Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-21
BIG MANEUVERS
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SAN FhANCISJO, August aI1.-Uul-5
que in the history of the%7 National
Guard of the United States are the
military maneuvers that started yes
terday. Never before in this country
has an army composed principally Of
militiamen, as the red, or attacking
army, is called, been given the Job of
working against troops of the regular
Army. For this reason officers and
men, both of; the regulars, and of the
militia, throughout the United States
are watching with much interest. the
attack upon San Francisco 81 4fortinca.
tons to. be made by the army inva-
sion under the command of BrigadiIt
General Robert Wa1kowski of the Ma
tional Guard of California. ...s,. "a
/ Today two armies are encamped I'M
! der arms waiting for hostilities to be-
gin. The Blue army, defender of San
Francisco, is III Ter canvas at the Pre-
sidio only awaiting orders from Brig
adier.G General Walter s; Schuyler, u.
, s. Army, commander. in chief of 10th
/ forces. to start on the march south to
meet the invaders, who are presumed
. to- have landed at Salinas after sue
. cessfully defeating American troops
who tried to prevent such landing. ;
6 The American troops IN this case
are competed principally of soldiers OF
i the regular Army. The invaders are,
for the most part, militiamen. Two
problems will, therefore, be worked
i: out. The one of supreme importance
is, whether or, not an army could land
j. on California soil, march, through a
! hostile country and capture, the great
y batteries that defend San Francisco
{ The other problem, secondary IN I'M
portance, is the relative efficiency of
i the guardsmen and the regulars, the
IGegulars, or defense force, being out,
{ numbered more than two to one.
March Begins Wednesday. ...
On the morning Of August 14th both
4 armies will, break camp, the Red army
/ starting north and the Blue Army
/ starting south. The objective point of
both armies will be Coyote station.
where the first battle of the war win
be fought. There Brigadier. General
Walter s., Schuyler of the Army, Ad-
! jutant-General A. Forbes of the Ma
tional Guard of California and Briga
| d;er-General r. T. Evans, q. S. Army.
Chief of the Bureau of Militia Affairs.
| will have their headquarters. Here.
also, will be stationed the umpires
of the maneuvers. all officers of the
Army. They are Lieatenant-C Colonel
Charles H. Barth, Twelfth Infantry.
umpire in chief; Major Charles Crsw-
ford, Twenty-ninth Infantry; Captain
w F. Smith and Captain Brant Hall
dozen officers of the regular military
establishment also will be stationed
with both armies to act as referees of
the maneuvers.
If it is determined, on points, that
| the Red armv is victorious in it's lat
ties in the south and has technically
defeated the defense army, tie latter
troops will retire toward San Fran
cisco, the invaders following The
problem before the Red army, then
would be the capture of the Preside
Notifications, defended by fifty-Eix r.
irch motors having range of some
thing like 10000 yards. If the in,
vaders get through this zone of fire it
will be officially determined that San
Francisco is rregnable from the land
side
Neither armv will be informed as to
the movements of the opposing force,
saving through such information as
can be gathered through scouts and
spies. Because in time Of war there
would be no newspaper correspond
ents with the army of invasion. the
commanding officer Of the defense
force is instructed to ignore ANYTHING
Re sees in the papers regarding the
movement of the hostile troops. The
sDv system, however. can freely be
used.
From every standpoint the ma
neuvers will be the biggest thing ever
held in.the west in time of peace Near
" 10000 men will he employed and
the importance Of the problem ont
ranks any other problem ever tackled
or a maneuver field.
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