The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-19
COMPANY G HOME AGAIN
FROM CAMP AT Pr. HURON
HAD LARGEST COMPANY AT AN
NUAl ENcAMPMENT.
Most Of the Soldiers Appear to Prefer
Ludington for Camp.

Company O., Third Regiment. Mich
| igan National Guard. otherwise known
as the Houghton Light Infantry, re-
| turned home this morning from the
annual state military entampment al
Port Huron. arriving on their special
train at half past o'clock. The
Houghton company, with those of Cal
| Umet and the 500. left on the same
train from Port Huron yesterday
morning at o'clock, a number of the
members, about twenty. remaining be-
hind to visit Detroit and other points
before returning home.
Houghton had seventy-six men i'm
camp, under the command of Lieu
tenant Sanders This was the largest
number of men In any company, n
Detroit company coming second with
seventy-four. Captain NJ. NJ. Foley.
who was incapacitated from active
service during the camp on account
Of his recent accident. attended the
camp nevertheless and was given a
cordial welcome by the various Off
GERS ane soldiers.
The camp at Port Huron is describ-
ed as roomy and OF easy access from
town, lying just outside of Port Hur-
on, but the drainage is said to be in
ferior to the camp ground at Luding-
ton. The boys had lots of hard work
during the week, the company going
one afternoon by special train to Bear
Hin, twelve miles from camp, where
the dog tents were pitched and the
men camped for the night in the rain.
The camp sanitation was excellent,
hygienic measures being strictly en-
forced by the officers and no one i'm
the company was i'll during the trip.
The khaki suits were worn entirely
during the camp.
The food was good and a new sys-
TEN of dispensing rations was follow
ed at the camp, the companies paying
for what was taken, instead of so
much tor each meal being charged
against them, and by the new system
a considerable saving was effected.
Three Cities Want Next Camp.
"Michigan's permanent camp site for
the Michigan National Guard will be
situated on one of the great lakes,
said Capt. Percy Patterson Of the
state military board when he wasl
questioned as to whether the board
had made any decision as to the Sc
lection Of permanent site.
"Of the sites already offered. the
board is considering but three-Lud-
ington, Traverse City and Port Hur-
on. Unless some other acceptable
site is offered 1T is likely that one of
these three sites win be finally decid-
ed upon"
The state military board is consii
ering a trip to Sparta, Wis, at which
place is located the best maneuvering
grounds in the United States. Should
this junket be made. the board will
lcok over the Sparta site with a view
to securing a location as near like il |
as possible in Michigan.
Following the close of the encamp-
men at Port Huron, Capt. Patterson
ana Gen. McGurrin will go to Camp |
Perry, Ohio. and will take cognizance
OF the big rifle range there The site
at Camp Perry is larger than the one
that will be decided upon for the |
Michigan National Guard, but Michi- |
gan does want in its permanent camp
some of the features of the Ohio |
range. II is the opinion of the mem |
bcrs Of the military board that the |
Sparta, Wis, camp grounds and the |
Camp Perry range will be what Mich |
igan should try to pattern after in
preference to others.
The state board is required by law
TO report to the legislature "a suit
able site or sites and, following this
report, Michigan's camp ground will |
be decided upon, so it will be some
time before anyone will know where
the state troops will hold forth i'm the
future. In the meantime the board
members are keeping mum as to their
opinions.
In the maneuvers across the Black
river it is believed that Col. Kinks
red army from Detroit defeated Col
Naugnnas blue army, made up largely
from soldiers out in the state. Much
credit for the red victory is given
Lieut. Col. JOS. Westenedge, who, with
six companies. succeeded in fording the
Black river and approaching so near
TO the enemy under cover that the
umpire ordered the battle stopped