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Show SeillEfS IB LEAVE; FOR villi; uf Fifteenth antiy to Commeij -Its LongjJrU to Maneuvers Ttfs Morning. i FIRST SEOjlON OF TRAIN i WILL DfART AT 9 O'CLO 1 ' Everything!1 Readiness for i parting Crack Infantry Ecgiinent. "Fo'rd, whl Guido t-r-ris Front! OiieKwl One, Uol lp Hep!" 1 )' With this command tho Fiftcoulh fantry will P d?3',brcak Ktm, commence itslcVotufnl trip t0 cainp j met Crawfordj?Vyo., w,ere it v.in ; ticipatc, witlflypuo regulars and rnial men in the 190b maneuvers of tlir partments ofjthe Missouri, Dakota' Colorado. Tbo.-start will ho niailo vA out tho slightest hitch. All of Tueri and far intothc niht unartormnstl wagons wcro enajjed iuhauline the! imental equipment from the post to' Denver & Jvio Grande railroad ya v.-hero the Fifteenth will outrain , Colorado Springs and beforo 7:30 o 'el Wednesday morning 600 men will b-work b-work loading cars. Final arrangements for the deparl of the regiment were completed Ti day morning, when at a conference the commanding, staff and company! cers, the several battalions, wero signed to their trains. Tho second talion, headquarters, mounted deli ment. machine gun platoon and a Purviancc of the medical staff will part about 9 o'clock on the lirst Hon in command of Col. Walter S. Sd This section, will carry all aniniaU Palace stock cars. Requiros Thirty-One Oars. The third battalion will travel on second section in command of Lie! Col. Williamshand the first battalion command oftMa.ior Arrasmith. 1 traiisportationjequipmciit will incl thirty-one passenger, cook, freight. I aage and stock cars. The sections J be run on faiftpa3sen;er schedules the Denver &JRio Grande has promii to land the repiment iu Colorado Spri' within thirtyiTours. Thirty oflkers nnd COO enlisted t . will form thcjmilitary exodus. Comp., F will be left" bohind to guard h Douglas, which in tho absence of ' bulk of the regiment will bo in cominj of BegimentaKpuartcrniaster Frani, Savage. Infaudition to the milii force about fifty civilian employees accompany thej regiment serving in' capacities" of canisters, blacksmiths j Owing to excellent management transportatiooif equipment to tbeij road yards -MS greatly expedited. ' daylight Tuesday equipment was in front, of the barracks of each pany and aniting the wagona. Tti were quickly loaded and started 02 u way to the depot, returning to they imiiiediatel3'' jfo'r extra loads. 1 equipment includes the Siblcv cojs wnll tents, Sibley stoves, bedding ri cols. ranges,Jt'eusils and ammuniii Each companrltook its turn in Ioscj equipment anJIjhe shipments were rr.i in splendid order and time. All of equipment iaJTow piled at tho railrl 3'ards, wherojit awaits the small a.1 which will pbco it in the cits, Ideallfaneuver Ground. Iu tho evat that the regiment rives at Colorado Springs late at n: it is probablijlhat it will encamp tij two nights. Otherwise only one a, will be speutu the resort city. Ann of probably are miles will bp mado next inorainjjt The hike from Colon 1 Springs to thejeneampment will baj miles, and iflis the plan to reach destination olrlhe morning of Aupiq Camp EmnTel Crawford was namedi honor of a ciplain of the Third cays who was killed) iu 1S90 in Mexico, w. pursuing oullaws who had terroni' the souihwesfj The camp is situ among the hijjher Rocky mountain: Wyoming andfofl'ers an ideal place playing the fame of mimic war:- 1 maneuvers w5l involve the execution various military movements which 1 provide cveni problem encountered active service. There will he scout and skirmishing, patrolliug, reconn: sance, movements by small bodies troops and tittles in which all for will Gngage.jLThe camp will be ma tained from 'August J to 31. It wilri in commaiif of Brigadicr-Gece Charles MortSo-of the department off Missouri. j |
