Show MANEUVERS AT FORT RILEY Rf I I I Object lesson For Officers of the National Na National I Guard I Fott FOlt Riley RUey Kan Kirn Oct 1 LAs As a spec spectacle spectacle spectacle the th military maneuvers of today would be difficult to equal as ap ob object lesson to the officers of or the national guard for tor which purpose It was car carried carried ried ned out It was full of ot Instruction and an suggestion upon points of ot actual t war service which they th y could have hae ob obtained tamed In no other way The weather conditions were perfect the men and horses refreshed by their day of rest after the heavy storm of Monday and the marching and the at attack attack attack tack and defense were wera full tun of ot snap and dash Shorn of all nfl military parlance the maneuver was comprised in tn the effort to march an urgently needed ne ded wagon train through the country The defense of the wagon train was In charge charse of the Blues under command of Colonel James M J 3 Sanna of the Eighteenth Infantry and the attacking force torce which endeavored to cut oft off and cripple the train was under direction of ot Captain T R Rivera of the Fourteenth Four Fourteenth cavalry At the end of the maneuvers It was estimated that Cap Captain Captain tain tam Rivers had crippled about 35 or 40 per cent of or the wagons wa ns but he had sill suf suffered fared a heavy loss in accomplishing that much mJ h of his lila task He had in his command eight companies of or cavalry and besides the usual losses Incident to long range rifle rUle and artillery fire three of his eight companies were wiped ort oft the map of ot the maneuvers maneu rs by attempt attemptIng lag Ing to charge strong a line Une of Infantry In position |