The morning call., 1891-06-22
CAMP MARKHAM.
A Northern Battalion Will Join
the Second Brigade.
Orders Issued Regarding the Routine and Dis.
Cipline-Details of Transportation-H How
the Camp Will Be Laid Out.

FouEh OIL July shortly alter IAe paIaue'
That parade will be an early one. a move
ment has been made TO have the start as
early as $50 o'clock. But however long the
march may be, and how la:e the start certain
that at the hour of noon the brigade will
leave the parade for its armories TO rest and
refresh itself during the hour before depar-
ture for camp.
Major E. c. Hughes, Q. H., who never
does anything but to do it thoroughly, has
already laid out the camp. This. for several
reasons, has not been an easy task. The
limits # the Triple Hill camp-gound are
being narrowed almost yearly The ground
en- which, in 1855. the First Infantry was
camped, and where all the commissary sheds
Of the brigade were located, was no part of
the field in 1890. This year the field, which
was occupied by Camp Waterman, has been
further cut down.
The wooded hillside, where the Firsts
commissary was located, has been fenced off
for a picnic-ground.
Then tie ground in this part Of the fed
is very rough and cut up; and for these
reasons the camp this year has been pitched
further 10 the left, and the width OF the
streets lesSened. Again there is break or
raylne close 10 the left of the line OF the
tents, so that to avoid the same in the pitch
ing of tents, brigade headquarters had to be
located as far back as possible.
In fact. so far back has it been located
that an excavation of some FIVE feet has
been made into the swelling ground in the
rear 10 permit OF the placing of brigade
headquarters tent All erroneous reports to
the contrary notwithstanding, the brigade
viii be encamped in the following order, by
batjalioBS: Second Artillery, right of line {:
Third Infantry, right center; Fifth lnlau-
Try, left center, and First Infantry, left of
line, with the Light Battery and San Fran
cisco HuSSaTS farther of 10 the left some
100 feet, their tents forming three sides Of
square and pitched at an angle from the
line of the brigade camp.
THE FIRST HAS THE CHOICE LOCATION
The horses VIII be stabbed still farther
away, and several hundred feet nearer the
base Of Triple Hill The First Infantry will
have the choice location in camp this
year, in the place which the Second ocCu-
pied at Camp " atermau. he cOmmlSsaTy
departments will be located where they can
best be in the shade in the rear OF their re-
spectiYe battallons though shaded lOca-
ton for that Of the Second Artillery Will
not be so easy 10 ind. The san Francisco
Hussars will mess with the First Infantry,
and the Light Battery boys viii have quite
a march from the extreme LEFT to answer
every call for meals.
The Signal Corps will be located as it was
before, at right angles With brigade head
quarters and facing the same on the right.
Captain Sine viii take to camp this year
fur guns, whereas he had only two before.
The husSaTs expect to nave fifty men IN
camp for the week, and what with the
mounts of general staff and Tegimental field
and staff officers and the eight equines Of
the Signal Corps there will be some $50
horses in camp-at any rate, Major Hughes
has ordered stable-shedS built 10 accommo-
date that number.
Nor VIII only troops Of the Second Brig
ade be in camp. for the organ Zed troops of
the Sixth Will be there almost ia their en-
tirety. Brigadier-General j. w. Freese has
been in cOTrespO ndence with General Dick
insOn, and the latter has consented that the
Tenth Infantry Battalion eucamp with his
troops and the AdjutantGener al has &C
QuiesCed. The Tenth is composed of Com
panv y at Eureka aud Company Is, Arcata,
Captains Crichton and NUIlin, commanded
by a Major and numbering some 124
The battalion viii be III San FRANCISCO in
time to parade on the Fourth, II needs be /;
and, as General FTeese put It. he IS conf
dent that by going into camp with the Sec
ond Brigade and being put under strict DIS
ciplIne and instruction With experienced
officers these company officers ana men,
Will profit more than by camping by them
se.Yes.'
