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Show PLAYING WAR GAMEJ Maneuvers at Fort Riley! Are All Business. NO SPECTACULAR CHARGES There Are No Slnm Ditties, Nothing of Tomp nnd Glitter of War Everything Ev-erything Done With Object of Conveying Con-veying a Lesson and When Prob-ism Prob-ism Is Explained Maneuver Is Over It Is Not a Question of Who Wins Idei Is to Teich Younger Officers. Kort Hlles Kim , Sept 27-Todas's warfiue bctwrin the nrmles of the Hlues and the Hroiins coiilsted of preparing pre-paring to llrflit without fighting. In mllltiuy hii lame, tho maneuvers are described ns follows ' 1 he entire force on the march with mltablo advance guatd for a. division of war strength, advance guard entlio miln body in part Imaglnars ' What was dona Is ns follows Hnrly In the morning the arms of the Hrowns, few In number, matched out to tho north lino of the reservation nnd then wheeling nbout went baik uvu their tracks until thes inme In slcht nt ihn advancing army of the Hluis The Hrowns, supposed lo be 011I5 an advance ad-vance guard supported by an Imaginary Imagi-nary body of reserve ttoops prepared Tor action ns wion ns thes sighted the Hluei, nnd the latter prepared for action ac-tion ns rnpldls as possible after the Hrowns come over the horizon lines. When evers thing was read for Ihe kill. Ing to commence, everybods tramped back to camp, and the maneuvers of the day were over. IT IH ALL HU8INES8. There ls none of the sham battle about tho maneuvers, which have now fairly opened Theie Is nothing of tho pomp nnd glitter of vvur. It Is nil business busi-ness Theie nro no spectacular charges with much noisy consumption of gunpowder. gun-powder. Kversthlng Is dono Ith tho object of convcslng 11 lesson und when the problem has been explained the maneuver Is over There will be no question of 'who wins' In nnnv maneuvers man-euvers Hvers thing Is done with the Idea of teaching the sounger oincers of th regular arms and the lsltorn of the National Guard how such things should be done In the presence of on actual enems. ARMY or Tim HLUES. The advance guard of the miln body under the command of Ucn Hate?, com-prised com-prised compons U of the I'lrst battalion of engineers the Hirst squadron of the Tourth cavalrs less ono platoon, which remained with the main body; tho heventh battery of Held artillery nnd two guns of the Hxth battery nf field artillery, the Eighteenth Infantry, two battalions of the Twenty-second Infantry In-fantry and a squad of ten men of tho hospital corps It was accompanied by a number of wagons carrying ammunition ammuni-tion nnd entrenching tools and six ambulances. am-bulances. There were In the advance guard about 2500 men Tho main body comprised all the remaining troops In enmp, nbout 4W0 In number. This formed Ihe army of Iho Hlues army or thi: nitowNs The Hrowns, who, by power of Imagination, Imag-ination, were equal to the Hlues In numhets, were commanded by Col C. C Carr nnd consisted only of the Sec-ond Sec-ond squadron of the Tourth cavalry, rirst squadron ot the Eighth cavalry, and iho Sixth battery of Held nrtlllery, less two guns, who were with tho blues The Hrowns moved out early In tho morning nnd at 9 o clock were In position posi-tion near the north line of the reservation reser-vation where Col Carr formed his men for battle, extending his lines ns much as possible to glvo the Impression that his force was lirger than It was Tho Tvvents -second Infinlry was nn the left and left 1 enter, the Eighteenth on tho right und right center. HATES ADVANCHS Meanwhllo along what ls known ns the 'old Oov. Harves" road Oen. Hites was advanrlng with his arms. Away nut on cither flank his scouts were thtown and the light cavalry riding In ndvance of the column engerls watched for Col C'atr and his Hi owns When they were flnnlly sighted, word was given to push forward as rapidly as possible for some high ground In front of the column. The troops deployed rnpldls, forming lines of battle as thes hastened up the hills, the bntterlea dashed Into position, and with an almost al-most Incredible speed were ready to open upon tho enems. The Infantry reserves re-serves behind the main line ot battle fell Into position and ambulances ond ammunition wagons went bumping over tho rough prairie ground to the places where they could extend tho greatest assistance. When the preparations prep-arations for battle were completed the umpires declared tlm nd of tho day's work ond the march back to camp was taken up OHJHCT LESSON MONDAY. There wll be no exercises tomorrow and on Mondos the object lesson will bo 'The lontact of opposing forces of all arms," |
