The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-10


Brig. Gen. Mathews has issued his
general orders No. Srelative to the tour
| of duty at South birmingham, which
reads as follows:
The annual encampment of this brigade
Will be held Aug. 10 to %, inclusive Brig
| Cen. Mathews will assume command Of
tne state camp ground 1excepting the ar
senal and adjoining buildings) Friday, Aug.
| Is, 1899. The camp will be designated
and known as Camp at birmingham !"
The regular camp routine will commence
saturday, Aug. 10, at a. m. The routine
orders
Regimental, battalion and unattached
company commanders will, upon the ar
| rival of their commands, report to Lieut..
| Col. Walter e. Hagar, assistant adjutant
general, at brigade headquarters. The
senior medical officers and the command
Ing officer of the detail from the ambu-
LANCE corps will report to Lieut.. Col Otis
II. Marion, medical director on Saturday,
Aug. 10, at IL 80 a. m. or as soon there
after as they shall arrive.
Reglmental, battalion and unattached
company commanders will detail their
quartermasters and quartermaster SER
geants to report to Capt. Charles D.
Wainwright, brigade quartermaster, on
Friday, Aug. IS, at 9 a, m.
The commanding officer of Troop F.
cavalry, Will detail one sergeant, three
corporals and nine privates to report to
capt James 9. White, provost marshal,
preserving order and protecting property
like detail will be made daily during the
encampment.
Adjutants of infantry and artillery and
nrst sergeants of cavalry, signal and am
bulance corps will forward to brigade
headquarters Immediately ON arriving in
camp the morning reports of their respec-
tive organizations.
Troops arrivingsin camp on the day pre-
ceding the date of encampment will be
G 9h9er orqers pursuant to par6, G. O. No. 6,
.. A q .. Military discipline will be en-
forceo on the camp ground from and after
rrloay, Aug. u, at a. M, and every en-
listed man Will be required to obtain
pass from brigade headquarters in order
from these headquarters, and a pass will
be required by all visitors and employees.
First call for. regimental guard mount
ing, Saturoay, AZ Aug 10, at 2.15 p. M; guard
The following officers of the staff are
oetalied 70 attend the embarking and dis
emoarking of troops at the Boston and
Albany Railroad stations in Boston and
South birmingham on Saturday, Aug. l9,
and Friday, Aug. Is; Mai. Frank s. Rich
ardson, assistant inspector general at
advocate, at South Franingham.
Lieut. Frederick H. Osgood, veterinary
surgeon, First battalion light artillery
Will thoroughly inspect all horses reported
for duty, and he is authorized to reject
horses unfit for service. If possible : the
horses for artillery and cavalry will he
inspected prior to leaving home stations.
Visitors will in all cases be required 10
show tickets of admission at the entrance
except in case of officers in uniform and
persons wearing the badge or button Of
the military order Of the Loyal Legion,
and Military Order of the Spanish
can War, from whom no ticket will be re-
quired.
He also announces that the medical
staff of the brigade is to select a bill
of fare for the rationing of the brigade
during the camp week, and that the
articles prescribed and those only will
be allowed in the different company
messes.
The examining board of the M. v. M.
is getting in some of its work and has
already rejected Fred McCabe, second
lieutenant of Company G, Fifth regi-
ment infantry, and Ensign Black, Jr.,
of Company l., naval brigade.
President Mckinley has appointed
Maj. Whipple Of the Second regiment
captain and has given him authority
to raise a company for the Twenty
Sixth regiment of United States vol
unteers. Capt. Whipple has selected
for his lieutenant Lieut.. Monahan,
who distinguished himself at the bat
tie of Santiago. The place of the other
lieutenancy is still vacant, and there
is an excellent chance Tor the friends
of Lieut. William H. Plummer of this
city to get him the coveted position.
The enlisted men of the company are
to come from the Second Massachu-
sets boys.
First Lieut. Harry T.. Gray of the
Wellington Rifles, who has charge of
the rifle practice of the company. has
arranged for the promotion of target
practice at the range at GAINESVILLE this
IN
and Sergt. Albert #. Love are to be at
the range and will give instructions to
members Of the company.
The wellington Rifles are looking for
ward with a good deal Of pleasurable
anticipation for the outing at Jordans
pond on Friday Transportation will
be furnished by the Worcester and
Marlboro electrics and the days fest-