The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-07-14
Morehead City, Greenboro
and AsheviIIe Win Out.
ALL SOLDIERS GET PAID
Each Company Must Have Seyenfy-fve Per
Cent Present ard the Governor Will Re-
view All the Regiments During
The tncampmcnf.
The fncampmenf

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encamp IS settled.
Yesterday the announcement was made
and the lucky places named where the sol
diers viii meet are Morehead City, Greens
boro and Ashevllle.
During the encampment the officers and
enlisted men viii receive the same pay
that is given to officers and men Of the
same grade in the regular army.
This payment IS for five days to each
| man, and the rate each day IS as follows.
Colonel, 1872; Lieutenant Colonel, $3.50;
Major, S6.94; Captain, $500; First Lieu
tenant, SAT-; Second Lieutenant, $3.50;
First Sergeant, SO Is cents; Sergeant, SO
! cents; Corporal, so cents; Privates, 43 ~
cents. IN each regiment there are, all told,
| about 500 men.
The First Regiment and Battery \ en-
camp at Asheville, August - TO % and the
place selected IS about a mile from the
town. The regiment consists Of the fol
lowing companies: A-Fayetteville, B
Goldsboro, C-Winston, D-Charlotte,
II-Statesville, baskerville G-Shelby,
H-Waynesville, Durham, K-Asheyille
L-Concord, M-Lexington, Battery A
Charlotte. In charge is Colo
mel T. r. Robertson, OF Charlotte, assist
cd by Lieutenant Colonel Geo. E. Butler,
Of Clinton.
The Second Regiment encamps at More
head City July % to %, about a mile from
the Atlantic Hotel. The regiment is com
posed Of the following companies: A-Tar-
boro, B-Kinston, C-Wilmington, D
Goldsboro, E-Raleigh, F-Hertford G
Washington. H-Clinton, -Edenton, <
| Wilson, L-Waeant), M-MaXton. Col. II.
c. Bragraw, Of Washington is in charge,
| ,ritb I ia1Itnoonf roIonaj ~ ~ amos If
Wilmington.
The Third Regiment encamps at Green's
boro August 6 TO l., at Lindley Park. The
companies in the regiment are; A-salis-
bury, B-Raleigh, C-Henderson, D-Dur-
nam, E-Oxford, F-~Franklinton, G
! Reidsville, H-Warrenton, Huntington,
Mount Airy, L-Greensboro, M-San-
ford. The officers are Col. j. N. Craig,
ReidsviIle; Lieutenant Colonel S. W
Minor. oxford.
During the encampments instruction will
be given to the soldiers by Major +. II.
French, of the sixteenth Infantry, United
States Army, who has been detailed for
that duty. The regiments Will be reviewed
at some time during the encampments by
Governor Aycock. while Inspector General
Balm Will visit and inspect each camp
during the encampment.
The soldiers Will be uniformed for field
service, wearing the khaki brown. Re
QUESTION was made yesterday for magazine
rifles for the troops, these to be Of thirty
caIibre.
The full details Of the three encamp-
ments is set forth in the following order,
issued by the Adjutant General of the
State.
Raleigh, July II, 1903.
General Order No. i.
/. The annual encampment OF the North
Carolina National Guard, for the current
year, Will be held by regiments at the fol
lowing times and places:
Second Regiment. July 22nd to 2Sth,
both inclusive, at Morehead City.
Third Regiment. August 9Th to 18th.
both inclusive, at Greensboro.
First Regiment and Battery A., August
18th to 25th, both inclusive, at Asheville.
2. Each company is required to attend
camp with at least sevcnty-five per cent
CT It's muster roll, and a failure of any
company in this respect will deprive it
Of the usual annual appropriation.
8. The wearing of citizens clothing bv
officers and men while in camp Will be
prohibited, and company commanders will
not permit their men to carry unnecessary
baggage. No arms, except such as are
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allowed in camp.
4. Tents, fuel, ice. straw, subsistence.
lights, cooking utensils and medicine viii
be supplied to the troops free Of cost. and
ample kitchens and mess halls will be pro
yided.
3. Officers viii subsist themselves, kit
chens, cooking utensils and mess halls will
be provided. Mounted officers are required
to furnish their horses.
6. The Quarter-master General is charged
with the transportation Of the troops to
and from camp, and he will arrange the
same so as to reach camp not later than
$50 o'clock 2. NJ. on the day named for
each regiment to go into camp. Vouch-
ers for transportation will be furnished
by the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Z. The Quartormaster-General. with the
assistance Of the chief of engineers ana
RegTmental Quartermasters, will prepare
the camp grounds, erect tents, quarter the
troops, construct rife ranges and pro
vide the necessary ~conveniences for the
use and comfort Of the troops.
8. Reglmental commanders will order a
detail Of two men from each company to
report to their Regimental Q~uartermasters.
at places designated for the camps. at
least two days prior to the day named for
holding the encanpment of their respec-
tive regiments.
8. The Inspector Of Small Arms Practice
will cooperate with and aid the Quarter
master-General IN the construction of tho
rife ranges, and he will attend the en-
campment of each regiment for the pur-
pose of giving instruction in the work OF
his department.
10. The camp of each Regiment will be
under the and direction of its
commanding officer, and he will be held
responsible for the discipline and work
of the same.
II. The Surgeon-General is charged with
the care OF the sick, the hospitals and
general sanitary condition of the camps
and surroundings and all surgeons and hos
pltal stewards, Immediately upon their
arrival at camp, Will report to him for
orders and instruction. He will also see
mat surgeons travel on all military trains
to and from the places of encampments.
II. Major f. II. French, Sixteenth IN