Bisbee daily review., 1912-08-10
WAR GAME STARTS
 TODAY; J. s. SPENDS
 sl,0OO,O0O ON EVENT
Brigadier General Bliss in Charge of Campaign; Reds the Invaders; 10
 Day Battle

NEW 1Okh, Aug. 9.-The great
 war game, which will constitute the
 instructive feature at this years field
 manoeuvres of the Eastern militia, and
 for which the federal government has
 appropriated nearly $1,0OO, GOO. is ready to begin on schedule time to-
 morrow. Not only has war between the United States and some powerful foreign nation been theoretically de clared, but the enemy is supposed to
 have defeated the Atlantic fleet of
 the United States, bottled up' the
 surviving warships in Hampton Roads and effected a successful landing of 100000 invaders near Bedford. Mass
 with the intention of invading and
 occupying New York.
 In accordance with the theoretical
 history of the imaginary events pre ceding the actual beginning of the war
 game, the invading army drove back
 the American army and forced il to|
 concentrate near Boston. In an en-
 gagement supposed to have taken place on August ,, the American Iroops
 "Cre Gtieated and compelled to re- t':e via W "rcesteT, toward kILanv. irs new base, vigorously purs led l.v tEe
 enemy. In the meantime the enemy
 pushed one of it's divisions westward 10 obtain control of all important iunc-
 uon points along the New York. New haven and Hartford Railroad in Con-
 necucut and to cut off the water sup
 ply Of New York City Today, on the day before the beginning of the war same, the enemy is supposed to have 1 oeS'sn the landing of a second expedi- ton of 100000 men at Nev Bedford The first hostile expedition passed through Worcester in pursuit Of tie
 main body Of the American troops re- 1 uring CT Springfield The American troops near New York City are sup- posed to be rushed toward Danbury and Bridgeport, while a detachment 1 Of the hostile army took possession of | Waterbury. The enemy is supposed t. Ee hampered in it's advance towaru New York by the scarcity of rolling stock, concentrated in Bos.0l and ! New York City and by some second ary american naval craft oa the Hrd- son, ready 10 interfere with transpcr-
 tatlcn over the shore line Of the x. r., x. H. and H. Railroad.
 Such, in brief, is supposed to be the situation tomorrow. when the great war game, in which the New England militia, about eight thousand strong. supported by about 2.OOO men of the regular army, including infantry. cav airy and artillery, will represent the Red' or invading army. while the militia of New York and New Jersey also supported by regulars, will repre. sent the defensive force, will begin in all seriousness to continue for ten days. In all there will be more than twenty-thOusand men in the field at this years maneuvres, including the regulars, being the 5th l.. $. infantry. the 10th U. s. cavalry, composed of coiored troops. and two batteries Of the Sd U. s. field artillery.
 BTigadier General Tasker II. Bliss. who so ably handled the Red and Blue war game in southeastern Massachu- setts in 1909. and who is in command Of the Eastern Division, will have general charge Of the campaign. He ] VIII have his headquarters at Bridge Tort and will have the assistance Of 30 majors and captains from the reg. ulaF army, and the ist and 2nd regi- 1 ments of cavalry. The Red" or in. ! yading army will be under the com. mand of Major General Frederick A 1 Smith, now in command Of the depart ment of Missouri. The primary object | Of the manoeuvre being the instruc- | ton of the organized militia. a large number of officers of the regular army have been detailed to act as observ- | CTS, umpire and instructors of the mil itia taking part in the war game Each organization of the militia of the size \ of battalion will have at least one | regular officer as instructor during | the whole campaign.
 The entire campaign has been ! planned with a view to giving all the | organizations taking part an oppor- unity for reconnaissance work. scout. ' ing and contact with the enemy. The troops will be kept busy every day. making and breaking camp, marching, skirmishing. reconnOitering, etc and the task will not be an easy one in view Of the fact that the line of at tack will be unusually long, extending practically from the southern line of
 Massachusetts to New York City. Pre- sumably the less densely settled DOT tions of the state Of Connecticut vii form the principal seat of the imae- mary war. Ample provisions have been
 made for the feeding Of the troops in| the field and ambulance, signal and hospital corps will accompany both armies through their various opera. tiOns in the field as they naturally