The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-07-17
~ TACOMA MILITARY GOSSIP.
state Camp Site - Cupid Woundine
Troopers-Sons of Veterans Drill.

TACOMA, July 16-rSpecial l-General O'Brien
has been in the city on and off several days the
past week, trying TO arrange some plan whereby
Point Defiance park may be used as a perma-
nent military eneampment for the National
Guard. Congress has set aside an appropria-
ton OF $4,000 TO be used for its
seaport forts. Besides Notifications may
be erected and the grounds improved
Point Defiance consists of about 100 acres and
the camp would probably require about 10
acres. Tacoma has the use of the property for
park purposes The government reserves the
right to use the point il case of an emergency
aud the appropriation viii be spent at this point
besides the amounts set aside by the city and
county. Many object to camp grounds being
established on Point D.fiance, saving il would
destroy the natural effects of the park.
Captain ". j. Fife will shortly star; on trim
to the city of Mexico, and will sojourn there
several months sightseeing.
Company di3 not drill Wednesday evening
owing to its room not being being in order, il
having just moved in.
proicct is on foot whereby the battalion of
cavalry, \. q. w, is TO be formed into four
troops. and being already formed c and
ID would join the FIRST battalion The new
troops are being formed, one at Yakima the
other az spokane. The equipment OF the troops
cannot be efectet without legislative enact
ncnt, but this difficulty is being overcome by
entarprisins firm o- by the troops themselves
The troop AZ tacoma. as well as the one at
Sprague, was organized III the first named man
ner, and it was fully one year before the re-
speotiyo captains bondsmea were released
1T IS IA wise proceeding which calls for the
formation OF troops in the prairie cities espe-
cially,' SAYS military critic, las the infantry
would b. practically useless in these places in
easc there was trouble Of any kind"
Captain Edwards, now OF Portland. well
known as being formerly in command OF Troop
Is, is in tia city.
The sons OF Veterans VIII send team to
Helena. Mont, 10 compete IN the connective
d5lll 20 ee held in connection with the national
eucampmea', which taxes place August : The
company selected IL as follows: Captain 3 W
Conner: fret lieutenant, \. l. De uua. second
lieutenant. {. T. june.te; r. salisbury, A. f
Desnc. }. IL juuette. Joseph Ross u Braniele
J. Branhc!d, ". L Bowman. Z r Afweil J ~
Mead, u J. Rand, v. J. Stya.toa Charles Wa,
tiers. ". l. NeSeryy. Charles Pepper. A
Booth, 4. Locke. ". Y, Baker. The team w.u
dr.li steadily irom now on, and II cxnsscts IN
knock The Persimmon.' The committee On Ar
ranSements : composed OF Joseph Ross ] y
Meade ana C. +, Junetto.
Company q has pat N some gOoI drills sinea
.ctG-u5nc from camp and Captain Billings viii
lot no opportunity pass 20 put his company in
the .csd.
Ixpt&sn J. u. Ashton, 0! Troop r, viii retnrn
with has bride about Anguish. With the darts OF
cupid flying around and wouadng such valian.
soldiers - Captain Ashton and Sergeant Tom
box, the troopers have merry time q il
SAesia R.s,ssy. Of Rs..scgs, Mont. he. N.
formed the sheriff Of Napa county. Cal, tina, he
= positive that she man ~tlIei by lightning on
JUly : ne uG&nowa al missing murderer
aeeonpliee OF Ca,1 Schmidt, IL tha k.l..as CT