Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-12

CAL rxEMpLIrrcArIoS OF MODERN MILITARY
ATTACK AND DEFENsE-oENERAL ORDERS
ISSUED IRON BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS
Preparations for tie great Columbus field
day which the District National Guard and
several thousand other people expect to enjoy
on the 21st instant are about complete, and
nothing but bad weather can upset the plans
The spectacle will be worth going sconsiderable
distance to see and an immense number Of
people have promised themselves that they will
be witnesses. Orders have been issued which
will make plain the wny Of every militiaman
and by which the multitude NAV also be guided
to the scene Of warlike activity and smoke.
The official document is follows:
GENERAL ORDERS, No. II.
HEADQUARTERS DIsT. OF Col MILITIA.
WASHINGTON. ID. c.. October H. 1892
The troops OF the National Guard will parade
for field drill and maneuvers Us follows:
1. On Monday, the 18th instant the first regi-
ment and the engineer corps win embark on
cars at the Baltimore and Ohio railroad station
at s45 O'Clock am. and proceed to Ivy City.
The second separate company (cyclists) will
start OF the same hour and mach to that point
II. On Tuesday, the 18th instant, the second
regiment, first separate battalion, and ambu-
lance corps will embark on cars at the Balti-
n ore and Ohio railroad station at s:i5 O'Clock
q. m. and proceed to Ivy City. The command
ing officer OF the ambulance corps will at the
same hour send the ambulance by road TO that
point, in charge Of non-commssioned officer
Ill On FRIDAY, the 21st instant, the second
regiment. first separate battalion, second and
third platoons OF the engineer corps and one
half OF the ambulance corps will embark on
cars ut the Baltimore and Ohio railroad station
at s.45 o'clock am. and proceed to Ivy CITY,
From Ivy City they will march TO the Brent
wood road and take position that will be
designated. All of the above troops will re-
port to and be under the command of the
senior officer present for duty
The first battalion will embark on cars of
lexington and Soldiers Home railway, at the
corner OF q and 18th streets, at a. m. and the
second and third battaions. first platoon of the
engineer corps and one-half of the ambulance
corps on cars of the same railway, at the corner
of It'll street and New York avenue, at 9:l5
O'Clock AM, and proceed to the New York
avenue railway station. at which point they will
disembark and report to the commanding gen
eral.
The first separate company (mounted). the
second separate company (cyclists), the light
battery and the ambulance will march at $50
O'Clock am. to the New York avenue railway
station and there report to the commanding
general
Commanding officers of companies will fur
nlsh their battalion adjutants with morning
ports Immediately after the parade is dis
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and men absent from the parade without leave.
Commanding officers of regiments. separate
battallons and separate companies will furnish
these headquarters with consolidated morning
reports before 8 O'Clock am. of the 22d inst,
will see that all enlisted men absent without
leave are properly dealt with and will report to
these headquarters the names of all commits
stoned officers SO absent.
". On the 18th and 18th instants the troops
Designated to parade on those days will be in
structed and drilled by their commanding
officers as follows:
First, in embarking and disembarking from
railroad trains, the disembarking to be made
under the assumption of threatened opposition
to it.
From $50 to 1890 o'clock an: Companies
will be drilled rs platoons under the fourteenth
and fifteenth drill cards. recruits ut the same
time being drilled under the ninth drill card
From IL to u o'clock m. Each battalion will
be consolidated into one company and drilled
uIsler the sixteenth drill card; the first platoon
of the engineer corps and the second separate
company. under the fifteenth drill card. Dur
ing this drill each man will fire ten blank cart
ridges.
At 1890 O'Clock pm: Lunch will be issued.
From 1880 to $50 o'clock pm: Each regi-
ment will be consolidated INTO one battalion
and drilled under the twenty-first drill card:
the first separate battalion, first platoon of the
engineer corps and second separate company.
drill each man will fire ten blank cartridges
From to 4:S0 o'clock p. m: Each regiment
will be consolidated into one battalion and
drilled under the twenty-second and twenty
third drill cards, followed by street riot drill rs
prescribed in general orders number II. cur
rent series. The first separate battalion. first
platoon of engineer corps and second separate
company will repeat such parts of the previous
drills as their respective commanding officers
NAV deem best
At o'clock pm: Embark on cars for return
During the above prescribed drill hours the
second and third platoons of the engineer
corps and the ambulance corps will be in
structed and exercised in such manner as their
respective commanding officers may deem best.
V. On the 2lst instant, after the troops have
been posted and the necessary dispositions
made, the entire brigade will be exercised in
the methods of attack and defense. The de-
Tense will be held by the second regiment, first
separate battalion, second and third platoons of
the engineer corps and three sections of the
light battery, all under command of the senior
line officer present The attacking force will
consist of the first regiment, first platoon of
the engineer corps, first separate company
(mounted), second separate company (cyclists)
and one section of the light battery, and will
operate under the directions of the command
ing general. Twenty-Five rounds of blank
cartridges will be issued to each man.
vi. Tin cups will be carried and on the 2Ist
canteens also will be worm If made necessary
by rain or temperature commanding officers
will direct overcoats to be worn. In case of a
rainstorm Of such severity as to make it i'm
prudent to expose the troops notice of change
of orders will be published in the newspapers.
VII. Ammunition will not be issued until
the troops are on the drill ground Men are
prohibited from retaining any ammunition,
and strict inspection will be made at the con-
clusion of drills Of each day to see that none
remains in their possession.
VIII. Commanding officers of regiments, sep
arate battalions and separate companies will
Immediately make acquisitions on the quarter
master general and chief of ordnance for
transportation and ammunition. Company
commanders will send to these headquarters on
Wednesday, 18th instant, between and
O'Clock for canteens.
TX. Quartermaster sergeants Of the respeo-
tive commands parading on the several DAYS
will report for duty to Capt. E. H. Newmeyer,
aid-de-camp, at the club house on the Ivy City
race track
By command of Brig. Gen. Ordway:
THEODORE MosHER, Adjutant General