The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-04
ON THE BATTLE-GROUND
Virginia Troops snugly Tucked Tucked:
Up for the Night.
Tucked
2. MOI. ana. HHsaH "a.
Especial Correspondence Of

Especial "a Correspondence OIL ne ~ y mes mes,
Dispat ch.) 81
HEADQUARTERS FIRST DIVISION,
MAN ssAS. IA. septem Der The VIZ y =
ginIa troops are snuGly til cked up for tn
night and arc sleeping the sleep Of =. those
who have d ono good service. u ha We jus I
left their camp nt3l1l o'clock. though
t7,e yirginians only reached WI at 3
o'clock, itSlooks as though they had been
|in camp there for n eks me re ginlelt
reached Camp No att 81 Q CLOCK anu
marched three miles 20 the posi- ton where
they are stationed. There are 526 men
snd So officers strong. and % Ulcers OF ~ 2
regular army: who observed them on the
ma rch spoke OF them in the highest praise.
Ma jor Bossieux's battalion,gth he First, wa $
the first to reach camp. ajorS KING, the
newly elected major of the reg ment y met
tho special train atsAlexand ria a no 5tooK
command OF his battalion on reaching
Camp No. ]. The Virginians have the
post of honor In General Grants army,
for they are the farthest rpm Z mead
quarters and dearest to the ca mp OF me
enemy. Next to the Virginia regiment
the Texans are encampcd. and below tncm
the Sixteenth United States Infantry. Coi-
5onel# George Wayne Anderson. command e, MAJ,
ing. spoke In high praise OF the behavior
Sof his men, and he has no doubt but
that they will make an excellent SHOWING
during the coming week. The officers ana
me1, are well and In excellent cong ltlon.sS
IT. may be Of some interest to know the
preparations forSthis army game. When ne
the snow was still on the ground Colonel
H. IS. Brown. general agent for the south-
sernf Railway Company. in conjunction
With army authorities, began to plan for
the manoeuvres. There were four , hum
dred and fifty landowners to be seen.
and each OF these had to be persuaded to
grant alright Of way. these ana pro-
Enrietors together owned $1,000 acres. and
it can readily be seen that the undertak-
Ing was gigantic. The g overnment& pays.
for! five days use 70 & thea rea, a. rent OF
5twenty cents an acre, and an additional
rent Of thirty-five cents IAN acre Tor 3,epo
acres Of actual camps, and so the farmers
Of Fairfax and Prince W liam counties
will obtain for the use OF their lands more
than $4,000. Tho Southern RAILWAY has
Installed twenty-slx miles Of side and
spur tracks at Manassas, Gainesville ana
;Thoroughfare, and twlll&rnn within me 2,
wselt one hundred and seventy special
trains, or. more than LOO passenger
Goa ches. The farmers are greatly pleasea.
II am told, with the personnel OF me
board that will ;fiX damages. cap,al'l
~. H. Brown, OF Gainesville, an old son
federate ofIlcer;f Captain 7. o. Grlnsp Pc.
OF the Virginia National Guard OF IN ~ !.
,peper and Colonel John p. Hull, Of the .,
board arc Yirglnians is especially plensin W.
10 this STATE m mi ana w " the
turn to their homes at the enc az - c nv
week. laden down with Goyernmeht cur
rency. for"al Will % paid Of before
breaktns camp and se,on mat vii, fa bs
ISheard rather m amusing story 2, to !
to-day ~ ancient but snr,GMtyS nsX q
Yarn Wermont' IT. Il had SAID 10 him that ! he
Mas far from his own /, ba .Ng, n 4
stranger III strange land. ~ "a p ~ !
he e 8 the Ia real Bull Run. and had good
e ca ,se to ~ remember IL His somman 9
last ga men five minutes ana ~, ms run n1,
t - shame tie historical sprint OF the hero J,
Of Marathon Ne showed M Inc batt Paos in
graph taken Just before yh shoes payed
Very prominent part, but said hs Ri "
did not look new When ! te''''''r
banks of the Potomac, p. II.