New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-08
RID AND BLUE ARMIES
eft READY FOR BATTLE
piooest Eight" Since Civil
War to Begin in Connecticut
on Saturday.
THIS CITY ENEMY'S GOAL
New York National Guards
men Will Leave Here on
Morning of Day Hos
tilities Start.

The Red army and Blue army are
,o.day girdng up their loins, prepar-
,,ory 10 beginning the most extensive
4h,,,le" Oh American soil since the Civil
Uor nv saturday the last detail OF
,roops from the national guard OF this
safe will have been transported 10 Con-
,ecticut- where the war manPuvres Will
AXE place, beginning on that day. The
.snnaisD will be complete in every detail,
avsn 10 the employment Of the latest mod
.,s NJ army aeroplanes and wireless tele-
graph equipment
Every possible contingency has been
crowded against. and when the Reds
,ndsr command Of General f. a. Smith.
rs a.. present their unwavering battle
,ont against the Blues, under command
n General a. l. Mills. L. s. A. the two
armies will be the last word I'm the art OF
modern warfare.
The frst detail Of national guard troops
iron, this state will start to-day, march
lpg all the way 20 Bridgeport. These are
,re 1st and "a Cavalry, under command
~ Colonies Bridgmsn and De Bevoise. All
~. rest Of the New York troops will leave
,s,s CITY on Saturday morning, as follows:
rY-st Brigade headquarters, the 7th and
.,s, regiments, by steamer Richard Peck
.ro,n East 22d street at II a. N. for New
Haven
The seth Regiment. by steamer Boston
from Fast 2od street at : q. m. for New
Vsven. and the 18th Regiment two hours
later from the same point on the steamer
Brockton for New Haven.
The list Regiment of Field ARTILLERY.
o'clock from SD street and Eleventh ave-
nue. for Danbury via Brewster
Battery A. Cd Regiment OF field artli-
,srv from West Farms station OF the
New York. New Haven & Hartford Rail
road at 8. m. -,
Battery B, ID Regiment of field aTti'-
,sry from Harlem River station OF same
road at 2. m.
SECOND Brigade headquarters. 2Sd Reg
lnent from Grand Central station al
$50 a m.
Fourteenth Regiment from the same
point at $40 a. N.
Torty-geventh Regiment from Graho
Central Station al S:45 a m
First Battalion OF 22d Engineers from
Harlem River station Of the New fo1h'
New Haven g. Hartford Railroad at ':oO
m. I'd and % Battalions following
fifteen minutes later.
First Field Hospital from the MO"
Haven station Of the New YORK. Ne"
Haven & Hartford Railroad at a m
First and cd Signal Corps from Harlem
river station OF the same road at SOB
a N.
In nutshell, the manRuvres Will con-
sis+ of the theoretical attempt or the
Reds 10 capture New York city, win
the Blues trying to prevent this city
from falling into the enemys hands
The scene OF operations may be roughly
described As a truncated triangle WIN
It's lower apex cut on by line or some
,welve miles between Stratford and Ne"
Maven. The upper base of the triangle
some thirty miles long, reaches from
Waterbury. the right wing OF the al
vance division Of the Reds, to DanDury'
he western mobilization point or the
blues and another side of some twenty
miles stretches from Stratford 10 Dan
bury.
The entire region. som" i"ui Hu
and fifty square miles. is well adapted
70 military InanRuvres, there being
g-est variety Of rolling lands, inter-
spersed nj other points with abrupt hiIiS
and valleys There are also Varioue
river, and their tributaries 10 be forded'
Orders have been given that every
man In the total OF about twenty-five
he nfYnnat care
not 20 devastate property. and speciai
care will be taken 10 make the sanitary
arrangements the best possible. The
government will make good all damages
% property Special arrangements TOT
feeding the great army have also been
made as weIl a. provision for adequate
medical attendance
General T II. Bliss. L. s A. will be
in supreme command of the maneuYres.