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Show ; WAS WITHOUT A FLAW Umpires So Decide Second Day in Game of War. MANEUVERS IN THE RAIN Tleld Was Soggy and Swept nt Times by n minding Rain, Driven by n Forty-Mile Gait Men, However, Cairied Out Tholi Day's Flo-grnmme Flo-grnmme In Splendid Style Most Satlsfactoiy Undertaking Thnt Has So For Been Achieved lu the Maneuvers. IVrt Illle), Kun Sert. 29 -Marching over a sogg) tleld swept nt frequent Intervals by blinding rnln driven b a fort) mile gale, the men of the inanui vtr vllvlslon run led out their da) programme In splendl 1 st)le The woik wan without ii haw, and nt tho conclusion con-clusion of the du) a work the umpires pronounced It the imvU satisfactory un delinking thnt has to far been achieved In the mmeuvers In working out the problem of tho da) It was presumed tint n lllue force, Willi huidquurlcrit ul Ablhuo, Kin. was updating against n llnivvn force inhuming from Ihe cast A division of the latter army was presumed to have ulreud) reached Sloekdule. Kan ( ol Oeorgo II liodney of the Artllhi) corps nnd In cximmnn I of Iho Ilium, vvns cnmed on the bulks of tho Ite publican rlvei, on the l'oit Itlle) reservation res-ervation Ills command comprised lh Slxlh battalion of engineers, ncllng ns Infantry the, Nineteenth, twentieth mil Twenty-eighth batteries of Held nrtllleiy amKthe, tlrst siiuudron ut the Ulizhth csvotrv. The plan of the day for Col. Rodney wns to make n demonstration In force lovvnid Sloekdule, lo gain Information of tho eneiii), slid to bo about 10,000 strong. Tho llronns division, which vvns supposed sup-posed to bo encumped near Stockdale, vvas uneler the command of Col James Miller, of the Twent) second lnfnnlr) It wns rcportcel to Col Miller tint the command of Col Rodney vvns going north by wny of tho Port Riley reservation. reser-vation. Ho decided tn attack and capture cap-ture tho llluo enemy If possible, or nt least to drive the enemy from his dl rect line of retreat through Junction City. MAHB HILL HHIZIU), The troops left camp ut 8 30 o'clock, ami thirty minutes after thnt time tho scouts of the lllues, under commnnd of Capt. Parber of tho P.lghth cnvalr). vvero sweeping northward, covering u front of nearly two miles Thn lllues gained an advantage ut first by selling Mars Hill, the highest point on tho re ervntlon It vvns In Ihe direct lino of ndvaiHR nnd was loo strong u ikisUIoii to be abandoned. It was therefote de-termlnrel de-termlnrel to hold It llrml). Onn company com-pany uf the Highlit cavalry was dismounted dis-mounted on the southern slope und nil-vonccd nil-vonccd on the run totbo summit, where It vviib depleted as Infnntrj. A few minutes liter Mnrsh battery came throuhh the long gross nt headlong sliced The horses vvero urged to their utmost und the wheels of tho carriages hounded frequently n foot from the ground us tho battery dashed Into position po-sition nn the crest It was ready for action In u short time, und then ensued en-sued n wait of marly forty minutes before nny of the Drowns inndn their nppenrance (Rosses were trained on the horizon to the north, nnd Capt. Parber, with bin scouts, pushed straight on lo the front, bellovlng that the main force nf the Ilrowns would be deployed In that direction. MiLLun i'avoiiki) thu nt.ui:s. However. Instead nf operating In finnt, Col. Miller vvns marching around tho right Hunk of Iho lllues nnd en-denvorlng en-denvorlng lo gain their rear. Now and then on tho hnrlson line n form nbout one.hnlf tho site of u pin would bo seen These vvero tho llrown scouts working In toward the right (lank and rem of the lllues Three times Marsh s battery ihangeel front on tho crest and final!), ns n detachment of Hi-own In-funlry In-funlry nppeareel upon d eresl one mile away Ihe battery wheeded once mule, this time to thn rlfjit, and opened u heavy tiro iion the nelvanclng Infantry No attempt vvas made at this tlmo nor throughout tho day maneuvers to use the bntlciles rapidly. It vvas de-sluieil de-sluieil In lei the enemy know that ho wan seen nnd that ho was where the butteries could riddle him If they were ki disposed. Tho umpire a llgure ulwa). that h buttery Is used ut Us maximum eillclency and decide polnta nerorellng-y nerorellng-y Despite tho fart thai tho guns were worked slowly ns cnmpired with wh it they would be In nctual warfuii- Iho shots come with considerable rnpldll). MVI.I.Y AliriLLUIlY DULL. Pildlenl). vvhlln Murnh's bittery