The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-08-25
BRANDON ISSUES
THE FIRST ORDER
Covers Movement of Troops TO
Manassas
ASSIGNMENT FOR DUTY
Company Commanders VIII Be Held
Responsible for Conduct of Men En-
Route and Strict Military Dis
cipllne viii Be Observed.

| The following official circular, No. l.,
has been issued by Gen. w. w. Bran
/ don. covering the movement of the
! Alabama provisional infantry to the
maneuvers at Manassas:
Headquarters Provisional Regiment,
Alabama National Guard,
/ Montgomery, Ala, August %, 1904.
Official Circular No. l:
| Instructions to govern officers IN
| command of troops en- route, quarter
masters and others charged with the
supervision of the entraining and de-
/ training of troops in connection with
the army maneuvers in Virginia, Sep
| TENDER 5th
1. All commanding officers at home
stations will designate an experienced
! officer as quartermaster to take charge
of and cuperintend entraining of COM
mands. For the troops leaving Bir-
mingham, Lieutenant Francis, Co. TX, !"
is detailed for this duty; for troops
leaving Montgomery, Capt. Samuel
Friedman, End infantry. These off,
GERS, with consent OF commanding Off
Ger, may make such details as are nee
essary for loading and unloading. The
commanding officer of the Bird infantry,
A. N. G., will turn over to Lieutenant
Francis enough camp equipment, such
as wall tents, poles and pins, ovens
and cooking utensils, for six COM
panies.
The commanding officer of the Second
infantry will turn over to Capt. Samuel
Friedman a like amount from his stores
in Montgomery. These officers Will have
charge of this property en- route, and
II there Is more than one section to the
trains, the commanding officer Will detail
y temporary quartermaster for each sec
/ ton
/ These officers will inspect all trains,
see that they are properly iced, lamps
/ filed and In working order. closets pro-
! vided with necessaries. They will see that
| troops are quartered on each train not
to exceed two on seat, and none allow
| ed to ride with standing room only. No
| baggage or other impediments will be
taken in coach with men. When the men
step from the train they will leave moth
Ing behind, and be ready to h,s ouac
alongside of train.
Personally Supervise Loading.
.. These quartermaster- will PERSONAL
ly supervise the loadilg of all baggage,
which will be placed in the car In the
following order:
First-Offcers' baggage.
Second-Enlisted mems baggage.
Third-RatiGns.
Fourth-Hospital stores.
Fifth--Tcntage (wall tents).
The lentage will be assigned as fol-
10y >.
Field staff line officer with rank of
captain, one wall tent.
/ Subalterns officers every two. one wall
tent.
To every four enlisted men, one wall
tent.
One company cook tent for each COM
pany.
| Quartermasters VIII see that the prop
or tentage is allowed. These quarter
masters al Birmingham and Montgomery
are authorized to hire such wagon trans
portation as Is absolutely necessary to
move such equipage from armory to sta
tion, and all such service must be COW
cred at once by a regular BILL certified
| to on its face as correct approved by the
commanding officer Of the command, and
mailed to the depot quartermaster, u. S.
| Army Army building, New York City
for settlement.
Baggage cars should come next to stock
cars, the baggage car containing travel
rations for the journey TO Manassas being
| next to passenger coaches.
Charge of Travelling Rations.
3. Capt. Thad Partridge commissary
will have charge of travel rations OF
troops out of Montgomery and Capt. e.
| J. McCrossin of troops out of Birming-
ham. Company commanders will make
| requisition on them for same. If there Is
| more than one section these officers will
| make details of assistants, placing an of
| ficer In charge of rations on each section
AS to liquid coffee. the following extract
from letter of the chief commissary is
published:
'The amount allowed for liquid coffee
| ts IN IL y
per day This cannot be exceeded Al
the treasury department funds to un
bonded militia officers, there are only two
methods of supplying liquid coffee, al
follows:
Il. The commissary Of each train shouIt
supply himself with sufficient funds t.
buy the necessary liquid coffee en- route
and should arrange by telegraph will
someone at the stations the train will
reach at meal time for the liquid amount
one pint per man per meal. to be read,
for the men. For this the commssar,
will pay, taking a receipted bill in du
plicate on form 10, the various columns
of which must be filled In by the commits
sary of the train, using one line for eaci
purchase, etc. Upon return to the HON,
station, after maneuvers, the commssar,
will forward to this office form No. 10
with receipted bills attached, upon re
|
commissary for the amount he has prop
erly expended"
AS seen from the above extract this
commissary must have funds to purchas.
liquid coffee with. Company commander
who desire coffee for their commands en-
route will furnish funds to the commits
sary who will expend the same and re-
fund when the government sends funds
to replace. Company commanders car
easily avail themselves of this opportun.
ity without pecuniary loss. Otherwise this
coffee cannot be purchased
In Charge Of Horses.
4. Captain r. Tyler Goodwin will have
charge of the entraining and detrainine
Of horses of troops leaving Montgomery
and Capt. e. j. McCrossin will have
charge of horses leaving Birmingham
These officers will detail some competent
man to look after horses enroute. All
field and staff officers, in order to secure
transportation for their horses, will hay.
them at one or the other of these points
and report the fact to these officers al
once. These officers will purchase forage
for such horses enroute as follows:
Twelve pounds of grain and fourteen
pounds of hay or each horse for ever,
day required to reach camp. The bill
for same, in duplicate, certified as correct
by the purchasing officer. and approved
by the commanding officer, will be sent
the chief quartermaster OF The division OF
which he is en- route, accompanied by q
statement of the number of horses and
number of day for which forage is pur-
chased. Application will be made to di.
vision quart prma at err Atlanta. "a for