The record-union., 1891-08-08
THE COLUMN WILL MOVE.
Tonight the Regiment viii Depart
for Santa Cruz.
Information for Those Who Desire to
Visit the Camp-Rates of
Fare, Etc.

The First Artillery Regiment will leave
this city this evening by special train at s
o'clock for Camp Murray at Santa Cruz.
The train Will consist of an engine, a
baggage car, six coaches and a sleeper.
Those who desire accommodations in the
sleeping car can procure them by paying
extra.
The regiment will leave the armory at
Z o'clock, or shortly after, in order, if
possible, to have the train leave exactly
on schedule time, so as to enable the train
to make the run to Santa Cruz in about
nine hours, arriving there at o'clock
Sunday morning.
Company c, Captain Nihell of Nevada
City, Will arrive on the Colfax local train
this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, and Captain
Cursor of Woodland viii reach here with
his company at 4 o'clock. In all there
will probably be nearly 300 men in uni
form on the special, and beside these,
some twenty-five or thirty ladies and
children belonging TO the families of the
officers will go down.
On the arrival of the troops in Santa
Cruz they will march from the depot to
the camp, about a mile distant, where
breakfast will be in readiness, the cooks
and walters having left for the camp yes
terday.
The train Will go by Benicia to the Oak
land mole, thence to Niles and San Jose,
and from there to Santa Cruz
The price OF q round-trip ticket for each
militiaman is So 50 and for an outsider SIS.
Holders of these tickets can go TO and re-
turn from camp any time during the
week, but the railroad company expects
all who leave after the main body of the
troops TO go by way Of Stockton, Niles
and San Jose and return by the same
route.
Lieutenants Maydwell and Ormsby of
the eColOneps staff will endeavor to make
everybody in camp as comfortable as
possible, and Lieutenant Hale will attend
10 the rifle practice.
Santa Cruz will be alive with Sacra-
mento people next week, and the camp
will be their objective point from dress
parade TO taps"
The ladies' camp will be the center of
attraction evenings. The officers wives
are old campaigners, and know how to
entertain visitors to perfection. There
will be many good singers in the colony
also. Mrs. Colonel Guthrie and family,
Mrs. Colonel Mckee and family, Mrs.
Major Sherburn and family, Mrs. Captain
Hall, Mrs. Captain Seymour, Mrs. Cap
tain Cursor of Woodland and Nihell of
Nevada City, and Mrs. Lieutenant Sim
OuUS Will be Oh tle party, 1t IS not GER
tain that Mesdames Glas and Cook will
be in camp.
David Knox, the efficient Drum Major,
is happy because he will be sin the
SWIM"
Colonel Guthrie viii keep the boys at
skirmishing in lively manner during
the week. Captain Cooks battery will
manipulate the heavy guns altogether.
The Signal Corps boys are going in
with a determination to do good work at
camp.
Several of the brigade staff will be in
camp. and the brigade commander will
be there on Wednesday.
Sleeping accommodations can be had
by all who desire on the train tonight.
Colonel Hubbard and Major Gett will
go down with the brigade commander on
Tuesday. They will arrive in Santa Cruz
that evening, and spend Wednesday in
camp.