Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-30
NEGRO RUNS AMUCK BATTLE NOW RAGING
SIashes Three Men He District Troops Engage Regu-
Races Through Streets. lars at Gettysburg
CAPTURED BY THE POLICE BOTH SIDES ON AGGRESSIVE
of Each Army Trying Through
Stealing Barrel of Potatoes. 0utfank Other
PLUNGES THROUGH CROWD GUARDSMEN HOME TOMORROW
at
Pennsylvania and Men
a 6
District Troops Engage Regu.
lars at Gettysburg. ;,
BOTH SIDES ON AGGRESSIVE
Each Army Trying to Pierce Through
or 0utflank the Other.
GUARDsMEN HOME TOMORROW
Reveille Will Sound at $3.50 AM.
and Men and Baggage Be Aboard
Cars at 6 O'Clock.
Special From q Staff Correspondent.

Special From q Staff Correspondent
GETTYSBURG, July 3O.-Pitted against
the two best regular regiments In the east.
with regular army officers using their
keenest wits in an effort to outgeneral the.
District National Guard Gen George H.
Harries is today commanding the Blue
Army in the final big struggle of the ma
neuver camp. Todays picture of war as
1t is being fought over almost the very
same field that held the famous cavalry
fight in '63 is made more realistic by the
restrictions placed upon both Reds and
Blues. 1t rained hard early in the day,
but the guardsmen, spurred by success in
the three previous big maneuvers Of the
week, were nevertheless keen to simulate
every condition and requirement OF real
fighting men.
The District troops are hard to tell from
the regulars in action. They are ducking
and lodging the imaginary bullets some
what after the manner of trained cam
paigners who know the value OF every
clump of grass as cover In battle.
In real warfare it would be a desperate
battle. 1t is not an attack and defense
proposition this time, but each army Is
bent on going straight through or around
the other one and capturing what lies
behind its enemy
1t is somewhat on the order of the old
time proposition, when an irresistible
object crashes into an immovable body"
Gen. Harries and the 1st and I'd In
fantry, to which are added the artillery.
troop of cavalry and some engineers.
are endeavoring to batter their way
through the Red line into the little vii
lage of Bonneauville. The Blues evident
ly don't care what happens, so long as
g-v-s
are after. In like manner the Red army
is dead set on capturing the big camp or
instruction.
Can't Cross the Hanover Pike.
Gen. Harries and the Blue army are
acting as the right flank Of larger main
body which exists only i'm the minds OF
the problem makers, and likewise the
Red army, Col. Francis w. Mansfield, U.
S. A, in command, Is the left flank OF
the hostile army. Consequently they can
flank each other only on one side. They
are fighting 1t out on one side Of the old
Hanover pike, and neither army can try
to get around the other by sending any
of its detachments across the road.
Col. Mansfield has with him today in
addition to the two regular infantry regi-
ments the 1st Separate Battalion of the
District of Columbia National Guard.
i MS is a special treat 10 tniS DattdI1Cn.
The men are really dying for a chance
TO do some real maneuver work with
little noise attached to II, and heretofore
they have been playing silent part.
They have been Importantly placed.
speaking from a tactical standpoint. but
they have done little firing. Today,
though, they are in the thick Of it.
Bonneauville must be captured by 3 pm.
or the problem will be lost to the District
National Guards, as far as can be pre-
dioted before me umpires' decisions are
collated and announced Gen. Harries is
determined that II will be captured. He
knows every hill and gully in the county
by this time. and can tell with his
eyes shut just what kind of country his
men have to fight across. He knows
where the woods or corn affords shelter
in every field. and of this advantage he
is taking large doses.
Early this morning the officers of the
Blue army rode out over the ground
which they are now defending The
maps Of the country have been in use
all day. The engineer corps had pre-
pared maps showing the nature of every
field. whether it be grass or under culti-
vation; every wooded spot is marked
and every lane and pike Is marked out
plainly. With pins and colored beads
the blues line OF attack was outlined
on a large war map I'm the generals
headquarters. AS a piece OF preconceived
and cold-blooded head work. the blues
attack was beautiful
Prompt in Their Positions.
Here said the general, 1.-The I'd
Regiment will be. This pin is a company
of engineers" And sure enough. when
the battle started at 80 this morning
the I'd Regiment was right where 1t
should be and the engineers were true
to their pin position in the generals
headquarters.
Cavalry scouts and outposts clashed
early in the fight. Back along the line
Of the main body the men who were lying
in the grass waiting for the order to
advance heard the scattered shots and
grinned. They knew the time for the
last big scrap had come.
message from the Blue outposts came
down the dusty Hanover pike In the
as If death itself was behind him. A
group of officers at headquarters, an old
Pennsylvania farmhouse. anxiously
awaited the news. 1t was from the
farthest advanced outposts saving inc
Reds were about to attack in good ear
nest fashion.
The Signal Corps Company had it's
field buzzer in fine working order. The
general debating message to his ad-
jutant Mai. c. Fred Cook. who has fol-
lowed him through the thickest of the
fights on every maneuver. and the oper-
ator at the buzZer sent off message that
sent men flying across fields, ducklnG into
ravines, crouching through corn fields.
all ready and willing to take shot at
their enemy, the red-hatted crew that
has the capture of the camp i'm mind.
The outpost clash became noisier as
the firing extended aong the long line
Both armies were rushing forward. each
one bert On terrific assault. When the
two met the roar of rifle fire was ter
rife 1t crashed in open field. across
wheat stubbled hills. it rang from groves
of oak trees and every corn field that
could hide a hundred men or more was
sending out death and destruction, ac-
coring to the way the umpires acted.
Batteries Belching Sound.
While the attack was i'm progress both
the Blue and Red artillery were barking
away with shrapnel each trying to silence
the other Hidden from view of each
other the gunners were pumping away.
far and hills