Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-08-06
FoRTY-FIvE MEMBERS OF CO. G
AND THE FlFTY-FoURTH BAND
LEAVE FOR ENcAMPMENT
SIGHT A FESTIVE ONE
Companies H Of Burlington, M Of Fair
field and A Of Ft. Madison, and Co.
g Of ottumwa March in Form Of
Dress Parade to Depot.

Forty-five members Of Co. G undar
the command Of First Lieutenant G..
e. Schamp and the Fifty Fourth Reg
mental band with thirty mem
bers left early this morning for Des
Moines to attend the encampment Of
the Iowa state guards to be held at
the capital city AUGUST 5-12 inclusive,
Companies A of Fl. Madison, H Of
Burlington and NJ Of Fairfield arrived
in the city at 1880 o'clock this morn
ing under the command Of Major Hol
steen OF Burlington. They were es-
corted to the headquarters Of Co. G.
where they were entertained until
| train time when all four companies
boarded the train for Des Moines.
marching to the station In form Of
parade.
At Abba the guards will be Joined
by Co. q of Centerville, co. F Of Oska.
loosa and the Fifty-fifth regimental
band will join the guards at Tracy
and Co. D Of the Fifty-fifth regiment
at Knoxville After arriving at Des
Moines the guards will establish camp
near the city limits north of Des
Moines and will report their arrival
to Colonel Lincoln. On Tuesday
morning Colonel Lincoln will march
his command, using advance and rear
guards to the proposed site for the
new state camp grounds where camp
will be formed.
Twenty-four companies Of guards
men Of the south portion Of Iowa Will
arrive in Des Moines this morning
and Will Immediately push their way
to the maneuver grounds where the
blue and brown armies of several
thousand men will engage in warfare
for the next seven days. Every man
and every horse will be in battle ar
ray and the spectacle today at Des
Moines will be second only to the
grand reveiw of the combined armies
next Monday.
Simultaneous Movement.
A simultaneous movement OF troop
ers WIFI take place between Slater and
Polk City. when the guardsmen Of tho
northern half Of the state will alight
from the train and march to the lat
ter village ana establish what win be
known as Polk city camp. They will
be reinforced there by half Of the
dangers" or battery. the signal corps
and cavalrymen. Thus there viii be
two vast armies Of equal strength
facing each other for the combat to
follow.
| BY dusk both armies will be mobll-
Ted. tho Dives. commanded by Colonel
Frank W. Bishop, making the prelim-
mary stand at Polk City camp, and the
browns, under command Of Colonel
James Rush Lincoln, forming five
miles north Of the city and one mile
east OF where the Beaver road crosses
Beaver creek, at what Is konwn as
Camp Cummfns.
These camps will be established only
| h. nj MA h1yy
evening everything will be arranged TO,
q sound rest, for every man will be
fattgued after the day of travel
Hostllties Begin Tomorrow.
At the sound of reveille the follow
ing morning the boys will be up and
doing. for from that time on the move
ments will be fast and furious. fol
the rising Of the sun silently sends
the message over the hills that hostil-
tiles have begun.
1t is the plan Of the blue army or
the extreme north to capture Des
Moines and the brown army assumes
the defensive. moving tomorrow even
in gto Camp Bowen Estate rife range,
about two miles to the northeast O
Johnston on the Urbandale line, ant
from this base the browns will operat:
OF the blues southwark across Cory
don bridge.
This structure is the chief strategic
point, and to capture Des Moines tn,
blues must cross It, Thus will the two
big armies maneuver for three days or
theoretical problems. the blues bring.
Ing into play every resource known II
warfare to cross the bridge, and thu
browns putting forth efforts none tht
less strenuous to check the movement
and save the city from the onslaught
of the enemy.
Feast for Spectators.
There will be a two fold interest II
the maneuvers. Primarily they will
give the men the most beneficial work.
out they could get outside Of actua
warfare, and secondly they will Civ,
the general public the best possibl,
chance of seeing tuo armies IN battle
array in series Of the most artfu
maneuvers veteran commanders car
execute.
The lay Of the land affords an eS.
traordinary opportunity to those WHIT
will witness the struggle. From thu
top of Thousand Foot hill. near the
/, rife range field, see the blues in canI
at Polk City and the browns at CamI
Bowen The Corydon bridge will b.
in fun view, and In fact from the tot
Of this hill one can get sweep OF tn.
entire field.
Climax Of the Battle.
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