The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-06-22
BLOODY FIGHT IN THEORY
Bull Run to Be Fought Over, But With
out Bullets.
THOSE MANEUyERS AT MANASSAS.
Never Before In the Peace History Of the
United States Have Such Msneuvers Been
Held as Those Now Being Planed-Over
S,00O Troops VIII Engage in the Mimic War
fare-Fight In Perfect Harmony.

Washington, d. c., (SpeciaD.-
Preparations are being completed
under the direction OF Maj Gen. Henry
{. Corbin, Commanding the Atlantic
division, for the combined army and
militia maneuvers to be held in Sep
tember near Manassas. Va.
Never before in the peace history
of the United States have such ma
neuvers been held as those now being
planned. Over $4,000 troops will en-
gage in the mimic warfare-troops
from every State in the Atlantic divi-
sion, which runs from Maine to
Florida east of tn Mississippi river,
except New Hampshire, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, Mississippi and pos
sibly Alabapa. There also will be
more than 5000 regulars, who, with
the guardsmen, will fight over again
the historic battle of July FL, 1861,
when $1,000 Confederate soldiers
under General Bauregard defeated
about $4,000 Federal troops under
General Mcdowell. In September,
however, Northern and Southern
soldiers will fight side by side and
against each other, but always in the
most perfect harmony.
Major Corbin, now the
second ranking officer in the army,
will command this entire force and
will establish his headquarters at
Gainesville, Va, about five miles from
Manassas. One army will be en-
camped in Thoroughfare Gap, 10
miles from Manassas and the other
near Manassas Although the prob
lens to be worked out during the ma
neuvers have not yet been finally
planned it is generally understood
that the conditions which confront the
commanders of the Federal and Con-
iederate forces in 1861 will be sim
ulated as far as possible, considering
the many Improvements that have
been made in the art of warfare.
A Lee And A Grant To Be There.
Two names famous in Civil War
history will be represented by two
prominent brigadier-generals of the
regular army who have been selected
to command the troops in the Manas-
sas manuevers. They are Lee and
Grant. Brig Gen. Jesse NJ. Lee,
United States Army, it is true, is not
closely connected with the famous
Lee family of Virginia, but Brig Gen
Frederick d. Grant is son Of the late
Gen. U. S. Grant The other general
officers OF the regular army who will
participate are Brig. Gems. Franklin
J. Bell, Theodore J. Wint, Tasker H.
Bliss and Thomas II. Barry. Many
general officers OF the militia will also
be present and command brigades and
divisions during the mimic fights.
The War Department has been in
formed that number of veterans OF
the Civil War, whose interest in that
memorial conflict never will die, will
be present as spectators in September
1t is expected that hundre is OF old
soldiers who were pre,ent at one of the
battles of Bull Run will come from all
parts OF the country to see the younger
generation fight the old fights with
modern implement, OF war. Some OF
the ablest military strategists in the
regular army today will be present
70 map out the policy OF the opposing
forces, and Lieut-Gen. Adna r. Chat
Zee, himself a veteran OF the Civil
War, will be present as an observer.
At Work At Manassas.
Col. II. O. H. Hestand, adjutant-
general of the Atlantic division, is at
Manassas now completing the ar
rangements for the maneuvers. More
than so square miles OF ground, ex-
tending from Manassas to Thorough
fare Gap and including all OF the
first and second Bull Run battlefelds,
has been leased for the mauenvers by
the War Department. The farmers
of the country have entered into the
plan and have willingly le; the Gov