The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-08-17
MIMIC WAR
IS BEGUN

Camp Pattison, Strasburg, O., Aug.
13.-Camp Pattison today became a
reality and the villagers focked to
the scene of mimic warfare when the
soldiers marched through the village
to their tented homes. The grounds
are well adapted. A fat ridge ex-
tends through them. On the north
end are the division headquarters, on
tho south the division hospital, and
on the east the Second Brigade is To-
Gated. Wooded bluffs near by afford
many opportunities for defensive tac-
T.. tics, and in the 40 square miles mark
Ia, ed for warfare are all kinds of strate-
- gia, possibilities. M
!. a The division medical corps is under
the command of Lieutenant Colonel
Edmund Brush. The health of the
soldiers up to tonight was excellent,
and there was practically nothing for
, the corps to do. The sanitary condi-
y tions Of the camp are fine, There is
l. a hydrants from which runs pure cool
water, on each company street.
THERELL BR A REUNION.
A feature of the maneuvers will be
a reunion of the soldiers of the Span
ish-American war. The Ohio mill
tary establishment has an automo-
bile corps. An automobile was sent
down to camp by Cleveland manu-
foo ha nA, nj
chariot, ambulance or patrol wagon.
The demolition squad of dynamite
shooters of the engineers will give a
demonstration for the benefit of Major
Glenn, the Inspector general, and will
juggle rocks with nitro-glycerine with
the aid of new apparatus.
All the troops and the regular army
umpires are in camp, but no general
maneuvers will be undertaken until
Tuesday. The next probably will be
Thursday, with the most important
of the series Friday. the latter being
the day Governor Harris, commander
in chief, will be here. This program
is not final, being subject to change
in the discretion of the chief umpire.
The nature of all maneuvers will be
unknown to any but the chief umpire
until noon Of the day before when
commanding officers will be given
specifications of the problem to be
worked out.
REGULARS ON DUTY.
e From the details of regular army
officers made for this work, those who
will be here are: sgChief Umpire
Lieutenant Colonel A. c. Sharpe, and
the Infantry Inspector General, Ed
win. F. Glenn, Fifth Infantry; Um-
pires, Majors Eben Swift, Twelfth
Cavalry, and David H. Boughton, Bl-
eventh Cavalry Captains c.. D.
Rhodes, general "staff: g. H. McDon-
aid, First Cavalry; William Wright,
general staff; Campbell King, First
Infantry; Ewing %. Booth, Seventh
Cavalry; T. @. Ausbune, Artillery
Corp; Lieutenant q. A. Kregan,
Twenty eighth Infantry.
=. Major General Dick, division COM
! mander, arrived in camp and all the
general staff officers will be here.
General Critchfield had intended to go
home over Sunday, but remained to
meet General Dick. Some annoyance
is being occasioned at Bolivar, where
the First Brigade is staLioned, by
a temporary shortage of water The
wells SO far drilled have been dis
appointing in the amount of flow, but
this will be remedied, IL possible, eth
hu nr fha cfr %
real gusher or two. as is anticipated.
The whole of the Ninth Battalion of
Infantry, the negro troops, including
the company from Cleveland, are now
at Bolivar. The formal christening of
Camp Pattison. or, In military par
lance. the raising of the post flag,
took place at noon Monday.
BY the middle of the forenoon Mon.
day, the 697 population of Strasburg
had grown to 8697.
The division headquarters, In charge
OF Col. G. M. Wright, Toledo, chief OF
staff, crowns a grassy bluff at the
northern boundary of Strasburg. The
beehive tents Of the engineers corps
{, of Cleveland, the detailed guard OF
the headquarters. snuggle at the base
of the hill. &C.,
Stretching a mile down the valley
of Sugar Creek are the quarters of the
Second brigade, Brig. Gen. ]. Speaks
Columbus, commanding. To the east
at Bolivar, Ave miles over the hills
the First brigade is encamped Brig
Gen. VIM. v. McMaken, Toledo, com,
mands the First brigade.
ENGINEERS FIRST.
The engineers were first on the
ground. One company came from
Cleveland a week ago. with Maj. )
r. McQuigg, to lay out the camp and
install telephone. water and sanitary
arrangements. 81