Show f = = = MOVE IN WAR GAME National Guard Instructed at Fort Riley j FORMATION OF OUTPOSTS I Intensely Practical but In No Way Picturesque Were tho Maneuvers There Vera Three Exercises All Exactly Alike Milltia jJid Excellent Excell-ent Work in Forming Thor Outposts Out-posts the Picket and Reserves Being Be-ing Posted Promptly Col Wagner I Dellvcro Address Upon Strategy Fort Kll y Inn Oct Intensely practical exceedingly useful but in no way picturesque were the maneuvers today Th y consisted entirely of in ptructlon f for the I men of the National Guard In the t formation of outposts and the performance of outpost duty There werc three exorcises nil exactly alike nnd the general description of one applies ap-plies to the other In each exerclrfe a regiment of tegu Oars established the outpost the ofllccrs of the National Guard accompanying the commander the regulars as spec latora When he oulpouc of rcRulani was fully established and the detail work made ellnr lo the officers of the Na Jlon Guard thc jtate troops were called lIp and sent out lo relieve the regulars on the outpost The Sixth regular Infantry In-fantry established the outpost for the First Kansas the Eighteenth infantry for the Second Kansas and the Twenty Hfcowl Infantry for the Colorado battalion bat-talion When the Stale troops were com plclcly established on the outpost an attack was made by a small force of cavalry It was the assumption that thc attacking force waH much larger in number than the outpost Troop E of the Fourth cavalry attacked the front tof the First Kansas troop F of the name regiment pushed In on the front uf I the Second Kansas and troop G of the Fourth made It Interesting for the Colorado men DID J5XCKLL15NT WORK The National Guard did excellent Svork In forming their outposts the I pickets and reserves being posted very promptly When however the attack began thv National = Guardsmen showed liow much the Instruction given at such t camp as Is 1 now being held li I needed by them No criticism could be made of their gallantry and their willingness 10 light It was the excess of these qimllllcfl that would have brought them disaster had the game today been played In earnest In the nftcrnoori Cttpt J P Cavan hugh of lie corps of engineers dellverec on Interesting lecture on Entrench 3ncnts to the Held ofllcers of thc National j Na-tional Guard In the evening Col Wagner Adjii tunlGeneral of lie Department of the l akca delivered hn address on Strategy Strate-gy which contained as much Information Informa-tion for the National Guard aa any of tho practical Held maneuvers He wild Jn pjirtt COL WAGNERS ADDRESS I The pIn < l pt 00 8trulo > raro sncntlally ttlmplc nnd arc bnxod upon the fict that a fi01dor the wnn as any oilier man rc Viulrcu fowl clothing and mHlclno mind limit In addition lo ihcbo nanin lif muni L bo conutniitly Htipplkd with munitions of war Thin rcndcra necessary the Rather Inc of mippllcs at > olnts where tluv can bo Fcciirelj punrdod and fan bo ont forward for-ward to armies In the lIe Id Um riKlon In vhlch such points art cstnhllahod being I tomird the 1 haso Where a UOIKTII glvUj one thought to thr enemy In hlff front In f probably bestows a hnndrcnl ihoughlB I on tho question of how Ills itimv IK to ho 6uppll00d In his various moom > iiU ILLUSTRATED BY KOSIiCrANS Tho u1 of h1I4tR and linos of operation was Illustnitiil by n drwcrlpllon of the niovrmcntK of tIlt armIes III ICcntnclcy and Georgia up id the limn t of Un capture of Allania anti tho mooniont of Sherman nrmy to Savannah and north through the Cnrollms HosocranHs army after wIll Jilng a great victory at MiirfrooKhoro was I comptjlwl to remain Inactive for six inontlm until t IH llncK I or supply could b y pf prntoctfd an to Insure Ha forward I movement I STRATEGY AND TACTICS Stralf y alwayn oulmlnatcK In lactlca lor thn Ihat Ktratoglcal onoratlonp arm uo JfW If the Mioiny ly not rlofeatod I III hilt I tie 3 n Oil Salainnnou lamp 4ljn Marmnnt had Completely nittKoiiTiilHi 1 Wellington nnd hurl placed him In a position whlr < do fen meant ruin hut Wolllncton oxtrl tilcd himself from 1115 porllouR position by l u brilliant exhibition of tncllcnl Kenlns nnJ JiarmontR skillful plans all came to naucht I OBJECTIVE OF OPERATIONS Tho nbjrctlvo of military operations ihotild nlwns be the main army of the cu my and the 1 ret object should be to Tnccl and nmillUlate It NovcrthclCBa po litical considerations nomcilmca render no Juno the choice of objectives which havo not such military Importance JN TUB CIVIL WAR The dllre of tho administration during the Rrenl Civil war to occupy points In nil the odlnK Stall Id to a number of minor oporutlon 1 nulto Independent of this snat principle nnd popular animosity t toward 1 the cUy of C InrloMon which was t jojrnni i IH th > hot bd of nboliion roni r pillod or ratlonB iignhixi that plir nr n jy to ioarfl brfori thr cloa > of the VTI although thoro wn no marked mllltar udvintano to bo gained from the occupation occupa-tion of that city v STRATKGIST AND TACTICIAN The qunlltlon of the strAtegist and the linMlr Ian arc not alvaM the sam nor al WHJH mill rd Tlio Sl ttrhu mako his plan In comparatIve quiet and Iplnurc Tin tactician mini act on the field t battle under circumstance of pient hoBxe and often tinder conditions of personnl danger Sherman was a gr < at strategist but not a grout tacliclau Wellington wan a grciil lucllolnn hut not a great strategiST strate-giST Nupolooi was both Ihe greatest Btriteglut and tactician the world has ever known GOOD RULE OF STRATEGY A good rule rf RtfatoRy IB I to consider car fully the conditions and situation of your army and of you enemys army ao far as known Tako it for granted that your enemy jq I going to do what hp should do lV immb r whi n you suftr loss that your enomy In suff ingr also nnl that ho hna as much reason to be afraid of you as you hnvi > to be afraid of him Having madf our rlans with thC utmost cure move quickly I and strike 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