The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-10
MILITARY MOVING
Advance Sections ArrIv-
ing at Morehead.
Over 1900 Soldiers and the Various
Staff Officers Will Arrive at the
Camp by Tomorrow
Night.

Night.
Advance SQUADS of the National
Guard of the State moved on More
head City yesterday and others go TO-
dav. to prepare for the full movements
Of the Second and Third Regiments on
Wednesday.
Thirteen hundred men will be gain
cred under the tents at the camp near
Morehead City by tomorrow night Tor
~ haIf-past four o'clock the last
troops are to leave the train at the
camp. Then rank and file, the militia
of the State will be ready for its camp
life. lasting from August 10 to August
70.
The camp is located a short distance
from the A. & ~ c. r. r. track two
miles this side of Morehead city. ii
is SAYS Colonel Francis A. Macon
Quartermaster General, IAN ideal place
FOR a camp, and the soldiers Will nave
ample opportunity for drill, for BATH
ing and for fishing" The camp ground
is now prepared, and when the troops
arrive it will be given a name by the
brigade commanders.
The matter of money, when 1t is
coming TO you, is pleasant to talk
about The disbursng officer OF the
Guard has received from the Secretary
of War $4,000 with which to pay for
all the items of expense, to pay Tor
transportation and subsistence. There
has already been placed on the
grcunds the heavy groceries, hams,
bacon, flour, sugar and coffee, while
this afternoon 10000 pounds of bread
will reach the camp from Washington
CITY.
The movement to the camp requires
fifty baggage and passenger coaches,
and in addition tC the two regiments
and the battery from Charlotte, there
will be the staffs of the Adjutant Cen
eral, the Brigadier General, the In
spector General, the QuartermdSter
General, and the Paymaster Genera l.
To accommodate these there will be
eco regular tents, 81 officers wall tents,
hospital tents, 20 conical tents. There
VIII be three priVates to Il regular
tent, fourteen to a conical tent. Inc
hospital tents will be used for the Ad-
julant Generals headquarters, the
Quartermaster Generals office, and the
Regimental Commanders head4uar-
ters.
A new feature this year will be the
medical department. This will be III
charge of Col. Robert s. Young. of
Concord. and with him he will have a
hospital corps composed OF six doctors,
six surgeons and thirty-SiX stewards.
All the surgeons of the Guard will be
under the charge of Col. Young.
AS to the military equipment of the
companies, the report is that the com
panies are completely equipped as to
uniforms and -Jorkensens. The
battery of seVenty-five men from Char
lotte will carry three siX-pounders, two
howitzers, three Cuttings and eighteen
II officers
above the grade of captain will be
mounted, and eighty horses Will be re-
quired. Fifty of these come from
Washington, n. c., and the officers pay
for these. There will be two bands,
fully equipped in New York uniforms
and with new instruments. These
bands come from Reidsville and Rocky
Mount.
The Various Stats.
The Commander-in-Ch is Cover
nor Charles Brantley Aycock, his per-
Sonal staff being composed of Col. i.
NJ Pearsall, Military Secretary, and
Aide de Camps, Col Joseph E. Robin
son, Goldsboro; Col. JohE S. Cunning
han, Person; Col. j. Harper Erwin,
Durham Col. w. d. Pollock, Kinston,
and Col. Geo. l.. Morton, Wilmington,
Naval Aide. The Governof and his
staff go to the camp on the 18th and
the review takes place on the lbth.
Adiutant General b. S. Register, of
oxford, staff Col. Alfred Williams,
Of Raleigh, Assistant Adjutant Gener,
al; Major William Lands, of Oxford.
Assistant Adjutant General; Major
VIM. +. Massenburg, of Oxford, AS
sistant Adjutant General
Col. Francis A. Macon, of Hender-
son, Quartermaster General. Staff:
Lieutenant Colonel w. e. Gary, OF
Henderson, and Major w. III. Smith, OF
GoldsbOro, Assistant Quartermastel
General.
Col. Theo. H. Balm, of Goldsboro, in
spector. Staff: Major w. G. Lewis, Of
Goldsboro, Major NJ. Manly, of New
Bern Assistant Inspector Generals.
Col. Solomon Gallert, of Rutherford
ton, Commissary General. Staff; Col
Wescott Robertson, of High Point Mai
T. S. Fuller, of Raleigh: Maj i. IL
kirkpatrick, of Waynesville, Assistant
Commissary Generals.
Col. Walker Taylor, of Wilmington
Paymaster General, and Maj. w. T
Robertson, OF Wilmington, Assistant
Iaymaster General.
Col. Robert S. Young, of Concord
Surgeon General. staff: Lieutenant
Colonel b. r. Hunter, of Kings Noun
tain, Assistant Surgeon General Maj
Chas. S. Jordan, of Asheville. Maj. t
IL. Holmes, Clinton, Maj. L. II. Brooks