Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-11-27
General Wedgwood Issues An
nouncement Regarding the
Next Encampmnt.
JOINT MANEUvERS PLANNED
j. to be Held la August and Members
Must Have az Least Six Months
Training TO Receive Pay.

during August o. the coming year. a
joint manerver camp. probably on the
Crow Greek reserve in Wyoming The
adjutant general invites attention TO
the fact that six months membership
prior to the encampment must be
shown by every guardsman attending
the camp to entitle him to receive pay
Tor his services Gen Wedgwoods
announcement is as follows:
While no orders have been issued TO
that effect il is announced by the war
department that the regular bi-annual
camp Of maneuvers. to be participated
in Jointly by the organizations OF the
regular army and the national guard
Of the respective states viii be held
next summer The two prior camps Of
ths character in which the Utah guard
has participated have been held on the
crow Creek Indian reservation, near
Dale Greek, Wyo., and were attended
by representative organizations OF all
branches Of the regular service and by
the guards of Colorado and Wyoming
as well as Of Utah, asgregating about
1000 men. With the exception OF the
hos pital corps, who camped with their
own organizations. each branch of the
service camped together, the camps of
infantry. cavalry. artillery and signal
corps being in separate localities, each
separate camp being under the conn
mand Of the general commanding. the
department of the Missouri, and the
camp organization and routine was the
same as II would be in actual war serv-
ice
"The object OF these maneuvers is 10
simulate, as near as may be without
hardships and privatlons, actual mobil-
ization and war-camp and field condi-
lions. Ii is not a kindergarten propo-
sition to mobilize and rendezvous 1000
men at a point 500 miles distant from
the places where the respective unit
organizations are located and stationed,
in as short a time as the train service
available viii put them there, and at
all times keep in touch with the per-
sonal equipment OF the men. the camp
impcdimenta of the command and the
all important thing, three times day.
the commissary supply. To do this
successfully requires painsta4ing care.
a complete knowledge OF all wants and
necessities and thorough organization,
and therein lies one of the great per-
sonal benefits to the individual OF
military training. equally valuable in
civil as in military life. II shows him
the absolute necessity OF obtaining inn
mediate satisfactory results and
teaches him how TO achieve them.
/ MEN WE'LL CARED FOR.
1.-THE idea that anything was good
enough for a soldier has long since
passed. The war department thor
oughly appreciates that TO get good
men, both IN the army and In the ma
tional guard, and 10 set the best ef-
forts from these men, they must be
well cared for, well clothed and well
fed. On the road TO and returning from
the last camp and maneuVers the Utah
guard Travelled Ia tourists cars. in two
special trains. and 10 each train was at
tached a kitchen car, each equipped
with two ranges. refrigerator and an
abundance Of commissary supplies. Hot
meals were served regularly.
while these camps are camps OF in
stIuction in every sense for every man
participating, from the ranking officer
to the men in the ranks, for field prob
lens are planned and worked out daily
I'm which all OF the troops present take
part, yet, especially for the militiaman,
they are a wholesome vacation from his
every day work and have many incidents
OF recreation and pleasure, for the plan
OF the camp includes time for rest and
play as well as work. For this serv-
ice at these camps the enlisted man
receives from the government and state
not less than $3.50 a day from the time
turns.
MUST BE WELL TRAINED.
when the time for these camps il
Immediately at hand. there is always a
scramble for an opportunity to enlist
and go. The result has been that many
recruits have been taken in the differ
ent organizations who we're in no man
ner qualified 20 take part In a camp
OF this character. While they are camps
of instruction. the instruction Is not
instruction in the manual OF arms OF
guard duty for the individual soldier.
nor Of the school OF the squad or COM
pany but IN field problems and maneu-
vers worked out by battalions, regi-
ments and brlgades, and reasonable
efficiency In all elementary matters
that go 10 make up a we'll organized
and effective organization must be pos
sessed by each organization In order
that satisfactory results may he cb-
tained. But little can be accomplished
in a simulated battle. covering a large
area OF ground and participated In by
thousands OF men, when some Of the
unit organizations are little better than
an unorganized mob An attack or de-
tense, the success Of which seems az
sured. may be turned into defeat sim
ply because one organization Is not
sufficiently trained and organized 90
promptly and efficiently respond 10 and
execute the orders OF It's commanding
officers.
ROOM FOR GOOD MEN
80 great detriment has this in
efficiency been 20 these maneuyers that
Immediately after the last camp an
order was Issued by the war depart
ment providing that no enlisted man
shall receive pay for service al these
encampments who has not been bona
hde member Of his organization for six
months prior 20 the date OF the en-
campment or has not had equivalent
service IN the army or navy or other
military Organization OF who has not
been a student al an educational insti-
tuition az which military instruction Is
given, and who has not received the
elementary instruction OF recruits pre-
scrihed az required by the war depart
ment
This order IA general ia effect and
applies 90 the guard % every state. u
was not inspired by the pronounced
failure OF the guard OF any state. bu.
is object Il 20 eliminate an obvious
defect and Increase the efficiency ~
the guard OF every state and its total
efficiency a. a national military force.
IA 10 probable that the camp ~
mancuvcrs " 1910 win commence abOu'
/ tho FIRST 81 August Every man who
has not had six months practical mill
tary tralning who desires 10 participate
in that camp must become . member
al the guard prior 40 Feb. I. The Utah
guard Matters Itself that Il made a
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