The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-31

. haN - dTN uAfu NoTh ITon TeNtlltc W tetH-'
no Fourth Of July foolishness about IL
! Masses Of mon do not fire rifles in each
/ others faces They seldom get within
/ half a mile Of each other. let a regi-
me ntAl commander be as enough TO eX-
pose his men on open ground 20 the iirs
/ OF a battery and she umpir-s would elimi-
Z nate him and his force in = jiny. These
problems are worked out In cold blood.
There " instruction in advance guard
nd reargiard work. tho protection OF
baggage trains. on taking atVaHtaSe
OF DOVER. on a SCOT. OF details that are
useful to any army in service. When the
stan decide TO pit two bodies. they do
not call the contest - battle They
insist that Y b = pf o.sl'an. ia os regarq"i
a. such They speculate on the probA-
hilities. suppose the Blue army II told
to capture a city -watertOw'n. Soy The
4 brown army ~ the defensive force. Troops
are novel like the pie"cs or chess
hoard. Otter ~ silently. tn. umpire~
study the situation They dsci 10 whether
/ the Brown RrIny's position j. impr-y-
nAhle or weak They estimate the stree 9Th
81 the Blues of"TSive tactics. The dis
uo@i-g 90 the me - the greet thing
IT. camps Of destruction Il - possible for
great battle to he fought and not a
gLp fret
IT." wor ~ N. umg Tres is law Their
authority i a. gree. a. that of the UNI
Tire- or n baseball field They can -alay
With - motor of tho hand that IL. IL they
decide that body ~ troops las expose
itself recklessly 10 what IN real war would
he a terrific fire. they inform the com
tnander of the organization that 10 u out
? u II II is for them to rtile upon q multi
tude " points. They Settle at = glance
whep or whole regiment has been zap
turei They have eyes for a thousand
things that the laynian would overlook
Their field glasses show them a proud
militia Colonel who doesn't know enough
o. TAX" advantage ~ cover An orderly
rides mp to the Colonel.
Major Blanks compliments. sir. bnt
YOU are dead
Work - nO' over when the sun goes
down and the officers and men have
MESSED IN camps ~ instruction the
army goes 20 night schools ENperts OF
various SUBJECTS. officers Who have made
a life study III this or that phAs- Of mill
ti.ry work read payers IN the school tent
There are essays on sanitation, on th.
d business of quartermasterS. on the work
81 sur geons and nurses. on marching and
protecting wagon trains on hundred
subjects that are put to the occasion. AZ
these schools the umpires. having made
notes on the field during the day, give
their opinions of the conduct and Of the
spare criticism. Volunteer officers and
regulars too. for that matter. are apt Ia
writhe in their seats when an umpire
! points OUT 50 clearly that IL ~ impOssihl"
"a argue the point that they have handled
their men with The judgment 81 a weak
minded truck farmer. The umpir-s sci
dom praise IL isn't their business
They are there TO observe faults and Ia
show them up as glaringly az possible
Good comes from that After the UNI
plres get through there IL general dis
Cussion II commander likes he NAV
defend his course. giving reasons for his
tactics
Nowadays under the operation % tie
I Dick law the National Guard IL actually
q par Of the United States Army The
business % camps Of instruction ~ To
teach the militia men how to cooperate
/ an the bsHt way with the regular estab-
! liAhment. Formerly there was consider
3 able sharp feeling between regulars and
hls guardamen Regulars were ant to
/ look down q bit ON the citizen soldIer-
and the guArismen were inclined to get
huify over what they termed the uppizh
ns~- Of tive regulars tamI~ OF instr1IC-
ton have brO,ish! si.S'n n better feeling
! The regulars have earned that there "
! good stun in the g'IArdsm.n. ~ they do
| the best they can toward showing the
| guardsmen q lot 81 little things that the
stan doe-nt teach On the other hand
! the RIar,ianen have come TO know that
They are Just men who know their work
clear down 10 the ground and know they
know u
The programme for this camp begins
! on Monday morning Their, will then be
more than 500 men spread out like tlIs
ribs Of q great fan before ten q rant =
| headuuArterS "a the Hogs Back The
National Guard organizations from New
York city will arrive on sunday Afternoon
/ I nd Sunday evening These troops viii
b.- here Tor ten DAYS. from August ! TO
August ~. working Sidr by side with the
reg,Ilar- who will be kept for the full
| thirty DAYS Gen Grant will have these
I regulars under hiS command The FIRST
Battalion of Engineers. Companies h
and & from Washington barracks. Wash d.
lngton. - { tn. Tenth Cavalry. COlored
troops. from Fort Ethan Allen. W
the Third Field Artillery. Ratterv ID.
from Fort Myer. Va. IN. Fifth Infantry
the entire regiment except Company
l.. from Plattsburg barracks; the Twenty
: fourth Infantry. cOlor,Ni troOna. r'gi-
mental head,rIartsrs band and First and
Third battalions, except ComDany !,
which will he left az the post. Madison
barracks. y '.
The national E,Iard-man from New York
! city who will have the first ten DAYS tour
81 duty with the regulars consist Of the
Twelfth sixty ninth ami SeN -ntv first
Regiments. Squadron 4 CTrooDs / ?. ,
and u. the Third Battalion Of Engineers
/, Twenty second RegimenD and the First
7 Company. Signal CorD- With these
| - OF Syracuse
From August ~ To August 20 the Brook
| Iyn soldiers will get a taste Of military
| schooling A. the Second Brigade, the
! Twenty third and FoTtv seventh regl-
ments Of infantry and Squadron G will
nannuvre with the Sixth Battery Field
Artillery. from Binghamton.
| Troops from other States will be camped
her. in the third period from August y
70 August ~ There will be the Second
Regiment NJ Infantry from Maine. the
Maine Hospital Corps detachment. the
First Regiment 81 Infantry from Vermont.
the Vermont Hospital Corps detachment.
the Ninth Regiment ~ Infantry from
Massachusetts, and Troops A. and
from Rhode Island
The greater part 81 the coming week
will be devoted to instruction which per.
tAins TO the making and care 81 camp and
I To drills The manpuvre- will take place
Z toward the latter part % the week after
| the men get bit hardened and seasoned
There will he target practice Tor infantry
cavalry and artillery. instruction IN ad-
vance and rear guard. outpo-ts aud re
B Connoissance and in formations for at
IL. hsa