Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-07-19
born. Second Lieutenant Edward
Hoering, "A.

States Army, has been sent here from
Fcrt Bliss by the war department fol
the purpose of instructing the officers
and soldiers of the New Mexico Ma
tional Guard. Lieutenant Young is 10.
Gated in the officers house at the TOP
o. the hill to the north of the camp
He will provide problems to be work
ed out by the soldiers and will assist
in the conduction of an officers school.
Captain George E. Morrison and Lieu
tenant Young have prepared sketches
Of the range to be used in the field
work. Blue prints of these will be
made and put in the hands of each of
the officers.
Lieutenant Young says the days of
sham battles for the militia are past.
However, the problems provided are of
greater practical value and give the
men much experience in active field
service.
In describing the regular routine OF
tie camp Adjutant General Brookes
said this morning that the greater
part of the work of the soldiers would
be done in the mornings. The entire
regiment will be in the field each morn
ing. In the afternoons officers school
will be conducted.
The list of official calls for each
day, as announced by General
Brookes, is as follows:
First call, SIS a. M; assembly, $50
a. M; fatigue call, 545 a. m.; mess
call, 600 a. M; sick call, $3.50 a. M.
First call, 700 a. M; drill, assem-,
bly,, 7:10 a. m; recall, 1910 p. M;
mess call, 1920 p. m.
First call, 200 p. M; cooks school,
assembly, 2:1O p. M; recall, $40 p. m.
First call, 2:2O p. M; officers
school, assembly, 2:3O p. M; recall,
$3.50 p. m.
Guard mount, first call, 4:10 p. m. |.
APO p. m.
Parade, first call, $40 p. M; as
sembly, 500 p. m.
Mess call, 600 p. m; sick call,
$40 p. M; tattoo, $3.50 p. M; call to
quarters, 9:45 D. m.; taps, 1000 p. m.
This Afternoon the First battalion in |
command of Major Ludwig William
field, participated in battalion drill. I
With all the companies present the
cal work of the encanpment will be
,egun tomorrow.
Colonel e. G. Abbott will have
harge of the competition for places
IN the New Mexico rifle team, which
viii compete in the annual shoot at
lamp Perry this summer. General
3rookes this afternoon issued an or
Ter commanding the best rifiemen in
ZACH company to report tomorrow to
Jolonel Abbott who will begin at once
be conception shooting on the range.
COLONEL Abbott expects this year to
end out from the First Regiment the
,est rifle team in it's history. 1t like
y will require several days to decide
he membership of the New Mexico
'ifle team and each of those days will |
De a busy one.
General Brookes is a firm believer
in athletics among the soldiers. He
said this morning that he is inclined
to order a field day during the en-
On this occasion the men
will participate in various athletic
contests. With the consent of Gen
eral Brookes the men are organizing
a baseball club. 1t is likely that
Second Lieutenant Jacob Stafford of
Santas Fe, we'll known baseball
player, will be captain. game be-
tween the soldiers and the Railroad
ers may be arranged for Sunday after
noon at Amusement park. Three
members of the Albuquerque Grays
are members of the regiment and
there are several good players from
Santa Fe, including Gus Koch, who
plays first base on Burke's Beavers.
The Maroons may be matched for a
game with the soldiers during the
encampment.
The first soldier to require the at
tention Of the hospital corps, which
is under the direction of Colonel
Robert Smart of Albuquerque, was
Captain Norman L. King of Company
F. Captain King was overcome by
the heat yesterday afternoon. His
condition is not serious. Lieutenant
Ferneley Wiley will have charge of
the company until the recovery of the
captain.
Fifteen of the enlisted men were to-
day treated to an exemplifcation of
military discipline. The men came to
Las Vegas last night and returned to
Camp Mills after taps had been blown.
They relied on the hope that the camp
discipline would not be we'll establish
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