The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-17
MAY CAMP With
THE REGULARS
STATE TROOPS MAY NOT MAN.
EUVER IN MICHIGAN NEXT
YEAR. NEWS FROM
THE 'FRONT.'"

The members of the commission ap
pointed to select camp sites is at Por
Huron. Port Huron is making a s;ronl
effort TO get the state troops to caml
there next year. and the commission
is now looking over the ground Tn,
commission is headed by Gen. WILLIAM
T. McGurrin. other sites will also b,
inspected.
II is possible that the state troops
will not camp i'm Michigan next year
at all, but will camp with the regular
army troops at Fort Benjamin Harri-
son. near Indianapolis. Whether the
troops go To Fort Benjamin Harrison
or not remains entirely with the Unit
ed States war department. Every two
years the war department has large
maneuver camp and invites the differ
ent states to send all or part of their
troops.
The government allows each state
so much money for this purpose. and
If the governments allowance to Mich
/
will probably be sent.
If the troops camp i'm Michigan it
is possible that they will go either to
Port Huron or Traverse City. Trav-
erse City will be inspected by the mill
tary site commission September 4.
Col. Cox Oldest Officer.
Col. j. NJ. Cox, who was i'm command
of the camp during the SO hours that
Gen. Abbey was at the front. is one
of the Oldest, if not the oldest COM
nhssioned officer, from point of service
! In the state troops. He has served i'm
the state troops continuously as a staff
officer for 20 years, and is known by
every officer who has been i'm the serv-
ice of the state in that-ume. 1t would
not seem like a regular camp unless
Col. Cox was somewhere around the
adjutant- generals headquarters. He
has been connected with that Office
for so long that he knows the Of
flee and its work to the minutest de-
tails.
Col Cox is one of the two civil war
veterans now in the state service. the
other one being Capt Willard Smith.
of CharlevuiX. recently appointed as
aide camp by Gov Osborn Capt.
Smith served in the civil war as
drummer boy.
The troops will receive their pay
In camp today 1t is estimated that it
will take $4,000 to pay the troops i'm
camp this year. which is a larger sum
than has been distributed at any state
encampment in years. This is caused
by the fact that Michigan National
guard Is larger today than it ever was,
and every branch of the guard is In
camp here.
Reds Defeat the Blues.
The Red" army, commanded by
Col. John Kirke and composed of the
First and Second Infantry, Troop A.,
Cavalry and attachments of the sig
nal and hospital corps, scored a victory
over the blue army with Col. George
b. McCaughna i'm command. in the
sham battle last week. The copper
country militiamen were attached TO
tho "Blue" army, which consisted of, |
the Third Infantry, Troop b. Cavalry, |
Battery A. artillery Co. A. Engineers |
and attachments of the signal and |
hospital corps.
Excellence in rifle work at the re-
cent shoot on the Port Huron range, |
resulted in the presentation to Co. A. |
Engineers by General Abby last even
ing, Of a beautiful silver cup trophy, |
presented by the ST Clair County |
Savings bank. The Co. A. rnemen |
won first place among the independent
commands at camp, and third place in |
the brigade, with score of G29. Gen
eral Abby Major Phillips and Major
Fell of Port Huron made addresses.
The health of the camp is excellent,
ana there is little work for the physi-
clans To do. Capt. Jesse Meads is
about the only member of Co. A.. to be |
under the physicians treatment. he
having been thrown from his horse and |
sustained a badly sprained wrist.
Sergeant Joseph Cowley leaves |
camp this week to join the Michigan
rifle team at Detroit. He will be a
Of the Michigan team in the |
shoot at the Camp Perry ranges next
week.