The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-08
HOLT WANTS CAMP GROUNDS QuartermaSter General Files His Report. HE URGES PERMANENT SITE Says State Should Secure Place in
 Montgomery. Much Menes couid Be saved to Ala bama National Guard By securing
 Polas for Regular sum-
 mer Practice.

A suggestion that a permanent camp ground Ue selected Tor thc AiapainA NaGlohai Guaru Tn the yIcintiy o1 Mont gonisry, as Deing tne most convenient and least expensave for mobulzation, was made yssLeruay by Gen. Bafrle i-, holt. UuarlcrInasler-Gene of the Alabama NatIsnaI auaro, m his report 0E tne annuaA encafiipments oi the Ala oalna tFuvliss made tU G0vernor Jeiks.
 With the exception of the 3d infAntfy. states the report Montgomery IS lhe cheapest point for moDiilzatfon of Stale troops. n permanent camping ground could be secured near the Capi- tai City and equipped. 4arge suns could be saved wnscn have annuaiiy been expended in temporary improve ments for camps. which have been of no value beyond the year in which the encampment ts held.
 The Quartermasler-G General includes in his report q comparative statement Of the cost of encampments for the last three years. Owing to the amount of $2.7S5.gS appropriated by the General Government to cover transportation ex penscs Of the 1st regiment to the cn- campment at Chickagnauga, in addition tc the regular appropriation from the entirely. out of debt, without tLe off cers and men of the Guard having had to bear any portion of the expenses. Heretofore the expense of eneamp- n1ents has always placed the Guard in debt at the end of the summer
 Recommends Montgomery. In the portion Of bis report. referring to permanent camp for mobilization. General Holt says:
 T make mention of this to cali your attention to the fact that Montgomery, on account of the location of the differ ent organizations Is much the cheap est point of mobilization. With the eN- Iception of the 3rd infantry, Montgomery Is the cheapest point or mobilization. Birmingham or Anniston being ths nearest point for the 5d infantry. The Noft rd nT be placed in Montgomery cheaper than at any other point In the State. The expense accounts of the differ ent organizations are much larger each year, on account of expenditures made for necessary temporary improvements. which are of no value, unless arrange ments are made to use the same manner alone there has been expended and lost. enough money to have built and equipped several permanent camp grounds. If a permanent camp ground could be secured near Montgomery, on account of it's central location, and the same equipped with permanent i'm movements, large sum could De priated by the State would be sufficient or very nearly so, thus saving the ex- pense of shipping equipment, etc. each year. and also avoid the delaySand con- fusion which occurs each year by the different organizations trying to se- lect camp grounds, where local sub EcflDEtOn Will De OnEEGQ them, NltnOuL taking into consideration the difference in the cost of the transportation.
 You will notice from my former reports that the appropriation made by the State has never been largo enough to meet all the expenses of the en- campments. The shortage has to bc met by public subscription made for the purpose of getting the encamp ments and by the officers and the meu Individually. This can be avoided by a permanent. centraliy-locstedc camping ground. and an increased appropriation for few years. in order to make per manent Improvements on the same.
 Expense of Encampment.
 The statement of the eilcampn'eut accounts and expenditures of the Guard for 1908 follows: Amount appropriated by the
 State for 1906 encamp- Am"nnf esnsf received from the '-''OO'VV
 General Government for
 transportation, by the Gov
 ernor. turned over to the
 Quartermaster General, for disbursement .......,.... z,1s5 .SS | GtS5 1Sos etSGp encampments .s177s5 ss
 Certified accounts rendered and paid: Amount Auditors warrant for
 Amount oi tt Auditors warrant for
 Governor Cove ..i......!.... @ 1ss.s Amount Auditors warrant to
 Quartermaster General for
 Transportation .......,.: S'ooZ' sS 1st cavalry, certified account
 rendered and paid ......: 3,51O.5l lst artillery. certified account
 rendered and paid. ......: 1.SS5 S2 2nd infantry. certified account
 rendered and paid .......: 5'o1o'l2 srd infantry certified account o. .o
 rendered and paid ........ S'lSS'O"
 ro.a, .8l7,7S5 .sS |
 owing to the fact that the lst infan- try camped at Chickamauga at the ex- pense of the Government. no hgures on the cost per man were mads out wiIh regard to this command. The 2pd m fs5trv included fin it's encampment 544 | -naannEs and men. the expense pro rata |