The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-23
THIS CITY IN
 ZONE OF WAR
MANEUVERS WHICH STATE MILL TIA WILL ENTER MOST ELLA
 BORATE so FAR PLANNED.
PRELIMINARY ACTION ON
Naval Battle Already Fought-Boston To Fall Before New York
 Attack.

guardsmen for practice and instruc tion.
 Announcement of the plans for the maneuvers, the object of which will be an attack upon New York city, has been given oH at Governors Isl- and by Col. William G. Haan, of the Coast Artillery. the Assistant Chlef of Staff of the Eastern Division of the Army. These maneuyers will 1n- army an4 National Guard troops that have eyer participated in such movement, and will take place in the eastern part of Connecticut, the cen ter of operations being the Housaton- ic river.
 Two armies, one, the red, repre- [ senting the imaginary enemy that is advancing on New York, and the oth- CT, the blue, representing the United States ,are already theoretically op- erating in this section of the country. and New Workers will be surprised to know that for more than three weeks that city has been in imminent dan ger of falling into the hands of an invading army.
 Twenty thousand regulars and Ma tiQnal Guaardsmen will participate in the maneuvers, and for the first time in the history of the United States Army, the aeroplane will be used i1L a war game.
 Each army will be commanded by a general of the regular army, while the "mAneuver commander" will be Brig. Gen. Tasker H. Bliss, command ing the Eastern Division on Cover nor's Island. The officers who will be in command of the armies are Brig. Gen. Frederick A. Smith and Brig. Gen. Edward A. McClernand, Gen. Smith commanding the defend CTS and Gen. McClernand the invad- The troops that will be enga ged in the campaign will include every Ma tional Guard organization in New York City, with the exception of the Coast Artillery regiments. The oth- CT National Guard forces will be drawn from New Jersey, Massachu setts, Connecticut. Vermont and Maine. The regulars will be the ir- fantrymen from Plattsburg Barracks New York; the cavalrymen from Fort Ethan Tllen, Vermont; artillerymeu from Fort Myer, Virginia; engineers from Washington and the famous ar my aviators from the regular army aviation training grounds at College Park, Md.
 Theoretically, the war, of which the battle of New York is to be the cli- max, began June 25 when a Euro pean power: unexpectedly declared war on the United States Three
 
 ing the flag of our imaginary enemy, arrived off the Virginia Capes, and proceeded without undue delay to de- feat the American fleet that was sup posed to be on guard in Hampton The minute that war was declared against us congress got busy and the president was authorized and did call for 500,000 volunteers in addition to the regular army and the organized militia of the various states. Last Wednesday the regulars and National Guardsmen are supposed to have be- gun to concentrate in the vicinity of Boston, New York and Washington. hurriedly preparing to resist the in vasion of the red army of 100 900 1 men, which is supposed to have land- ed at or near New Bedford yesterday, ready to begin advance on Boston, af- l ter which the enemy will turn his at tention to New York.
 To oppose the foreign invaders is an army of 80,0O0 American regulars and militiamen. The battle of Bos- ton will be fought on Aug. 5, lnd the Bostoi will pass into the hands of the enemy. The Americans will retreat in the direction of Albany with the victorious red army in hot pursuit. l An Aug. next second army of 1 100000 red soldiers will begin land l the combined foreign force the Amer ican army will be hurried to a posi- | tion of which Bridgeport will be the ! southern and Danbury the northwest ern extremity.
 l What will happen after this con- tcentration in Connecticut of the blue 1 army only the maneuVer that is soon l to take place will divulge, for when 1 the regulars and guardsmen take the 1 field on Aug. next the war that De- ] gan three weeks ago will be supposed to have reached the point where only the Housatonic river separated the hard pressed Americans and the vic I torious foreigners. Whether New
 York like Boston, New Bedford and Providence, will fall into the hands of the enemy remains to be seen. This IS where the biggest military
 problem ever thought out for the 1 training of the fighting forces begins Late in the first week troops that 1 have been designated to take part in 1 the exercises will leave their home
 stations for the field of operations,
 which will be in the territory between Danbury on: the north, Bridgeport on the south and New Haven on the east General Bliss who will be the man 1 euVer commander, will have his head | quarters somewhere in the vicinity C. f | Bridgeport, and attached to his head l quarters for purposes of carrying or l oCA0 oA1O I1ASlI uCIlOnS lO IIlG OppOSlnG 1 commanders will be the aviation corps of the army The f1iers, who | Will operate as a neutral force so far 1 as this maneuver is concerned, will be Capt. Chandler, commanding, and Lleuts. H. H. Arnold, Thomas w. De Milling, and Roy H. Kirtland, Capt. Paul W. Beck will probably be a fifth
 aviator who Yill be ordered to Con- necticut.
 With Gen. Bliss at his headquarters and assisting him will be practically
 the entire division staff from Cover nor's Island.
 Among the officers who are expect ed to witness the maneuvers as ob- servers are Major-GeneraI Wood chief of the general staff; Major Gen. eral Thomas H. Barry, superinten-
 dent of the military academy at West Point; MaJor-GeneraI John F. O'Ryan, N. G.. N. Y., commanding the Nation. Guard of New York. and the adiut- ant generals of all the states from which the militia will be drawn. The
 secretary of War, MT. Stimson, will
 probably be a visitor, and not much
 surprise will be occasioned if Presi- l dent Taft himself calls on Gen. Bliss ] while the campaign is on.
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