The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-06-25
WILL GO TO
SPARTA THIS
YEAR
Dates for the Big Encamp.
ment Announced in WASH
ington Yesterday.

MEMBERS of the national guard in
the announcement made in Washing.
lon Yesterday that the encampment
WI, this Year he held at Sparta. Wis
me mll1tlamen in this state hoped
nat they would be camped at the
DeNlls Lake reservation. which is IAN
ioeai spot for the annual outing. The
DtNlIS Lake reservation has been
sTea'lN improved this wear, M of the
Hl"st important improvements being a
large new s%torehousa. Had the guard
gone I" Devils Lake. the encampment
would most likely have been held july
Is to %. '
sparta Is not a tesirahle place to
camp; from the standpoint Of the
guard members and many of the
mll1''amen who would have been
pleased to GO to Devils Lake and
would have made an effort to make
me camp there this year the hest in
me history of the militia in this state
VIII now. no doubt, try and find some
les1tln'ate excuse to stay at home.
Sparta camp is sandy and sur
ro'lhfed ny sand hills and is about as
not a spot as could he selected for
camp purposes. However, from the
government standpoint this camp is
most desirable for working out
maneuver problems and as the nation
~ guard. through the provisions of
inc DIX blu. is a reserve TO the regu-
iar army. IT is important that the
mll1tlamen should receive the school
ing mat is offered in nm at sparta.
The hest feature of the Sparta camp
is the water which would be hard to
peat. This camp is being improved as
rapidly as possible and some DAY it is
hoped that this sro, will be as fine
AS Camp Douglas was when it was
abandoned.
II is stated at the war department
that the projected maneuvers this
"A will he so much larger than any
thing of the kind ever attempted be-
q r in this country that they may
larry claim to equal in extent the an
VI maneuvers of the great European
military powers.
According to the plan announced
Yesterday the state organizations are
to participate i'm the joint maneuvers
with the regular army as follows:
Mount Gretna. Pa. July 5. August
:; PENNSYLVANIA. Maryland. New Jer-
seN. Virginia and West Virginia.
Admission. Ala. July s. August 4,
Alabama. North Carolina. South Caro-
lima. Tennessee. Florida. Georgia and
Kentucky.
Columbus. Miss. August s-16, Mis-
sissippi.
Harpers Ferry. W. Va. August IA
%. District of Columbia.
Pole Mountain. Wyo.. July s-27.
Colorado and Nebraska
Alexandria. Is. July s. August s:
Texas. Louisiana and Arkansas.
Fort BENJAMIN Harrison. Ind. July
10, August l. Indiana and Ohio.
Sparta, Wis, July IL. August Is. IL
linois. South Dakota. North Dakota.
Wisconsin. Minnesota.
Fort L~eavenworth and Riley, Kan,
August 1925. Missouri, Kansas. Okla
homa.
Near Springfield, III. July s, August
20. Illinois.
L%udington. Mich, August 1929.
Michigan.
Nevada. Mo. July 7-2O. Missouri.
o Leavenworth. Kan. August H.
is. Ohio.
Iowa Falls. Iowa. August 1921.
Iowa.
Grays Harbor. Wash. July 21-3O:
Idaho. Washington. Oregon.
San Francisco. Cal, August 1923,
California and Utah.
Fort William Henry Harrison, Mon
tana. July 21-30. Montana.
Fort Huachuca. Ariz., month of
September. Arizona.
The dates set for the Joint coast de
tense exercises of the militia and reg-
ulars at various coast f~ortifications
are:
Maine. July 1927: New Hampshire,
September s-l": Massachusetts, July
Z. August 3: Rhode Island. July s-2s;
New York, July s. August IL; North
Carolina. August 5-16; Oregon. August