, 1908-10-14
THE CHIEF ouARTERMAsTER OF
CAMP EMMETT CRAWFORD
RECOMMENDS THIS CITY
OBTAINING PLACE.
Ideal Place for Purpose and Greatly
Superior to Dale Greek, Which is
Noted As simply Watering Place
on Enthusiastically Will AS
sure Department az to Condition
of Roads for Next Encampment.

At the meeting last night of the
Laramie Commercial club, at the
rooms of the Albany club, j. E. Wins
low presented a copy OF a letter writ
Zen by Major H. Z. Mccarthy, major
and quartermaster of the United
States army. chief quartermaster at
Camp Emmett Crawford during the
summer maneuvers of the army there,
TO the adjutant general of the army,
giving a resume of the transactions of
the department during the encamp-
ment. In the. course of a long letter,
dealing with the details of the en-.
campment, from the time the first COM
panies of the Eleventh infantry were
sent to the grounds to pre-.
pare them for the coming OF the sew.
eral thousand men, occurs this para
graph:
Climate and Site.
THE camp site is ideal and the eli
mate fine. A much larger body of
troops could be assembled there for
the next camp il proper precautions
Tor conserving the water supply are
taken, as the camp site, the climate
and maneuver grounds are simply
ideal"
Major Mccarthy recommends thai
dams be built along the streams ira
versing the camp and that gasoline en-.
gines be used to pump the water for
use of the soldiers. A suitable bathing
place for u large number OF men could
De made ct small expense.
Some Recommendations.
Major Mccarthy says the supply OF
wood was gathered from the surround
Ing hills OF the Grow creek forest re-
serve, but recommends that at the
mex encampment a contract be made
for 100 or more cords OF wood to be
delivered where needed. He says that
blankets should be provided for the
horses and mules and that the men
should be furnished with good heavy
cYothlng for the cod nights in the
mountains.
But the paragraph in the letter
which brought from the Commercial.
club a motion to instruct the secretary
to correspond with the quartermaster
was that relating to the detra.ning
point for the troops. The paragraph
is as follows:
In Favor Of Laramie.
ITO facilitate the embarkation OF
troops, three railroad points were used
Dale Creek, Laramie and Islay. A
sufficient time before the next encamp-
ment Is ordered a careful survey OF
the reservation should be made with
a view to establishing the camp sites
on Lodgepole creek, where there is
p enty of water. This would make
Laramie the natural jetraining point,
and this city has many advantages for
this purpose yer Dale Creek, which
Is simply a watering station"
Concerning the Roads.
The secretary of the Commercial
club was directed to inform Major Nc
Carthy that in case Laramie Is select
ed the road will be placed in the very
best OF shape, and passing POINTS made
along the road. The club was quite
enthusiastic over the letter Of Major
Mccarthy, as bearing out the conten
ton made last summer that Laramie
should be made the detraining point.
The Rolling Mills.
The Commercial club took up the &C
cumulated bills and disposed of some
other matters. The secretary was ask
ed to interview Mr.. Jacobus. the man.
ager of the rolling mills, with a view
to having the club placed in touch with
General Manager Mohler of the Union
Pacific concerning the future of the
mill. There was a good attendance
and interest in all the proceedings.