Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1893 — CAMP MATTHEWS. [ARTICLE]

CAMP MATTHEWS.

The Indiana militia went into camp at miles east of Terre Haute, Friday. The encampment will continue one week. About two thousand men are in camp. It is the largest military encampment ever held in the State since the wqy, owing to the formation of new companies at Elwood, Covington, Oxford and Fowler. Brig. Gen. W. J. McKeee is in command, and the camp has been christened “Camp Matthews” in honor of the Governor. The Infantry are encamped on on an Island in Otter creek, five miles from Terre Haute by rail and six by road. This, it is thought, will check the tendency to risk guard house imprisonment by runping through the lines to visit the city. Swimming and boating facilities durizg the hours off duty are alsp'cr-* ’ pected to counteract city attractions.' ~