Evening star., 1904-07-16
THE NATIONAL GUARD
Coming Annual Encampment
of Chief Interest.
NO AFTERNOON DRILLS
TAN SHOES WILL BE ISSUED TO
THE COMMAND.
Personnel of Brigade Team-Practice
at Harper's Ferry-Stamps
and Postal Cards.

Official announcement made yester-
day through the medium of general orders.
published in The Star that the annual en-
campment of the troops of the National
Guard of the District of Columbia will be
held near Harper's Ferry, W. Va begin
ming August 1 and terminating August IL
next. The village of canvas will be known
as Camp Ordway"
The entire brigade with the exception of
the 1st Battery, Field Artillery and the
Naval Battalion is under orders to as
semble at 7:30 o'clock Monday morning,
August 1, on New Jersey avenue near the
passenger station of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad. The brigade will be transported
to Harper's Ferry by special train consist
ing of three sections of nine coaches each.
The first section will pull out at 1850 O'Clock,
tne second section at 500 o'clock and the
third section at S:20 O'clock The members
of the lst Battery, Field Artillery, will start
at O'Clock in the morning, with their
horses, and disembark at Hal!town, two
and one-half miles from the camp The
battery equipment will be sent to Hall
town as freight Saturday, July 30 1t will
be an easier march for the battery from
Halltown than from Harper's Ferry to the
camO.
Routine of Duty.
Another order was issued today, setting
forth that the following routine of duty
will be observed each day, Sunday except
ed, during the encampment:
Reveille (frst calD, $40 am
Reveille, $3.50 I'M.
Mess call (breakfasD, m
Sick call, $50 a. M
Fatigue call. 6:3O am.
Drill first calD, 7:45 am
Assembly, am.
Recall from drill, II am
Mess call (dinner). 1915 pm.
Guard mounting, 1st Regiment, 1:15 pm.
Guard mounting, I'd Regiment 1:45 pm
Guard mounting, 1st Separate Battalion,
2:l5 pm.
Fatigue call. 4:15 pm.
Recall, 5 pm.
Retreat, $50 pm.
Mess call (supper), fifteen minutes after
retreat.
Call to quarters, 10 pm.
Taps, 1918 pm.
Reveille roll call will be followed by set
ting-up exercises by squads for ten minutes
In each company under the direction of its
commissioned officers.
The routine of duty for Sunday will be:
Reveille tfirst calD, 5:45 am.
Reveille. am.
Mess CALL $3.50 am.
Sick call, am.
Police of camp, 1:30 am.
Guard mounting, 1st Regiment, am
Guard mounting, I'd regiment, 9:3o a. m.
Guard mounting, 1st Separate Battalion.
10 am.
Mess call (dinner), 1890 pm
Dress parade (first cal), PM
Assembly, 5:15 pm.
Mess CALL fifteen minutes after parade.
Call to quarters 10 pm.
Taps, 1918 pm.
The foregoing is important for 1t shows
that drilling during the afternoon has been
eliminated.
Shoes Will Be Issued.
or decided interest to the entire COM
mand will be the information that shoes
will be issued to the enlisted men If the
same for requisition has been made ar
rive in time In the past there has been
decided lack of uniformity, so far as foot
wear is concerned, and last year black
shoes were worn with the khaki uniform.
If the rSquisition is filled in time and there
is every reason to believe that 1t will be-
the guardsmen will leave this city the lst
of August provided with the regulation tan
shoe, and the appearance of the soldier
boys in consequence will be more military
than in the past.
something of a problem. The issue will be
by battalions. One battalion a night win
visit the store room. the sizes of the shoes
worn by the members first having been
noted. The endeavor will be to fit the men
as perfectly as can be done through refer
ence to the lists of sizes. Clerks will be on
duty the following day to make exchanges
Company commanders will be required to
receipt for the shoes issued to their re-
Spective commands. After the close of
camp the shoes will be turned in, the same
rule that applies to the blue flannel shirts
being followed as regards the shoes.
Probable Attendance at Camp.
carefully conducted canvass the rasuy<