Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-19
TOR PERMANENT CAMP
Adjt. Byers Favors Making Coun-
Gil Bluffs Permanent Guard
Camp.
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Thinks the Grounds Where Brig.
ade Is Now Encamped Are
Ideal.
Considerable Sickness Reported
at Camp Dodge. One or Two
Cases Critical.

SO0AASii 4SACiLos <1u6s 4O.~VO VI SOAlt
time there has been talk of the state
purchasing ground suitable for the an.
nual encamIment OF the Iowa Nationa
Guard. The officers of the Fifty-firs
and Fifty-second regiments attending
the brigade encampment here are 81
Well pleased with the location of the
camp that they are strongly in favor O
the state purchasing the ground with {
view to making 1t the permanent loca,
ton for both brigade encampments
was stated yesterday that petition tt
this effect would be prepared and pre-
sented to Adj. Gen. Byers before tn,
camp breaks up.
The seventy acres on which the CAM
and drill grounds are situated are con.
Sdered by the staff and other officers al
ideal location for an encampment, anC
they do not hesitate to express them.
selves in favor of the state purchasing
the ground and holding the brigade en-
campments here every year. 1t is gen
orally recognized that Council Bluffs i.
more easily reached from all parts Of
the state than any other city and that II
presents several advantages not Offered
by other towns.
The camp grounds are easily accessi-
BILE by the railroads entering the city
and, according to one enthusiastic otIi-
Ger, ARE the most disirable grounds fol-
national guard encampment in the
state of Iowa." and he backed up this
assertion by stating that he had attend
ed every encampment in the tsate for o
long number of years
He said: lit is surprise to me that
the encampment was never held In
Council Bluffs, when 1t has such splen-
did facilities for camp of this size. In
all my many years experience in the
Iowa National Guard never saw a
more ideal location for camp. and now
that there is some talk of the state
purchasing a permanent site for the
encampments cannot see that it can do
better than to purchase this ground.
That is to say, of course, if the owners
will sell at reasonable figure. This
opinion is shared by a large number of
officers in camp. Its vicinity to beauti-
full Lake Manawa is one feature that
makes the location so desirable"
AuJutduL GeueTdl byeTS, WIEN dSkeu
the possible purchase by the
state of the present camp grounds. was
not willing to commit himself. He said
that while it had been proposed for the
state to establish permanent camp
for the ANIMAL brigade encampments. he
was not willing to say at this time that
he had a particular preference for any
certain location. Camp Dodge is un-
one of the most pleasantly To-,
Gated camps we have had yet, but be-
fore the state would purchase per-
site for the brigade encamp-
ments there are numbers of other mat
tiers to be taken into consideration.
should not have the slight
est objection to the encampment being
held in Council Bluffs. but there are
others who will have voice in the mat
ter"
The business men of the city are alive
to the situation and 1t is possible that
active steps may be taken soon with a
view to securing the permanent Local
ton of the brigade encampment in this