The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-08-07

company, Capt. G. L. Haynes, was
the last arrival over the Iowa Gen.
trail at 2:45 O'Clock.
Orders and Routine Work
General Orders No. l.
Headquarters Fiftieth Regiment,
Iowa National Guard,
Ottumwa, Iowa, July 2S, 1902.
1. In compliance with general or
ders from the adjutant generals office,
Des Moines, Iowa, this regiment will
go into camp at Oskaloosa, Iowa, on
Tuesday, August 5, 1902, for period
of seven days. The camp will be known
as Camp Lacey" in honor of Major j.
F.. Lacey, a veteran of the civil war
and now the member of congress from
the sixth district.
Organizations will travel in Khaki
uniforms Blankets will be carried in
blanket bags and overcoats rolled and
strapped thereon. Citizens clothing
will not be taken to camp.
3. Company commanders will keep
their men uniformly dressed. Inspec-
ton of quarters will be made each
morning by the camp inspector imme-
diately after guard mounting. Com
pany commanders are directed to see
that the men and quarters are in prop
err condition and that the rules for in
spection are strictly observed.
A. Khaki uniforms will be worn on
all drills and ceremonies, unless 9TH
erwise ordered by the commanding of
ficer.
5. All officers must furnish their
own bedding, and line officers must pro-
vide their own camp furniture. Field
and staff officers will be supplied with
the following articles only: l cot, l
chair, 1 table l wash basin, l pail, l
tin cup and l candlestick.
6. The order of camps and regimen
tai formation will be as follows:
First Battalion-Major Dunlap;
Companies E, A, H, and F.
Second Battalion-Major Bishop;
Companies c, B, ID and M.
Third Battalion-Major Lambert;
Companies l., i, q. and K.
The first signal company will camp
on the right of the regiment.
Z. Morning reports for the first day
in camp and transportation reports
will be prepared enroute and delivered
to the adjutant on arrival in camp.
for assignment of duty and instruction
in the adjutant's Office.
9. Each company and band will
provide a bulletin board 1Sx24 inches,
set on post five and one-half feet high
at corner tent pin of first sergeant's
tent.
10. A system of marking will be in
augurated during this camp for the
purpose of determining the standing or
the various organizations, in which the
department, instruction and military
appearance of the members will be
taken into account. The organization
attaining the highest standing during
the previous twenty-four hours will re-
ceive special mention at parade.
IL. 1t is especially recommended
that no first-year men be detailed for
guard this year unless they are we'll
instructed. For the first three details
the men must have seen at least one
years service.
~. First lieutenant T. c. Dalzell is
detailed as quartermaster for the per-
iod of this encampment and he will be
obeyed and respected accordingly.
The following daily routine will be
observed:
First call, $50 a. m.
Reveille, $40 a. m.
Assembly roll call, $50 a. m.
Setting up exercise, 5:55 a. m.
Mess call, $40 a. M.
Fatigue first call, 700 a. m.
Fatigue assembly, 7:05 a. m.
Guard mounting, first call, 7:55 a. m.
Guard mounting, assembly, 500 a. m.
Adjutant's call, $40 a. m.
First call drill 900 a. m.
Drill call, 9:05 a. m.
Assembly, $40 a. m.
Adjutant's call, 9:15 a. m.
Recall, 1115 a. m.
First sergeant's call, 11:40 a. m.
Mess call, II m.
School call, lis p. m.
First call drill, p. m.
Drill call, 2:05 p. m.
Assembly, 2:10 pm.
Adjutant's call, 2:15 p. m.
Recall, pm. .
Fatigue call, APO p. m.
Issue call, 4:30 p. m.
Mess call, 600 pm.
First call, parade, GAS pm.
Assembly, $50 p. m.
Adjutant's call, Z p. m.
Tattoo, $3.50 p. m.
Call to quarters, 10 p. m.
Taps, 10:30 p. m.
Sunday, August 10:
Reveille, $50 a. m.
Mess call, a. m.
Guard mounting, a. m.
Divine service, $3.50 a. m.
Mess call, 1890 p. m.
Parade. GAS p. m.
BY order of H. H. Caughlan, colonel
Fiftieth infantry.
Official:
D. A. Emery, captain, regimental
adjutant, Fiftieth infantry.
The second day of the encamp-
ment at Camp Lacey dawned bright
and clear and the promise is made
that the remaining days of the school
will be blessed with fair weather.
The military spirit has taken full
possession of the camp and the work
moves off with that exactness and
promptness that marks all military
life.
The first ceremony of Camp Lacey
following the arrival of all the COM
panies was guard mounting" and
this took place at 4:3o o'clock. There
is considerable pomp and parade In
connection with this ceremony and
1t is considered by many to be the
prettiest seen at camp. The band
comes forth to call from the bugles
and strikes up a lively air as the
hnnIara fall In In THAR raar and