The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-16
All Preliminary Arrange
mentS Made at
LeeSburg,
TEN DAYS RATi0HS SHIPPED
Fifty Officers Horses On the March.
Building . Telegraph and Telephone
LiHe-Troops TO Leave At s O'clock
Tomorrow Morning

Everything is in readiness for the en-
campment Of the National Guard at
Leesburg. and the men themselves are
prepared for departure tomorrow morn
ing The final orders have been issued
and by late this evening all Of the sup
plies for the ten days service will be in
the camp.
At O'Clock this afternoon Lieut..
George Won Dachenhauseu. quartermas-
ter Of the Fifth Battalion. left the arm
ory with the horses TO be used by the
officers during the field duty There are
forty-ive mounts to make the trip over
the road and they viii reach the camp
late tonight.
= signal corps detachment, under
command Of Lieutenant NiemeyeT, left
yesterday morning at daybreak and ar
rived at Camp Ordway late last night
They took with them a heavy wagon
containing all their implements, equiv
ment. and supplies. At 4.35 in the az
1ernoon the remainder Of the sigma
Corps and the Engineer Corps under
command OF Lieut.. R. 3. Hayes. left over
the Southern Railroad.
There were about fifty men in the par
ty- This morning the detachment start
ed TO work constructing a telephone and
telegraph line from Leesburg 10 the
camp. They expect TO have the line in
operation by the time the commanding
oficer and his staff arrive tomorrow.
Nr- no
oanv. commanders for the assembly OF
fhs men Of their commands at s a n
tomorrow. so that everything viii be in
readiness for leaving the arno-y
promptly at O'Clock The march viii
he taken up south along Seventh Street
70 MARYLAND Avenue. and thence west 70
the depot at Ninth Street
The First Section
Col Henry May viii be in command OF
the First Regiment, which goes aboard
The first section, with General Harries
and his staf. The First Battalion,
which has its quarters at the Washing
ten Light Infantry Armory, VIII 90 cut
under command Of Major s. Porter
House and be joined by the Second Bat
talon, under Major L Il. Reichel-
derfeT. ar the main armory, where Colo
mel May viii take command and march
the troops to the depot
All the organizations connected with
the Second Regiment are quarteTed al
the Cuter Market Armory. and they
viii 20 out under command Of Col. NJ
Emmett Ureu- The Fourth Battalion viii
be in charge Of Major Anton Stephan
the Fifth Battalion under Major r. D
Simms. and the Sixth Battalion under
Major William Z. Harvey. The second
section viii carry this regiment, and
VIII leave the depot At SIS. just ter
minutes after the first section departs
The coIored troops, under. command OF
Major Arthur Brooks, are CHARTERED al
the ArmoTy on o Street, meath Seventh
Street northwest, and they VIII require
more time to reach the station. They
viii board the third section, which pulls
cut al SIS. Seven OF the coaches vii
contain troops, while two others attach
ed 10 the train VIII carry the baggage
The first section viii be under the d.
rection Of Lieut. A NJ EIuzzy. quarter
master OF the First Battalion, the sec
ond under Capt Z C. Schafe-, and the
third under Capt Thomas Marion. guar
termaster Of the First Regiment