The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-02-23
ARE CHANGED
DAKOTA MILITIA WILL MEET IN
SPARTA, WIS.,, INSTEAD OF
FORT RUSSELL.
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
From the Capitol City, the Various
State Institutions and Diff
ferent Parts Of t.e
State.

Watertown.-Adjt. Gen. c. H En-
from the war department at Washing
ton that the state troops will be sent
to the maneuver camp at Sparta, Wis,
instead of to Fort Russell, Wyo, as
was previously announced. The rea-
son given for the change is that it
would cost the government about
twice as much to send troops to Fort
Russell as to Sparta. The maneuvers
will be held some time in July, and
will be participated in by the militia
troops of Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin
and a part of Illinois as well as from
this state.
The South Dakota militia will con-
centrate at Camp Roosevelt, near this
city, for four or five days target prac-
tice before going to the maneuvers,
and it is probable that an officers
school will be conducted here, also,
preceding the concentration OF the
state troops.
Gen. Englesby, while believing that
the militia will not be called upon to
go to the Mexican border at the same
time the wal department has called
upon his office for considerable infor-
nation in regard to a possible call,
and all necessary details have been
worked gu covering a possible move
ment to that country. In this connec-
ton Gen. Englesby says:
"ShnJ1I tho frnrh1o in NTnvioo c0ron
to a point where the services of the
state troops would be required they
could be concentrated at Camp Roose-
welt, hear WATERFOWL, inside of "a
hours, fully equipped, and they could
be recruited up to the full war
organization is now in better condi-
ton than it ever was, as far as being
ready for the field is concerned"
School of instruction
In Automobile Driving.
Brookings.-The South Dakota state
college at Brookings nnounce a de-
parture from the ordinary in educa-
tional work in offering its new short
course in practical automobile instruc-
ton to begin April 2. This course,
which will continue for three weeks.
will be Of a very practical nature and
will be devoted largely to the study of
the construction, care and operation
of the automobile. The professors of
engineering of the state college go on
the assumption that while almost any
can manipulate an automobile on
the road, yet but few people know
how to operate a machine so as to in.
sure safety to the mechanism as well
as economy in general running ex-
penses.
The state college will furnish plen-
ay Of automobiles for giving each stu
dent practice in taking the machine
apart and after thorough examination
reassemble them again ready for use.
Thorough instruction will be given on
the construction of the automobile in
all it's minor details; the gas engine
and its parts; ignition; electrical sys-
tens; cooling systems and the mech
anism in general. In connection with
this practical work there will be Civ
en- lecture courses by the various pro
fessors in the department of engineer
ing on various types of engines and
automobile machinery. The engineer
ing department also offers a practical
curse on the relation between the au-
tomobile and road construction.
Inasmuch as the charge for this
course will be 81 it is expected that
there will be a large attendance.