Show PIKES fEAK CELEBRATION Government Will Take and andI J I Send a Large Body of Troops Washington Va hington March 4 Vice Chair Chairman Chairman man of th tho Coloro o Springs Cob Colo association which is preparing the celebration of the of the discovery of Pikes Peak by Cap Captain Caplain lain tain Zebulon M i Pike has made ar arrangements arrangements with the authorities here for a liberal representation of the gov government eminent on the occasion As Captain Pike made his first expedition to the Rocky Mountains under the auspices ot of the army of which he was wa at the time an officer a large detachment of troops will be detailed and compete In Inthe inthe the exercises The date for the cele celebration celebration bration has been fixed for Sept 2329 and as it Will Immediately follow the annual maneuvers at Fort Rile Riley the troops will be sent directly from that point The exact number has not been determined upon but Mr Wray thinks there will be several thousandS thousand of them Captain Leupp of the IndIan bureau has also promised that the various tribe of Indians that inhabited the re region region gion of the peak peale at the time of Pikes visit in 1808 shall haU be present These will include Utes Arapa hoes and others Mr Ir Wray has also received assurances that copies of Pikes manuscript reports on his expedition will b supplied and he expects reproductions of the army uni uniform form forni used in Pikes time and also mod models models els of the modern warships the Cob rado and the Denver |