Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-02
Pay Of Cooks.

Pay or COOKS.
ARRANGEMENTS having been made for the
pay of cooks for officers and company
messes the various commanding officers
concerned are authorized to engage the ser
vices of competent cooks at the rate or
s. so per diem for cooks, and $50 per diem
for assistant cooks, during the period of
encampment. The allowance of cooks will
be according to the following
For the regimental field and staff officers
of the 1st Regiment, constituting one Of
ficerS mess, one COOK.
For the regimental field and staff officers
of the I'd Regiment, constituting one Of
ficers' mess, one cook.
For the officers of each battalion (field
and staff and company, constituting one
officers mess, one cook each.
For each company Of an organized bat
TALON, one cook.
For the Field Hospital and Ambulance
Corps, constituting one mess, one cook and
one assistant cook.
For the band and corps Of field music,
each constituting one mess, one cook ca ch.
For the Signal Corps and the Engineer
Corps, constituting one mess, one cook.
Company commanders and quartermas-
tiers will have the cooks they employ report
at the Office of the commisSary general.
1926 E street northwest, with a certificate
showing their employment on or before
July 10. Cooks on reporting will be fur
nished with a badge which will give them
transporta ton to camp. AS no cook will
be taken without this badge, it Is essential
that company commanders and Quarter
masters see that their cooks report as d.
rected. One wooden and one rubber blanket
will be issued to each man at the time he
receives his badge. These articles must be
returned In good condition before the per-
sons to whom they are issued will De paid
for services.
Companies having a total strength OF less
than twenty-five in camp will be, as far as
practicable, combined with another ccm-
for IL, r%lo
structons regarding this consolidation will
be published upon reaching camp.
Mounts for Officers.
On the duty required for this eucamp-
ment all commissioned officers Of the gem
eral staff. the colonies. lieutenant colonies
and regimental staff officers will be mount
ed. and each officer required to be mounted
will be allowed 81 per diem for horse hire.
Officers will report to the quartermaster
general on July 10 the names Of the. own
ers Of the horses hired by them and the
date from which the hire commenced, in
order that vouchers may be prepared and
signature obtained during the encampment.
The quartermaster general and commits
sary general, District of Columbia militia,
will have direct charge and control of all
matters pertaining to their respective de-
partments in connection with the camp.
Captain Clarence A. Weaver, surgeon. LIST
Regiment, and Captain Francis ]. Wood
man, surgeon, "a Regiment, will report to
| the surgeon general on the arrival of their
| commands at camp, for assignment to duty
J at the field hospital.
To facilitate military instruction, organi-
cation commanders will see that sufficient
| number Of copies of the regulation books
| and manuals are taken to camp, in order
| that due reference may be made to them
| by all concerned preparatory to the officers
| and non-commissoned officers schools In
camp, hereafter to be arranged for and
| ordered.
| Of Congress ito provide for the organiza-
| ton of the militia Of the District of Column
| bia," which enacts: THAT any drill, pa
rade .encampment or duty that Is REQUIRED
| der the provisions of this act snail be
| deemed to be military duty" All efficers
and men who for any cause cannot per
| form the tour OF duty hereby ordered must
previously make application and procure