Show i k J 1 GUARD WILL ENCAMP v k JN WASHINGTON STATE 4 i r I r Militia Boys Boys' flogs Boys to 10 Have Interesting Outing Next Summer While no official information has baa been received relative to the plans plane of the war department for joint maneuvers maneuvers maneu maneu- i.- i. vers by the regular army and the organized organized or or- orI I k militia of the several states during is shown r y that it is tho the intention of army officials officials of of- to have the two branches unite in holding m maneuvers on a large scale i In various parts of the country It is said by officers of tho the National r Guard of Utah that the war department depart depart- ment went is now planning tl the a summers summer's campaigns which program is Is isto to concentrate con con- all the tho regular and militia troops in possibly four or five maneuver maneuver maneuver maneu maneu- ver grounds Courses of instruction similar to those of two years ago will willbe willbe willbe be given again this summer it is un un- J Two years ago the National Guard Goard of Utah joined with the the militia of California Cali Call fornia and the regular army in the western t rn div division II on in maneuvers in the vicinity of San Francisco during which a campaign of attack and defense de de- tense was worked out The territory over which the troops maneuvered however was found to be unsuitable for the proper instruction of owing to lack of water and proper camping facilities the campaign was most unsatisfactory as as the men endured en en- endured dured hardships which could not likely likely like like- ly Iy have been more severe Bevere even in time of actual warfare It is understood that the maneuvers in the west will be h held id this year inthe inthe in inthe the vicinity of American where there is a good supply of water to together ther with with- ideal camp sites altos This ThiH will m mean an a trip for the Utah militiamen militiamen militia militia- men to the northwest where they will join for the first time with the troops of Idaho Washington and Ore Ore- gon The fhe California militia will no noi f.- f. i- i doubt Also participate pa in th these se maneu 1 vers With the regular troops in this division it will mean an the concentration concentration t tion of or 15 oo troops troops' the c greatest number ever gathered in maneuvers in the west Tho rho policy of the war department and the department of militia affairs to hold joint state and regular army r m maneuvers was inaugurated about eight years ago and has proved af a f great eat success in the training of the militia r The maneuvers pro probably ably will beheld be beheld held iu in August but men who have not nob had at least six months' months tr training in in the militia or some other military t or organization cannot participate This rule w was laid down by the govern govera ment meat four years ago The federal regul regulation tion in in this is il most rigid Company G is now recruited to full strength The fhe Utah militia will go goto goto o oto to camp this Sai at a about out 49 strong Of this number will be infantrymen infantry infantry- men about 90 artillery and 60 signal corps with the necessary number of hospital troops The Ephraim comp company nJ has now 62 members the largest lagest company iu in the I history of the Utah National Guard |