The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-05-24
Camp Bryan Grimes.

Camp Bryan Grimes,
Raleigh. y. c., May u, 1898.
Special Order, No. II.
In compliance with telegraphic IN
structions from the War Depart
ment. dated May Is, 1898, this regi-
ment will proceed tomorrow, via the
Southern Railway to Tampa, Fla.
First call for reyeille Will be sound
ed at BID Il. m.
RtYeille ut 3:oo.
Assembly 400.
Breakfast 40.
Attention 40.
General 4:3O.
Immediately preceding the general.
attention will be sounded. when all
the tents will be properly manned
50 that when the last not" Of general
sounds. every tent will fall to Tie
right.
All tents will be brushed and neat
~ and compactly folded. pins put in
sacks or boxes. poles collected and
all loaded on wagons together With
other company baggage.
The quartermaSter sergeant, to-
gethtr with Il detail Of eight men
from each company, will look aftcr
and be responsible for company bag
gage. and see il properly loaded III
baggage cars from cotton platform
ut Southern Railway freight depot.
each in his half car provided and let
tered with company letter.
The camp will be thoroughly po-
Iced after the first load Of baggage
shah have left camp: al sinks filled,
straw and other rubbish burned.
Captains Of companies will see that
the army regulations in regard to
Transporting troops will be strictly
observed; keep sentinels posted in
side each car door. allow no one to
ride on the platform. and allow no
one to leave the car for any purpose
without special permission.
The travel rations Will be served in
the coaches with the troops. and each
company will be provided with camp
kettles. buckets and other vessels
sufficient to contain - gallons of Ii
uuid coffee which will be furnished
three times daily at the rate of three
pintS per day per man.
The troops will be equipped with
field uniforms. but the knapsacks
will be hauled on the wagons to
the depot and taken into coaches
With the men.
\ physician and hospital steward
will be on each train.
BY order Of
COL. T. +. ARMFIELD.
T.. r. ALEXANDER.
LIST Lieut.. and Adgi't.
The North Carolina troops will leav
here this morning at 6 o'clock, over til
Southern Railway. The train will ri
in three sections. The baggage car
will be loaded at the Southern RaiiWa.
freight depot and then the entire trail
will be backed into the Union depot I
take aboard the men.
i G first section will leave at Z O'Clock
the second at 1:2O. and the third 1T liz
Altogether the train will consist of 3,
cars. The first two sections will ~
made up Of - cars-one Pullman for tn
officers. 9 coaches for the men. , car
the baggage. the last section wi
have baggage cars. Attached to the las
section also will he Il stock car With tn
fifteen horses belonging to the officer
Of the regiment.
The work Of loading the cars Will
ana camp equipment will begi
at : o'clock and consume two hour
Ille men VIII Inell be lnlmeulatet
marched through the city to the Uniol
depot and the first section will start Il
: o'clock. The second section pulls on
twenty minutes later and the third goe
away at 1:4O o'clock.
On the first section will be the req
officers and musicians. and til
Charlotte (HornetS Nest Ritles). Colds
boro. Winston and R~eidsville. On Il,
second section will be StateSvilIe. AShe
vile. Shelby and Waynesville. TIL
third section will carry the Durham. Raj
cigi. Concord and Charlotte CQuec
City, companies.
With the first section Of the Mort
Carolina troops along with the field off
GERS Of the First regiment. will 90 Nj
Fred. +. Merritt. of the News and Oh
server staff. who has been granted
by the War Department to &c
company the North Carolina troops t
Tampa and to Cuba as the staff CORES
pondent of this paper Mr.. Merritt vii
use the wires and the mails. particular.
the former. to give in detail the doing
Of our Tar Heel boys and the happen
ingS in and about the seat of war.
che train is to stop at such places a
it is understood. have it stopped Il
Durham. Greensboro. Concord. Chan
lotte and Atlanta. The train will arriv
at Tampa Monday afternoon.
Col. Armfield will of course be in com
mand and therefore the car for him an
other regimental officers Will be III