The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1905-1908, 1907-07-04
MILITARY MEN
WERE HERE FRIDAY
GEMS. KEESLER AND FRIDGE. OF
THE MISSISSIPPI NATIONAL
GUARD, WERE IN THE
CITY ON FRIDAY.
Came to Columbus 30 Make Arrange
ments for the State Encamp-
ment Which is to be Held
Here i'm August.

tant General Fridge, OF the MtSSiS-
sippi National Guard, spent last Fri
day in the city, having come up on
business connected with the State en-
campment, which is to be held here
in August. Gen. Fridge was seen by
a Dispatch reporter, and stated that
the prospects for q large attendance
and for a successful encampment are
extremely good He said that he
expected an attendance of at least
twelve hundred men. There will be
twenty-four companies in camp, with
an average of fifty men to the COM
pany.
There will be one artillery COM
pany, the Warren Light Artillery, of
Vicksburg, and one cavalry company,
Troupe A, of Cliftonville, in attend
ance. This will be the first cavalry
company that ever attended n State
encampment in Mississippi, and the
fact that they are to be present at
the coming amalgamation of soldiers
is attracting a great deal of attention
in military circles throughout the
State. The troop will march here
from Cliftonville through the coun-
try, being accompanied by Lieutenant
Levi G.. Brown, of the u. S. Cavalry,
who has been detailed as one of the
army inspecting officers for the en-
campment, and who, together with
Capt. Ephraim G.. Peyton, of the
Inf
the regular army. The cavalry COM
pany, which is under command of
Capt. Cavett, numbers about forty
men, and is fully uniformed and
equipped Another company that
will march here through the country
is the Aberdeen company. This or
ganization belongs to the infantry
branch of the Mississippi National
Guard, but Capt Mcfarland has ask
ed permission to march his men
through the country, as he believes
that the march will prove to be very
beneficial to them.
AS has already been stated in The
Dispatch, the camp grounds will be
located in the northeastern suburbs
of the city on property owned by
Messrs. Marx and Heard The tents
will be pitched on the plat of land
between the main line of the street
railway and the branch leading to
Washington Park, while the head
quarters will be near the Washington
Park pavilion. The tracks of the
main line and branch are so con-
structed that they form three sides
of a parallelogram, and there is
ample room in this space for both
tents and drill grounds Besides
company drills at frequent intervals
during the day, there will be dress
parades late each afternoon, and as
there will be two military bands here
to furnish music during the stay of
the soldiers, the encampment, with
its many amusement features and so
cial festivities, viii doubtless attract
here hundreds of civilians from all
sections of the State
Gen. Keesler returned to Green
wood Friday afternoon, and Gen.
Fridge left the same night for Jack
son. The latter official will however,
return to Columbus on July 18th for
the purpose of experimenting the ar
rangement of the camp. He will es-
tablish headquarters here, and viii
remain in Columbus until the close
of the encampment, which begins on
August 9th and continues ten DAYS.