Arizona republican., 1915-08-08
Six Hundred Strong, Ma tional Guard of Arizona Goes into Camp Tonight for Two Weeks Study of Military Efficiency
LOCAL COMPANIES
 ARE AT THEIR BEST
In Numbers and Equipment Phoenix Organizations Make Fine Showing m Flagstaff Company Ar rives This Morning

1 Laying aside for the time their 1 several occupations, six hundred members of the National Guard of ] Arizona leave today for the annual i encampment at Garden Canyon 1 where for two weeks they will study military efficiency in all it's phases. 1 The First Regiment band, Companies \, and F of Phoenix and Com pany 1 of Flagstaff will leave tho i city on d special train this morninN at nine o'clock, and will be joined at Tempe by Companies C and D from the south side. They will ar rive at Fort Huachuca late in the afternoon, and at Garden Canyon this evening.
 Larger and better equipped than at any time in history, the con- panies from Phoenix, with the band, number close to 22O men. Company 4, which will take approximately 65 men to camp this year, is in better shape than ever before. Com panv B. in command of Captain II. G. Coykendau, numbers 30 men. while Company r, the Indian com pany, musters 65. Thirty eight members of the band reported for the farewell concert last night, and they will all go to the encampment. Companies C of Tempe and D of Mesa have been working hard and will take a full quota to Garden Canyon. Company l. of Yuma will take between 65 and 70 men, while E and K companies of Tucson, M cf Morenci and G of Douglas will bring a large contingent. The equip ment of the guard is also in excel
 
 by the war department during tho past year.
 For some reason the railroad company's orders providing for the transportation of Company ! made it necessary for the Flagstaff com pany to wait until last night, and the men from the north will not reach the city until $50 this mor- ming. As the special is due to leave the Arizona Eastern station at 500 sharp, it is safe to say that there will have to be some rapid work on the part of the detail that will transfer the stuff from one train to the other. A large number or men have been appointed for this work, and arrangements had been made last night to move all the equipment on trucks, so that if the santa Fe train from the north is on time the special will probably pull out at the hour scheduled.
 The Phoenix companies and the band will line up at the armory shortly after o'clock this morning and promptly at S:3O will march south on First street to the Arizona Eastern tracks, where they will board the train. There will be no parade through the business district as was at first announced. Tho men will have a five-mile march to camp later in the day, and that, with the work at Garden Canyon, is expected to furnish sufficient eXer- else for the first day.
 The Prescott detachment, con- sisting of eighteen men, has been in the city since Friday night The Prescottians have been added to Company B.
 Drill work, trench digging, sham battles, camp sanitation and 8 dozen other angles of military life will be included in the course at Garden Canyon. The men will have a busy two weeks and at the same time a fine outing. Captain Cromwell Stacy. inspector instructor, N. c. A, and two other federal officers will at tend the encampment, and give tho men plenty to do each day.