The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06
PLANS FOR THE
ANNUAL CAMP
ADJ. GEN. ORAN PERRY MOTT
FLED BY BRIG. GEN. VIM. H.
CARTER CONCERNING
MANEUVERS TO BE
HELD IN SEP
TEMPER.

Oran Perry, acknowledgement, has
Just received from Brig.-Gen. William
H. Carter, of the United States army.
commanding the Department of the
Lakes, plans in detail for the camp OF
instruction, to be held at Fort Ben
jamin Harrison, in September This
encampment will, from all indications,
be the grandest military demonstra-
ton ever held in Indiana. Gen. Perry
vative, he says, that there will be
$4,000 State troops and 1900 regu>
Iars in camp.
The regulars to take part in the en-
campment will be as follows: Three
troops of the Thirteenth Cavalry,
two batteries of the Fourth Field Ar
tillery and three companies of the
Twenty-seventh Infantry, all from
Fort Sheridan; eleven companies OF
the Tenth Infantry. from FORT Ben
jamin Harrison; four companies of
the Twenty-eiglldh Infantry, from
Fort Smelling, Mimi; one signal COM
pany, from Fort Omaha, Neb.; and
part of hospital corps from Wash
ington barracks. District of Column
bia.
The different states will be repre-
sented by troops as follows: Indiana
Three regiments of infantry, two
batteries OF field artillery, one Horch-
kiss battery, one company of hospital
corps, and one detachment of signal
corps Illinois-Three regiments of
infantry an da detachment from the
lsigral corps West Virginia.
regiments OF infantry and detach-
ment from the signal corps Michi-
gan-Three regiments of infantry,
one battery of field artillery, two
troops OF cavalry, one company of the
hospital corps, one company OF engi-
neers and detachment from the sig
nal corps Wisconsin-One regiment
of infantry. Kentucky-One regiment
of infantry and one detachment from
bhe signal corps.
According to- the schedule of exer-
cises forwarded by General Carter,
the inaneuvers will begin September
1, and the Ohio State troops will re-
main until September 10. Then will
come the state troops from Indiana,
Illinois and West Virginia. These
troops will remain until September
90, inclusive Then the state troops
of Kentucky, Michigan and Wiscon-
sin will be in camp from September
81 to 30. inclusive
Beginning September IL, when the
Indiana troops go into camp the
first days exercises will consist of
establishing camp, drawing rations,
etc. Then the exercises will come
as follows: September ~, advance,
rear and flank guards and patrols;
September 10, Sunday (open); Sep
TENDER IA, outposts and reconnais-
sance; September Is, formations for
attack and 'defense, battalions and
squadrons; September II, same for
regiment; September is. combined
maneuvers, regulars and militia; Sep
TENDER 10. vancouver; September 20,
breaking camp and entraining.
While this schedule sets forth that
the Indiana troops will break camp
on Sunday, September 20, General
Perry says arrangements will be
made for the Indiana soldiers to
break camp and start for their homes
on Saturday, September 10. Sunday
it is impossible for many of the Indi-
ana militia companies to get railroad
local passenger trains do not run reg
ularly on Sunday. 1t would be i'm
practicable for the Indiana troops to
remain in camp until Monday, Sep.
tember 21, because there would not
be proper provision for their subsis-
tence for this time and again they
would be in the way of the troops
from other States which are expected
to arrive Monday. For these reasons
General Perry says the Indiana troops
will break camp on Saturday, Sep
TENDER, 10. All of the maneuvers of
benefit to the Indiana troops will
have ben completed by Saturday ev-
ening, September 10.