Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 208, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 September 1915 — THIRD REGIMENT IS FACING DEFEAT [ARTICLE]

THIRD REGIMENT IS FACING DEFEAT

“War in Indiana” Plans Include Defeat of Force to Which Rensselaer Company Belongs. % \ It is not often-that an army is informed a week in advance of predestined defeat and the exact manner of its accomplishment, but such is the experience of the third regiment, Indiana National Guard, and Battery A, of Indianapolis, which have been designated by officers of the army to occupy the entrenched position in the great war spectacle at Indianapolis on Monday and meet .he attack of the most complete and varied fighting force ever assembled in America, a force at least three times the numerical strength and having even more of a preponderence of strength by reason of the modem implements of warfare which they will include.

Arrayed against this one lone regiment of infantry and one battery of artillery will be two regiments of infantry, 2nd, and provisional regiments,, two batteries of artillery, B of Purdue University, and C of the city of Lafayette, seven troops of cavalry, including Troop B, sth U. S. cavalry, troops of Ohio cavalry from Cincinnati, Columbus, Cleveland and Toledo, and the Black Horse troop from Culver Military Academy, a squadron of aeroplanes for scouting and dropping bombs, a squadron of armored cars, built by the Pathfinder Motor Car Co., and armed with Gatling guns, a motorcycle corps, a company of bicycle scouts and an engineer battalion from Culver, who will conrtruct bridges to cross streams, demolish villages as the attack advances and operate trench mortars and land mines to be'fired by electricity. It is safe to say that even the large maneuvers of the regular army have never seen so complete a force as will attack the third regiment Monday, but its officers and men are cheerful and have not even made their wills. The schedule prepared by officers of the army provides for the opening of the battle by a scouting expedition of the aeroplane squadron to discover the exact position of the defending force. This will be followed by an artillery duel between eight modem field guns of the attacking force and the four guns vith the third regiment. The infantry of the attack will then advance until its skirmishers meet the outposts of the defenders and the entire line of the attack will move forward until the line of wire entanglements is passed and the first line of trenches is reached, the defenders falling back to their second line of trenches. The defenders, from their second ine of trenches, will make a counter attack with fixed bayonets but will be overwhelmed by a flank attack of the seven troops of cavalry and the armored cans. The spectacle will conclude with the “Star Spangled Banner,” played by "The Great White Band,” a monster organization of 200 musicians from southern Indiana cities and the three regimental bands of 28 men each, a meet fitting finale to the most spectacular war production ever attempted in America. In the production of this spectacle will be used 336,000 rounds of rifle ammunition, 30,000 rounds for Gatling guns, 300 rounds of artillery ammunition and 500 pounds of giant powder for the land mines and bridge and village destruction. Meanwhile the third regiment is serene, accepting as a compliment its selection to meet such a varied mid overwhelming force and accepts its assignment gracefully.