The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-01

August 10: Fort Riley. Kan, August Is
to September Is. and AtascaderO, Cal.
September Is TO October Is
The District troops viii encamp at Get
tysburg from July IS to 81 and viii con-
sist OF the brigade stan. First and Second
regiments and First Separate Battalion,
infantry; one battery. First Field Artll-
lery, signal corps company, ambulance
corps company. and field hospital, In all
Los men.
The quota from the United States army
at Gettysburg, which will act as instruc-
tors to the guardsmen. will consist OF
headquarters and three troops Fifteenth
Cavalry. from Fort Myer; two batteries
Third Field Artillery. Fort Myer; head
quarters and seven companies Third In
fantry, Fort Thomas, Ky; headquarters
and three companies Twenty-ninth Infan-
try. Fort Jay, y. Y; three companies
Twenty-ninth Infantry, Fort Porter. y.
Y. two companies Engineer Corps Wash
| ington Barracks. District OF Columbia;
one company, A, Signal Corps, Fort
Leavenworth. Kans., the crack company
OF the United States army, and One-half
Company c. Hospital Corps. from Wal
ter Reed General Hospital. District Of
Columbia.
From July TO the militia from Mary
land and Virginia viii encamp at Gettys-
burg The Maryland troops. 1852 Will
consist Of two regiments First and
/ Fifth or infantry. one troop (A) cav
/ airy, and one company ca hospital
/ corps. The Virginia troops. numbering
! !. 90O will consist OF :he First Brigade OF
/ three regiments First, Second. and
Fourth. and one battalion Richmond
Light Infantry Blues Infantry. one bat
talon CFirsU field artillery, Batteries A,
B. and c.
From July Il to IS the guardsmen from
Pennsylvania and New Jersey viii oc-
cUpy Gettysburg. Pennsylvania force
Will number 2.S54 and New Jerseys l27O.
one troop of New Jersey cavalry, the
Second. seventy men. viii encamp with
the District troops from July IS 10 81.
At Chickamauga Park viii be the mill
tia from Mississippi ,457; Florida, l.l0s.
Tennessee. 1.651; South Carolina. 60;
North Carolina, $50: Georgia. $50. and
Alabama 2i75. Here. as at every other
OF the camps. viii be regulars Of all arms
Of the service.
At the camp at American Lake, Wash,
will be the guardsmen from Oregon
Montana. Washington. and Idaho: a,
Leon Springs. Tex. those from Texas
and Arkansas, at Fort Benjamin Harri-
son. Ind, the militia from Indiana, Ohio
Kentucky, West Virginia, Illinois. and
Michigan.
West VirEinia's quota viii number 80
men, consisting Of the First and Second
regiments. infantry, and a detachment
from the Hospital Corps. The regular
troops at Fort Benjamin Harrison vii
be tWenty-one companies, infantry: two
companies. engineers; one company. Sig
NAL Corps, and one-haf company, Hospi
tai Corps.
At the Sparta Cvis) camp OF insruc.
tllon viii be militia from North and
South Dakota. Iowa, and Wisconsin; al
Pine Camp. y. Y. the troops from New
York. Maine. Vermont. Rhode Island. and
/ Massachusetts; at Fort D. A. Russell
iWyo. the guardsmen from Colorado
Wyoming, and Utah.
At Fort Riley. Kans.. viii be the Kan.
,sas. Nebraska, Missouri, and Oklahoma
jguardsmen. and at Atascadero. Cal, those
OF Arizona, New Mexico, and California
That the National Guard Of the United
States Is becoming an efficient reserve
army under the guidance Of the division
Of militia affairs Of the War Department
is shown by the fact that more than 20
militia officers viii attend the officers