The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-24
ON TO MANASSAS
ALABAMA TRooPs ARE GIVEN FULL
 INFORMATION.

I IMPORTATION.
 omcial Circular by General W. w. hrandon. Who Will Command the Regiment, Gives Direc- tions fer Journey. The one thousand Alabamians wno ] will form the list Alabama Provisional
 Infantry. which will participate in the Manassas maneuvers will be espe' l cially interested in Official Circular No 1. which was issued yesterday by
 Gen. W. W. Brandon, who will com.
 mand the regiment. The circular gives directions and prescribes regulations
 for, the troops in their journey from | their home stations to Manassas. In full. the circular is as follows: Headquarters Provisional Regiment. Alabama National Guard. Montgomery. Ala. Aug 23. 1908. Omcial Circular No. l.:
 instructions to govern officers in command of troops en route, quarter supervision of the entraining and de- training of troops in connection with the army maneuvers in Virginia, Sep tember 5th.
 |. 1. All commanding officers at home
 stations will designate an experienced
 officer as quartermaster to take charge of and superintend entraining of com mands. For the troops leaving Bir. mingham. Lieutenant Francis, Co. "K,'
 is detailed for this duty; for troops
 leaving Montgomery. Capt. Samuel
 Friedman, End infantry. These on'
 cers, with consent of commanding off,
 ficer. may make such details as are nec-
 essary for loading and unloading. The
 commanding officer of the 3rd 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 companies. The commanding officer of the 2nd in fantry will turn over to Capt. Samuel Freidman like amount from his stores in Montgomery. These officers will have charge of this property en route.
 and if there is more than one section
 to the trains, the commanding officer will detail a temporary quartermaster for each section.
 These officers will inspect all trains.
 see that they are properly iced, lamps filled and in working order, closets provided with necessaries. They will see that troops are quartered on each train not to exceed two on a seat. and none allowed to ride with standing room only. No baggage or other i'm . pedimenta will be taken in coach with | men. When the men step from the train they will leave nothing behind, and be ready to bivouac alongside of train. 2. These quartermasters will person. l ally supervise the loading of all bag gage, which will be placed in the car | in the following order:
 First-Oficers' baggage. 1 Second-Enlisted mems baggage. Third-Rations.
 Fourth-Hospital stores. Fifth-Tentage (wall tents). The tentage will be assigned as fol- | lows:
 l Field stan line ofiicer with rank of l captain, one wall tent.
 Subalterns officers every two, one wall tent.
 To every four enlisted men. one wall
 tent
 l One company cook tent for each com pany.
 1 Quartermasters will see that the | proper tentage Is allowed. These | quartermasters at Birmingham and Montgomery are authorized to hire l such such wagon transportation as IS
 absolutely necessary to move such
 equipage from armory to station. and | all such service must be covered al
 once by a regular bill, certified to or | its face as correct. approved by the | comma nding officer of the command I and mailed to the depot quartermaster | '. s. Army. Army Building, New York 1 City. for settlement.
 Baggage cars should come next to l stock cars, the baggage car containing travel rations fo rthe journey to Ma
 nassas being next to passenger coaches l 3. Captain Thad Partridge, commis l wil1 hqVa ChQFRa nf fPaVa1 a- tions of troops out of Montgomery
 and Capt. E. J. McCrossin of troops out
 of Birmingham. Company commanders will make requisition on them for
 same. If there is more than one sec tion, these officers will make details of
 assistants, placing an officer in charge
 of rations on each section. As to liquid coffee. the following extract
 from a letter of the chief commissary l Is published
 | The amount allowed for liquid cof
 fee Is 7c per man per meal, or 21c per
 man per day. This cannot be exceeded
 As the Treasury Department prohibits the transfer of Government funds to
 unbonded militia officers. there are
 only two methods of supplying liquid | coffee, as follows:
 | "1. The commissary of each train
 should supply himself with sufficient | rundS 10 buy the necessary liquid cof fee en route, and should arrange by | telegraph with someone at the stations | the train will reach at meal time for the liquid amount one pint per man ] per meal. to be ready for the men. For this. the commissary will pay, taking a
 receipted bill in duplicate on form 15, | the various columns of which must be l filled in by the commissary of the train. | using one line for each purchase, etc. | Upon return to the home station. after | maneuvers. the commissary will for | ward to this office form No. 19. with l receipted bills attached. upon receipt | of which check will be sent the com.
 missary for the amount he has properly l expended"
 As seen from the above extract, the commssary must have funds to pur- chase liquid coffee with. Company | commanders who desire coffee for their commands en route will furnish funds to the commissary who will expend the same and refund when the Government sends funds to replace. Company commanders can easily avail them
 selves of this opportunity without pe-
 cuniary loss Otherwise. the coffe can not be purchased.
 {. Captain R. Tyler Goodwin will
 have charge of the entraining and de-
 training of horses of troops leaving
 Montgomery. and Capt. E. J. McCros-
 sin will have charge of horses leaving
 Birmingham. These officers will de.
 tall some competent man to look after horses en route. All field and staff off, ficers, in order to secure transporta-
 ton for their horses, will have them