Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-07-27
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MAerlxsEUcG, w. VA, July 60
Military life began al Camp Jackson
this morning at o'clock when the call
for reveille was sounded, and from now
on the soldiers will be under strict mill
tary discipline aad will see army life as
tits. The troops came in last night on
two special trains looking much the
worse for travel but anxious TO enter
into camp lie. The found everything
IN readiness for them. Company II, OF
Piedmont, worked like beavers all day
yesterday aud made everything as com
Portable as possible for the reception OF
the rest or the troops. The camp is
very pretty, situated about half a mile
from town. IL is laid OF in streets and
looks ike a city OF tents. II IL only
doesn't rain everything viii! be comfort
able, and everyone Is Offering mp FER
vent petition that the rainfall during
the next eighs days will DC IN some other
locality.
There are sixteen com panieS 10 camp,
Oiers. la the First regiment there are
Company c, Of Grafton, Captain ). W.
BUrdett; ID, OF M&nningtOn, Captain
W. b. Sine; 4. OF MertinSours, Cap
tain Howard n. Emmett; +, OF Burton,
Captain Il. 3 Ash; II, Of Piedmont,
CAPTAIN A. 5. Hutsoh; X. OF Ciarks-
burg, Captain "A. r. Smith; Company
:. OF r kins, Captain Il. COliett, and the
company 40 Keyser were mustered IN
10 late to be equipped for the eucamp-
ment and are not here. From the
Second regiment there are Company Il,
al Buchanan, Captain w. :. O Bren;
c. of Ansted, Captain w. y. Page; ID,
Of Hutton, Captain j. 4. Parker; =, Of
Paraers0urg, Captain c. r. Morrison;
i. OF Sc UtOn, Captain ID. l.. Irwin; u, OF
Huntington, Captain w. II. LYONS; a,
OF Ronceverte, Captain c. y. SimmS; /.
OF Huntington, Captain j. Il. Yer
lander.
Besides the companies all the brigade
aud regiment staff officers are here, and
il is the general verdict tnat they are
very handsome lot OF fellows. Since
the last encampment the roster has I'M
derg0ue several changes. General
Sp.lman's stat is now composed Of
Lieutenant Colonel ;. b. Baker, OF
parkersOurg, Assistant Adjulant Gen
era; Major r.. Il. D. Willis,ot Wheeling,
Inspector; Major j. Is. Chuck, Of
Auburn, QuartermaStsr; Major
Philip Neal, OF Parksrsburg,
couIssary; Major ID. Il. Price,
OF Ciarksburg, brigade Inspector
ui rife practice; Lleutenant-Coonel G.
y. Blub4Ugh, OF Parkersburg, medical
director; Major Thomas PetJigrew, of
Parkersburg, engineer and signal OIL
Ger. Captain K. Z. Camden, Of ParkeIS-
burg, aud Captain j. n. Hughes, OF
GlenviIe, aides DO camp. Col. L. t.
last. Of MOrgantOwn, commanding the
First regiment, has upon his stan
Ileuteuant-COlOnei Clarence Smith, OF
Fairmont; Major Pail A. Shaifer, OF
MOrgantOwn; Captain M0cker Babo, OF
Morgautown. adju'ant; Lieutenant
Naury Med. Price, of Clarksourg,
ouartermasteE; Lieutenant {. Il. Jones,
OF Grafton, paYmaster; Major Ii. Il.
Baguiey, OF Wheeling, surgeon; Lieu
tenant 81. Nj. Joseph, OF MOrgaRtOwn,
assistant surgeon, Lieutenant Il. a.
Stead, OF Newark, signal officer. The
IOn-commissi0ncdO officers OF the stan
are r. H.. Ramsey, OF ClarksburE, ser
geant major; W. r. ST. Clair, of Morgan
Town, Quarter Master Sergeant; ;. w.
Poe, OF Grafton, COmmlssarys Sergeant;
s. ~. Lazicr, of N0rEantown, Hospital
Steward; j. O.. GaywOod, OF Clarksburg,
Chief Trumpeter; H. VI. BapD, Of
C,arksburg, Drum Major. Col. Hodges
D. a hua
upon his staff Lieutenant Colonel D. I.
J.. Carteel, OF Buckhannou; Major w.
H. Banks, Of Huntington; Captain Rob
err L. Archer, of Huntington, Adiu-
tant; Lieutenant \. Merweu Hobscu, OF
Huntington, QuartermaSter; Lieuteu-
ant Writ A. French, OF Princeton, Pay
master; Major Samuel H. Austin, OF
l.ewis5urg, Surgeon; Lieutenant French
W. Smith, OF B.Ueueii. Assistant Sur
geon; Captain ). b. Waite, OF Charles
ton, Inspector OF Rifle Practice; Lieu
tenant John Nuzum. OF Leroy, signal
OGcer; Rev. Z. D. Jeffries, Of Anderson,
Chaplain. The non-commiSsiOued staff
are O. B. SuhiuS, OF Hunting
ton, Sergeant Major e. W. Neis-
wauCer, OK Parkersnurg, Quarter
ROnceyerte. cOmjssary sergeant; T.. L..
Dav, ~ Warrington, hospital steward;
4. H. Scott, Of Huntington, chief trum-
peter; George Hanson, o. Charleston,
drum major
The Governors staff is now made up
Q! the following: Brigadier General
james A. Holly, adjutant general: Col
onel Ashby ". Johnson, assistant adj
jutant general; BrIRadier General Frank
2. Jepsou, Of Wheeling, comisSary gen
eral; EricGdisr General John Hooe Rus
eel, Of Huntington, paymaster general;
Colonel Robert 5. Carr, OF Charleston;
Colonel Lawrence Tierney, OF E,ShOrn,
and Colonel Forrest W. Brown, Of
Charles Town. aides de camp, Major
Robert ). Blair, OF Richie, e.. II. and
Major Joseph 3. ChiltoU, OF Charleston,
Judge advocate.
The following order Of calls was is
sued from Brigade headquarters:
ReveilIe . a. m., Assembly Sis 9. M,
Sick Call $3.50 q. m., Breakfast Call 5;45
g. M, First Sergeant's Call 6:15 \. IN. f,
Drill 6:55 a. M, Assembly a. m, Recall
$50 a. m., Guard Mount S:45 a. ~, As
semblY Drill 9;55 a. m, Assembly 10 a.
M, Recall II a. M, NOn-commisSioned
Officers school II a. M, Recall II N,
Dinner T. IT,, Drill 1898 .. N, Assem-
BIZ o. m., Recall > p. m, Commission
ed Officers school $50 p. m., Recall 2:30
D. M, Fatigue Call p. ~, Parade $50
.. NJ, Assembly Gas ?. M, Supper Call
Immediately after parade; Tattoo 9:25
y ~, Assembly $3.50 p. M, Taps 10 D..
II. Sunday Morning Inspection 9;05 8.
n, Assembly 10 a. m.
Nothing unusual occurred at Camp
jackson to-day. When a REGISrER re-
porter visited the camp This morning
be witnessed q spectacle OF isnguid Gu
ioyment. Everybody was passing
ovav the time in a pleasant manner and