The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-26

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/ "a CAMP ROO Ev1 eli e, Mr.. CIR Ell n q,
SSPEN 81, August u. uncie$ Sam is making
n here lis first experiment In n tcaeshii,g
Il ahc arts Of war to regti lars and State
militia u together. oil the vast plane Of
a actual campaigning a. 4 S.Ss 3gs
INC aIanoeuvie N camps are nothing new
s#stt Her here or8nbrond.i5 But Camp EROose-
j24Yelt is&more than, III ma fioet,H cntnr, 7
q III a camp OF ainstriiGti6n MS we'll. Is ~
gathering OF Federal troops and tional
4 g,iarismen from various s tates9s on Ban
\ c{ltist, roofing to Sbc laugh I problems Of
WAR not merely 10 pnrti cipate in spec
}tacmlar battles With blank en- rtridg cs. .G In
sjtliis respect 1T Is n departure from The
methods hitherto g,lndertaken3 n Z military
sencampments In y The United States and
;8in foreign countries MS ss we'll. Ssgg1 Is Ia
g8step far III advance OF any that has ever
sEbeen taken heretofore >bS the armies OF
~ the world. Il F "A
l,rhe selection Of ia camp site for the
ii 1ocpa rtment Of the East was the all im-
portnntS question that confronted the
War I'D epart me, when CoiiSr ess 9 uthor-
u ized this Instruction camp. Without
much Hesitation II was decided ITO 2, try
N NJ t retlln I'd 8 81 an 81 experiment. with q.
Il, view to selectlng IS n permanent camp;
&FPennsyl vania4 has for scvernl yea rs $held
Tits annual encampment here. M AZ IA 4
!ss Mt Gretna Is shnf4n nights ride from
e New i ors City, headquarters Of the De-
$partment Sofsthe East It Is #locat ed on
the Cornwall and Lebanon Railroad Which
Travels through the beautiful y Lebanon
alley Of Pennsylvania. One steps from
the train ana gets tho first glimpse Of
Bthe camp through the dense foliage OF
n grca t white oaks and chestnut trees.
u An Ideal Battle Ground.
s11s As far as the eye cal, see4the beautiful
Il green hills ono rising above the other
4 like great terrace I are dotted With tents
FfofSkhaki brown, or canvas viii g. Ss$ Reg
mental flags here and there mark the
" head quarters y Of regulars and National
\ guards alike. ii Far 958 over these camp
grounds OF the infantry, are the long
1 lines OF horses on a slope below the cav
4 airy and artillery quarters Just above
these on tho summit OF another great
n terrnce-like hill the signal corps and en-.
* gineers are encamped, and from the top
Il or q giant oak tree comes the chatter Of
the wireless telegraph, used here Tor the
first time In the signal service B&5s Ssf
}f88 Away above all Is the highest Epoint8ofS
isthe camp where General Fred erick Dent I
Grant and his stat ( are Quartered From
BShisRt threshold, he can sweep the n entire
camp with field glasses n 5$.3
Ssss General n Grant ut camp 3hendQuarterss
\ gave a comprehensive atement as to the
v plan s, 4 scope and purposes OF the camp
Thls lis a camp Of instruction e he said,
;&rand lis the first we have ever. had that
brought troops Of the regular army and
the State troops together to- learn real
rfare.4 III 5sk5 III An
Is998 There have been, and are now man
$oeuvre camps in the country, but they are
mot camps Of instruction in the sense =
mean. We take up the adVan ced drills
here going Just beyond what troops In
GARRISON IRE supposed to learn, and then
we make a progressive drill lasting one
I week, n each phase leading to another
@phase,4 forming what may be termed a.
Ecalnpaign,@ and ending on Friday In q
lenl.swhich must be met and ID fought
but by the opposing forces which we call
6the blues and the browns "A til IA
gf These forces are distinguished by hav-}S
Sing#sone$ Of the soldiers Wea their blue /
\ s,iirtsaundS the hers their brown blouses.a
The settlement 81 the problem g t the end
i$of The week whether 1t be n sham bat
tie five or six miles from camp, or
! whether 81 Il be IL midnight a tack upon
the camp itself. lis what may be termed
{, a lnanoeuVre The progressive drill dur
Ing the week leading up to the problem
4 orF1nnnoeurre,5 Il covers field service Eregu-
lations, Involves a ll phases Of field in
4 struction, and is In the end what might
be termed1a campai gn: {
s5 Gen. Grant Praises Mt. Gretna..
SIN many respects continued General
Grant, Mt. Gretna Is an Ideal spot for
an encampments on such vast plane ms
this has been pltched One needs but to
look at X the rolling hills shaded as they
ARE here and there by great oaks and
%chestnuts to see that from a topogrnph-
4 icalS standpoint we have here a perfect
place. Oil The atery3 runs off by as per-
feet systSig OF ,@nat ural drainage as
anybody iould desire. That Is, in my
opinion, a great advantage 55ti.
5s .For all lines OF instruction we are
admirably located here at Mt, Gretna.
The ground Is fashioned by nature for a
camping place in regard to the pitching
4 OF tents and fitting UP the settlement
u generally. 1t Is much better to be in&a
rolling country like this. than to be ION,
"a understanding plain, or to be In q
4 wild, mountainous country III ij
sss3 When General Grant was drectedstot
bring out troops from the various gar
risons and forts In his Department, and
gather them at Mt, Gretna, he marched
the infantry the first 200 miles OF Its
tourney and then the rest OF the way by
train. b The cavalry and artillery nlarcehd
ID bVV Isl1l4S aOL Tue yJuTIioy poAOIpf OoA1uA16'
II trains for the Pennsy lvania camp. " y
Here was something new in the way OF
going from garrison to garrison. and It
served to reveal the fact that the United
States soldiers are "soft, /" many pt them
falling out Of line on the long marches
Many horses also gave out, Nothing
could have been, moro beneficial than
these cross country marches, for they
showed that garrison life In American
forts and barracks does not keep the In
diyIdual soldier sufficiently hardened to
make a long march. Hereafter there will
be many such tramps for tho regulars.
,i5 The Department OF the East embraces
Maine on the North and Porto Rico on
4 The South, 1t includes all the New Eng
land States, New York, New Jersey,
4 l'ennsy lvania Delaware, Maryland, Dis
5trict OF Columbia West Virginia, PdAo
Rico and Its adjacent islands. The quSB-
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