The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-07-21
Make-BelieVe War To Sweep
Ohio Valley As Army Tests
Out New Mechanical Forces
Fifty Thousand Aztszd
GHardSmen And Reg1lzr
Troops To P1ricipatr
In Summer Var Canes
By SHELBY THOMPSON
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CHICAGO. Jaly 2I--Wzr1
Tennessee as hoaals- Th~
flame Whips north~ard- P-nn-
sylxania flares Into r~b=lllaa-
Trucks rumble. Hanged ssh--ls
click along s-eel rasls. sp=sdiaE
boats churn Lakes and riv~ra. ar
plane mO-ors roar. dust bssls uP
from the swiftly moving feet Of
fighting men
The second army a. moving la-
The enemy viii BE- repulsed-
Another civil war No. rs al
make-believc- Teunes=ee -@alIv Is
a calm as a magnolia on = breeze
les day All Is quiet. Too. In
Pennsylvania But IN the mHa.si-
nations o. thousands Of uniformed
men THESE two states. aIloul
others. VIII be- a battle ground
rom August ! 70 -
Part Of PreParedneas Program
The maneuvers. similar 70 those
held last summer IN upstate New
York by the first army, are part
Of a program projected by the
war department several year. aso
70 keep It's redaced fighting per
sonnet keyed up t0r an euscr-
gency-
SO=le s0.0o0 R@tienrl guards
men Of seven states. about 5000
regular troops arr force detach-
ments from Langley Field Va
and Maxwell sield. Ala. and the
new mechanical cavalry stationed
at Fort Knox. Ky. win participate
IN the games The national guards
men and regular constitute the
second army. and viii oppose the
air and cavalry units
The conflict. as planned -
army strategiSts. Il TO develop a
follows:
Host;lities break OFT between =
Blue nation. COMPRISING Illinois.
: Wisconsin Michigan. Indiana.
Ohio. Kentucky and West Vir-
ginia. and a Red nafion-Ten-
neSsee, Virginia. MARYLAND and
the area TO the southeast
Blues Charge Nashville
Blue forces Of the fifth corps
area-the 37th and 3sth national
guard divisions Of ONO, Indiana.
7 Kentucky and West Virginia and
the tenth regular bTigade-con-
centrate AT Fort Knox and adj
vance on Nashville. Tenn. the
Red capital
Before they reach that Objec-
tive. however. a Brown nation.
composed o. Pennsyivaniz. New
York. Delaware. New Jersey and
territory 10 the northeast. enters
the war as an ally Of the Reds.
The fifth corps Blues then retire
to Fort Knox to protect an as-
sumed bridge across the Ohio
river az West Point Ky. on which
the Reds are advancing.
At this time Blue forces of the
sixth CORPS area-the 23d and 33d
national guard divisions or Wis
cOnsin. Michigan and Illinois and
the twelfth regular brigade-ad-
vance AGAINST the Browns from
Camp Custer. Mich.
Planes To Take Part
The air forces and mechanical
cavalry viii represent the Red and
Brown forces Army authorities
make no estimate o. the Red and
Brown manpOweT. but theOre-
ticallv II viii equal that Of the
two Blue forces
The mane-vers o. the fifth
CORPS around Fort Knox win con
tinue from August ! % Is. and
that or the sixth corps near Camp
Custer from August 20 -
In each phase Of the mzke-5e-
ieve war, the army announces.
actual opposing forces wIu BE- IN
the field The uazneuvers ar ex-
pected 70 demonstrate nechzn-
f1ation o. the army. Field tacti-=
vvIll stress motorized conrertra-
ton and movement % troops AT
marches VII Be under actual var
conditions