Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 203, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 August 1915 — Preparations Being Made For Tournament On Sept. 6th. [ARTICLE]

Preparations Being Made For Tournament On Sept. 6th.

No expense is being spared to make the military tournament at the Indianapolis speedway on Sept. 6th, a success in every particular, and every national guard commander in the state is being urged to bring his entire company. Troops will be bivouacked in the Speedway enclosure in shelter tents on Sunday, iSept. sth, and will return to their homes after the performance on Monday. The program will include a parade of all troops, which will be massed, then marched in column of companies on the track front of the stand. The second event will be musical drill, Butts manual. Three groups will be formed at different parts of the field in front of the stands' on the tracks. The program will also include the striking of the shelter tent camp at the last note of the general and “ready to march” time record. It will also include a contest in pitching and striking shelter tents by three battalions. The last event will be the attack and defense problem, against intrenched position. A special inspection will be made by each company commander that no ammunition of any kind is brought to the speedway. Blank ammunition will be issued on the grounds.