The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-22
Paducah Company Will PrOba-
bly, Have Two Encampments
First to be At Jackson and the Other
at West Point With Regular
Army.
TEE REPORT OF MAJOR BROCK

well OF the Wheeler Guards, that mem.
bers Of Paducsh's military company,
along with other militismen of Ken
lucky, will have two encampments
this summe~.
The first will be in August, when IL
is supposed from what has been sent
out from Frankfort that the troops
will all have their camp instruction at
Jackson, Ky.
IL il now announced that the padu-
cab soldier boys wi II be among those
who are to participate in the army
maneuvers at West Point, Ky, in Oc-
tober, and Captain Caldwell has re
oeived instructions relative to the ar.
rangemehts 10 be made for it.
The arrangements are as follows
That the maneuvers to be held in Oc-
tober and that the following troops
take part: From Wisconsin, one rsgi-
ment Of infantry from Michigan three
regiments of infantry; from Indiana
three regiments OF infantry, one bat
TALON OF artillery from Kentucky two
regiments Of infantry and three bat
teries Of light artillery, making about
9, 500 officers and men. The regular
regiments will compose 25 companies
OF infantry. two troops Of cavalry in
cluting the Seventh. now at Chicka-
manga, and two field batteries.
The West Point site embraces &C..
800 acres Of land, % miles west from
Louisville. on the Illinois Central rail.
road. this being one of the sites re
ported to congress in the secretary Of
wars report for 1909. as being availa.
tie for camp site for joint maneu-
vers.
Another matter OF interest to the
militiamen all over the state is the re.
port Of Major Buck. who was in Pa
ducah and other Kentucky cities re-
Gently to inspec, the troops, in which
he SAYS that the officers and men will
show great improvement after being
in q camp OF instruction with regular
troops. He recommends the detail of
. regular officer as instructor during
the whole year, and adds that II a
suitable officer 10 sent he believes il
will oubtedly result in great i'm.
provement. Major Buck says thei Q
should be thorough reorganization OF
the staff departments, and heads there
Of selected for fitness and because Of
personal interest in the welfare Of the
state guard. He SAWS there is practical
ly no adjutant general department, no
inspector general department, 10 judge
advocate general department, no quar-
termaster general department. nor q
medical department.
Major Buck believes the fact that
the men are paid nothing makes 1t I'M
possible to expect proper discipline.
Major Buck recommends that there
should be on hand q sufficient supply
of all equipments to put two regi-
ments of six hundred men each in the
field. and "if every effort ON the part
of the state is made to have a sufficient
small force rather than one twice as
large on paper, but absent in fact. the
next report can but show improve
ment."
In the body of his report, Major
Buck says that the state guard con
forms to state requirements, but ON
phaticslly not to that Of the regular
army, for the guard. as at present or.
ganized, armed and equipped is not
it to take the field except in the SER
vice of the state to auell local distur.
Dances.
1.-THE accommodation given the state
guard for al mories, says the officer
ARE entirely inadequate, AMI the
treatment of the guard by the state in
this respect 10 greatly to be deplored
and reflects discredit ON those respon
sible for ii. The armament is Rsntr-
ally poor, but enough serviceable riff, I
for the use of the guard are in the
state. The four Hotchkiss guns arr
in exoellent condition. On a sudder
call by the president for service twelv,