Arizona republican., 1913-07-14
Now Practically Certain That Eleven of the Twelve Companies Comprisin g First Regiment Will Be in Attendance
COMPANY c MAY
 STILL TURN OUT
Special Troop Train Will Leave Here on Thursday.
 Advance Detail Goes To day to Make Camp Ready
 for Coming of Regiment

l 1c1 NOIlIIIlS OI 1etS lIIltllk These are busy days with the Ma ! tional Guardsmen of the entire state l in anticipation of attendance at the state encampment at Prescott for the l ten days beginning next Thursday. 1 Wherever there is d company in Ari- zona may be found just now dozens 1 of members of the organizations mak- ing preparations to leave at the de- signated time and looking forward to 1 the service required For scores of
 the young men making up the guard 1 of the state the enCampment will be | the only vacation they will have and it will be the very kind the most of them would choose. for it means not l only getting near to nature but It means too, a training they would be unable to obtain in any other way. It is now pretty definitely deter mined that there will be at least eleven of the twelve companies com prising the First Regiment in camp.
 It is just possible. too. that Company G of Douglas, may vet be numbered with the others, thereby bringing out all the companies in the state. While it is a little early yet to know de- finitely it is estimated that there is
 likely to be about 800 guardsmrn in camp this year
 Locally Companies A and E are
 leaving no stone unturned to insure record breaking attendance and in- diVidual and company efficiency For some time both companies have been holding twice the regular number Of drills and there has been squad and platoon work as well which is bound to be beneficial when the boys are tJ9. If hn colonel Inf regiment and the nstructor-inspector.
 For more than two weeks. First Lieut. R. D. LaGarde. L. s. A, de tailed to Arizona as inspector-in structOr has been at Prescott, looking after every necessary detail to the end that when the troops finally arr rive it will be found that everything is in readiness and that the camp is just as it should be
 This morning detail of twelve men under Captain A. C. Taylor, of the cOmmssary, will leave fer Pres colt with camp stores. and the regi- | mental equipment. To Captain Tay- i Tor will be left the work of stalking the camp and making everything l ready for the coming of the several i companies When his work is com 1 pleted, it will require only the arri> al of the men themselves with their 1 tents to soon make a tented city rise. | It is estimated that less than an hour | after the boys are on the grounds and | the pack trains have arrived that i every tent will have been pitched the | companv ranges placed, the bed rolls | opened and the camp in full swing
 Colonel A NJ. Tuthill comma nding l the regiment will accompany the ! southern troops to Phoenix where | they will be combined with those from Yuma, Tempe and Mesa, joining Com panies A and B from Phoenix and | leaving for Prescott over the Santa Fe at nine o'clock. It is expected that Prescott will be reached before three o'clock.
 Company A members are expected to meet this evening at the armory to make up their blanket rolls and make everything ready for the de parture on Thursday morning. There will be only two more drills of this company that of this evening and again on Wednesday evening. For weeks past especial attention has been given to the men enlisted more re- gently and they have already rounded into form which places them on a level with the old timers.
 On Tuesday evening Company B
  it's blanket rolls and place all it's camp equipment in readiness for shipment On Wednesday the company wagons for both A and B will pick mp the baggage of the individual members and take all to the depot in readiness to be placed aboard the special train. The various company officers, com missioned and non commissioned are still working to make certain that those who have promised to attend camp will not be among the missing. EmpIovers have been visited and the value of the instruction as well a & the outing has been very clearly pointed ont so that whatever objection they | may have to their going may, If pos sible. be removed. Both of the com panies of this city promise the largest attendance in their history.
 The other companies likely to be present are Company of Tempe, Company D of Mesa, Company F of Prescott Company F of Snowflake, Company H of Yuma, Company l of Flagstaff, Company K of Tucson, Company l. of Yuma and Company M of Morenci. As stated before, it has been rumored that Company G of Douglas will not be in attendance,l but this has not been verified.