Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-03
CONTEST WILL BE DECISIVE
Maneuvers Will Be Conducted as if
Troops Were Engaged in Real War
fare-Between 5000 and 5000 Men
Will Be i'm Acton-How the Game
Will Be Played.
Special to Times-Republican.

| I1lS QUESTION WAS dShCu VI S4SiA. " :
| H Thrift today and he said they
wouldn't see much of anything that
+: they. could, understand, but would have
to read the papers to find out now
/ the battle went Then he sat down
and proceeded to describe in United
States language, unadorned by mill
| tary phrases, just what would likely
happen and when it will happen.
Regular army officers who are to
take part in the maneuyers are all in
Des Moines now, and all the regular
army troops are here or will reach the
| city by tomorrow The Iowa National
Guard troops will reach the city Mon
day. The guard and the regular army
troops will be equally divided SO that
every arm and branch of the military
service will be represented in each
army The guard, which contains only
infantry companies, will furnish the
infantry. and the government furnishes
all the rest.
Between 5000 and 5000 men will be
Ii.
guard regiments in each army. The
TWO northern regiments, the F1fty-
third, the companies of which are To-
Gated in the northeast quarter of the
state, and the Fifty-sixth, the COM
pahies Of which are located in the
northwest quarter of the state, will be
with what is designated as the Blue
army. and these troops will arrive at
Slater Iowa, a little place north OF
this city, Monday, August 8. They will
be along the Des Moines river, and will
be north of the other army all during
the maneuvers. The fifty-fifth regi-
ment from the southwest quarter of
the state, and the Fifty-fourth, from
the southeast, will arrive at Des
.Moines Monday With each of these
armies on Tuesday will be Joined one
squadron of the Second United States
cavalry and detachments of the artil-
lery. signal corps. hospital corps and
Everything else which is being brought
from Fort Leavenworth, Kas.
The army forming at Slater will be
under the command Of Colonel Bishop,
and the other will be under command
of Colonel Lincoln both of the Iowa
guard.
Like Real War.
The Blue army, after landing at
Slater. Monday, will march to a field
just northeast Of Polk City, where it
will camp for the night. The Brown
army landing at Des Moines, will
march north of this city and camp for
the night ssout near Crocker's woods.
At these points they will be joined the
next day by the troops from the regu-
lar army, and the two armies will then
be complete
/ From the time the guard companies
leave home till the maneuvers are over
everything will be conducted in war
like fashion and outposts and sentries
will be maintained strictly.
Tuesday the Brown army will march
north to the state camp ground and
rife range in a big bend in the Des
Moines river and the Blue army will
march from Polk city south across the
Corydon bridge and take up a position
along the road from the Corydon
bridge after it turns south. The two
armies will then be about two or three
mics apart.
1t has been said that the bone of
contention between the two armies
will be the Corydon bridge but Cen
eral Thrift says this is not so. West
of the Corydon bridge is high bluff
with timber and should the Brown
army take that position with rapid fire
guns and some artillery no army OF
equal force and strength could ever
cross the Corydon bridge so that point
is conceded and the Blue army will be
allowed to cross the bridge.
Preliminary Maneuvers.
Wednesday and Thursday will be
spent in preliminary manueuvers,
maneuvers that would not be necessary
in actual warfare where the troops
were accustomed to going into battle.
The preliminary maneuvers will be
spent so as to get the, guard and the
regular troops to working together in
good order and so that everyone will
understand his business on Friday and
Saturday
Friday and Saturday of next week
will be the big days for the maneuvers.
On those days both armies will be on
the west side of the Des Moines river,
a short distance north of the north linn
its of this city and but short dis
lance from the interurban, which runs
parallel to the Des Moines river and
about a mile and a half from it. 1t
will not be very convenient for any
one to go out from this city to see
the maneuvers unless they go in car
riages or vehicles, for the maneuvers
will be spread over a territory of two
to three or four miles. At no time viii
the two armies come to any hand to
hand conflict Three hundred yards is
the closest they will be allowed to
come under the rules of the big play
war" game
Beginning Friday the armies will APP
proach each other for the actual COM
bat. With every company and detach-
ment there viii be a regular army of
ficer as a referee His business during
the day will be TO record accurately on
his map every movement Of the com
pany 10 which he is assigned. AT night
all the government referees gather in
tent and map is made of the entire
days maneuvers Then ii is decided
just what advantage each had.
How War Game is Played.
If 1t is found for instance, that com
pany of the infantry al certain hour
was formed in a conspicuous place in
close formation while Oh another en-
inence in group of trees or under
brush Was concealed company of ar
tillery or troops with rapid fire guns
In easy range it will be decided then