The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-05-08
General Corbin Will Try
to Excel StOneWall
Jackson.
WILL LEAD $4,000 MEN
Seeking by Comparison to
Test Efficiency of Modern
Arms and Methods.

MAJOR General Corbin will fight the
third battle of Bull Run. The General
stan of the army is now engaged upon
improving the strategy of General
Stonewall' Jackson in what is regard
ed BY military strategists as the most
mastery campaign Of the civil war.
From Portland. Ne, which never came
nearer TO war than seeing in the ofing
Spanish fleets which never existed, the
army maneuvers viii be transferred this /
year 10 Manassas. Va, which still bears
marks Of the heavy blows dealt by blue
and gray forty-two years ago.
For tie first time an opportunity viii
be afforded for effective COMPARISONS be-
tween the old army which fought and
the new army which is being trained to
fight. Can The modern armament and
the methods of transportation which
have developed forty years from the
DAYS when Pope and Lee raced from
their respective bases tothe battle-ground
change the result Of their maneuvers2
Twenty-Five thousand modern soldiers
Viii be used 10 test the prowess OF the
ancient armies of the rebellion and
prove what would have happened had
the commanders whose names made his
tory possessed Krag-Jorgensen rifles.
Dougherty wagons and the new army
field gun
Little Change in Field.
Il Is probable that no field of any az
the great Southern conflicts could have
been selected which has suffered 90
mite change as the low lying land in
ne valley Of northern Virginia between
Inoroughfare Gap and the Potomac.
-here have been few alterations in
the general makeup and characteristics
OF Manassas since the rear guard OF
General Pope's army fell back TO Wash
iucion- Railroad lines and roads which
afforded the old combatants THERE ol.ly
methods OF transportation other than
that afforded by the country roads. have
not changed. The lines shown up1n
Inc map OF 1852 are still unchanged, ex-
cepf that upon what was :he left flank
OF the Northern army there has been
ocs.s tructed a road between Alexandr.l
ana Fredericksburg. and line acro=s
what was the base of the Southern
i1my from Fredericksburg 10 Char
lStIe sville. These latter lines would ga
materially have affected the operations
Of the civil war that it is probable, II
The general staff follows its plan q
ri reducing the campaign Of 1852, thcy
VIII be barred by the umpire.
twenty-five Thousand Men.
Eighteen thousand regular army
troops and four thousand militiamen
from various Eastern States will par
tlcipate IN the operations which viii
continue from September To % This
* the largest body of regular and
militia gathered for maneuvers in the
history OF the United States. The fields
Of Bull Run, Bristol Station. Milford.
and Manassas Junction viii again be
troa by armed soldiers. The same stra-
tegic points which played such a vita!
part in the contest Of military science
waged between Gen. John Pope. the
Federal leader. and Gen Robert T.
Lee, Confederate. stand the same to-
day as IN lS62.
Maj. Gen. Henry c. Corbin. com
manding the Division of the Atlantic
VIII be in supreme command. Iieut
Gen. Aoua X. Chaffee Chief Of Staff
whose actual fighting service ia Cuba
me philippines. and China. in the last
rev years Is IfeSh In mind, will observe
the maneuVers. Military attaches OF
Foreign governments viii witness the
eFoiuuons. Convenient as the scene OF
nghuHg VIII be 10 Washington and Bal
tlmore, and even 10 Philadelphia ana
New York. thousands of OnIOokers arc
expected 10 find their way thither Al
ready inquiries that pour in upon the
" ar Department show that many an
old veteran who fought in the cam,
paien or August, 1852 INTENDS to see
how the soldiers OF today viii handle,
themselves on the fighting ground.
Red Virginia Mud.
TO this day. wherever the veterans Of
the campaign o. the great rebellion
gather and stories are told. red Viz
ginia mud has prominent place. it
IS declared there is no "sticI.ier" rnua
ia ft-1I
''stickier' than the last rainy harvast
months.
The campaign of 1862 was fought for
tie most part by veterans Of ar least "a
years standing. There were four reg
ments from in or near the city of New
Ork in that campaign, but they hal
had time TO learn the difference DO
tween the pavements OF the Island az
Aanhattan and the shifting slush IN
the wake Of a Virginia transform. 1t
Is considered highly probable by arm
oihceTs That the regiments from The
State OF New York. 50 fortunate as ID
be allowed the opportunity 90 atteu I
these maneuFers viii De APT 10 en-
Counter some Inconvenience before they
equal the record Of Cen. St0ucwafI
Jackson when he fought two armies fu
The same day beyond ThorOugLf1re
Gap at points fifteen miles of red clay
apart and won the strategy OF tLe
game OF 1862
Cooperation Of Militia.
Cooperation or militia with regular
trcops. which forms the basic principle
q the national scheme Of defense. W.
be afforded through. operation in these
maneuyer5. General COrbn recently
went 10 Virginia TO make arrangements
for obtaining permission 10 operate
upon tha land desired as fighting
ground. Property owners told him tlte
army could begin 90 operate there tie
first week In September. when the
harN est VIII have been completed and
there VIII DE no danger 10 crops from
The march OF infantry cavalry. or A.
tiil6Ty.
BuI this date, although IL has the adj
vantages Of being comparatively cool
and is convenient 10 the Virginia farmers.
has It's drawbacks. Most OF the National
Guard organizations go into camp and
have their maneuvers ia july and
August. The militiamen with whom
s0ldiery is an occupation secondary 10
that by which they make their living
are better able 10 leave their offices and
shops during the dull summer months.
When the wheels Of commerce and IN
dustry begin % timber up ia September