New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-07-12
WHOLE BRIGADE WILL COME.
State Militia Will Encamp in New
Ulm Entire.
Gen, Bobleter Secures Consent &c
Remove Encampment.
Between $500 and 5000 Men Will
Spend Week in City.

Through the efforts of Gen. Bob
Letter and Mai. Vogel the encampment
of the state militia will be held in this
city next year. These two officers have
been at work on this plan for some
time and have at last secured the con-
sent of all the necessary authorities,
including the governor and the ad-
jutant general, with the consent of the
colonies of all the regiments.
When the plan was preached to the
officers and men of the militia there
was almost stampede to get in line, I
SO pleased were they all with the plan,
and it is expected when the time comes
for the encampment next year there
will be a greater number of men in the
companies and the interest will be
greater than it has been for many
years. There seems to be something
about coming to New Ulm that has an
attraction for people that belongs to
no other place, and this is as prevalent
in the militia as it is in and other body
of people.
Arrangements as far as they have
been completed by Gen. Bobleter are
of a very large nature. They comprise
the encampment of the entire brigade
at one time, instead of the regiments
as is the habit of the encampments. At
present there are only nine companies
in each regiment and none of them
muster a full complement Of men, but it
Is expected that before the close of the
year to come the regiments will be re-
eruited up to the full strength of twelve
companies each and the companies will
have better showing, but even as it
is the mobilizing of three regiments at
one time with the addition of battalion
of artillery will bring large number
of people to this city.
The excursions that will come in to
see the camp and the maneuvering of
the brigade will be almost continuous
and there will be something doing all
the time. The brigade has never been
together under the command Of Gen.
Bobleter and it is for the practice of
this drill that he wants the command
to meet here.
Two locations have been selected and
one practically decided upon. The frs
was the fair grounds, but it was found
that there would not be the necessary
room for the camps and the drill, SO
the vacant land lying at the south end
of State street was looked at and will
doubtless be accepted since the city
water supply reaches to that point and
the expense of extending the pipes will
be light.
The encampment will consist of
brigade headquarters with the staff
quarters, then each regiment will be
camped by itself with the regimental
headquarters detached from the regi-
ment, then the company commanders
tents at the head of each company
street then the tents of the enlisted men
orming white city that will be almost
as large as Springfield.
Each of these companies will have
their own mess and kitchen and water
will have to be conducted to each com
pany kitchen, so that it is necessary
that the camp be as near the water
supply as possible. There is ample
room in the fiat towards the breweries
for the maneuvering that will take
place and the dress parades and guarG
mounting, if it is conducted with al
the elaborate ceremonies prescribed
for such events will be something that
will attract the attention of people
every day during the entire time Of the
encampment.
The arrangements that have beer
going on for this event have been kept
rather quite on account Of the op.
, position that would have been aroused
at Lake City where the encampments
have been regularly held and which
the city is not anxious to see taker
away from it, but now taat the consen
of all concerned has been secured Gen
Bobleter is free'to say that there vii
be nothing in the way of the successful
gathering of the troops.
In addition to the militia there vii
be one battalion of artillery. This viii
be camped at the fair grounds, so "a
to be near the range for target practice
The range for the militia will be con
structed across the river from tn
Courtland bridge where tits expected
suitable grounds can be secured.
This will probably be the creates
event the city of New Ulm has wit
messed since the time of the massacre
in military way and the credit of tn
whole thing is due to Gen. Boblete
and Maj. Vogel who have had it il
mind for more than a year. The gol'