Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-09-18

al a time there were very few men confined
to the hospital.
The day of the big sham battle will long
live in the minds of those who participated
in it, 1t was held the Wednesday following
the Nebraska troops arrival al the camp.
The situation best be appreciated by
the orders to the Nebraska men. which
read as follows:
HEADQUARTERS CAMP OF
INSTRUCTION.
FORT RILEY, Kan, Aug %, 1910
Combined Maneuver. No. l. for August
a. 1910
GENERAL SITUATION.
a Blue field army operating from
Marion, Kan, as a base, has reached
Unien Pacific railroads have been destroyed
by the Red forces and the "Blues'' are
supplied by wagons from their base
train conveying supplies and ammuhi-
tion and conveyed by force of all arms
has crossed the Republican river at the
Washington street bridge and is proceeding
toward the stoekade.
A Red" force is opposing the advance
of the Blue field army and is attempting
TO cut its line of communications A Red"
'detaehment has passed around the left
flank OF the Blue force and has reached
Milford. There the Red commander learns
of the approach Of the Blue convoy and
decides to intercept 1t and capture or de-
The blue" column consists of Third
squadron, Seventh regular cavalry; First
Battalion, Sixth regular field artillery
First battery, Kansas guards; First and
Second infantry, Kansas National guards;
First and Second infantry, Nebraska Ma
tional guards; attachments of signal and
hospital corps, u. S. A.. Signal and hos
b pital corps of the Nebraska and Kansas
National guards; supply train of seventy
six wagons; ammunition column Consist
ing of caissons from the Sixth field artil-
lery).
This force is assembled on the Republican
flats at a. m.
At this point the commander learns of
the Red" force at Milford and that the
post OF Fort Riley and the Pawnee flats
are impossible, He decides to push on at
once for Stockdale, which is held by a
Blue" force. He selects his route OF
march, makes appropriate disposition and
moves out at a. m. BY command Of
BROADER GENERAL WARD
IRA A. HAYNES,
Adjutant General.
Opposed to this blue" force and con-
stituting the Red" force were parts of the
Seventh cavalry and Sixth field artillery
two companies of engineers. the entire
Fourth and Thirteenth regiments of in
fantry and detachments of hospital and
signal corps. This force was composed en-
tirely of regulars and were the attacking
army in this battle.
The defense was composed OF an ad-
vance guard. the main body, the convoy
escort and the rear guard. All of the Ne
braskans with the exception of the first
battalion of the First regiment were in the
main body. That battalion was in the con-
voy escort proper
The march TO the line of battle was over
six miles and was reached well before 9
o'clock. The advance began promptly and
in battle that lasted but a few minutes
less than an hour the Blue army succeeded
in getting the supply train through with
safety
The wheeling Of the big artillery sections
into battle array, the charging OF the cav.
slrymen as they swung down a long hill
to prevent a flank movement Ivy the at.
lacking army, and the unusual sight Of
wireless signal corps in action, were but q
few OF the many things which we're decid
eddy impressive 70 most Of the Nebraskans
that day.
Each company Of guardsmen assembled
at the maneuvers was given the services