The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-29

Gay. IN company Win CdPtdln ingrduaNl, u
Company Z, he proceeded to Olympia and waited
on General OBrien, who gave him the crafty
| ing intelligence that forty uniforms
awaited his disposal, so no time was lost. The
suits were packed and forwarded to Seattle with
out delay. The other Seattle companies will
| not get their uniforms quite yet, as there has
been some delay in forwarding acquisitions, but
| the adjutant general assured Captain Ingraham
that he would have uniforms for his men by
July L. and doubtless about the same time Com
pany will also be supplied. The new outfits
were given out to the non commissioned officers
on Friday night, while the privates will get
theirs this afternoon. Military head
quarters at Olympia has been informed
that some more United States funds will be
available for uniforms by July l, and General
OBrien will send in acquisitions to cover all
that the state has right to. 1t 10 thought with
| this there will be enough to completely uniform
| every man in the Washington National Guard.
| 1t has not yet been decided whether TO have .
brigade encampment or two regimental en-.
campments one in Eastern and the other in
Western Washington. This will also be settled
within a week. Neither the date nor the place
of the summer encampment OF the militia has
| yet been definitely settled but both will prob
| ably be known this week. General O'Brien has
an excellent plan by which ten companies may
be sent to the Worlds fair and no intends to try
| to push it through. The militia will tomorrow
! take part in the Memorial day parade, and, in
| the afternoon, will have a battalion drill under
| command of Colonel Green. All the companies
are drilling assiduously in anticipation of con-
testing for the Fourth OF July prize money.
Order for Regimental Parade.
The following order has been issued by Colo
| mel Joe Green, under date of May Is, from the
| headquarters of First infantry regiment, Ma
| tional Guard OF Washington:
[Orders No. 1871
]. In compliance with section No: %, OF the
act of the legislature of the state OF Washing
| ton, providing for the organization, mainte-
| nance and discipline OF the militia, approved
regiment will parade on Monday, May 80. 1892.
H. Companies B, and will assemble in
| full dress uniform at the Armory in Seattle at
o'clock q. m. on said day.
q The staff will report to the commanding
officer and non-commissioned staff aud band to
| the adjutant at the same hour and place.
III. Companies and G will assemble for pa
| rade at such hour and place as may be deslg.
| mated BY Lieutenant-C Colonel William g. Shank,
and Companies A, +, II, and K will also assem-
BILE in compliance with directions OF their COM
2 Permission is hereby granted to Companies
G and g to parade at Olympia should they so
desire.
Nv. Parade reports and pay rolls for this SER
vice must be at regimentai headquarters or
before June 6. By order of COLONEL GREEN.
CHARLES EsPLIN, JR,
First Lieutenant and Adtutant
Summer Encampment for Militia.
The question of summer encampment, with
regard to date and location, has not been off,
cially determined, an afternoon newspaper to
the contrary Notwithstanding. number of
persons had been urging as the best place West
port, on Gray's harbor, near Aberdeen. Reports
have come in to the office of the adjutant gen.
eral that at the point named there 10
not q satisfactory parade ground The ad-
jutant general has expressed himself to captains
Ingraham and Booth, of this city, a. in favor OF
more central location. If it 10 decided to hold
q brigade instead of two regimental encamp-
ments, 1t would make the distance to be trav-
eled by the Spokane militia too great and the
expense of transportation entirely too heavy.
II some comparatively near point is selected the
adjutant general will probably order Company
A, of Olympia, and the Tacoma companies to
march to the encampment grounds in regular
army style. The adjutant general some time
this week will make personal inspection of
the Gray's harbor place, aud within . short
time the actual location will be determined.
Gen. O'Brien's Worlds Fair. Scheme.
Adjutant General r. G. O'Brien has projected
splendsd Worlds fair scheme for the National
Guard of Washington and he will make every
possible effort to have it successfully carried
out. He will work to secure an appropriation
from the Legislature to be used to pay the trans
portaton expenses of q regiment to
the Worlds fair. His idea is that
five companies shall 20 from each of
the two state regiments. Competitive drills
in each regiment will determine which of the
five companies are the most worthy to go. The
ten companies so chosen will form the Wash.
ington Worlds fair regiment The only thing
required of the men will be that they pay they
own living expenses while in Chicago. This
will not be heavy, and 1t is expected that m any
men will be ambitions to 60 under these favor
oh la nj M AZ M
have fallen readily In with the line of General
O Brien's suggestions, and they hope the matter
will be successfully carried out