The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-06-07
Company K Is Only Missing
Number of Sixth Regiment
Encamped at Fl. Smelling
STATE ENCAMPMENT WILL
SET RECORD THIS YEAR
Two Weeks of Thorough Train
+, ing Is Planned for Men,
bers of Company K

-: Company K began it's two weeks OF
summer encampment today when Two
. squads of men reported for duty at y
O'Clock this morning and were put
to work preparing camp for the re-
mainder of the company, which re-
ported at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
: Although the local company was
held here and will not attend the en-
! campment at Fort Smelling, efforts
will be made to give the company as
ttorough instruction as possible that
I every member may profit in some way
from the two weeks training period
; this year. This will be the only en-
! campment for a majority of the men,
ii bers of the company since all the en-
st1istments of the former service men
were made for one year and that year
will be completed before another en-
:, campment.
Under the direction Of the local Of
ficers drill movements which have as
vet not been practiced by the COM
pany will be given during the in
struction course and a thorough
: training in close and extended order
drill is planned in connection with
rife practice. AS nearly as possible
the course of training will be con-
Quoted along the same line as that
being held at the National Guard en-
campment att Camp Rosenwald, on
the Fort Smelling military ,reservat-
ton.
st. Paul, June T.: The consoiaat-
ed morning reports of the three regi-
mental units in camp at Camp Rosen-
wald showed an attendance of over
$500 men, the largest number of
state troops ever modified for camp
of instruction in the state. Brigade
and regimental officers asserted Sat-
urday that record would be made
in efficiency, due to the fact that the
present organization has more ex-
perienced service men and better
equipment than ever before in the
history of the state.
Yesterday was visitors day at the
camp and thousands of friends Of the
guardsmen were expected to travel
out to Smelling. Details of men
necessary to carry on the essential
work were made and all others were
sfallowed as much liberty as possible
for visiting friends. Commanding Of
=, ficers announced. nevertheless that
latter the regular instruction work
begins this week there will be little
opportunity for visiting by the
guardsmen until the camp is over.
The Sixth regiment has complete
organization with the exception of
X company of Bemidji which was
ready to entrain for Camp Rosenwald
Saturday morning, when orders from
Adjutant General Rhinow directing
that the company be held at Bemidji
were dispatched to Captain Daniel J.
Moore and that the company go into
camp there where the same program
of instruction will be carried out as
at Camp Rosenwald. Orders were is
sued to l company of Hibbing to
forward its equipment to the Be-
midi organization and the Hibbing
men drew new equipment on their
arrival in camp Friday night.
AS nearly as possible the course of
training will be conducted along the
same lines as that being held at the
: National Guard encampment at Camp
Rosenwald, on the Fort Smelling mill
tary reservation.