The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-02
VIRGINIA TROOPS
GO TO MT. GRETNA
That, at Least, Is Plan for
Militia Encampment Next
Summer.

With the announcement by the War
Department OF plans for joint summer
| manoeuvrcs of United State regulars
and State militiamen. the Adqutant-
! Generals office is eagerly awaiting de-
tails OF the disposition of Virglni,
| troops. At General Sales office yes
tcrday. 1t was stated that no orders
had been received from Washington
and until definite Information is pro-
vided, there Will be 10 way OF telling
the number OF men or the orEaniza
lions which VIII represent Virginia in
tho encampmcnt.
The summer operations. as outlined
by the War Department. Will call for
TO- 900 troops. some regulars and some
militia. In the manoeuvrcs of the
Eastern Department there will tie 40,
000 men: engaged in the Central DIvis
Ion Will be approximately $4,000 and
in the Western 1000. totoling more
than 10000 regulars and militiamen.
In 1910 there were $1,000 troops en-
gagged in the summer operations, and
In 1905. $4,000.
While the Virginia troops will prob
ably be assigned to the encaInpmcnt
at Mt Gretne. Pa. the chcf man cu-
vres Will be held around New York
City, In which will be maased 5000
militiamen from the National Guard
OF New York and the New England
States. In that campaign, whic.i viii
probably take the form OF an attack
on New York City, there will be four
battalions oc infantry. four squadrons
of cavalry ana enc battalion OF field
artillery drawn from the regular army.
NirEinin mt Mount Grctna.
At the encampment OF regulars ard
miiitlamcn at Mount Gretna will he
posted the troons from Virginia, Mary
land West Virginia. Delaware ana The
District of Columbia about 5000 men
in all. One regiment OF regular Insan-
try will be assigned TO that camp.
The grand total OF soldiers engaged
III the summer manocuvrcs Will be al :
most equally divided into state IN.
cnmpments, each OF which Will las,
about ten days. The Pacific Coast OPP
erations Will take the form OF an at
tack on San Francisco. while at Fort
Riley, Kan. there viii he general
encampment. The Extreme Southern
troops Will mobilize at Chickamauga
Park with a detachment of regulars.
There VIII be approximately 10000
ida. Alabama, Tennessee, Mississlppa
North and South Carolina. With one
regiment each OF regular infantry and
cavalry.
At Fort William Henry Harrison,
Mont. will be masscd 1910 militiamen
and the post garrison. while 1000 state
troops Will encnmp a Fort d. a. Rus
sell. Wyo.. with the garrison. Taking
part In the campaign at san Francisco
will be 2.To0 militlamen from Culifor-
MIA and Utah. Two regiments OF reg ula r
infantry and one regimen OF cavalry.
Near Seattle, on puget Sound, there
will be 2.250 milltiamen operating in
conjunction with three regular reg
iments.
a feature Q fths summers mnnoeu-
vras will be tho operations in the Ha
waiian Islands. in which will be On
gagged a body OF native troops with
one battalion of United States regullrs
The Middle West militia will encamp
at Fort BENJAMIN Harrison. and in
Ohio while al Sparta Wis. will be en-
2ged the militiamen from the Stutas
around the Great Lakes. Texas, New
Mexico and Arizona will each have a
State encampment.