The San Francisco call., 1904-07-14
CAMP PLANS
ARE ARRANGED
Conference Between Mill
tary Authorities Settles
Troubles of State Troops
EMPLOYERS IN ACCORD
Various Commercial Bodies
Agree to Give Support
to National Guardsmen

A conference Of representatives OF
the regular army. the National Guard
and the Southern Pacific Company was
held at army headquarters yesterday
afternoon for the purpose of arranging
for the transportation of the State
military forces to the coming scene Of
maneuvers at Camp Atascadero. AS al
ready announced, the National Guards
men have been greatly annoyed by the
fact that the Southern Pacific Com
pany had informed the adjutant gen.
eral of the State that it would be un-
able to move the citizen soldiery on
Saturday, August 6, by reason of the
fact that on the following day 1t has
contracted to handle a large number
Of summer excursionists and has not
the necessary equipment to meet the
requirements Of the National Guards
men on the preceding day. 1t has been
maintained by the guardsmen that
many of their employers would not
grant them the much sought for per-
mission TO leave their labors a day
earlier in order to comply with the
orders issued by Major General Mac
Arthur of the regular army or the
no small amount of uneasiness on the
part Of Adjutant General Lauck.
MILITARY MEN CONFER.
Yesterdays conference was the re-
suit Of a meeting between the adjutant
general of the State and the railroad
officials on the previous day, when
General Lauck was confronted with
the obstacles that had suddenly arisen.
At yesterdays conference there were
present Colonel Josslyn, chief Of staff;
Colonel Patton, department quarter
master of the Department of Califor-
MIA, representing General Macarthur
during his absence; Major General
Dickinson, Adjutant General Lauck
and Colonel Wilhelm. inspector gen.
eral of the National Guard, and Mas
ter of Transportation Richardson and
Assistant General Passenger Agent
judah of the Southern Pacific Com
pany. After discussing the general
situation, in so far as it concerns the
State troops, it was the consensus Of
opinion of the officers that while the
convenience Of the guardsmen should
/ be considered in many ways, their OBJ
! jections to leaving for the camp on
/ Friday night were not well founded.
/ 1t developed at the meeting that Cen
/ eral Dickinson, commanding the guard,
/ had communicated with the Merchants
/ Association and other commercial
/ bodies of the State relative to granting
I their employees reasonable time in
which to go to camp and receive need
! ed instruction in military maneuvers.
/ WILL LEAVE FRIDAY.
These organizations had responded
/ in manner that plainly suggested the
willingness of employers to give their
I employees the time required and no par
ticular objection would be made to
! their leaving their labors Friday even
/ ing instead of Saturday. In conse-
quence it wasadecided that the State
! troops should be moved by the railroad
company Friday evening and be land
! ed at the camp Saturday morning.
About 2500 men of the National Guard
! will go to the camp. The railroad COM
pany estimates that seven trains will
! be necessary to handle the men and
! that sixty coaches, seven baggage cars
and a horse train will be necessary to
/ effect the prompt arrival Of the troops
at Camp Atascadero.
General Dickinson and Adjutant
! General Lauck are using their best eff
forts toward impressing upon the en-
| ployers of the State the Importance of
the coming maneuvers so far as the
National Guard is concerned and have
received many communications ex-
pressing sympathy in the movement,
which is the first to be undertaken in
conjunction with the regular troops
under the provisions of the new army
regulations.