Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-22

lively short time on any railroad In any
section Of the country for the same purpose.
Here at the Thoroughfare camp the ia
cilities furnished for detraining are said to
be perfect and almost the same system will
prevail at Manassas, the other large camp.
The troops at Gainesville win be detrained
at the railroad station there. There are two
distinct sets of sidfngs and special plat
form. According to the instructions of rail-
road officials the trains bearing the troops
Will be so made up that the baggage and
stock cars will be In front of the passenger
coz ches: The army orders direct each regi-
mental or organization, commander to have
proper force of men detailed to go with
the baggage and stock to attend to It's I'M
loading, etc. When the train arrives at the
camp station mile and a half beyond
TEoroughf2re station, the passenger cars
will be handled alongside, which is eighty
feet long. and the troops will leave the
coaches here. While the troops are getting
OUT. OF the cars the baggage and stock cars
Will be uncoupled and will be shifted to one
OF seven sioings just east OF the camp, each
OF which is three quarters of mile long.
Here the baggage and stock will be I'M
loaded into wagons waiting for it. and will
be transported TO the site os-@the camp
assigned the orgdniZat ton to which 1t be.
longs. In the meantime the troops viii
nave left the coaches al the platform and
Will have formed in column in an open field
beside the platform. from which point they
Will be marched to their eanips q guide be-
ing furnished by the quartermaster TO show
to go. When the coaches on which the
troops Travelled are emptied they will be
tagged with the name of the organization
which occupied them and placed on one of
the twenty-three sidings to the north of
the camp. where they will be stored until
the same organization needs them to re-
turn to its home station. The baggage
and stock coaches will be brought up as
soon as unloaded and attached to the pas
senger coaches on the siding. In this way
the officers of the railroad and the quar-
termasters department keep an accurate
account of all cars and have the cars in
readiness for the troops at the very first
call.
The Post Offices.
The troops that arrive here in the even
ing will probably spend their first night in
camp under shelter tents. Their equipment
OF regular camp tentage will be erected in
the morning. Post Office Inspectors Bulla
and Robinson were here last week arrang-
ing for the postal facilities for the camp
The post Office will be about fifty yards
from division headquarters, both here and at
Manassas Inspector Robinson is an old
hand at this sort OF work, having had
charge Of the military post Offices for the
troors in Cuba during the war with Spain
and in China during the ''unpleasantness"
there The postal officials desire to I'M
press on all who send letters TO the clmp
to be sire and put the number of the regi-
ment and the camp of the division. Thus
FFlNdte JOnf SiillH, ISL I-OrSld
Infantry. should have his letters addressed
to Private John Smith. Company e. list
Georgia Infantry. 1st Brigade. lst Division.
Narrower camp No I. Manassas. Va, Civ
ing til" number OF the division and the
camp pie niy and the number of the bri-
gade if possible. 1t must be remembered
that there are two camps. one at MANI ssas
and one at Thorougffaie. ard they are fif-
teen miles apart. Letters for naneGver
camp No. ,. at Gainesville. Va. should be
addre sSed to Gainesville Only corps head
quarters and tie press camp will lie located
there however a. L. +.