Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 223, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 September 1912 — 23rd REGIMENT ON BIG HIKE [ARTICLE]

23rd REGIMENT ON BIG HIKE

Two Battalions of Fort Benjamin Harrison Troops On Annual Two Hundred Mile March. Two battalions of the 23rd U. S. Infantry stationed at Fort Benjamin Harrison will leave the army post on Sept. 21st for a practice march of about 200 miles. The regiment is commanded by Col. Edwin F. Glenn. One battalion will be left to guard the post. It had a march earlier In the year, going to Springfield, 111., and remaining during the time the militia of Illinois was encamped there. The 23rd will mareh through Indianapolis and proceed southwestward to French Lick Springs, where it will be encamped from Oct. Ist to 12th. The return march will then be made and the regiment expects to be back in its quarters by October 24th. The regiment will march equipped for field service. In event of an order from the war department to entfhin for the Mexican border it will only be necessary for the railroad companies to send transportation to a point nearest of contact with the regiment. Arrangements will have been made for the necessary equippment to be loaded on short notice.