Bisbee daily review., 1909-08-13
EXCITING SHAM BATTLES ID
 BE FOUGHT IN BAY STATE

BOSTON. Mass. Aug. 12.-War is to be declared against the United States by a foreign power tomorrow night and promptly at midnight the hostile invaders win cut off all tele- graph and telephone connections in attacked territory, somewhere be- tween Boston and the southern state line. In it's extremity the Federal government will call upon the Com monwealth of Massachusetts to de- fend It's free soil against the invad- ing enemy. These sormalities will mark the beginning of the greatest var game which this country has ever seen.
 The mimic invasion and defence. which both will be made as realistic as possible under existing conditions, will last full week and will serve several purposes. The pretended war will involve more than 16.000 men. mostly members or the state militia of New York. Connecticut and Massa- chusetts. with a few men from Wash ington, D. c. and small force of reg ular cavalry, to increase the available cavalry force required in the maneu- vres. The operations will be con ducted under conditions as nearly as possible corresponding to the condi- tions of actual wa.Eare and the troops taking part h the maneuvres will thus be given valuable expert ence in actual fieldwork-
 Another object of the mimic war will be the testing of certain new, the orles of tactical nature and of cer- tain methods of moving, handling, provisioning and transporting large bodies of troops and war material under conditions which would pre- vail in case of actual war.
 In answer to the call of the Federal government the State of Massachu- setts will mobilize force of about seven thousand State troops on short notice and rush them, fully equipped and armed, and provided with U. s. Army rations to the front, that is, the point or points where the invading force of nine thousand men has ef- fected a landing The invading force will consist of infantry, cavalry and artillery. supplied by the States of New York and Connecticut and the District of Columbia The attack will be directed by Major-General Leonard Wood, while the defence will be in the hands of Major-General William A. Pew, commander of the Massachu- sets militia.
 In accordance with the plans ar ranged, immediately after the war has been declared, the troops from Washington, those of New York and those of Connecticut, completely equipped and armed for active field duty, will proceed with the greatest rapidity to a certain rendezvous, the location of which is kept secret, and there embark in several transports. The transports will proceed to some point on the Massachusetts coast, al so kept a profound secret There a landing win be effected and the mill tary force formed into line of at tack with a view of surprising the de- fences of Boston and taking them. Aside from the transports the naval force of the United States will take no part in the mimic war. Attack and defence will be on land and the fighting line may extend over dis tanee of more than thirty miles.
 The war operations are to cover seven days and will include night marches. sorties from the forts guard ing Boston harbor a.sd various other field manenvres. It will be rough campaigning in hostile coun- try in every sense. The invading force will, of course only theoretical