The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-18
THE GUARD CAMP READY
STATE FAIR GROUNDS TURNED INTO
MILITARY ESCAMPMENT.
Indianapolis Battalion VIII BE First
on the Ground-ArrivnI of
other Companies.

For the past week people and residents
on streets traversed By the street-railway
company in reaching the state fair grounds
have had their attention attracted sew
eral times each day by the sight OF freight
cars loaded with tents. chairs. brooms.
shovels. spades and many other articles Of
a similar character These cars We're trans
porting the equipment and supplies Of the
Indiana National Guard to the fair grounds
10 be used by the States sodiery during
the annual camp OF instruction which be-
gins Saturday OF this week and ends Sat
urday OF next week.
Nearly everything necessary TO be done
has been completed and the camp is now
ready for the boys in blue Lieut.. Guy
A Boyle. aid on Brigadier General Nc
KEGS staff. laid out the camp. and people
who are familiar with such things say
ne has done an excellent piece of military
surveying. The city OF tents will be To-
Gated in the grove on the west of the fair
grounds and will reach 10 the northern
and southern limits of the grounds. Gen.
Mckee and his brigade STAFF will occupy
the administration building. while Governor
Durbin and staff will reside in tents at the
head Of and on the west side of the main
jutant General Ward ana Quartermaster
General Foster will have tents close to that
Of Governor Durbin. Chief Quartermaster
Harmon l.. Hutson. who in private life is
assistant reporter of the Indiana Supreme
and Appellate courts. will have his head
quarters In the barns located just east Of
the street-rairoad extension into the fair
grounds.
INDIANAPOLIS BATTALION.
The Indianapolis battalion of infantry
will be the first of the State troops to
reach the camp. They will go out to the
fair grounds tomorrow afternoon. Adju-
tant Moorhead. acting under orders of
Major Condo, issued an order yesterday,
directing the local battalion to assemble at
L o'clock tomorrow afternoon on Wash
ington street opposite the courthouse,
from which point the march TO the fair
grounds will be made on foot. The men
will have with them their full quota of
arms and equipment. They will make the
march in the same order as II they were
actually entering an enemy's territory.
First will come the advance guard, then
umn composed of all the companies in
the city, then the baggage train, brought
up by the rear guard.
The large quantity of equlpage and sup
plies now at the camp is in charge of
Major Hutson. This morning at 10 o'clock
the regimental quartermasters and COM
miSSarleS, with detail from each regiment
and from the artillery battalion. will report
at the camp and meet Chief Quartermaster
Hutson and Chief COmmissary Kirshner TO
arrange for drawing camp .equipage and
rations for the troops This is very natur-
ally looked upon as one of the most i'm
portant steps preliminary TO the Inaugural
ton OF a camp of instruction.
TIME OF ARRIVAL.
a great deal of interest has been mani
tested i'm the time of arrival of the various
companies of the guard. All the companies
will get into Indianapolis, Saturday morn
ing. Major John E. Miller. of the adjutant
generals office. yesterday made up a COM
plete list of these arrivals as follows: The
Fort Wayne company and battery and the
Lagrange company will reach Indianapo-
lis at $50 a. m; the Muncie company will
arrive at 1885; the Evansville company. $40:
Greenfield. $40; Union City and Winchester
companies. 9:l5; Martinsville. 800; the Mon
ticello company will arrive at fair grounds,
$50: the Danville, Terre Haute and Green
castle companies, $40; the Madison and
Franklin companies, 9:55; the Washington
company. New Castle company and the
NincenneS company, with the First lnfan-
try band, will arrive at 10:l5; the Auburn,
Columbia City, Rochester and Upton COM
panies will reach the fair grounds at 1920;
the Attica battery, Bloomington company
and band South Bend company, Elkhart
company. Warsaw company and Lebanon
company Will arrive at 1880; the Craw-
louisville company viii get in at 1875; and
the New Albany company will arrive last.
getting into Indianapolis at 1880 Saturday
morning.
Adiutant General Ward arranged the
schedule that all companies may leave
their home cities after midnight Friday
and reach Indianapolis before noon Sat-
urday. In this way the entire guard can
be in camp at l o'clock Saturday afternoon.
AS soon as the militiamen reach the camp
they will begin the wOrkNof arranging their
noticing their
city of tents.
The Indianapolis battery will go out TO
the fair grounds Saturday morning. Major
~ 3. SchanZ, OF the artillery battalion OF
the Indiana National Guard. reached here
last night and will probably remain until
the camp of instruction is broken up.