The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-25
: Colonel Geddes Officially An nounces the Time for En- campment With
 Regulars.
JUN. yaS OBJECTED TO
Many Local Members of the Regiment Found the Date Originally Sug- gested Very Inconvenient
 to Them.

! Colonel James Geddes yesterday offic- : ially announced that the dates for the { coming encampment of the Second i regiment with a detachment of the regular army this summer will be July | to July l5, inclusive. This will make l the encampment one of ten days dura- tion The announcement will put to rest many objections to the announce ment of the encampment as first made | by General Cole that it would be some time during the middle of June. There have been many of these objections be- cause of the fact that there are so many business and professional men in the Second regiment who cannot well get away at that time in June. In the Grays especially, there are jewellers who find June vertically second Christmas time with all the wedding gifts 1t demands; and there are many Yale men who want very much to be in the city at the time of the commence mencement events and the class re- unions.
 Even the dates now set are open to some objection. The sixth of July is a Monday With the Fourth coming on 8 Saturday. there will be many men who will want to plan to go out of town Friday to stay away over Sunday, The regiment will now probably get away early Monday morning shortly after daybreak in time to get to the encampment in good season, and that will undoubtedly interfere with many of the outing plans of the men.
 Colonel Geddes said he understood that there would be three regiments Of regular infantry, two squadrons of cavalry and some artillery at the en- campment, the location of which has already been announced to be near Watertown, N. r., in Jefferson county, at the Madison barracks. He said he understood that there would be resi- ment of national guardsmen encamped between every regiment of regular troops. Just what the other regiments that will be at the eneampment, when the second of New Haven will be there, he did not know He said the regular troops would be all of the Department of the East and the guardsmen would come from the states which are com fi5ed fn tffAt department Of the army, which Includes the coast states from Maine to the District of Columbia. Each of these states and the District of Columbia will send one or more regi- ments to the barracks for encampments of ten days duration at different times during the summer.
 Colonel Geddes said he understood that the federal government has ac- uuired a large tract of land at the place is question Whether it is owned by the government or leased for the purpose he did not know. The encamp- ment will be much the same at that at Mount Gretna two years ago.
 It was said yesterday that the gov ernment had a tract of land eight miles long at Watertown and that # is just the place for the work proposed of the men. There will be few long marches Most of the work will be drilling or 1T connection with mimic warfare.
 Of course 1t is against the army rules tl discuss SuCn matters, put IL IS UT derstood that pressure was brought tC bear in certain quarters to have the . dates for the encampment of the Sec ond regiment changed It was ever rumored at one time that if the fedora government did not change the dates that the state. which had been callet on to send a regiment without any par ticular one being specified, would sen; the First Regiment of Hartford. Ther' has been such dislike among the Sec ond regiment members of the Jun' dates. as first proposed, that there wal much talk of that many of the men whose dates for re-enlistment would come in the next few months, were no willing to go into the National guart