The times., 1898-04-24

National Guard Will so into camp, the
various organizations of the brigade are
hereby ordered to assemble at their re-
speCtive armories, fully armed and equip
ped in heavy marching order, on Monday
the 25th instant at O'Clock a. M, and
excepting the Second and Fifth battalions
will proceed by marching 10 the Soldiers
Home grounds in this city, entering the
grounds by the south gate on First
Street west. Camp will be established
and the troops thereafter held under
military instruction until further orders.
The Second and Fifth battalions will
proceed under instructions to be given
battalion commanders 10 establish camps
at points to be indicated later.
Each man will provide himself with
cooked rations or lunch sufficient for one
day. Liquid coffee will be furnished by
the subsistence department.
Commands will be marched by battal-
ions and the march so arranged that
they shall not all arrive on the grounds
at the same time. Battery A. the en-
gineer and signal companies ambulance
corps band and field music will be
marched as separate organizations.
Regimental and battalion commanders
with their quartermasters and the COM
manders of separate organizations and
the general non-commissioned staff will
report in person at these headquarters
tomorrow, Sunday al y o'clock, noon, for
instructions.
BY command of Brig. Gen. Harries.
(Signed) c. II. HEYL.
Adjutant General.
For month past the engineer corps has
been at work making maps of the Soldiers
Home grounds and selecting places for a
, camp. In fact every preparation has been
made in anticipation of the call to arms
and it is likely that by noon tomorrow
every member of the guard will be m
camp at the Soldiers Home. For several
days they Will remain simply the National
Guard and subject to the orders of t:e
| Executive Then when 1t is decided TO
send some of the Washington troops into
active service Gen. Harries will be asked
! to furnish so many volunteers which ac-
! cording to the best information will be
| one thousand or the quota of a full regi-
ment. 1t is very probable. however. that
neither the First nor Second regiment as
an entirety will be chosen. The arrange
ment is that certain companies will be
! selected by reason of special fitness and
! given an opportunity to offer their SER
! vices. This is the last chance the mem
| Der of the guard will have to either re-
| tain his connection with the home guard
! or go to the field.
Any guardsman that desires can ther
! signify his in ,ention of remaining al
! home. If he determines to become a vol
! unteer he is then mustered into the ser.
| vice of the regular army. Those not Sc
! lected will still do duty as nationa
| guardsmen and remain in camp at sucf
! places as will be designated for the proper
! protection of the city.
The volunteer troops will immediately
| commence to receive their pay, and viii
be allowed to draw full equipments ant
clothing. The men are allowed TO draw
for the first six months of service cloth
! ing to the several values named by tn,
department. In the infantry the clothing
allowances for privates is SlS.36. Musi
clans have about one dollar more. Cor
| porals are allowed 5000; sergeants, $51. 46
| first sergeants, $5219 and sergeant majo
| and quartermaster sergeants about S.
worth Each enlisted man is allowed 70
the first year five dollars for the purpos
of having his clothing altered. Whit
| cotton undershirts, white muslin shirts
summer coats and trousers (beacned 70
| non-commissioned officers and unbIeache,
for privates and members of the hospita
corps or ward duty) and knit wool draw
ers will be supplied upon application t.
the quartermaster's department. The,
will be charged at cost price, but are no
computed in the soldiers annual none.
| allowance.
Yesterday was a busy day at the ar
mory. Throngs of people stood about tn
entrances and passed up and down Penn