Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-07-18
MARCH TO THE RIFLE RANGE
RAILWAY STATION PRESENTED
ANIMATED SCENE AS TROOPS
DIsEMBARKED
700 men IN ALL EXPECTED
TEN COMPANIES OF FIRST REGI.
MENT, WITH BAND, WILL
PARTICIPATE

before SundOWn tomorrow all OF
New Mexico's splendid military forces
will be assembled on the rifle range
northwest of Las Vegas to participate
in the annual encampment and field
maneuvers of the First Regiment
New Mexico National Guard. Adju-
tant General A. S. Brookes, the COM
manding officer, arrived yesterday
from Santa Fe. Early this morning
with members of his staff General
Brookes went to the range to lend
his supervision to the establishing of
the camp Provisions and supplies
of various kinds arrived Saturday and
were taken charge of and moved to
the camp grounds by the quartermas-
ter's department.
Ten companies with their officers
and the regimental band will take part
in the maneuvers. General Brookes
stated this morning that he could not
state the number of soldiers who
would attend the encampment until he
had received the reports of the COM
manding officers of each company af- |
ter their arrival. 1t is probable, how
ever, that the number will be in the
neighborhood of 700.
First Lieutenant Young of the United
States army, who is stationed at Fort
Bliss near Ell Paso, has been detailed
by the war department to attend the
encampment. Lieutenant Young will
provide problem in military tactics
to be worked out by the guard every
day. He also will conduct an officers
school for the instruction of the COM
pany commanders and their lieuten-
ants.
General Brookes has planned to con-
duct the maneuvers and sham battles
each morning while the officers school
and guard mount will occur each af-
ternoon and evening. The officers
and soldiers will be pleased to wei
come townspeople to their camp
which has been named Camp Mills
in honor of Governor William ]. Mills
The Optic will announce each even
ing the occurrences at the camp ant
the scheduled program for the follow
ing day.
Governors Day." which will occu
on July &c, will be one of the Bis
events at the encampment. Governo
William J. Mills with his entire stat
will visit the camp and will conduc
a review of the troops. On the nigh
O. July %, officers and soldiers will b
guests of honor at a grand ball to b
given in the Duncan opera house b
The Optic.
Tonight five companies will be Ell
camped on the range, together wit
the First Regiment band. These ar
companies E and F of Santa Fe, Con
pany G of Albuquerque, Company
of Tucumcari and Company H of La
Vegas.
The soldiers began arriving this
ternoon. COMPANY e in charge
Captain Domingo Pacheco, First Lie
tenant James Baca and Second Lie
tenant George w. Armiio; Compan
F in charge of Captain Norman
King, First Lieutenant Fernley
Wiley and Second Lieutenant JacC
Stafford, Company G, in charge of Ca
tain William F. Brogan, First Lieute
ant M. G. Browne, and the First Res
ment band with its director, Barto
Ramirez, arrived on train No.
With the band playing patriotic al
the soldiers marched to the cam
Company L of Tucumcari will arri
this evening on train No. 9 in Co
mand of Captain Otto F. Elder, FIJI
Lieutenant Burton F. Littleton a
Second Lieutenant Frank H. Donoht