The record-union., 1891-07-30
EIGHT DAYS OF SOLDERING.
Preparations for the Coming Regi-
mental Encampment.
The Soldier Boys VIII Leave for Santa
Cruz One Week From Saturday
The Camp-Ground.

The First Artillery Regiment will leave
thls city for camp one week from next
saturday. The militiamen are all eager
10 enjoy the weeks outing at the seaside.
All necessary details have been arranged,
and the prospects are that the encamp-
ment will be one of the most successful
ever held.
Lieutenant w. B. Maydwell, of Col
onel Guthrie's staff, will leave for Santa
Cruz next Tuesday, with squad of ten
men, for the purpose Of pitching the tents
and placing the camp in readiness for oc-
cupancy by the regiment on the follow
ing Sunday morning. Lieutenant Mayd-
well has had considerable experience in
pitching camps, and the officers feel con-
fident that under his direction the canvas
city will be properly laid out, and that all
the necessary details will be carefully
looked after.
In conversation with a RECORD UNION
reporter yesterday, the Lieutenant
stated that he was in Santa Cruz last Fri
day, and most Hospitality entertained by
the Sixth Regiment officers. He says he
intends pitching the camp in nearly the
exact location that it occupied last year.
To the left and in rear Of the camp will
be the high range of mountains, and the
beneath the limbs of the trees at the base
of the range of hills. Instead of having
to cross the ditch to reach the tables, as
was the case last year, the latter will be
stationed nearer the camp, and directly
in rear of the headquarters tent. Outside
the lines the tents for the families Of the
officers will be put up.
The battle-ground, Lieutenant Mayd-
we'll states, is in better condition than it
was when the first of the San Francisco
regiments camped on the scene. Con-
slant marching over the ground has OBJ
liberated most of the gopher holes, and
the field is now in fairly good condition.
The regiment will employ its own
cooks and walters, and will send down
the necessary utensils, which the regi-
ment owns. A large cooking range al
ready on the grounds, and which has
done service for the troops which have
already camped there this summer, will
probably be rented by Lieutenant May
dwell. j. j. Carbuhn will be the chief
cook, and the same steward who was en-
ployed at the last camp will have charge
Battery has decided not to go down
by the road, as the trip is a rougher one
than the members desire to take, and the
funds will not permit Of their hiring
horses. 1t is thought, however, that four
pieces Of artillery will be sent down, that
the company may keep up daily drills.
The necessary horses can be hired in
Santa Cruz.
1t is expected that the companies of this
city viii go to camp averaging forty men
each. Company G of Nevada City may
take as high as fifty men, and Company
Z Of Woodland will not be the smallest
company in camp, by any means.
The First Artillery Band, Of twenty
pieces, will accompany the regiment, and
as usual delight the people of Santa Cruz
with its choice music.
The hour of the regiment leaving the
city for camp has not been definitely
fixed, but it will probably be about 6
o'clock in the evening on August Sth.
Camp will be reached on Sunday morn
ing, and after an eight days oating the
regiment will return, arriving here early
on Monday morning.
The fare for the round trip for each sol
der in uniform is s. So Tickets for
others desiring TO go down with the regi-
ment are placed at s. each.
Quartermaster-Serge j. A. Klein of
Company q has constructed three large
chests in which to transport the uniforms
OF the members of that company to the
camp-ground.