Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-09-14
NEW MARKET MAKES
READY FOR BATTLE

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made for the reception and accommo-
dation of the United States Marine
Brigade, East Coast Expeditionary
Force, due to arrive at New Market
September IS from Fort Defiance for
a stay Of three days as a feature Of the
annual fall maneuvers
So The troops, 8, 500 strong under Tcom-
mand of .Brig.Gen. Smedley Butler,
left Quantico their home station, Aug
q, and are now in the Shenandoah
Valley.
The stay of the marines at New Mar
ket,- preceded by full rehearsal over
the civil war ground, will be reenacted
by the marines on September 20 in
G Injunction with the cadet battalion OF
Virginia Military institute.
The marines will stage their chief
maneuvers on the battlefield made ia
nous by the brilliant charge Of the
Virginia Military Institute cadets in
May, 1864, against Federal forces com
manded by Gen. Frantz Sigel, the re-
production Of the battle being planned
as a gigantic history spectacle.
Every effort has been made to in
sure an exact reproduction of the en-
gagement fought at New Market ISL
years ago, when $50 cadets were killed
During recent weeks extensive sur
yeys of the bastlefields have been
made by Marine Corps officers and
airplanes have taken numerous photo
graphs Of the territory in order TO in
sure historical accuracy
Every implement known to modern
warfare will be employed in stagingI
the exhibition, including artillery,
trench mortars, machine guns, tanks,
gas, searchlights, reroplanes, aut-
matte rifles, one-pounders, anti-air-
craft guns and every device used in
actual battle.
High government officials and mill
tary and naval dignitaries will be pres 4
ent to witness the sham battle. AmongI
these will be members of the cabinet,
observers from the War Department.
and the Army War College, members
OF Congress, Gov. E. Lee Trinkle. oil
Virginia, Major-General Lejeune, com
mandant OF the United States Marine
Corps. who is actively participating in
the maneuvers OF the brigade, and
other officials. A formal invitation
was extended President Coolidge. Hell
was obliged to decline the invitation
because OF the pressure Of other duties. |
President Harding, prior to hisl
death, had definitely accepted an in |
vitation TO come to New Market and
witness the maneuvers 1t is further
known that he expressed desire also
to traverse the scenes of the valley
cam igns during the civil war.
1t was originally intended to have
the entire Marine Corps of 5000 men
participate in the maneuvers, but at |
the last moment the Tenth Regiment
was ordered elsewhere, leaving 3.5OOI
men of the Fifth and Sixth regiments
who stopped the German advance at |
Belleau Woods, to make the march
The encampment will represent the
largest concentration of armed troons
in the Valley of Virginia since the bio
cavalry encampment at Winchester in
the summsr of 1912.
Leaving New Market September q. /
the day following the battle, the ma
rines will proceed to Lexington b.
truck and engage in real battle ecn.
%, this time on the football field when
eleven representing the marines and
Virginia Military Institute will clash
The game will be preceded by re-
view on the institute parade ground
before visiting oil eials and dlgnitarjes