The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-07

ground on a hillsisi. tina. k.-tinR s,i-
. Iruprtty pt pUslttOn without too great
"Apo-tir- g. fire. he demons tratsd that a
h"i"n-'v" battery can work Ia l--t all
/ Nahtas" at times by indirect fire that -
smoothing from i"n-ath tho brow OI earth
works amt sending shells into IA. enemy
1 ~ a tarahott over tn. h.asis pt tho IA
iahiry lying l-.hind ~" hr'asiWrrk-
Capt. frses had the New Workers az
work building line uf eaTthWo Tks and
s..cond hns ~ d.Ieno- comts-..d oI
/ trenches. h'hind the two lines N. plar,.d
7 but@ry. Then he took up the gublsc
ni win entAn Clements. iarled WIN
strung along tbs. ground a. ia" first I'm.
b ~ d"i"ncs' ~ had ts.~u used with marked
success IA modern warfar- The oftic-Ts
/ recalled that u brought about Ga" ami
hilation ot bngsUt. ~ JHpane-- trOOIs
at Port Arthur
Formerly TIA" practice was to string
IN" Wir.s from stakes 81 equal height
nut a method Was found 10y which this
'"l"nSiNe strategy was nsut rulIksd D."
4 "hgin''-rs ot the attacking ior,'" simply
laid board roads over the wires along
Shlch tho attacking army advanced
NnN HlaNS IN" engineers have SIiIvr
plan They stnng th" wire from stakes
OF unequal h"l Sht some thrs' feet high,
some only "a t"V inches, So that u ~ I'M
possible tn lay planks over the wires.
J 't.h. fri" Dr Isrei huCk a company
OF u tantry, place another company
I b"hir the earthworks an l ia the breaches
/ eNd oriere a. attack The infantry
B Norkei Their way cautiously IA cover
urtil movement hal Ia tie ma l" To-
gain the first line of Notifications The
i attackers came on through thIckct 81
scrub oak ard underhTIsh. SIdder ~
the hee of the line pa,IS,.i N" men
IVA wake 1 lato the wire cLtau gi emst.t r.
mat Prizes hal CONSTRUCTED They kl."N
that the wires were there Of cpurse. ~
they didn't get their feet cut. The point
! OF the experiment wae Ia show them 10y
! ectual demonstration thar they couldn't
win "A way through the NIre trap except
I at the cost of ~ least half the force
You can rea about these things IN
/ books, sail the on giueer officer. hui the
/ way to make men remember them j. by
work IN the tield. The New York troops
have shown willir gI'cssto pitch IN and a.
Intelli serCe IA comprehen .iug instruction
thrt u very agreeable To the officers de
tale with them
MaIor-Ci"n Charles =. Roc. commander
IN Chlef 81 the New York National Guard,
watched the Twelfth Regiment work
through manRuvrc IN attack and de
fenCr. Gen. Roe with his stan occupied
the brow at a hill where he could com.
mand the engagement with field glasses
one battalion at the Twelfth represented
IN the theory Of the umpir,s an invading
force from a hostile stat. north ot th.,
BLACK River. The battalion constituted
IN" Red army. which acting a. the al.
vance 1t division II invaders from the
north had received orders To -eI/" aud
hold the iron bridge over the river az
,.rrat Bend Two hattalions Of the
Twelfth COMPOSED the advance Of the
Blu" army Of defence from south of tn.
uNeT. Tn" Blue army received orders
10y wireless from the headouArt-r- of the
commanding general to take the bridge
It all cost.
The manpuvre was pr.tilly executed
Col Dyer commanded the army II the
Blue IN ybsrSOn He t.gan the race for
the possession Of the bridge AT : o'clock
He advanced his force at double time
along the main road from Pine Camp
- Great Bind and arrived just IN tim.
10 $500 that the invaders had taken pos
session Of the bridge and were waiting
, from D"hInd earthworks To- resist at
tack
over sent ms battIllions forward "a
extended order using the undsrbrush -
tdVdnt age ltr theory II the game
allowed him battery Of quick frer~. but
the problem was - advauC" them t. u
"ommaudlng position IN the face Of N"
terrific rife fire from the army
lie sent OF the imaginary battery on
"a long dstOur through timber on the night
approach To the bridge and made a move
ment IN front AZ ielnt 20 draw the
enemies fire. The detachment repre-
-enting the battery sneaked through the
woods and made their way TO high ground
when clearly commanded the bridge
and the line Of earth defenCes the Reds
had thrown up. A. soon as Dyer got
word that the battery was IN position
he ordered a frontal attack by platoon~
The umpIr.- ruled that the Reds position
was untsnlble and that the Blue attack
would nave succeeded.
out "a IN" bush the Seventy first and
the SINtv-uIIth worked all day uu prob
lens which Caliei for tn" same cpur~..
= ~yulutI. IL The whole strength 81 the
regiments wa- used IN thr-.' problems
the mt 'ut 81 the umpire- beng - train
he prgiuI1 atoms D work q. effective units
- great -upposititi'u- fore" Major
tarl ksichmtn. umpire IA chief com
'n"uted today IN "a" Improvement IN
the New NUrk infantry The Major
regretted that the gGari-rneu wsrs not
able 20 tax" more than ten days for prdC-
teal work IN tie field
OFs OF the COURSES ~ instruction tnF'
ksIchms0 has been 81 gagged upon j. IN.
writl"g EnI IntsrpTstF ion ot orders m
the field. Their" IRE ,r .srs. o.. priv.
forms. for almost every l"-sihl" COT III
geuCv. The trouble With nili'Ir com
M Hi"rs il thFt they ,-e s,d. ? ouGh Ir-
Familiarity. TO give vsrI ,uS constructions
10 Iienticsl riers. Reirhmsr - grIIlrg
them towGr W iformty
Gen. Grant to-day rec" we'd '"'f"~
from Gov. Hughes ~ which m" G"yarupr
rpgr, tied his inability - ~ m" camp
~ instruction HE wro'n 'hat 10 We fnu
busy winding up his sdmIni~tvat. So ~.
fairs Ia take the tim" m ~" General
hasn't heard from Col Roosevelt y"'
bat still hou@s that the Colonel will h.
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