Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-05-10
Orders Issued by War Department to
Brigadier General Harries.
DISTRICT QUOTA OF VOLUNTEER ARMY
List of RegmentaI and Company
Officers Selected.
ONE COMMAND MUSTERED

| from the War Department providing for
the muster into the service of the United
States of one regiment of volunteers from
| the District, follows:
| WAR DEPARTMENT
| "Adjutant Generals Office,
! Washington, May TO- 1885
| Under the authority of the President,
| the commanding general of the National
| Guard of the District of Columbia will or
| ganize one regiment of infantry of twelve
companies, each of the minimum strength
| of seventy-saven enlisted men, for must ter
| into the volunteer army of the United
| States. Upon the completion of the muster
| the commanding officer of the regiment
| will report to the adjutant general Of the
army for instructions
| BY order of the Secretary of War
| (SigneO 3 III c. CoRRIN
| "Adjutant General.
| For the Commanding General,
| District of Columbia Militia"
| The orders were handed personally to
| Lieut. w. Z. Horton, who is to be the adtu-
| tant of the regiment. Lieut.. Horton con-
| veyed the paper at once to Gen. Harries,
who was at the Center Market Armory to
| witness The muster in of one of the COM
| panes of volunteers. 1t will be noted that
4 no date is specified for putting the regi-
| iueHl INTO camp. w men all the companies
| have been fully organized, equipped and
mustered in, that fact Will be communicat-
| ed to the adjutant general Of the army and
| then details for going into camp will be an
| bounced. This will not occur for three or
| four days at least and perhaps not for a
week.
The Roster of Officers.
The officers of the regiment will be as fol-
| lows:
| Cclcnel, George H. Harries: lieutenant
| colonel, C. H. Heyl; regimental adjutant,
First Lieut.. William Edward Horton; ma
| jor, NJ. Emmett Urell with First Lieut..
| James L. Mock as battalion adjutant; ma
| jor, Charles De l.. Hine, with First Lieut..
| Charles b. Hudson as battalion adjutant;
| major Richard A OBrien, with First
| Lieut.. c. Fred Cook as battalion adjutant;
| quartermaster. First Lieut.. John NJ. Field;
| chaplain, Rev. George Dudley; surgeon,
| Maj. r. A. Pyles; assistant surgeon. First
| Lieut.. Clarence A. Weaver; assistant sur
gecn, First Lieut.. S. Clifford Cox.
Captains-Harry Walsh, Company A;
| William T. II. King, Company b; Charles
| S. Domer. Company C; William S. Hodges,
| Company d; Frank L. Graham Company
Z; Otto G. Simonson, Company F; F. S.
Hcdgson, Company G; H. B. Locker. Com
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Glendie b. Young. Company K; George w.
England, Company L, and Sydney L. Ja-
| cobs Company NJ.
| The first lieutenants of companies will be
]. II. Griftiths, c. V. Sayer. ID. V. Chisholm.
| c. L. Lanham, b. ]. .Streks, Richard ].
| Harden, w. +. Crist, r. j. Donnelly, T. s.
King, G. c. Shaw, c. A. Meyer and F. G.
| Stutz.
| The second lieutenants of companies will
| be: E. N Meekins, L. Z. Wheaton, W. z.
| Sorrells, H. NJ. Bell, L. T. Boiseau, S. c.
Redman, C. ]. Harlow. r. b. Hayes. q. A.
| Smith, L. w. Herion, W. r. Harrison and
| f. E. Skinner.
| the assignment of lieutenants to COM
panies has not be officially announced nor
| has their lineal rank been stated.
| Behind closed doors Company F. under
Capt. Otto C. simonson. was today mus
| tered into the service of the United States
| in the rife gallery at the Center Market
Armory. Capt. Heyl officiated as muster
| irg officer. The company WAS fully equip
ped in heavy marching order. The men
| will sleep the armory and perform such
| duty may be required of them until or
| dered into camp.
Physical Examinations.
The physical examination Of the voun-
| teers was continued today. The men
| ported in large numbers. and RAPID progress
| was made. The examinations will go
| until late tonight. The expectation is that
| severat addit onal companies will be mus
tered in this evening and tomorrow. A
number of the companies have posted
| signs setting forth that recruits are de-
| sired. The scenes outside the armory to-
day resembled those of several weeks ago,
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the sidewalk TO observe the movements OF
| the men in uniform.
The Big Camp.
| Engineers from the War Department act
| ing under instructions from Captain w G..
J Martin of the quartermaster's department,
went out yesterday to the neighborhood of
| Falls Church, Va. and located definitely
| the great camp, upon which will be con-
centrated from 10000 to i9.oo) troops of
the volunteer army. including a regiment
| of the District National Guard. within the
next week two. The track selected is
owned by Mr.. c. L. Campbell and Is known
as ''Woodburn Manor" 1t is situated about
| two miles southwest of the village of Falls
Church, and is admirably adapted to the
purposes for which II is designed. 1t COM
prises about !. 100 acres. and VIII afford ex-
cellent accommodations for all the troops
ordered there under the orders issued by
the War Department yesterday.
The land is made up in part of meadows.
pastures and woodlands, with an abund-
ance of water. There are several streams
running through the camp and. fine springs
abound A freight station will be estab-
hshed at Dunn Lorine. on the Southern
railway, about mile and a half from the
camp. Good roads lead from the camp to
the railroad station and also to Washing
ton, and the Falls Church electric road
runs within two miles Of the camp.
For transportation purposes at the camp.
Captain Martin has provided so wagons
and 1000 mules. All the other preparations
for the encampment are on the same large
scale The various organizations to be con.
centrated there will furnish their own
tents and other camp equipage. 1t is not
yet settled who Will command the army
corps at this camp. but the chances seem
to favor the selection OF Major General
Coppinger or Major General Breckinridge