Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-08-04
|N|M|C WAR ON AN
EXTENSIVE SCALE
inc Camp Manoeuvres Will Be
Most Ambitious Attempt
since Manassas.

Ramp of Instruction. Pine Camp. n.
=, July 81 Mimic war on what Is like
70 be the most extensive scale attempt
since the Blue and Brown armies met
: Manassas. Va. five years aro, begins
re this week with the assembling of
nitcd states regular troops and Nation
Guardslnen for the Joint army and
litia manccuvres. Under command of
aior General Frederick Dent Grant,
hu commanded the last series Of battle
crc'scs held at Pine Camp in 1903. an
nbiticus plan of campaign, according to
Indications will he worked out. with
attempt to capture Carthage. n near
lilaec. and an assault on the city of
etortown as likely features.
With the arrival to-day of the last
the regular troops assigned for
ork in the manoeuvres, which will
bn,inue during August. Pine Camp
waits the militamen who. beginnin s
rly tomorrow morning. Will pour
to amp during the next three days
pr the past month Pine Camp
IS been busy place get
hG ready for the 1900 men who will
hrticipate in the manoeuvres. The
DIRK has been IN charge OF Lieutenant
rutherford of Company G, gath infah-
y who was the comma nding of'1cer
the camp until the arrival of Con
al Grant Thursday The entire camp
s ueen pped for water which is re-
iyed from two large springs mile
III half from the camp The water
pumped into a tank with capacity
tnh
HOG aclS." a lofty ridge unning Tor
yalf q mile on the south side of the
ramr. MANY miles Of wire have been
Strung by the signal corps and eaoh
conrany will 10 in touch with head
Quarters by telephone All sanitary
arrangements. including the inctnera-
tors. have beer completed and tons Of
government supplies have been sent to
camp for the commissary department.
MAKEUP OF CAMP.
The regulars assigned for duty will
be at the camp throughout tine month,
hat the organized militia has been des-
ignated for duty under three periods
to 10. II to 20 and 81 to 81.
Tho regular troops designated are:
First battalion of engineers, Com
paries b and c, Washington barracks
-. e.
10th Cavalry-Entire regiment ex-
cert Troop y. which will remain al
post Fort Ethan Allen. VT.
3rd field artillery-Battery D. Fort
Meyer, Va.
9TH infantry-Entire regiment. ex-
tept Company l.. which will be left a,
post Plattsburgh Barracks. y. Y.
cath ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS head
Quarters. band. first and third battal-
ons. except Company |. which will be
eft at post, Madison Barracks. y. Y.
oath infantry-The lieutenant col
mel headquarters 2nd battalion and
companies z, r and G, Fort Ontario
Y.
DATES FOR ORG ANIZED MILITIA.
Troops Of the organized militia hav'
peen designated as follows:
August to l0-Headquarters list bri
Eade New DIRK city; 18TH. '9th and lis
regiments infantry, New York city
Equadron A, cavalry troops /. g. 8 and 4
New York city; Troop p, cavalry, Al
bany; Troop d, cavalry. Syracuse; 3r
battalion engineers (22 regimenO, Ne,
York city; list company, signal corps
New York city.
August II to 20-Headquarters End bri
Rade, Brooklyn: 23rd and i7th regiments
Infantry, Brooklyn; squadron G, cavalr
Groops 5. 6, and s.. BROOKLYN 9Th bat
tory, field artillery, Binghamton.
August 81 to 2l-2nd regiment infantry
Maine, PASSPORT (headquarters), hospita
corps detachment. Maine, Waterville; Is
regiment. Vermont, Brattleboro (head
quarters): hospital corps, Detachment
= ermont, Burlington; 9th regiment in
fqn'ry. Massachusetts, Eoston, Troop a
cavalry, Rhode Island, Pawtucket; Troo
y. cavalry, Rhode Island. Providence
Troop G, cavalry, Rhode Island, Prov