The age-herald., 1900-04-15

and the services of non-commissioned of ficers have been secured. The young men will be permitted to join by regular enlist ment. They will be sworn to serve ono year, the time required for the training. Each man will be supplied with horse. equipment, clothing for the entire year, ra- tions and instructions in all the matters referred to above. Arrangements have been made with the government. to supply the encampment with rations at the same rate as that paid by the regular army. In this way is the nominal fee, which barely coY- CTS the outlay, made possible
 Five Thousand Men
 The encampment will have accommoda- tions for five thousand men. Fifteen hun dred men have already enlisted, and appli- cations are being received each day from all parts of the country and even from England. Over two hundred applications have been received from London.
 Many applications have come from the graduating classes of Harvard and Hais universities. Military discipline will be en- forced to preserve good order, but more latitude than is observed in the regular service will be allowed, and proper sanitary regulations will be enforced. Any man able to sit on horse will be accepted, and the privilege of withdrawing at any time on application for discharge will be allowed Regulations governing the forces of the
 
 officers and enlisted men. Regiments and troops will be organized as is now pro- vided and will be given the privilege of trial and appeal to the commander. Among the new theories to be tested at this unique military institute is one con- cerning a new gun which is said to be equal to ten of the Krag-Jorgensen now used in the regular service. The new gun is what is called a magazine rifle, which by cutoff, can be used as rapid single- loader, with a magazine holding seven cartridges in reserve, available as repeat CT whenever the cutoff Is thrown ln AS repeater it's sustained rapidity of fire Is greater than in any other known rifle. The "Paeket" Feature The distinctive feature of the new gun is that of the packet" These packets are charged into the magazine, which lies un- der the received, in one movement, as if the packet were a single cartridge. The cartridges are fed into the chamber by a positive movement The rife holds eight cartridges, one in the chamber and seven in the magazine. The system is simply the last stage of the evolution of the combin- alton of the various elements necessary to load the rifle in the minimum time. The action is that of the Colt system.
 Another new feature of the encampment will be that of the tents. A tent capable of instant change will be used. It can be used either as the A or common tent or for storm or shelter tent. The abandon ment of the bayonet and the revolver are also under consideration.
 Particular attention will be given also to individual markmanship and there will be open order of firing, which will aim to the utter uselessness of bayonet charges. A new system of drill regulations and tac- tics will be among the innovations to be given consideration. Another striking de- parture will be that of putting in the field mounted Red Cross auxiliary. The executive department of the Nation- al Rough-Rider Military Encampment Is located at No. Il Wall Street, New York, where all applications for enlistment should be made.