Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-03

and there that if the artillery saw the
infantry and took advantage Of the sit
uation to put lot of its monstrous
blank cartridges into their ranks that
the infantry company was annthilated,
or, in accordance with the length OF
time that the infantry troops remained
in the open that certain per cent or
its brave and gallant sons We're laid
on the cold sod for after generations to
sing requiems over the graves OF the
unknown heroes.
From that time on, as that company
participates in the maneuvers. it will
be counted that it is but part OF a
company. Modern warfare is a mat
ter Of how accurately a mathematician
can adjust big expensive machine
gun. Accurately adjusted and trained
on company of infantry, it is but a
question Of how long the company re-
mains in sight as to how many will be
killed. OF course, the matter will be
complicated. A wise colonel seeing a
company of infantry out from under
shelter will get the company back as
soon as possible, and will also take
note of the artillery company firing
from shelter. He will get his own ar
tillery in action and train it on the
underbrush or make flank movement
with a couple of companies or more
and try to capture the artillery COM
pany.
AS they start out the two armies
will be Of equal strength. They will
have exactly the same number of men
and the same kind and nature OF
troops. In the maneuvers one man on
one side counts for equal strength on
the other. 1t is not unlikely that en-
tire companies may be captured bodily
during the maneuvers. If they are
they will be held as prisoners for the
balance of the maneuvers just as thp
they were hated and despised Japs"
engaged in firing on the Pacific coast
line. They will be put under guard and
confined as prisoners Of war.
At the close of the Friday maneuvers
the government referees will figure it
all out Then stereopticon slides will
be made Of the maneuver maps and the
officers of both armies will be called
together, and slide after slide will be
thrown on screen to show just what
position the various troops occupied
each hour or quarter hour Of the day.
and Major Boughton, of Fort Leaven-
worth. the chief referee. will deliver a
lecture and school of instructions to
the officers explaining the whole mat
ter, where they made their mistakes
and their shrewd moves, and will tell
all about it.
On Saturday night the same thing
will be done, and as that will close the
maneuvers, it will then be learned just
which army was victorious and which
was defeated. On Wednesday and
Thursday, the days of the preliminary
maneuvers, the government referees
will be with the companies and will
instruct them on preliminary matters
but as the enemy will nowhere be in
sight, no brave sons will be called upon
to give their lives to their country.
On Friday and Saturday, when the
actual maneuvers take place, there will
be an abundance of fireworks. Can
non will boom, there will be the crack
of the infantry and the rattle of the
rapid fire guns. 1t will be conducted
as tho it was regular warfare, but If
any Of the spectators get between the
lines, they are not likely to get shot,
tho they are likely to be ordered to
"get out Of the way"
That the maneuvers are no small I'M
dertaking is evidenced by the fact that
it will take 1000 head of horses and
mules to manage them. About 200 of
these will be attached to the Iowa
guard for hauling provisions and the
like. The rest will be officers mounts
and the mounts of the two squadron
of the Second cavalry, and the horses
and mules they use for bringing in
provisions.
With each of the armies is to be a
corps of gallant war correspondents.
Each of the papers here will have two
or three men assigned to the task of
writing up the maneuvers. They will
accompany the armies and will be
furnished mess and tent by the guard.
They will furnish their own mounts
and cots and blankets and the world
each day will be well informed on the
progress of the big battle.