Map for Connecticut Manuever Campaign, August 10-19,1912
MakerPrepared by the
United States Geological Survey
(American, founded 1879)
PrintmakerEngraved by the
United States Geological Survey
(American, founded 1879)
PrinterPrinted by the
United States Geological Survey
(American, founded 1879)
Date1912
MediumLithography; colored printer's inks on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 23 3/4 x 31 1/4in. (60.3 x 79.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 25 3/4 x 34 1/2in. (65.4 x 87.6cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of the Dorset Historical Society
Object number2007.84.0
DescriptionMap of a portion of southwestern Connecticut with New Fairfield, Ridgefield, and Wilton on the west, New Fairfield, Brookfield, Bridgewater, Danbury, Naugatuck, and Prospect on the north, Hamden and New Haven to the east, and New Haven, Orange, Stratford, Bridgeport, Fairfield, Weston, and Wilton to the south. A portion of Long Island Sound is to the southeast. Roads and railroads are indicated. Rivers, marshes, hills, and mountains are shown. Relief is shown by contour intervals. A scale of miles and yards is at lower right.
Label TextTwenty thousand troops, including all branches of the regular army and the National Guard, were involved in the Connecticut Maneuver Campaign in the summer of 1912. The campaign, which the newspapers called the "big war game," was intended as a training exercise and a demonstration of up-to-date warfare. Innovative features included the use of an aviation force equipped with telephone and motion picture apparatus, to be used in scouting and reconnaissance. Ground forces were also equipped with field telephones and wireless telegraph. Specially prepared maps such as this one were supplied to officers to show the limitations of the field of movements.
NotesCartographic Note: One inch equals one mileStatus
Not on view
