The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-02
BlG WAR GAME
 TO COST $5OO,OOO
BALLOONS, WIRELESS TELE- CRAFTY AND TELEPHONY TO PLAY IMPORTANT PARTS IN BAY STATE SHAM BATTLE.

CRAFTY AND TELEPHONf IO
 PLAY IMPORTANT PARTS IN
 BAY STATE SHAM BATTLE.
 washington, Aug. 2.-Aeronautics, wireless telegraphy and wireless tele. phony are to play an important part in the forthcoming manoeuvres of the militia and regulars on the coast oI Massachusetts. The Signal Corps or the army will give instruction Tn the use of the aeroplanes and balloons Ior scouting purposes and in the man1pu- lation of the wireless systems or com Inunication. While balloons Will De used in the manoeuvres, 1t IS propapie that the Wright aeronplane, WnIcn has just been acquired by the War Department will not be risked. The oretica instructions will be given In its use, however, by the signal corps officers who are to be pupils or WH- bur Wright next week.
 Capt. Carl F. Hartmann Of the Slg- nal Corps was today appointed an instructor and will be attached to the brigade of which the militia of the District of Columbia is a part.
 The manoeuvres are to be on lars- CT scale than any yet held. The. troops will be divided into two armies: one of which will attack the coast oI Massachusetts and endeavor 10 Pene- tras inland The other force will en- leavor to repulse the invaders. Such a campaign will give unusual oppor- tunity for the use or poth "ireless methods of communication ana the operation of balloons, and the officers and men of the Signal Corps expect to benefit by the experience.
 Boston. Mass, Aug. 2.-Not since the days of the civil war has Massacnud5 d men as will participate in the war game of Aug. IA to 21. Defenoing Bost on and endeavoring to stem the invasion of 5000 men of the New York New Jersey, Connecticut and District of Columbia National Guards will De the '. GOO members of the Massachusetts militia, augmented by three troops or regular cavalry from the Fign1lng @ Tenth the colored regiment at fort Ethan Allen, Vt. ,, The dispatch of the defenders will he SO arranged as to deploy the 1000 troops over a frontage Of more tnan thirty miles, extending from Cape Cod bay on the east to the town Of Mansfield.
 Major Gen. Leonard Wood, U. $. A., Commander in Chief of the Depart bers of his staff and other particular experts, will act umpires of the war game. The problem of the de- fense will be engineered by Brig Gen; Rrigade. M. " M. The task of fer reting out the channels of successful invasion will be supervised by Gen. w. w. Witherspoon and will be actually cOmmanQeQ Dy NldJOT oSrAOi II Bliss, both of the Army War College in Washington.
 The march of both armies will ne- cessarily involve damage to property. Fences will have to be torn down and gardens invaded to make way for the broad line of soldiers. Behind each of the two bodies will be a special corps of adjUsters. who will determine upon the amount of damage done and compensate the affected persons for their loss. Disputed claims will be adiudicated at the conclusion of the manoeuvres.
 A sum closely approaching s500.O00 will be required to cover the cost Of the game About 16.00O men and of f1cers will be engaged. The troops engaged will receive pay ranging from s2 day for enlisted men to $5 for officers of the line and s15 for those of the rank of Brigadier General. Sal aries alone will cost Massachusetts s2o 900 for her troops. This State will also bear the expense of transporting the defending army to and from the mastering point This is reckoned at S20 0OO with another s20,0O0 for the Commissary Department.