The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-11
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detailed Captain George A Huron. brig
ade quartermaster; Captain Horace NJ.
Phillips, brigade commIssary and Cap
tain Clad Hamilton. officer of the en-
gineers. and all on the brigade staff. to
get busy at once without waiting for
the encampment to begin
These officers have considerable pre-
limfnary work to do, and the special or
der detailing them for work at once
starts their pay as officers Of the army
of the state of Kansas. Captain Hamil-
ton, known as His Honor by police
court offenders in civil life, has already
been at work drawing plans for laying
out Camp Bailey at Ninewood park.
and he will have his hands full until
the camp is fully established Captain
Huron viii look after the tents and 9TH
er supplies which may be issued him by
the quartermaster general, and Captain
Phillips viii look after the commissary
supplies.
Governor Bailey and his staff will
also attend the encampnent- Governor
Bailey, by reason of his office lis COM
mander-in-chief OF the army and navy
OF the state of Kansas. His staff is
made UP of the adjutant general and
assistant general. the military altlche
designated BY the president from the
regular army officers as 4 sort of in
structor for the militia; the judge advo-
cate general. instructor general. pay
master general, surgeon general, quar-
ter master general and three aides.
The executive officer of the states
military department is Adiutant Gen
eral s. H Kelsey. He has the rank of
a bFigadier general and he issues all the
. general and special orders. The assist
ant adjutant general, H. w. Brent has
the rank of colonel.
The military attacne on the COVER
nor's stan is Brigadier General H. B.
Freeman. a real general in the regular
army. now retired. All the other Off
GERS on the governors staff are colCnels
except the aides. who are lieutenant
colonies The judge advocate general
exercises Jurisdiction over the encalnp-
ment in accordance with the militia
laws-that is. ne is the legal officer e
the militia.
Colonel Nelson H. Loomis. the inspec-
tor general. viii attend all camps anG
drills and he must make a detailed re-
port on them and on the pitching Of
tents and the performance of routine
duties The paymaster general, Colonel
Charles ) Elliott. not only handles the
money to pay of the men. but the gen
eral orders say that he must see that
the cooks do their duty-that is. that
when they are hired to cook they must
Colonel H O'Donnell, the surgeon
general, will look after the sanitary
conditions of the camp. prescribe for
the sick men. and bind up the dead and
wounded after the battles. There is a
hospital corps with each of the two
regiments to look after the details of
this work The three aides, Lieutenant
~-0ASANA AeA4AA L. LAaNASs l-lCulHudlL
Colonel f. g. Bergen, and Lieutenant
Colenel s. F. Woolard, are the COVER
nor's personal messengers.
Brigadier General J. w +. Hughes will
be IN actual command of Camp Bailey.
he is the head of the field and stan.
THE MOBILIZATION OF TROOPS.
The Rock Island and the Santa Fe will
get the large end OF the business Of ha ~
ing the troops to Topeka The schedules
have been completed for the mobilization
of all the troops except Company @. Sec
ond regiment, which comes from Osborne
and the hospital corps of the First regi-
ment. which comes from washington
Company F. Second regiment. of I-arnefl
viii start on the Santa Fe at $40 Sunday
evening. Company c of Sterling and Com
pany z Of Hutchinson will Join the same
train. reaching Topeka at $40 Monday
morning.
Just ahead of these viii come Company
It, Second regiment, from Newton; Com
pany and the Second Regiment band
from Enportas and Company b First reg