The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-10
PREPARING FOR CAMP.
THE FIRST REGIMENT TO LEAVE
SAVANNAH SUNDAY MIGHT.

| NoAlu1a1oanC-1n hOuLin6 OF Lnt
Campfire First Regiments Prep
arations-Col Mercer and Lieut.
| O'Byrne to Leave for Chickamaugs
Tomorrow Night-The Guards Get
ting in Trim.
There is an active interest among th'
military in everything pertaining to en-
camprent matters now.
The First Georgia regiment will ieav(
Sunday night shortly after midnight with
| about 250 men. The companies will aver
age nearly so men, and some of them will
carry above that number. The regiment
will have a special train through
out from Savannah to Chickamauga in
| fifteen hours. and will be In camp by :
O'Clock Monday afternoon. The route will
be over the Central's main line aud the new
Chattanooga division.
COL. MERGERS FIELD ORDER.
The camp will be formally opened at L
O'Clock Tuesday. Col. Mercer has issued
the following order:
HEADQUARTERS GEORGIA VOLUNTEERS,
In THE FIELD,
CAMP CHICKAMAUGA, June 16, 1891.
/. In obedience to General Order No. g. Col
george A. Mercer, OF the First Volunteer regi.
ment of Georgia, hereby assumes command OF
Camp Chickamauga for the first week OF the
encampment, which will begin, as required by
General Order No. 81, ON Tuesday, June l6
lSgi not later than IL o'clock meridian.
Inc colonel commanding announces the fol-
lowing staff appointments:
First Lieut.. Charles B. Satterlee, Third
United States artillery, acting assistant ad-
JutanJ general.
Capt. Edward Field, Fourth United States
artillery. inspector and instructor.
First Lieut.. T. N. Hopkins. Of the Seventh
Georgia battalion, acting camp quartermaster.
First Lieut. John 7. Roman, of the First
volunteer regiment of Georgia, acting camp
commissary.
First Lieut. William w. Owens, surgeon
First Volunteer regiment OF Georgia, actin z
camp surgeon and medical director.
ANY additions to or changes in the staff
named Will be announced in future orders.
z Fuel, forage and water will be supplied
under the direction of the acting camp quarter.
master. Rations of all kinds can be purchased
by battalion or company commanders under
the direction OF the acting camp commissary
OF subsistence or from the post sutler.
3; Morning reports win be sent from company
20 battalion headquarters. where they Will be
consolidated and sent to these headquarters.
4. The usual police guards will be maintained
around the camp. The guard for these head
quarters will be OF such strength as may be
daily designated.
.. Absence from duty will not be authorized,
and passes to enlisted men will be restricted to
the hours when no duty is required Of them.
6. Bathing and washing OF clothing will be
confined to the places provided for that pur-
pose.
Basins and soap must be supplied by each
company. that the men may perform their ordi-
nary toilet in the company streets.
The strictest personal cleanliness and the daily
thorough policing OF camp quarters and sinks
4 Is enJoined upon officers and men, and will be
enforced by battalion and company command
ers. There will be a daily inspection Of quart
ers by battalion and company commanders.
The inspection of the camp by the camp com
mandant will be previously announced.
Each company commander will inspect his
company before dress parade.
Z. No officsr or soldier will be allowed to leave
the camp and its vicinity TO proceed to any other
point without the written consent of comrany
and battalion commanders and approval at
these headquarters.
8. AS the use OF intoxicating beverages in
camp would BE- entirely Inconsistent with the
enforcement OF due military discipline, the In
PRODUCTION and use OF such liquors in the camp
Is strictly prohibited, and the colonel command
ing looks TO both officers and men for the faith
full performance of this order.
.. III must be remembered that courtesy
among military men is indispensable to dis
oipline. Respect to superiors will not be con-
nned to obedience on duty, but VIII be extended
on all occasions.
TO- The following list OF camp calls will be
observed until otherwise ordered:
Reveilie first call, O'Clock a. M; revele,
5:lO a. m. assembly, SIS m. battalion drill
first call, 6:4j a. m adjutant's call 5:55 a. m.
recall, a. M; sick call, $50 a. M; breakfast
call, 1880 a, m; guard mounting; first call sic
g. m; assembly OF guard Details $3.50 a. M
| guard mounting, $3.50 a. M. fatigue (police)
a. m; recall from fatigue, $50 a. IN
| inspection of quarters 10 a. m school of in.
strlction, II a. M first sergeant's call, 1879
p. M dinner CALL p M; company drill; first
call, 4:15 p. M; assembly, 1880 p. M; recall
$3.50 p M; dress parade; first call, thirty min.
utes before sunset; assembly ten minutes later
supper call, 1870 p M; tattoo, 10 p. M; taps.
| 1890 p. IN.
Any changes in the nature OF or times for
| drills and parades rendered necessary will be
announced in future orders.
Special orders will be given for the inspection
OF the several commands by the United States
armory inspector
Calls will be first sounded at the guard tent
| and will b promptly repeated in the quarters
of the several battalions
H. The colonel commanding begs leave TO i'm
press upon officers and men that so long as
| they remain In camp they will be in the pay OF
the state, and under her watchful eye The
assembly is to be for camp of instruction
and not for holiday excursion. The prospects
OF the volunteer forces OF Georgia will depend
largely upon their conduct during the present
| encampment, upon the spirit OF subordiuation
and obedience they display and their capacity
FOR the reception of military instruction. The
| colonel, therefore. confidently invokes from
every off1cer and man the voluntary and ready
exhibition of those attributes and graces of the
true soldier which viii go further toward the
NhAPiASohiOub VI tLo nisu purpose Vi dli tudL
the most coercive military constraint
By order of oil. MERCER
| Official:
CHARLES B. SATrERLEE,
| First Lieutenant Third United States Artillery
Acting Assistant Adjutant General.
TO ARRANGE FOR THE REGIMENT.
COL Mercer and Lieut.. NJ A. O'Byrne oil
| the First regiment will leave Savannah to-
| morrow mig 1T for Chickamauga, to SEE
that all preparations have beer
made and everything is in proper shape for
the opening of the camp. Quartermaster
General West will join them In Atlanta aud
will see to it that the post sutler has pro-
vlded commissary stores and forage for the
| officers horses in sufficient quantities,
The commissary details from each of the
i've companies of the regiment, consisting
of one or two men from each company
| and the company cooks, will go up Friday
| night to prepare for the reception OF the ir
respective companies at the camp.
A meeting of the regimentaI board OF
officers will be held this afternoon or to
night to make fual arrangements for the
departure Of the regiment for camp. All
the companies of the regiment are drilling
daily. The regiment proposes to maintain
its reputation achieved at the Augusta en-.
| cempment.
TIE GUARDS GETTING READY.
The Savannah Volunteer Guards have re.
ceived their full camp outfit, consisting
of overcoats, blankets, leggins
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