The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-29
Immer Will Be Lively for
Kansas National GuardSmen.
very Member Must Serve in
the Training Camp.
ONE FROM OTHER STATES
nance Division Maneuvers
May Be Held at Ft. Riley.
ariOus Military Schools to
Hold Sessions in State.

Kansas militiamen will spend
lsy summer, according to plans ut
Bred today by Charles l. Martin, ad-
itant general. Every man in the
Drvice Of the national guard in this
late will be called upon for service
the training camps this summer and
is probable that Kansas will be the
.eene of Tlaneuvers by 5000 troops
|om Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado ana
.Fyoming.
.fing to this state the annual division
Aaneuvers for infantrymen. Nearly
.4OO Kansans will participate ana
|loops will be sent to this state from
olorado, Nebraska and Wyoming IN
lumber sufficient to swell the at
fndance to 5000 or possibly 5000 II
I'm be the first time in the history of
his state that the encampment Tor
he central western division has been
Fought to Kansas.
There is a strong chance thal the
amp for infantrymen Of this DIVISION
+iT be held at Fort Riley" General
Ifartin stated today. 1T will mean
hat 5000 or more will train mere
Iuring the maneuVers in August. am
butte certain that d division camp VIII
e held and that the group Will select
Ether Fort Riley. Kan, or Fort Kop-
BISON, Neb., for their training quar-
ers."
Medical Officers to Meet.
In addition to the maneuvers OF the
|nfantrymen, military rledlcai olIl-
|ers from fourteen states VIII meet
h Kansas June 5-15. Inc schooi -. lol
|on-commissioned medical oinceTs r.
han be attended by the medical starr
4 Il The army forces in all states includ-
4 n in the central western group. Inc
hates include: Ohio, Michigan IN
Hama Illinois. Wisconsin, Minnesota,
Il South Dakota, Iowa.
|aissouri. Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming
ma Colorado. The school will be held
{ Fort Riley. .,,.. oef;
Il The school for field artillery ottl-
hers will be held at Fort hlleY June
15 school for field artillery-the
Eae,,Iar officers school-wil be held
4 I Fort Sill June 26-July 26. me IN
ntrv officers school will be held at
|Tort Ieavenworth late in July or early
II August. School for non-commls~
Eioned officers of the infantry VIII De
Held at Fort Riley early in July and
II IN FOR field artillery will be held
IN Fort Riley for ten days peelhhlhs
Machine Gun Companies.
Joint camp for machine gun COM
|nanies will be held at Camp Douglas,
IVis in August Two machine gun
Companies of 100 men will go from
Kansas The camp for signal corps
Ivili probably be held at Fort Leaven-
worth and ninety Kansas mllltlamen
.will attend.
Target season will open on fields OF
bll companies beginning May ! and will
continue until October 81. All mern-
'bers of the national guards VIII par
kicipate. The state rifle competitor
will be held in September The CON
test will be staged either at Fort Riley
.Dr Fort Leavenworth.
The season as outlined by Genera
Martin promises the most active sum
'iner in the history of the Kansas Ma
Hional Guard. Added appropriation!
for the summer maneuvers Will b'
provided by the federal government, i
Lis asserted, and the Kansas guardsmeT
will be kept busy. Interest in affairs
lin Kansas is further shown by the
action of the government in sending
some of the big military meets to this
sState.