The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-30
CAMP BAILEY IT IS
Governor HOnored in Naming
H. n. g. Encampment.
Brigadicr General Hughes Has
Made His Appointments.
HAMILTON is NAMED.
Made Captain of Engineers to
Lay Out the Camp.
There VIII Be No Sham Battle
on Programme.

Camp Bailey has been decided
upon as the name for the Vinewood
park encampment of the Kansas Ma
tional Guard, to be held from August
Is to "a The camp is named in
honor of the governor. whose in
fuence was used to locate the en-
campment on the Yinewood park
tract.
Brigadier General J. W. F. Hughes
today announced the following ap-
pointments and assignments to duty
FOR the encampment:
Captain Clad Hamilton is assigned
ns captain of engineers to lay out
the camp.
Captain and Commissary of Sub
sistence r. NJ. Philips viii be in
charge of the purchase of all commits
sary stores for the camp.
Captain and Quartermaster G. A
Huron viii buy all wood and feed for
horses.
George Porter is to be General
Hughes chief of staff and private sec
rotary
An invitation will be sent to Briga-
der General Franklin Bell of the
United States army asking him to visit
the encampment- General Bell is the
head of the regular army in this part
of the country.
The daily programme will be as fol-
lows.
5:45 a. m, bugle.
5:55 a. m, reveille.
Setting-up drill
$50 a m, breakfast.
Forenoon, company and battalion
drill
IL "A. -, guard mount.
IL noon. dinner.
Afternoon, regimental and brigade
drill
$40 p. m, dress parade.
p. m, supper.
The soldiers viii wear the khaki
uniforms daring all the drill work
but for the dress parade at $50 the
blue uniforms viii be worn. There
will be two regimental bands here
one from Emporia and one from Hia-
sgatha-
No Sham Battle
Contrary to some announcements,
there will be no sham battle and no
maueuvers in the nature of war
problems" worked out at Fort Riley
The only thing to relieve the monot-
ony of constant drill viii be the tar
get practice and probably one or more
bivouacs. A bivouac is a short march
under heavy marching order to some
point not far distant, and the estab-
Hshment Of camp for the night 1t
is likely that some night to be Sc
lected, the entire command of two
regiments Will be marched over to
North Topeka and bivouacked some
where in the suburbs.
Target shooting viii be going on all
the time. Each company viii be repre-
scented by its three best shooters, who
are selected by their rank in the COM
pany target practice. In each regiment
there is a range inspector who is in
charge of the target practice. AS there
are "A companies in the two regiments.
there viii be 70 men participating in the
contest The shooting viii be conduct
ed in accordance with army regula-
tions. The rifle range has been arrang-
ed for just east of the camp where the
bullets viii lodge in a bluff.
There Will also be pistol shooting The
infantry does not carry pistols, and
Kansas has TO cavalry. So the six best
pistol shots are selected from each ba1-
terry, and these, with all the staff Off
GERS, are required to shoot on the pistol
range
There may also be some artillery tar
get practice. and if there is. it viii be
one Of the most interesting feat lures of
the entire encampment. Very few peo-
pie who have not been at war have had
opportunity t. see cannons throwing
solid shot. It is likely that the ma or-
fly of the Kansas artillery men never
handled a cannon so loaded. Il would
he a valuable part Of the encamprnent
work to show them how it is done.
Place to Battle.
one OF the things which has puzzled
the people in charge Of the encamp-
rnent somewhat has been to find a
place for the soldiers to battle after