El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-11-06
To ATTACK CITY
MOUNTAINEERING
$500 Troops to Take Part in
Battle on Mesa; Real
Shells and Bullets.


The biggest war game that has even
been staged by the American army viii
be held on the north Mesa Monday
morning, in which $500 men, represent
ing infantry, artillery and cavalry, viii
participate.
The war game will be combat firing
of a reinforced infantry brigade and
the Sixth, the 18th and goth infantry
regiments will take part, together with
a battalion of three batteries of the
sixth field artillery and squadron OF
the 18th cavalry. Gen. John j. Persh-
ing will command the brigade. One
hundred thousand rounds of ball car
tridges will be used by the infantry
and 100 rounds of shrapnel will be fired
by the artillery.
Public Warned Away.
Ell Pasoans- are warned to stay away
from the mesa if they value their lives.
The only safe point of vantage to view
the maneuvers will be from the Next
can village on the Mesa, and policemen,
both civil and military, will be sta
toned there to guard spectators.
The plan Of the war game will be on
the suppositiOn that q regiment of in
fantry, reinforced by two batteries of
artillery, have approached Ell Paso
from the north, with view to sacking
the town and have taken up a strong
position on the south side Of Mount
Franklin, throwing their outposts out
along the mesa by the old rock house.
The American army, hearing Of the ap-
proach of the enemy, will come to the
rescue of EI Paso from the west,
camping Sunday night at Harris mill
VIII ATTACK Monday.
The enemy will begin the assault
early Monday morning. After the cav
airy has found the position of the at
tackers the artillery will open fire to
put the epemy's batteries out Of COM
mission so as to allow the American
infantry to approach and attack the
enemys main body. The enemy's bat
teries will be located in line at a point
one-third up the side Of Mount Frank
lin and will be designated by large
white square targets.
When the enemys batteries have
been silenced, the American infantry
will approach, throwing out skirmish
line about a mile long, going through
the stream bed beyond the mesa, de-
touring through the city and approach
ing by Ange street, and then going
straight on a line near the Mexican
village. The enemy's infantry will be
strongly entrenched in a line OF tar
gets at the base of Mount Franklin
and the mesa, about mile and a half
long. These targets will be operated
by soldiers in target pits, covered with
bomb proof sand bags.
The pits will be connected with the
other pits and with the enemys com
mander, Capt. J. N Pickering. with
teen operators will be used for the sig
nal work connected with the operation
of the targets.
VIII Complete War Series.
This war game will complete the Sc
ries of maneuvers that have been con-
Quoted by the eighth brigade since the
middle of October. The war game IS
the largest ever staged by the army,
the next in size having been the ma
neuvers held in Visions two years
ago, in which 1850 men took part.
Gen. John J. Pershing will leave
Tuesday for Nogales, Ariz-, to inspect
the 18th infantry, stationed there.
The officers of the Eighth infantry
brigade began the first lap of their an
nual 80 mile test ride Thursday. The
second lap was covered today and the
finish will be held Saturday. The Of
ficers made distance Of so miles a
day, riding their private horses.