Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-04-21
Adiutant General Thrift to Fly
Dates For Maneuvers at an
EARLY Day
WILL HOLD PRACTICE MARCH
Whole Regiment to Be Summoned On
Short Notice and Conditions Will
Be As Near Like Actual War as Pos
sibIe to Make Them - March Across
country-camp at Night.
Special to Timss-Republican.

Special to I1meS-RepupiicdH.
Des Moines, April 21.-Adjutant
General Thrift will next week fix the
dates for the maneuvers of the nation
al guard which this year will take the
Mace of the annual encampment.
These maneuvers will consist of calling
an entire regiment to some city on
short notice. Have the regiment make
a four days march across country and
then disband for their homes. The be-
lief is that there will be much more
accomplished for the guard in the way
of adding experience by this method
than by week of camp life on the
state camp grounds. Furthermore, the
state grounds have not been put In
shape and there is no money to put
them in shape. The next legislature
will be depended upon to do that. AS
the grounds have not been improved
and made sanitary so as to meet the
criticisms that were made of the
grounds at the last camp, General
Thrift developed this idea of having
practice marches. He will attempt to
make the marches as near like genuine
war as possible. The regiments
| will be called out to assemble at some
central city just as troops are mobil-
lied. They will act in every detail
as tho they were assembling for actual
| war fare and were called out to de-
4 fend the state against hostile in
vasion. AS they march across the
country they will have scouts ahead
and when they camp at night will post
| sentinels and guards. There will be
| some mimick war fare and very con-
| siderable amount of confusion in get
| ting supplies for the regiment of men
| and the necessary horses and attend
ing to the thousand and one little
details Of carrying for the troops. In
order to facilitate matters and pro-
/ vide the greatest amount Of instruction
! TO the officers and men school for
| the officers will be held in Des Moines
at the adjutant's offices soon at which
| all the captains and colonies will be
| in attendance and regular army Off
| GERS from Fort Des Moines will be
asked to appear and give the instruc-
| ton.
School District Trouble.
| The independent school district OF
! East Des Moines took q vote on the
proposition to transfer $4,000 from
| the teachers fund in the hands of the
treasurer to the school building fund:
| The proposition carried and now the
people of East Des Moines have, been
| informed by the state superintendent
! that they cannot transfer money from
| the teachers fund to any other fund
| even tho the people do vote favorably
| on the matter Now the East Dss
| Moines people. are in trouble. They
need some money to build school
houses and thought they had struck an
easy way to get it. They are not con-
tent with the statement of the state
superintendent and may appeal to the
| courts. Money can be transferred from
any other fund to the teachers fund by
vote of the people but not from the
teachers fund to any other fund.-
Coal Case in Court.
An appeal has been taken to the SUI
preme court in the case OF w. A. Wells
| against the Hooking Coal Company
/ from Washington county The Hook
| ing Coal Company owned coal lands
down on the Iowa Central Railroad and
desired to sell it. They placed the
property in the hands of w. A. Wells
and he sold it for s55O,000 with the
understanding as he claims, that he
was to get all that he received above
$3.50, 900. He brought suit to recover
his commission and won In the lower
court. The case involves the largest
commission ever claimed for the sale
of a property in this state.