The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-07-30
CLOSING OF
THE POST
Official Order by the Ad-
jutant General.
THANKS FOR COL ROSE.
No Orders to Move Yet Issued to
First Rhode Island.
SOCIAL EVENT AT CAMP DYER.
SOCIAL EVENT AT CAMP DYER.

The following official order was is
sued from the Office of Adjutant Cen
eral Sackett this morning: On and af-
ter August 1.1S9s the military post es-
tablished at Camp Dyer. Quonset
Point as rendezvous for troops will be
discontinued and the officers and men
of the Rhode Island Militia on duty
there will be relieved. BY request OF
the brigadier general commanding the
department Of the East Light Batteries
A and b, Rhode Island Volunteer Ar
tillery will remain at Camp Dyer until
further orders from the department.
From and after August list the quar-
termaster general will assume control
of the state camp grounds subject to
the occupation of the same by Light
Batteries A and Il. r.. /. Volunteer Ar
tillery, and will detail an officer, not
above the rank of captain. TO act as
quartermaster, and to remain at Camp
Dyer to have the care and manage
ment of the property of the state at
that station until further orders.
The quartermaster general will fur
nish the necessary transportation to
carry out the provisions of this order.
The commander-in-chie desires to con-
vey to 1t. Col. Henry B. Rose his sin
cere thanks for the able and satisfac-
tory manner in which he has performed
the duties of post commandant. The
commander-in-c chief also desires to ex-
press his appreciation of the valuable
services rendered by the officers asso-
ciated with Col. Rose from time to time
In the administration of the post, and
to thank them individually therefor.
Nothing further has been heard by
the state military authorities from
Washington in relation to the move
ments of the First Rhode Island Regi-
ment. and 1t is rumored that the regi-
ment is already discussing plans to go
into winter quarters at Camp Alger.
Closing of the Post.
Lieut.. Col. Rose, who has acted as
post commandant at Quonset Point
since May 1 without being absent from
his post for day. expects to be re-
lieved from duty on Monday morning,
and then the post will be discontinued.
Camp Dyer will become simply the
state camp ground, with United States
soldiers allowed by courtesy to encamp
there. The government will then have
to look after its own troops, and this
Will, of course, mean quite a saving to
the state. since each day it has been
paving out simply for food IL cents
per man than the government will re-
imburse it, in addition to the other nec-
essary expenses in keeping the post
open
In the meantime the batterymen are
engaged In building gun pits, which are.
i'm fact, intrenchments deep enough to
offer a cover for the field pieces and
cannoneers. In service they are used
when time and the station of the bat
terv will permit German pits and
English pits are being constructed, and
Capt Barker is taking the opportunity
to deliver a series of lectures upon the
matter of artillery intrenchments.
pointing out that the English pit offers
great protection for the men of the gun
detachment against sharpshooters and
a fair protection against field artillery
fire.