McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-07-10
Plan Annual Maneuvers.


The complete schedule Of the an
nual meneuver and encampment Of
| the Tennessee state troops for July.
as prepared by Lieut.. F. w. Brabson
U. S. A., attached to the state troops
as instructor and inspector, includes
a period of mimic warfare which will
be carried on under plans and condi-
tions of actual warfare.
| According to the conduct of the Ten
| nessee soldiers in this campaign the
war department officials in large
measure will determine the fitness Of
! the state troops, provided they are
called upon to 90 to the front in real
campaign.
The encampment will be held at
Maryville, about twenty-five miles
south of Knoxville, beginning on July
II. All the state troops, aggregating
about LOO officers and enlisted men
belonging to the infantry, hospital
corps, ambulance companies, machine
gun companies and cavalry, will reach
Maryville ON that date and 60 into
camp for six-day period of drills and
study.
All close order drills Of the infantry
will be held on the campus of the
Maryville college. Extended and open
order exercises will be conducted on
maneuver grounds nearby.
Realizing the Importance of the ma
neuvers for this year, the war depart
ment is sending more regular army
officers to accompany the Tennessee
troops than it has ever done before,
except on years when the state troops
have Unanswered with large bodies Of
regulars.
| Beside Lieut.. Brabson, who has been
stationed with the Tennessee troops
for the past three years, the following
officers of the regular army will be
present in the capacity of instructors,
| inspectors and umpires: Col. w. J.
| Nicholson, Second cavalry; Capt. A..
| B. Cox, Maj. M. A. w. Shockley, med
ical corps; Capt. w. P. Screws, Lieut..
c. d. Hartman, Lieut.. J. A. Merritt,
Lieut. w. H. Westmoreland, Lieut.. S..
W. Anding, Lieut.. B. F. Mcclellan,
Lieut.. A. w. Gullion and Lieut.. e. B..
Gray. In addition to those regular
army officers of the war department
has detailed company c, Twenty-ninth
infantry, to come to Tennessee and par
ticipate in the exercises with the state
troops.
During the period of encampment
from July 11-16 the work of the troops
will be instruction of squad, company,
battalion and regiment in close and
extended order drilling, patrolling,
combat exercises, principles Of attack
and defense and schools for commits.
stoned and non-commissioned officers.
Following the encampment period
the battle maneuvers will be begun.
The plans for that maneuver, which
was worked out by Lieut.. Brabson, as
sumes that there are two large hostile
forces in Eastern Tennessee. A Blue
force Is Invading Tennessee and is
preparing to attack a Red defending
The state troops, with the regular
army company, will constitute the ad-
vance guards detachments of these
two large imaginary armies.
On the morning Of July Is the Red
detachments, consisting of the Third
Tennessee infantry with machine gun
detachment, Troop B cavalry from
Chattanooga, Field Hospital No. and
a detachment of sanitary troops, will
be sent to Sevierville, to collect sup
plies for the main Red force which liz
making its base at Hartman Junction.
On the same morning the remaining
troops, composed Of company G, U. S.
A., First separate battalion from Mem
phis, Second separate battalion from
Nashville, separate companies G, d,
f and H, state troops; ambulance COM
pany No. and detachment of sani-
tary troops, composing the advance
guard for the Blue army, which will
be at Englewood, will break camp at
Maryville.
Following the latest approved meth.
DDS Of warfare, those two detachments,
the Red army and the Blue army, will
then begin series of maneuvering
against each other in working out the
battle problem with which the two
commanders are confronted.
Just what action each of the com.
manders will attempt will be left for
them to decide. Under the rules
number of plans can be made by them.