Regular Officers on Duty and National Guard Officers at Camp of Instruction for Officers of the Organized Militia. Fort Benjamin Harrison June 20-25 1910.

Description:	Fort Benjamin Harrison was established in June of 1904 in Lawrence Township of Marion County. During the summer of 1910 Fort Harrison was the site of a major training operation of National Guard officers from Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, and Illinois. Major James A. Frier of the 10th Infantry garrisoned at the post was in charge of the camp. The school was an experiment designed to bring the militias up to the highest standards along with the regular army on field work and army tactics. This group contains regular Army officers and National Guard officers from Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, and Michigan that participated in the first camp school that arrived at the fort in June 1910. The original nitrate negative was copied with funds provided by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission in 1990. This digital image was created from that copy. The copy prints and negatives are stored in Microfiche Number order. The Interpositives are stored in PAN number order.
Origin:	June 1910
Created By:	Bretzman, Charles
Publisher:	Digital image2012 Indiana Historical Society. All Rights Reserved.
Source:	http://images.indianahistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/dc013/id/407
Collection:	Panoramic Photograph Images
Copyright:	This image may be printed or downloaded by individuals, schools or libraries for personal use, study, research or classroom teaching without permission. For other uses contact: visualcollections@indianahistory.org.
Geography:	Indiana--Marion County--Indianapolis
Subjects:	Group portraits Fort Benjamin Harrison (Ind.) Militias National Guard (United States) Military personnel Military uniforms Military camps Tents

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