The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-06-27
WILL CAMP At MT. CRETNA
official Order Dust Issued by Gen
eral j. I. S. GObin.
Instructions IT CONVEYS
Soldiers VIII Co Into Camp on July 20
and Leave July 27-Prog rn mmc That
Is Mapped Out for the Sol.
dicrs Each Day.

The annual encampment of the Third
brigade will be held at Mt. Gretna from
July 20 to q. The following is the
official order issued by General j. Il. s.
Goblin, regarding the encampment:
Headquarters Third Brigade,
National Guard of Pennsylvania,
Lebanon, June II, 1895.
General order. No. 3.
]. In obedience to Guard Order No. 10,
headquarters National Guard of Penn
sylvania, dated Harrisburg, May s, A..
ID. 1895. the Third brigade will encamp
at Mt. Gretna from July 20 to July q,
1895. The various organizations will
proceed from their rendezvous at such
hours on the afternoon and evening of
the 10th of July as to arrive in camp
early on the morning of the Goth. 1t
Is expected that the entire command
will be in camp before a. m. of July
20. Commanding officers will pay strict
attention to the order and conduct of
the men en- route, and will be held
strictly responsible for any violations
of discipline.
.. The camp will be known as Camp
Andrew G. Curtin.
win Furnish Transportation.
8. Commanding officers of regiments
will furnish the necessary transporta-
tion to their commands. The Battery,
Cavalry and Brigade band will make
a requlsitlon for what they need upon
Major II. p. Meyer, brigade quarter
master. Regimental. battery and troop
quarteimasters will also make applica-
tions for the usual and necessary
amount of camp and garrison equipage
4. Camping parties of three men from
each company with the regimental
quartermaster will report to Major H.
L. Meyer. at Mt. Gretna on the evening
of July Is, with two days cookedrations
Colonel Magee, of the Eighth regiment,
will detail ten additional men, with
a non-commissioned officer. to report to
Major Meyer, brigade quartermaster
for headquarters. Transportation for
camping paties will be furnished by
commanding officers of regiments
Twenty cents per man for not more
than two days will be allowed for sub
sisting the detail. The subsistence ac-
count, containing the names of the ad-
vance detail, VIII be forwarded through
the proper mil, Try channels to the
commissary generator payment.
). All morning reports must be de-
livered at brigade headquarters not
later than $50 a. m. of each day.
De facing Canvas Prohibited.
g. Regimental and company COM
manders should pay particular atten-
ton to the preparation of the various
reports and rolls required by law and
orders from headquarters. They can
be almost completed in the armories
and it is desirable they should be,
wherever possible.
I. The marking. defacing. or in any
way destroying or injuring the canvass
is strictly and positively prohibited.
The money value of the tent or tent
poles or pins will be charged against
the company commanders disobeying
this order, and be deducted from the
company allowance.
5. At all ceremonies, parades and
drills, mounted officers will be required
to appear mounted.
9. No deviation from the prescribed
uniform. either to officers or enlisted
men, will be allowed at any duty or pa
rade.
10. The utmost attention will be paid
by commanders of companies to the
cleanliness of their men, as to their per-
son, clothing and tents. The hair will
be kept short and the beard neatly
trimmed. Each man should have a
change of underclothing and stockings,
which must be kept packed in cloth
ing DdSS. AFUlS anu
will at all times be kept clean, and all
articles of black leather polished with
blacking. Perfect order in everything
pertaining to camp will be expected.
Headquarters of the brigade will be
in camp from July 10 until the close,
July q, 1895.
They VIII Be Court. Martinled.
II. The attention of each company
commander is called to the fact that
any man absent from camp without
leave is liable to a court martial, and
the penalties provided by law. Fur
loughs can only be granted by the
brigade commander on applications ap-
proved by commanding officers of COM
panies and regiments, and for legal
cause. When sickness is alleged, ply
sician's certificate must accompany the
application. Company commanders are
required to fully acquaint their men as
to the penalties for absence without
leave, and the requisites to obtain fur
loughs. This is the annual encamp-
ment at which the state expects and
requires the presence of every member
Of her National Guard.
~. The following hours for service
and roll calls and other duties are an
nounced. commencing Saturday, July
20, at . O'Clock a. m:
First Call-Flve minutes before 5
o'clock a. m.
Reveille Zone gun)-5 o'clock q. m.
Police Call-5.30 O'Clock a. m.
Mess Cali (breakfasD-6 O'Clock a. m.
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