The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-08-09
Invading Force Has Defeated Atlantic
Fleet, Bottled Up Hampton Roads
and Captured Boston.
100000 MEN AT NEW BEDFORD
SUPPOSED to Have Been Landed From
Hostile Transports to Invade and
Occupy Greater New York.


game, which will constitute the in
structive feature at this years field
maneuvers of the Eastern militia, and
for which the federal government has
appropriated nearly $1,000,000, 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 land
ing Of 100000 invaders near New
Bedford, Mass, with the intention of
invading and occupying New York.
In accordance with the theoretical
history of the imaginary events pre-
cediDg the actual beginning of the
war game, the invading army drove
back the American army and forced
it to concentrate near Boston. In an
taken place on August 5, the Ameri-
can troops were defeated and COM
PEELED to retire via Worcester, toward
Albany, its new base, vigorously pur-
sued by the enemy. In the meantime
the enemy pushed one of it's divis-
ions westward to obtain control of
O NJ int oil
the New York, New Haven and Hart
ford railroad in Connecticut and to
cut of the water supply of New York
City. Today, on the day before the
beginning of the war game, the en-
envy is supposed to have begun the
landing of a second expedition of
100000 men at New Bedford. The
first hostile expedition passed Wor-
cester in pursuit of the main body
of the American troops retiring on
Sprin gfeld. The American troops
near New York City are supposed to
be rushed toward Danbury and
Bridgeport, while detachment of
the hostile army took possession of
Waterbury. The enemy is supposed
to be hampered in it's advance toward
New York by the scarcity of rolling
stock, concentrated in Boston and
New York City and by some secon-
dairy American naval craft on the
Hudson, ready to interfere with
transportation over the shore line of
the N. Y, N. H. & H. railroad.
Such, in brief, is supposed to be
the situation tomorrow, when the
great war game, in which the New
England militia, about 5000 strong,
supported by about 1900 men of the
regular army, including infantry,
cavalry, and artillery, will represent
the "Red' or invading army, while
the militia of New York and New
Jersey, also supported by regulars,
will represent the defensive force,
will begin in all seriousness to con-
tinue for ten days. In all there will
be more than 10000 men in the field
at this years maneuvers, including
the regulars, being the 9TH u. S. in
fantry, the 10th U. S. cavalry, COM
posed of colored troopers, and two
batteries of the Sd U. S. field artil-
lery.
Brigadier General Tasker H. Bliss.
who so ably handled the Red and Blue
war game in southeastern Massachu-
setts in 1900, and who is in COM
mand of the Eastern division, will
have general charge Of the campaign.
He will have his headquarters at
Bridgeport and will have the assist
ance of thirty majors and captains
from the regular army, and the LIST
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