vvns pounding tho Ihln lino of Ilrowns Ijlng (lot upon tho ridge n mile uwny, Here came an answering Hash fiom n hill one mile In the rear of the Ilrowns It was their artillery In action In their support A lively artillery duel continued contin-ued between the batteries und occasionally occa-sionally In the lull of tho loud reports of the three-Inch rides could b heard tho sharp crack of the Krag-Jorgcnsen, proving that tho scouts of the opioslng forces were coining Into contnet The battalion of engineers, acting hsIIIui. Infantry, came marching up the Mil mid hurried oft to tho right of the battery, bat-tery, where the Rrowni were alrendy visible coining on nteodlly through the 6Thclr advance was cleverly made and every ndvantuge was taken of the ground and of the tall grass which till u man very effectually When advances ad-vances aro inndo In line over ground 'devoid to a Urge extent of trees nnd other objects behind which consldeiu bio bodies of men could be concerned the lli'tit brown khaki uniform pos-hcssch pos-hcssch decided advuntuge ovei the blue A man cl id In the latter Is Mslble In stonily, while the dust-ctdore.l khakl cloth renders lis wearer much more dldlcult to distinguish TUT OUT OP ACTION The Urown lino udvunced steadily spreading out to their left as they came, and In a few minutes they were thrown seiuarely ucross tho llluo line nf retreat ThH engineer battalion kept up. h. rattling tire, but they vvero not able to prevent the Ilrowns from obtaining ob-taining a position from which they directed di-rected u heavy lire Into the Ulue nrtil lory It wan a position such as must have euused the destruttlon of the bat tery and the umpires decided that It hud been put out of action The Ilrowns camo rapidly through tho grass, keeping up their tire with nut klnekenlng In the least Aid wjs now corning lo the bird :iohed c Elmers El-mers ' ttnilcn. which wai cilnglug tleirct y to Its work Cotninny I) of the . ixth infantry enm.i up thu hill on a run and, I Miking i n tight on the right flank of the engineers, they pushed torward rapidly upon the ilrowns The latter were Biwedlly driven driv-en back and Company A of the Puurth cuvalry was captured Tho lino of re-treut re-treut was reopened, but the Ilrowns who coming up so strongly for a sec ond attack that tho umpires called a hull Ir order to discuss the Ituatlon. It was finally decided that tho forces were ro closely In contnet that further continuation of the maneuvers would simply mean ilotu rancci fighting, and nt 13 o'clock the vvnr for the day was !. jB M declared over 'ijiHlll ATTACK AND DUPUNSn or CON- H' slWM tm vor H 'Hfl M Tomorrow's programma Is tn bo tlnv t iUM nttack and the elcfcme of a convoy. At rsinviH The hitler will consist of fully 100 wag- W, S HB M ons nml It Is thought thnt Ihe days f! 'jSfc jnf m work will present one of the most In- U ? IV H ten Mini, of tho series of the bineu- If;;tt If vers WW jy H 'Ihe w either tonight Is nbout as des- jjjif Iff, M Iriatc for Held work ns can be Imag- .31' m Ined A cold wind Is blowing nt Unv ,3y J rate of forty miles un hour from tho ft Jffij H north nnd there are frequent showers ftjijt V i H of heavy rain, changing ut times Into &Jt Jf M Phot A)a i hi 1 Two regiments of the Knnsns Nn- JjlSJi ffl Mm tlonnl guard the Plrst Infantry and ff " IK Second lufantr) arrived during the nf- I, wn H ternoon nnd went Into camp A bat- fs u tt H tallon of Colnrneln ttoops, 200 strong, i r ll H made up nf all arms of the service, ulso J V arrived late In the afternoon. m Vll The grentest pubis luive been taken & jlUH m by lien Hates to make thn maneuvers It ilM H Inleicstlng nnd Intelligible to tho of- ijt'MJHI llrers of the national guard who nro h jftlH laH present liver) morning they ride out Si V.iiH tn n point of vantage, near the pro- B Ih M posed battle Ground l.mlT the guld- l-H'JLHI line of Capt A. M. Wright, who Is V siiiH m amply provided with maps and plans, WiSl'lB H and who explains the why and where- U WfilM fore of everything done If tho mnnett- 151)11 JH H vers are nut of decided advantage to UlrtrllB m Ihe olllcers of the national guard It will jJllEllHi H not bo an) fault of Ocn Ilntes nr of his CsjSsri! olllcers (fiilltEfll M Tomorrow flov. Stanley of Knnsns Is SfieSJV!I saH expelled to -visit the camp 'Lieut -Col. JrJI'lffll M UepKhon, the Hussion military nttacha Udl'luH H at Washington, Is nlsn expected tomor- SEijjlVtfl M ruw morning WSnBl'iffl |