The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-31
TO LEARN war AT PINE PLAINS
REGULARS AND GUaRDSHEN To
TtCKEE wan PROBLEMS.

~ VIII " -" -
Gen. Fred ID. Grant 10 Command The
Nea TO ne Taught How ta Make tho
Right Sort Of Camp and How to
Keep % Clean Battle Practice.
PISE PLAINS. y u. July oO.-Major-
Gen Frederick Dent Grant arrived to-day
at the camp Of str,iction. where for tho
nett thirty DAYS 1900 regular and volun-
teer soldiers will tackle in time Of peacs
prnblsms that might nev,r come up in
war. Regulars and gIardsmsn arr tn bs
run through the military mill 500 at a
| time. this instT1Ictlo ION leing divided into
| periods Of ten days each.
The great expansa Of wind blown sand
and scrub Is familiar ground 20 Gen
Grant He commanded here two years
ago. The General will not forget soon a
Sunday afternoon 81 equatorial torridity
when stripped to Trousers aud a red flannel
undershirt he was smoking n cigar over
a two DAYS old nswspaper. Along came
a tornado that cared no more for the dig
nifty % Major -Jicneral than IL dill for a
rockies Chnglng to tent pol" and
shouting orders that werr inaudibl' IN the
roar Of the tornedo's progress ~" General
watched sSn on in regular United States
money 60 whirling through the ar Tn"
paymaster had been dealing u 0i.f when
tho hug wind arrived
Speaking ot Grant u may ~ sail that
regular. and State KuArisnisn are glad
tina, his flag IL 20 fy from tt' Hogs Back.
thar queer hump WHORE tn" stan a6IdeS
and works out the problems that -.nd
regiments and squadrons snooping and
StormIng about the country. a. intent and
excited almost a. IL the game was the real
and deadly thing. The soldiers like Fr'd
Grant They saw that he - "A good soldier
who knows his business well that he
doesn't have ,o be martInet He's a
III, kler for discipline IA all its forms. but
II th-r-'s one thing he keeps In mind more
than another is making his men com
Portable
There's .iICh = hing a. OVERRIDING the
physicGl side OF destruction camps. The
G- ~ral doesn't believe in sending 'n-l
VINO ha,. l,.' their hoiies get n lit soft
H. city offi"''S out to drill ffte"l or twenty
miles straI shtawRy unde- hot sun
II. gives n To them by degrees WheH a
hig days work u plane l. a problem with
many irtTiceci"s the General sends the
opposing forces the Blue and Brown
armis- To tax" positiors the right before
the hattie That leaves the men fresh
for whatever hiking - necessary wh.n
the problem IL So; on
Gen Grant hal little 10 saw on the
practical - ls Of camps % instruction
So'hirg. IN his opiCion. could lie more
valuable. t'oth for officers and men of
the regular establishment aud for officers
aud me- % the National Guard. than
periods ~ hard work under oondit lore
thai are male To approSim rs closely
a. possible what they woul have To oou =
tend with In actual warfare Book
knowls rye ., good drills IN armori'~ and
on parai- grour IL are cEIital thin g
camps 81 individual organ nations are
useful. hat Their. ~ nothing that gives ~
ciclr an idea 81 what soldering really
m"ans a. thu. assembling of thousands
Of mel Of all arms ~ the s'-vic" for in
strlrtipu ia every bTArch - military
kroVi,. lgc
Pine Camp Will be great mill tary
school --t down the open. Gen Grant
will be head master The members Of
liz staff will conduct classes Brigade and
r-gimental comma nderS will he lnsiruc-
tors with something t. learn them
selves There's something more To- this
camp than throwing two bodies - men
together IA mimic combat IT, these e'I
. hght.upi lays the army - paying keen
attention - such matters a. sanitation
hygiene aud ether sub i~Ct- which are
hardly tLriIhnK hut which Keep men up
! - 'h. mark physically aud mentally
! There have been camps "a prsparatiO ion
, for u,tial war when inca ,ii-Ni like nls--
: b.CstIr. their CSmmaudsTs Odd not know
how ~ Keep their CAMPS sweet and lean
. Their. have be-iI camps Of instruction
wh-r. small attention was paid 20 the
disp, al II Slop- aud refuse and the msn
went away no wiser ~ - how to care Tor
their health than when they went into
camp; but that time IL gone for good
Hard headeIl. solid sensible work he
g,n- the moment troops detrain. They
will be taught how 10 gather up the "
belongings and put them down again
with TIA. greatest pOs~ibl" speeSi and
accuracy They will he instructed a. "a
how 10 make exactly the right kind II
camp. not a heller SHELTER array ~ tents
They will b. taught how 60 hurn their
refuse and informed that there IL no
more serious fault than for soldier To
throw disease breeding slops on the
ground They will be taught that n good
/ soldier IL above everything q clean man.
with an eve for the health OF his comrades
a. we'll as his own.
/ The presence OF large force composed
81 al arms Of the sarvice makes IL possible
| Ia instruct companies how 70 InanGuvrs
with regiments. To teach regiments the
trick u working smoothly IN brigad.-,
and "a show brisades how they may form
IN. Aax.iainn This dfilIa