The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-08-04
in MIMIC WARFARE
Blue and Brown Armies Will
Meet This Week at Pine
Plains
YERMONTERS AUG. 2I-3I
Regular Troops and National Guards
men May Attempt TO Capture Car
thage and Take City Of watertown
BY Assault.

men May Attempt TO Capture Car
thage and Take City Of Watertown
BY Assault.
Camp of Instruction, Pine Camp N.
Y, Aug mimic war on what is
likely to be the most extensive scale
attempted since the Blue and Brown
armies met at Manassas, Va, five years
ago, begins here this week with the
assemblage of United States regular
troops and National Garrdsmen for
the Joint army and mtlS4Sa manoeuvres.
Under command of Mss. Gen. Freder-
lex Dent Grant, who or lmanded the
last series of battle exercises held at
Pine Camp in 1908, an ambitious plan
of campaign, according to all indica-
lions. will be worked out; with an at
tempt to capture Carthage, a nearby
village. and an assault on the city of
WATERFOWL as likely features.
With the arrival today of the last
of the regular troops assigned FOR
work in the manoeuvres, which will
continue during August, Pine Camp
awaits the militiamen who, beginning
early tomorrow morning, will pour in
to camp during the next three days.
For the past month Pine Camp has
been a busy place getting ready for
the 1900 men who will participate in
the nanoeuvres. The work has been
In charge of Lieutenant Rutherford OF
Company C, oath Infantry, who was
the commanding officer at the camp
until the arrival OF Gen. Grant Thurs
day. The entire camp has been piped
for water which is received from
two large springs nib and hall
from the camp. The wutg!r is pumped
into a tank with a capacity of 10000
gallons, located on tho ~a1ogsback" a
lofty ridge running for ....lf mile on
the south side of the camp. Many miles
of wire have been strung by the sig
nal corps and each company will be
in touch with headquarters by tele-
phone. All sanitary arrangements in
Guiding the incinerators, have been
completed and tons Of government
supplies have been sent to camp for
the commissary department.
The regulars assigned for duty will
be at the camp throughout the month
but the organized militia has beer
designated for duty under three per-
iods, August 1 to 10, IL to 20 and q
to 81. The regular troops designated
are:
First battalion of engineers; COM
panies B and c, Washington Barracks
d. c.
10th Cavalry; entire regiment ex
cept troop d, which will remain a
post, Fort Ethan Allen, Vt.
Srd Field Artillery; Battery, D, Fort
Meyer, Va.
5th Infantry; entire regiment, OK
cept company /. which will be left a
post, Pittsburgh Barracks, N. Y.
Oath Infantry; Regimental Head
quarters, hand, first and third battal
ions, except Company !, which will b
left at post, Madison Barracks, N Y
oath Infantry; the Lieutenant Col
onel headquarters End Battalion an
companies E, F and G.. Fort Ontario
NY.
Troops of the orsaE zed militi
have been designated 81 follows:
August to 10: HeR quarters Is
Brigade, New York City; 18th, est
and list Infantry, New York City
Squadron A, Cavalry (Troops l, 2,
and A., New York City; Troop B, Cav
airy, Albany; Troop d, Cavalry, syl
acuse; 9rd Battalion Engineers (22
Regiment), New York City; LIST con
pany, Signal Corps, New York City
August II to 20: Headquarters IN
Brigade, Brooklyn; 23rd and 47th Rel
iments Infantry, Brooklyn; Squad
ron c, Cavalry (Troops 5, 6, 7 and .
Brooklyn; 9th Battery, Field Arti
lery, Binghamton.
August 81 to 81: 2nd Regiment IL
fantry, Maine, Eastport CHeadqua
ters), Hospital Corps Detachment
Maine, Waterville; LIST Regiment II
fantry, Vermont, Brattleboro (Hea'
quarters; Hospital Corps Detacl
ment, Vermont, Burlington; 9Th Re
iment Infantry, Massachusetts, 30
ton; Troop A, Cavalry, Rhode Islam
Pawtucket; Troop B, Cavalry, Rho'
Island, Providence; Troop c, CaVa
~, Rhode Island, Providence.
This week will be largely devote
TO the instruction of the militiam'
in detraining and making camp. T.
first manoeuvres are SC 'uled to Q
cur on Monday, AugGEA During t
oncampment, each ulosgS will be d
voted to instruction 81 itia, infa
try and cavalry troCp. regiment
and battalion drills, and the ate
noon will include instruction in a
vance and rear guard, outpostS a
reconnaissance and formations for
tack and defense.
The real mimic war of the 81
and Brown armies will be fought>f
the three remaining days OF the pr
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