The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-15
ORDER FOR THE CAMP
INFORMATION FOR MEMBERS or
 GUARD.
Adjutant General Brandon Details Matters ConcePning Transporta- tion to the Brigade EncamD-
 ment at Owent0n.

By command of Governor Cunning ham a formal order was issued yes- terday from the offlce of Ad1utant General Brandon, giving detailed fn- formation concerning. the forthcom- | ing brigade encampment or the Aia- bama National Guard.
 The encampment begins next Mon day at Owenton near Birmingham with Brigadier General Louis V. Clark commanding.
 1 Yesterdays order was as follows: "1. The following general instruc- | tions and recommendations, for the conduct of a brigade encampment Of the Alabama National Guard during 1904 are hereby published for the in- formation and guidance of all con- cerned.
 "2. Commanding officers will hold I their commands in readiness to pro- ceed to the place of encampment at such time and at such place as desig- | mated In General Order No. [, and by such routes and as per schedules as 1 furnished by the quartermaster gen. | eral.
 B. The State pays for the trans- portation of officers and men, camp | equipage, and public property, to and from the encampment, and the com ! ' nations will not be required to ad- vance the transportation or to have any responsibility therefor. Each com pany will be allowed transportation and subsistence for two servants only. Transportation thus furnished by the State Is to be used only by officers. and duly enlisted soldiers of the Ala bama National Guard, properly uni formed, and travelling with their | commands, and the two servants with each organization.
 "(a). Each officer in command will be furnished by the Quartermaster General with transportation request which will be required to fill in for the number of men he brings into camp. These transportation requests will be presented to the local ticket agent of the railroad, who will take up same and issue one ticket, for the entire number of men present at the depar- ture of train, good for one passage to camp. Return transportation State | having procured reduced rates over the railroads applicable only to off, cers and men when in uniform. going to and returning from camp with their commands, no transportation can be paid or allowed officers or men travel ing under other circumstances. unless upon a certificate of disability of the surgeon of regiment. separate bat talion or squadron. No transportation will be issued to officers or men trav- cling separate from their commands either goinN to or returning from the camp. This provision will be rigidly enforced, and the Quartermaster Gen. eral will take no heed to any request conflicting herewith.
 "(b). Immediately upon the receipt Of this order the commanding officer of each infantry regiment, the caval- ry squadron and artillery battalion are required to furnish the Quarter master General with a list of the members of their respective staffs for whom they desire transportation. This list to show the postofflce address of each.
 "(c). No baggage will be checked to camp. The duartermaster sergeant of each organization will be required to take charge of all impedimenta of company during journey to and from camp Returning from camp, regi- mental quartermasters are specially charged with seeing that the baggage Of each company Is loaded intact, in car, before that of another company is loaded therein. Those companies hav- ing the longest distance to travel. by any route, will load first, the com panies stationed nearest camp, will load their baggage last. Thus avoid ing delay to trains resulting from ne- cessity of uncovering hidden, and col lecting scattered baggage.
 "(d). Commanding officer of each organization will immediately upon arrival at camp. furnish in writing to the quartermaster general a certified statement of the number of men fo, whom he filled out transportation re. quest
 "(e). No transportation will be fur. nished unless the foregoing provision, are compiled with.
 4. Company commanders must ar. range Tor the subsistence of thei, commands to and en route from camr and the State will not be responsibIs Tor any bills incurred therefor.
 D. The pro rata share due each regiment. separate battalion an6 squadron will. as provided by law. he available to each for the payment o, all expenses of subsistence of officers and men, and other necessary atterd. ant expenses of camp. The State can. not be responsible for any bills for anv purpose whatever incurred over ana aoove the sum allotted to each unda, the provisions of the act quoted ir full below" All
 Here Is appended the Legislative on. actment providing for the annual milf. tary appropriation.