Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 171, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 July 1911 — 10,000 TROOPS READY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

10,000 TROOPS READY

Soldiers Prepare for Chicago Tournament July 23 to 30. National Guard end Regular* to Meet in Greatest of Military Maneuver*. • Preparations for one of the greatest military tournaments ever held in the United States are rapidly nearing completion and on July 23, the date scheduled for the opening of the big marital pageant. It is expected that more than 10,000 regulars and national guardsmen will be assembled in Grant Park, Chicago. The National Military Tournament, which is to be held under the auspices of the Chicago Association of Commerce, will be in command of Maj. Gen. Edward C. Young, the highest acting National Guard officer in Illinois. Besides detachments of troops from other states, the First, Second, Seventh and Eighth infantries, First cavalry and Signal Corps of the Illinois National guard, the regular troops from Fort Sheridan and .the U. S. Marine corps will participate. The encampment, which will be ot flcially known as Camp Charles S. Deneen, will be located on the same ground on which the big tournament was heQd last year. Several hundred carpenters and workmen _ are now busy building the monster grand-

stands for the accomodation of the thousands who will view the maneuvers. ’ ~ The committee appointed by General "Young to prepare a definite program of military events is composed of Colonel Joseph B. Sanborn, First infantry, chairman; Colonel Lewis D. Greene, Arljutnat General, secretary; Colonel Daniel M. Moriarity, Seventh infantry: Colonel John R. Marshall, Eighth infantry; Lieutenant Colonel Henry A. Allen, chief of engineers; Major John Bauder, Second Infantry; Major Joseph C. Wilson, First cavalry; Captain Mrurlce D. Woolman, Battery B. field Captain Alvin H. NcNeal, signal corps; Captain William J. Swift, hospital corps; Commander Edward A. Evers, naval reserves; Lieutenant Commander William N. McMunn, naval reserves, and John R. Young, tournament manager.

Unoading Pontoon Bridges for the Chicago Tournament.