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tad on Page 7) ‘ ”_ I againMANEUVERS TO BEHELD AT CASCADE! Oti Mr. i I their aged TheyP.ii1 15th Infantry Program toShow Importance of Camp RitchieI lure, on athe bighi Th Funk* Beivfvelt;j Mrs. John May* at h«willThe Importanc e of Camp Ritchie in the national defense program will he demonstrated hy maneuvers there next week, Col. D. John Mar*key, commander of the 115th Infantry Regiment, asserted yester* day at Fort Meade, *The 115th Infantry combat team, Including Maryland's “old will engage in overnight maneuvers j Th at Camp Ritchie Wednesday and j Thursday, following similar maneuvers hy the 116th Infantry combat team on Monday and Tuesday* Noting that “there has been some speculation as to the value of Camp Ritchie in the present jefense program/1 Colonel Markey said* “the importance of the camp Is dearly demonstrated hy movements of the kind we are to utt-l dertske next week/’Camp Ritchie, on which approxi mat el y 11,000,000 has been spent in Improvements, is located at the2 o'©ofliciceirnSo« EWiM. 1DemfrienState Military Reservation at Caa- he’ liJewlHouiITjustcade, Washington county, near the Pennsylvania line.Colonel Markey said the men of the 115th Infantry combat team would engage* In a “motorised . Rani problem'1 in traveling to and from j oath Camp Ritchie, which is about 75 miles from Fort Meade.On the outward trip, half themen will be carried to Ritchie in 1 laps trucks, while the other half set! II out on foot. Upon reaching camp. | ed I the trucks will return and pick up the marchers en route. A similarprocedure will be followed on the journey back to Meade.talkiNewthesolea mrighdunf*h® men will sleep In pup teats I (MMintediedtheir one night in camp, The following day will b© spent In mi neuvers and that night they will return to Fort George (J. Meade.%The combat team consists of the Ientire 115th Infantry| th© First Battalion. 110th Field Artillery;First Platoon, Company A, 121st bln ginger*; 104th ^ Medical Regiment detachment and Second PI# toon, Company D.§f ##AI1 of the men are looking for-1 m ward to going to Camp Ritchie/* { ^ said Colonel Markey. f*Th# rampis in a cooler location than Meade and hag excellent swimming facili-C InjmC*iSCflst re hosHu*tondamties/*! : '^*1!th#
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Hagerstown Morning Herald
Hagerstown, Maryland, US
Thu, Jun 05, 1941
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