Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-23
CAMP
REGIMENT ALLOWED SIX DAYS
FROM SEPTEMBER TO 9.
THE FIF1y-EIFTH GOES TO IT. RILEY
Was Thought that the Fifty-fourth
Would Not be Allowed an Encamp-
ment Owing to the Trip to St. Louis
Last Spring.

The Fifty-fourth regiment will go into
camp, at some point to be designated,
On September 3 for a period OF SIX
days. Because Of the fact that the
Fifty-fourth was permitted to attend the
dedication ceremonies of the Louisiana
purchase exposition at ST. Louis 1T
was thought that the regiment would
not be allowed an encampment this
year. Adjutant General Byers has,
however allowed it a six days period.
Governor Cummins and Adjutant
General Byers have decided to send
the Fifty-fifth regiment to Fort Riley,
Kansas, to the autumn maneuvers OF
the troops of the department of the
Missouri, which will he held there.
Governor Cummins has received a let.
ter from the headquarters OF General
Bates, commanding the department OF
the Missouri, saying Iowa will be al
| lowed to send one regiment to the
maneuvers This regiment is expected
| to have strength of SIG men, the full
strength of regular regiment under
the peace establishment.
Officers and Men Pleased.
| The Fifty-fifth regiment, the old
Fifty-first, is commanded by Colonel
James Rush Lincoln of Ames, the
l ranking colonel of the guard. For this
reason the Fifty-ffth will be accorded
1 the honor of going to the maneuyers.
| The regiment includes the two infantry
| companies of Des Moines.
In the letter from the headquarters
of General Bates, it was said that the
4 dates of the maneuvers had not been
I fixed. 1t is the understanding, how
ever that the time will be about the
| first of October.
/ The announcement of the fact the
Fifty-fifth regiment is to go to Fort
Riley will doubtless be received with
delight by the officers and men of that
organization This will be the first
time regiments of the guard have par
| ticipated in these maneuvers or similar
ones Last year maneuyers at Fort
Riley attracted the attention of mill
! tary men the country over, and formed
a thorough schooling in the practical
| phases of actual warfare and real cam
paigning. This year they will be on a
still larger scale than last year, ana
| they will afford an invaluable tram
| ing to the guardsmen. The Iowa troops
! will go to the maneuvers without eX-
pense to the state, so far as transpor-
/ tation and subsistence are concerned.
1 The only cost. to the state will be the
rper diem of the troops, so that the
cost of sending a regiment to the
i ,oaneuyers will be far less so far as
/ Iowa is concerned than OF sending
J them to an encampment in the state. :
4 Governor Cumnins Will Go.
\ Governor Cummins has decided tf
4 accompany the regiment to the man
i euvers. Adjutant General Byers vii
go and probably other members OF the
/ governors staff.
The troops will be fitted out by the
/ general government with the maya
| zine rifles. Adjutant General Byers
| expects the rifles for the remainder OF
1 the troops to arrive in Des Moines
within the next ten days.
1 There has been some talk that the
| Iowa troops would be sent to Fort
Smelling. MINI. This talk has been dis
posed of however, by the communica
j ton of the department of Missouri tc
/ Governor Cummins. In one respect
/ the orders from the war department
are a disappointment. Adjutant Gener
/ al Byers had hoped to be able to SEND
at least two Iowa regiments to For
Riley this year, but it is realized now
that this will be impossible.
Three Camps Planned.
i Plans have been made to hold camps
for the other three regiments of the
guard in the state. The places of the
camps have not been fixed, but thu
dates have been virtually settled up
on. The first camp will be from Au
gust Is to 20. Another will begi1
September and the other Septembel
8. The one between September ant
8 will be the camp of the Fifty-fourtf
regiment. The earliest camp will prob
ably be that of the Fifty-fourth regi
ment, and the last one, that of thu
Fifty-third.
Adjutant General Byers will ask th,
department of the Missouri to detail
regular officer to attend the camps il
the state. 1t is not unlikely Maio
Daniel Brush, who was one of the in
spectors of the guard this spring, vii
be detailed.
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