Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-07-20
THE SOLDIERS DO SPLENDIDLY
OFFICERS PLEASED WITH MILL
TARY MANNER IN WHICH 1T
is EXECUTED
MANY VISITORS TO CAMP MILLS
ToWNsPEoPLE THRoNGED THE
GROUNDS LAST NIGHT AND
MANY WENT OUT TODAY

Regimental drill was participates
in this morning by the nationa
guardsmen at Camp Mills, Colone
E. c. Abbott commanding, The move
ments were exceptionally we'll exc
cuted and were greatly admired by
a large number of townspeople whC
had journeyed to the camp to witness
the drill This is the first regimen
tai drill in which the First Regiment
had participated since the encamp
ment at Atascadero, Calf. last sum
mer and the soldierly manner in
which the movements were executed
was a source of pleasure to the Off
GERS.
Captain Phillip E. Dessauer OF
Company A, Las Cruces, was officer
of the day, and Lieutenant Fernsley
e. Wiley of Company F; Santa Fe,
was officer of the guard. Colonel
Abbott announced today that an en-
tire company will go on guard each
day, beginning with guard mount
this evening when Company B of
Carlsbad will begin guard duty
Captain Charles Church will be Off
Ger Of the day and First Lieutenant
Henry F. Christian will be officer Of
the guard for tonight and tomorrow.
This afternoon between the hours
of 2:3O and $3.50 officers school was
conducted for the first time by First
Lieutenant F. s. Young, U. S. A. Mat
ters of administration were discussed.
The field exercises for tomorrow were
announced at the close of the session
These will consist of march to
the front by nine companies of the
the First Regiment, ending with
halt for the night, establishing camp
and throwing out outposts. The regi-
ment will leave camp at o'clock and
will not return until noon. Visitors
to the camp will not find the soldiers
present between those hours. The
movements of tomorrow are called
field exercises and are distinguished
from maneuvers by the fact that. the
enemy is purely imaginary. Maneu-
vers is the name applied to move
ments of the troops when there are
opposing forces.
Adjutant General A. S. Brookes said
this morning that there are over SOC
enlisted men fin the camp. This is the
largest number of militiamen that
has ever attended an encampment of
New Mexico troops,
When Colonel Abbott and other Of
ficers examined the rifle range they
discovered that a number of repairs
were necessary to the telephone sys-
tenn, wires having been stolen and
butts torn up. Colonel Abbott at
once set men at work repairing the
range. Competition shooting for
places on the New Mexico rifle team
will begin tomorrow morning.
The camp is already model Of
order and cleanliness but General
Brookes says a big improvement will
have been effected before tomorrow.
The fatigue call tomorrow morning is
expected to complete the cleaning up
process. A large incinerator is being
built. In this all the refuse from the
camp will be burned, being collected
daily from numerous garbage cans,
which are stationed in convenient
places. The offal from the closets is
covered with crude oil and burned
daily. This destroys flies and other
insects and is safeguard for the
health of the soldiers.
General Brookes and the other Of
ficers of the regiment are justly
proud of the regimental hospital
This is in charge of Colonel Robert
Smart, surgeon general and Major
S A. Milliken. The hospital is clear