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centration since the Civil War.
There was another maneuver there
in 1904 in which Col. Oehmann also
took part. At that time, he was
lieutenant, and he rode horse from
Washington to Manassas over an old
dirt road.
The invading legions brought into
the area today their own modern
weapons of warfare which will swing
into real action next Sunday when
the four-day continuous maneuver
begins. There will be two forces, the
28th and 29th Divisions combined
into the Blues" and operating un-
der Maj. Gen. James K. Parsons and
Sd Corps Area headquarters, and
the invading Blacks" Army regulars
of the Provisional Division under
Brig Gen. Maxwell Murray.
Conference Scheduled.
In the Civil War engagements of
Bull Run or Manassas, the grand
fathers and great-grandfathers of
28th and 29th Division Guardsmen
were pretty evenly divided as to the
opposing side. The 29th Division
comes from the District, Maryland
and Virginia. with only one regiment
from Pennsylvania. The 28th is an
exclusively Pennsylvania division.
Mai. Gen. Milton A. Reckord of
Baltimore, commander of the 29th,
will confer during the week with
staff officers on the divisions plan
of battle for the big maneuver in
which Army bombers, National
Guard planes. anti-aircraft guns and
heavy and light artillery will play
part. The Guardsmen's weapons
will be trained upon swift, newly
motorized Provisional Division, fig
uratively an enemy that has landed
at Norfolk and threatens to invade
the Nations Capital. The Provi-
sionals will come in next Sunday
from Fort Meade, Nd and Fort Bel
voir. Va.
When dignitaries. such as Gov.
Price of Virginia, Gov. OConor of
Maryland and others, visit the 29th
Division during camp, they will be
honored with salutes from the big
rs guns. Saluting units will be the
10th Field Artillery from Maryland
and the 1l1th Field Artillery from
Virginia.
Maryland and Virginia guardsmen
are encamped near the District
troops. Regular Army tents are
their abode for the first week, but
beginning a week from tomorrow
they will live and fight in the field
under conditions Stimulating real
warfare as nearly as possible.
Officers we're confronted on their
first day of camp with the problem
of slowing the speed of private au-
tomobiles on Lee Highway in the
maneuver area. Signs proclaiming
an Army camp speed limit of 25
miles an hour have been posted and
will be strictly enforced for the next
two weeks in order to protect the
troops and their movements.
Supply Tents Set Up.
Supply tents with the capacity of
great warehouse have been set
up at the Gainesville railroad sta
station rail head of the 29th Division,
to handle the tons OF staple and
perishable food that will be rationed
to the 1900 guardsmen.
The Bull Run encampment, part
of the first Army summer maneu-
vers, will add to the experience not
only of the guardsmen and the
regular Army forces of $500 men,
but to more than 300 reserve Off
GERS who have been assigned to
duty with the various units. Mill
tary attaches from more than 10
foreign nations will come here next
week for the test warfare.
In addition to the engineers and
the coast artillery, two other Dis
trict guard contingents are here.
They are the 10Th Division special
troops, Maj. William T. Roy COM
manding, and the 104th Quartermas-
ter Regiment under Maj Fletcher
F. Bernsdorff.
Religious services will be held
tomorrow for the 29th Guardsmen,
with field mass for Catholic Church
members at Linton Hall Academy at
Bristow, miles from Gainesville.
Protestant services will be held in
each regiment.