Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-20
SECOND REGIMENT.
Instructions for the Annual Tour of
 Duty at Mantle.

 ! Colonel T. H. sucher has issued gen. eral orders to the Second regiment for the encampment at Mantle next month, as foIlows
 General Orders No B:
 l In pursuance of general orders No 6, 1 brigade headquarters, Connecticut Ma tionaI Guard, dated South .Norwalk,
 July 9, 1903, this regiment will pro- 1 ceed to the state military rendezvous at Mantle, on Monday, August 10, 1905, ! for six days camp duty.
 1 Each company commander will sta- I ton guard at each door of the car
 occupied by his command, both going l to and returning from Mantle. and no
 enlisted man will be allowed to pass 1 from car to car except on presentation 1 of pass in proper form. 1 Khaki uniform will be worn, with
 blankets, overcoats, haversacks, can- 1 teens and eating utensils Blue uni 1 forms will be taken for use when or ] dered Black shoes will be worn with the blue uniforms Tan shoes may be I worn with the khaki uniform. Each
 man will provide himself with white I collars, white gloves and white trou- sers.
 1 Officers and men will prepare for I special exercises in the constructlon l and use of field Notifications and hasty
 entrenchments, in street column ana 1 square, and in laying out, pitching ana l breaking camp, for which detailed 1n- l struction will follow. Officers are re 1 ferred to the army manual for tent l pitching.
 1 Organizations will pitch their respec- l tive camps on arrival at the state mlll- \ I Nh n- l vas for enlisted men will be pitched be- l fore, except for non-c commission stan l officers and cooks.
 Lieutenant Dwight E. Bowers, pay
 master, is hereby detailed as acting reg l imentaI commissary in addition to his | other duties, vice Lieutenant Chauncey l P. Gosg. IT, absent with leave.
 The acting regimental commissary
 and commissary sergeant and all cooks l wilI report to the commissary- general l at the state militia rendezvouz on Sat- 1 ur1ay, August 8, 1908, between and
 4 D. m Company commanders will l provide their cooks with orders direct 1 ing them to report as above, which the l cooks will present to the commissary- general when they report to him. I Company commanders wdll make re- l quisittons on the quartermaster-gen eraI for railroad tickets not later than l July 25. They will make acquisitions on the acting commi issary general direct l for rations on or before August 6, 1903. Particular attention is called to the
 directions regarding payrolls and pay l for extra duty, and to the regulations l about baggage; also to the law and reg ! ulations regarding absence.
 Company commanders will detail an officer to see that the rifles of their re- spective companies are in perfect con dition before leaving camp on August
 15, and report to the inspector of small arms practice.
 Company commanders will see that the strictest discipline is maintained at
 all times. They will be held responsi-
 b1e for prompt roll calls and the pres
 ence of a commissioned officer thereat l who will report the result to the ad- jutant of his respective battalion thor
 ough policing of streets and quarters, quick formations at the first sound of the assembly lights out and quiet at ! and after taps, and the carrying out of all orders from superior authority in their measures as are necessary to se- cure these ends and make the record
 of this regiment excel if possible the one made in any previous camp.
 COL THEODORE H. SUCKER. ! THOMAS T. WELLES.
 | Captain and Adjutant