LOCATING THE TENTH
Itis yet undecided where the Tenth shall
be located. In al probability Il Viii be pro
YisOnally attached TO the Fifth Infantry or
the Second Artillery, the first OF which has
acticaiIy the same number, as the Light
Battery viii be detached from II. More
th.n likely, the Tenth viii be attached TO
the Second, with whose officers there has
already been a CORRESPONDENCE 10 that end,
2 very favorable fer having been made 10
furnish il meals at the rate Of % cents per
man per meal and that it pay reasonable
share Ct the cost OF the band. IN the mat
ter Of tents the Tenth will have to make
the BEST arrangement II can, as those IN the
brigade are Gll the property OF the Tegi-
Gnents or STATS, and there are none to spare
and the State has none.
Then the brigade will be hOnOred during
the v eek by the presence In camp OF the
Commander-in-C hIef, for whose reception
large teut~w.ll be erected on the right Of
brigade headquarters, further crampiHg the
already narrow accommodations. But then
it Will be a source CT much satisfaction to
have the Governor in camp, that he may be-
hold for himself how much earnest work Is
undertaken by the citizens of the State IN
the honest endeaYOT, without compensation
from the State, but pecunlary loss 10 them
selves, to perfect themselves in the military
art
The delay in the AdjutantG Generals
Office in issuing marching orders" also de-
Iayed tho issuance Of brigade orders. giving
preliminaTies OK the encampment. No
sooner were they issued than General Dick
inson was ont with a general order that the
brigade will encamp for instruction az
Santa Cruz starting for camp on the fourth
day of July and remaining until the 18th,
and that the camp will be named and
known as Camp Markham. out Of respect
and honor to the Governor of the State and
the COMMUNICATIVE Chief Of the Guard.
DISCIPLINE N CAMP.
As regards the discipline, the order has
this to say:
The performance Of guard duty is test OF the
discipline and intelligence Of a command. and
strict performance thereof VIII be required al
this camp. To this end no unnecessary guards
Will be required but the commanding officer OF
each regiment, and unattached company, VIII
maintain a suitable guard around The quarters
OF his command. provided that there shall always
be at least one sentry ia each street dividing
commands, one from The other; Ouo sentry at
each guard tent, and one sentry at or near each
Of tie kitchens.
Tie guards in the streets dividing the com
mands viii be known as " Interior Guards" and
their entire duty wlll consist in o0sing after the
property and Tie good order OF the camp; they
VAL neil her halt nor challenge any officer Of
man. unless Il be for the purpose Of stopping or
preventing some disorder. The regiments, COM
meuCiug with the Second Artillery. Will, IN turn
furnish from their regular guard one sentry at
Brigade Headquarters, who VIII De posted i'm
medlgIely 10 front OF The coiors. Each regiment
VIII in Ike manner furnish on orderly at
Brigade Headquarters.
Should occasion require the use Of patrol or
provost guard, unless otherwise ordered. IN
IegmeBial guard furnishing the sentry at the
coiOrs Will also furnish the patIol or provost
guard. The attention OF this command IS called
particularly 10 The proposition that a guard
Is mol primarily for he purpose OF preventing
any iufraeIODs and disregard OF orders among
ourselves, for we are all supposed 10 understand
and obey these orders, but The guard IS Tor the
lurpOse OF protecting our property, and 10 Is u
necessary paT oil tie discipline and drill incident
30 camp life, which fits as for duty IN tie field,
when guard IS necessary 70 protect US from
our enemies.
Manual OF Instruction for officers and men
on guard is now being prepared and viii soon be
issued 10 the entire command that ignorance
will not be accepted as an excuse for the non-per-
folmauce OF sighting Of guard duty.
MORE on THIS SUBJECT
Further on this subject the orders con-
tinBe:
Each command, on arrival In camp, VIII at
once establish a suitable guard over It's own