaining per-
mission to operate upon the land de-
sired as fighting ground. Property
owners told him the army could be-
gin to operate there the first week in
September, when the harvest will
have been completed and there will
be no danger to crops from the march
Of infantry, cavalry and artillery.