, 1906-08-07
REGULARS CAMP
FOREST RESERVE
NEARLY FOUR THOUSAND OFF,
GERS AND MEN NOW ON THE
MANEUvER GROUNDS.
Camp instruction Numbers Two Full
Regiments of Infantry, Six Troops
of Fifth Cavalry, Ten of Sixth Cav
airy, Two Field Batteries and 9th
er Organizations.

Cheyenne, Wyo., Aug. 7.-For nearly
a month the Fort Russell commissary
department has been busy in arranging
for the field maneuvers in the Crow
creek forest reserve, ~thirty-eight miles
west of Cheyenne, and during the last
ten days troops have been marching
on Camp instruction, as the main camp
is called. Nearly all of these troops
have now arrived, and include infantry,
cavalry, artillery, and also state troops,
Organizations in Camp.
The following organizations are now
represented in the big military camp
on the headwaters of Grow creek, and
during the early part of the present
week will be divided into brigades for
the sham battles and other maneuvers
planned:
The Twenty-ninth infantry (entire)
Eleventh infantry (entire), two com
panies of the Twenty-eighth infantry,
six troops of tn eFifth cavalry, ten
troops of the Sixth cavalry and head
quarters, ten troops and headquarters
of the Tenth cavalry, Twelfth and Nine
teenth batteries of field artillery, one
half company of signal corps, de-
tachment of hospital corps, one regi-
ment of infantry from North Dakota
National Guard.
More Coming Soon.
Next week a regiment of infantry,
and one battery of artillery, signal
corps, hospital corps, one troop cavalry
from the Utah National Guard will ar.
rive at the maneuver camp and will re-
place the state troops from North Da-
kota. A week after the Utah troops
will be replaced by the Third regiment,
Wyoming National Guard.
Wyoming Troops Next Month.
By the direction of the war depart
ment the date of the movement of the
Wyoming troops to the military camp
was advanced to September 8. Adju-
tant General Gatchell, assisted by AS
~sistant Adjutant General Schnitger,
Colonel. C. q. A. lander and other of
icers of the regiment, is fast getting
the Wyoming troops into first class con
dition. The companies at Douglas,
Lander, Newcastle, Buffalo, Sheridan
and Cody are drilling daily in uniform,
and when they march into the Grow
creek camp they will present the APP
.pearance Of regulars.
General Williams in Command.
Brigadier General Constant Williams
will be in command of the Grow creek
e~ncampment. The brigade command
ers will probably be Colonies AYgur of
Fort Logan and Meyer from Fort D..
A. Russell. The two brigades will be
uniformed in blue and brown respec-
lively and savefor the ammunition they
will be and act like two hostile armies.
The ammunition will consist entirely
of blank CARTRIDGES, and not a bullet
will be allowed in the camp.
Railroad Bases of Supplies.
The railroad bases of supplies are at
.Islay, twenty miles north of Cheyenne
on the Colorado and Southern, and at
Dale creek, thirty-ive miles west of
Cheyenne on the Union Pacific. Con
tracts have been let to civilians to
transport the f~oodstuffs, camp equip
page, hay and grain, etc, to Inc from
the railroad and maneuyer camp.
Every Convenience.
AT the big military camp civilians
shops, etc, and every possible com
fort will be afforded the officers and
men in camp for two months,