The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-08-11

Headquarters guard will be one troop of
the Tenth Cavalry.
other officers Of the regular army who
have reported to Maj. Gen. Wood, Depart
ment Of the East for service in the ma
neuvers, or as official observers Of the
War Department. are
Mai Charles Il. Barth. Twelfth In
fantry: Maj. Henry c. Hodges, jr.. First
Infantry; Maj. Charles Mex. SALESMAN.
Signal Corps: Maj Edward A. Millar.
Fifth Field Artillery; Maj. Alfred NJ
Hunter, Coast Artillery Corps; Maj
Waldo Z. Aver. Ninth Infantry: Mai
Beaumont g. Buck, Sixteenth Infantry;
Maj. Herbert II. Sargent, Second Cav
airy; Capt. Arthur Johnson, Thirteenth
Infantry; Capt. Harry II. Teb0etts. Tenth
Infantry; Capt. Thomas Z. Merrill Cen
eral stan; Capt. George d. Moore, Twen-
tieth Infantry; Capt. Reynolds J. Burt.
Ninth Infantry: Lieut.. George c. Mar
shall. jr.. Twenty-fourth Infantry; Mai
Z. c. Baker. Medical Corps, and Capt
+. J. Wooster. commissary.
'|Red" Army Leaders.
The First Brigade OF the Red" army
will be commanded by Brig. Gen. George
II. Harries. N G. D. C. and will consist
Of the First and Second Infantry and
First Separate Battalion. n. C. d. c.. and
the First Separate Company. n. C. Conn.
Col. Daniel Appleton. n. G. n. Y, will
command the Second Brigade. made up OF
the Seventh and Fourteenth Infantry. and
Twenty-second Engineers, n. Y. n. G.
The Third Brigade, composed OF the
First and Second Infantry. y. G. Conn.
will be under the command OF Col James
Geddes, n. G. Conn
The cavalry Of the Red army will COM
prise Squadron a. n G. n. Y. Qess one
troop; Troop A. y. G. Conn; Essex
Troop. n. & n. J.. and the one squadron
Tenth Cavalry. L. S. A Mai. oliver 3.
Bridsman, n. G. n. Y. will be in COM
mand
The Field Artillery. under command OF
Maj. David Wilson. n. G. n Y, will con-
sist OF the First Battalion, Field Artillery.
y. G. n. Y; the First Battery, Field
Artillery. n. G. d. c.. and Battery A.
Field Trtillery. n. C. Conn.
The engineers will be the First Battalion.
Twenty-second Engineers. OF the organ
lied militia OF New York, under command
Of Maj. D. J. Murphy
Lieut.. Col +. T. Leigh. n. G. n Y.
VIII have command OF the signal troops.
composed OF a detachment OF the Signal
Corps Company. n G. ID. c.: the First
and Second companies. Signal Corps.
y. g. y. Y; the First Company. Signal
Corps. G. Conn. and two companies
Of the Coast Artillery Corps. L. S. A.
The Division Field Hospital will be
under command Of Lieut. Col. J.. H.
ReiChelderfer, N G. D. c. The T. s A.
transport fitzpatrick will be used as a
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Will have Mai. Clarence T. Weaver, Mai.
+. J. Woodman, and Capt Warren d.
Fales. OF the Washington Medical Corps.
as his assistants. Many enlisted men Of
the Hospital Corps. n. C. d. c.. viii also
be assigned 20 the Division Field Hospital.
The placing OF practically the entire
medical department OF the Red army in
charge OF the District troops IS regarded
by the officers Of the guard as an indi-
cation or the confidence placed IN the
local Medical and Hospital Corps by the
officers OF the regular army.
OF the blue" army. Col. Frederick T.
Pierce, Second Infantry, will command
the First Brigade. and Col. William II.
Donovan, Ninth Infantry. the Second
Brigade.
VIII BE Land Attack.
The problems OK the maneuvers is
land attack on Boston. According TO the
rules Of the game" set down. the at
tack must be made from some point south
or southeast OF the city. Rhode Island,
the adjacent State. is made neutral
ground. and any troops invading its ter
ritory Will be ruled out These rules
give the Massachusetts troops the adj
vantage OF knowing that they cannot be
attacked from the rear unless their line
OF defense is pierced or their TANKS
turned.
While this would appear that the point
Of attack could be fairly and accurately
gagged. it must be remembered that II
will leave a territory Of many miles 10
be guarded comprising more than the
two counties Of Plymouth and Bristol
with a considerable sea coast with many
places offering excellent points OF dis
embarkatiOn.
In this respect the RED" army is given
an advantage also. 4 rule Of the game"
prohibits the defenders from preventing
n landing and hostiltles Will begin only
when the invaders have dsemhcrl,ed and
have been allowed a sufflci mt time 10
assemble.
Through its line OF information, the
Blue" army win learn Of the location OF
the troops Of the invaders, and viii estab-
fish It's line Of defense accordingly. II
the landing Is made in or near the i'm
mediate vicinity Of Boston. the problem
viii be somewhat simplifed. If. how
ever, as expected. the landing OF the
agsressors is made in Buzzards Bay, Cape
Cod Bay. or az Fall River. or all three.
Brig. Gen. Pew will undoubtedly estab-
lish his line OF defense about twenty
miles from Boston, with his left near
Plymouth, and his right near the bound
airy line of Rhode Island and Massa-
chusetts. with his center at Taunton.
This will present a battle front OF from
twenty-five to thirty miles.
Communication Systems.
This frontage OF the defending troops
Of the Blue" army will OFFER II striking
example Of the extended line which oc-
Cured during the Russo-Japanese war.
and will allow the militia on both sides
to show their nettle in maintaining COM
munication. through their Signal Corps.
such as modern warfare has materiallzed.
This communication will be through lines
OF communication consisting OF ordinary
telegraph lines, field lines rapidly laid on
the ground, or by wireless communica-
ton. On the field lines the ''buzzer," an
American army invention and copied and
used by the japanese in the Russo-Jap-
anese war. will be used.
This "buzzer" will play an important
part in the maneuveTs. It is a compos-
ite telegraph and telephone. in a small
portable case. about the size OF an ordi-
nary camera. When used as a telegraph
instrument. 1t emits a buzzing sound
like that OF a wireless apparatus Re
markable feats are told OF this instru-
ment, it having been demonstrated that
1t viii work for three miles on ordinary