Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-13
started on the reservation for supplying WASH
ington barrack with vegetables.

Across the way is the old manor house of the
place, of uncertain age, but known to have
been bought by the government in 1903. 1t is
reputed to be at least a hundred years old
This viii be used as the adjutant generals
once and headquarters, mess room and kitchen.
There is neat dining room, and also latticed
veranda where the table can be set when in
doors eating becomes unbearable. The Office
Is neatly carpeted and furnished with desks
and chairs. this being done by the fish commits
sion. Here Col. Lemly will sit during the day
and transact the business which is sure to fall
In quantity upon him. On the porch-a dozen
feet square-the Virginia creeper and the fox
glove have established themselves, while
hornets buzz about increasingly. OFF to the
left, on the edge of the great bluff is the home
OF the sergeant, whose family keeps him from
being lonely in his vigil.
CAMP THE FIRST REGIMENT
This part Of the grounds will be kept sacred
from the public, who will be forced to 90 by
the hospital tents up the road few rods,
where they will come to an open plain on the
left hand side between the road and the river
white with tents. Yesterday it was brown with
dried grass, and extended over to the bluff,
from which pretty view up the river is OBJ
tanned. This will be the camp of the first regi-
ment. The tents of Col. Moore and his aides
will be near the bluff. facing the road In
front of them will be the tents of the battalion
officers, and in front of them in turn the COM
pany officers. Then will come the tents of the
command arranged by companies in streets.
Each company will occupy two lines of tents
facing each other, running at right angles to
the road. The color line will be at the rear of
the camp, looking from the bluff inward
HEADQUARTERS CAMP.
A growth of trees and brush comes out to the
edge of the road and hides the headquarters
camp, which is located on the next clearing.
running out ON a point, also provided with a
GRAND nm fhn riya ha
here will be about the same in the LIST regl-
ment camp, with Gen. Ordway near the bluff
end of the clearing, and his staff in tents ar
ranged in two lines running down toward the
road. Here the streets" will be 60 feet wide,
and at its end, opposite the headquarters tent
will be the flag staff
FOR THE SECOND REGIMENT
Beyond a cluster of buildings lies the third
plain, to be occupied by the I'd regiment and
the cavalry and artillery companies. with
stables in the woods for their horses The 7th
and Sth battalions will occupy beautiful field
across the road, directly opposite headquarters
camp.
THE DRILL GROUND
is in a long field. almost level across the road
way and extending up almost to the end of the
reservation. 1t has been made by dint of hard
labor, for this spring it was forest of fir trees
which have been cut down and prubbed ont
until the field Is as smooth as a garden plat
Here the entire brigade be formed in line
aid Unanswered, the field being nearly half a
mile long by half as wide.
On the river side of the road is smaller field
where the cavalry and artillery troops will be
given their drills.
OPENING THE ENCAMPMENT.
Monday morning, July o. at 10 o'clock. the
national guard will leave the 7th street wharf
ON the steamer Moseley, and will arrive at
EartW Wa l. Ir
fast as the companies can be landed they will
be marched up to the camp ground, into their
proper place, where they will find their tent
floors laid in position. They will then stack
arms in the company streets and pitch the
tents that will lie by the floors. They will have
until o'clock to get things in shape, and at
that hour the dinner horn will sound After
dinner, to which they will march to music,
they will go back to their camps and then will
be given their bed sacks and will fill them from
the straw piles. The entire afternoon will be
taken up in putting the camp in ORDER and no
visitors will be allowed to land that day.
Thenceforth
THE DAILY ROUTINE
of camp life will be something like this:
Reveille, or get-up call, at 6 O'clock when the
men will be at work for an hour cleaning up
camp, sweeping out the streets, hanging up
blankets. DC. At the breakfast call will blow.
and at guard-mount will take place Drill
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battalion drill for two hours From IL to the
men will be at liberty, and at that hour dinner
will be served After dinner there will be
nothing to do until 2:30. when each company
will have an hours drill. Rest comes again
until o'clock, when the brigade will march to
the plains for dress parade Retreat call will
be the signal for the evening gun and the
lowering of the flag, and the brigade will in a
few minutes march back into camp. Supper
Will come at Z. and then until 10 O'Clock the
man prn frax. Tot l..
all visitors must leave the reservation and the
men must go to bed. Taps, at 1890, is for all
lights to be extinguished, and from then until
q the next morning the stiffness will be broken
by nothing save the challenges of the sentries
back and forth, the song of the crickets, and
the groaning of the frogs.
ON SUNDAY
both drills will be omitted. For the morning
drill the Sunday morning inspection will be
substituted, and instead of the afternoon drill
church service will be held on the plain Wis
ltors Will be allowed TO visit the camp each
day after Monday after O'Clock. On Monday
no outsiders can enter the camp, and on other
days no boats but the regularly touching
steamers can land until o'clock. On SUNDAY
visitors will be allowed all day long, but on
the next day, when camp is to be broken none
can enter. The fare is fixed at % cents for
the round trip at the utmost, and the steam
boat people are to pay to the brigade s cents
encampment. There are to be no .'ail-day pic
mics, and those who visit the camp will be
kept in certain places and out of others. No
one will be allowed to enter the fort. for the
process of making and distributing three
meals a day to 300 men would otherwise be
seriously hindered by the crowd.
GUARD DUTY.
One of the important features of the camp
will be the instruction in guard duty. 1t is SO
planned that every man will have one day at
this sort Of soldering. The daily detail will
consist OF one company from each regiment
for interior guard duty, and one other company
for exterior duty around the reservation. Each
man will serve twenty-four hours in watches
of two hours on and four hours off During
the latter period he will have to remain in or
at the guard tents. and will not be allowed to
return TO his camp tent. Each morning at
guard-mount the adjutant will select two of
the most soldierly-looking men from the de-
TAIL those with the best bearing and the best
kept equipments. and will put tGem on duty
for the day as orderies at headquarters.
few OF the companies will be given Skin
mish drills, which is conducted by means of
whistle signals. The fields and woods of the
reservation will afford ample opportunity for
this sort of work. Only those companies that
are sufficiently lar advanced in the school of
the company will be put on skirmish drill For
the purpose Of this drill Gen. Ordway has
printed q code of whistle signals to be given to
each man on this work. He has also prepared
among other pieces of camp literature a manual
OF guard mounting which will be of great yalue