The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-05-28
Decoration Day Orders.

The following order has been issued by
Col. Green:
!. In compliance with the provisions OF Sec
ton No. % OF the militia law, approved March
-. 1890, the several companies OF the First in-
fantry regiment, n. G. W., win parade on Tues.
day, May so, 1898
Companies b. D and E viii assemble for
parade in full dress uniform at the Armory in
Seattle, at . o'clock q. m. on said day.
The staff will report, mounted, TO the CON-
manding officer, and the non commissioned
stat and band to the sdjutant, at the Same hour
aud place.
g. Companies and G will assemble for pa
rade, In fuli-drcss uniform, at such hour aud
place a. may be designated BY Lieut. Col Will
lam :. Shank.
4 Parade reports and pay rolls for this service
must be at regimental headquarters on or be.
fore June e.
The above relates only to the programme
for Decoration day as required by law and
does not include the commemoration the
guardsmen will do on their own account.
Details will be made from each company.
who will decorate graves Of ex-guardsmen.
These details will be as follows: b COM
pany will decorate the grave of Sergt. Gar
rison, formerly of that company. who is
buried in Lake View cemetery. u COM
pany will decorate the grave of Lieut..
Robb. who was killed at target practice.
All tho details will unite in deco
rating the graves of Gen. George
d. Hill and Col. ]. c. Haines.
The member that f company will COM
memorate is Edward Lewis Cox. who was
drowned with Morris Halter in December.
1890 The decoration of militia mems
graves is foreign to the spirit and purpose
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ably be an innovation that will be re-
spected and grow into a regular practice.
About . State Camp.
The military appropriations made by the
last legislature were sOmewha: smaller
than usual. and among other economies
required by this circumstance was the
matter of the annual camp. 1t has been
thought that no encampments. either of
brigade or regiments would be held this
year. 1t is generally understood that
both the governor and the adjutant gen.
eral favor a camp, and that both will aid
it to the limit Of the powers conferred upon
them by law. 1t is fact that the mill
tary appropriation will be sufficient tor
the maintenance Of the guard and also to
pay all the expenses Of an encampmen,e x-
provided bv law. being 81 per day for the
former and $3.50 per day for the latter. 1t
is also reasonably certain that if officers
and men will agree to serve without this
pay, all obstacles to the holding of a
camp will be removed. The pay for each
man is triling and is generally regarded
by them all as mere spending money; yet
to the state the aggregate is very serious
item, amounting to some $4,000 for q
brigade camp. The expense OF calling out
the guard can be very materially reduced
if instead of one brigade camp two regi-
mental camps be ordered, one for the
First regiment west of the mountains and
one for the Second at some place IN the IN
terror. The economy 10 be effected by this
is of course in the matter of Transports
ton OF the men. No suggestions have yet
been made and no steps taken in the prem
Uses, bat it is certain that two regimcntal
encampments can be held il the above sug-
gestions be followed. 1t is even said that
the camps will be possible if the men give
up only two.thigds of their pay.