The Washington times., 1905-07-30

ciaI directions and the Naval Battalion
viii assemble August >. at the aTmOrieSI
in ample time TO march thence and reach
the New York avenue station of the Bal
timore and Ohio railroad. promptly at
7;45 o'clock q. m.
BY command OF Brigadier General
Harries:
L. NJ. BRETT
Adjutant General,
All in Readiness.
Practically everything is in readiness
for the outing. A corps of about fifty
men have been working on the camp
grounds for a week or more. and all
the Guardsmen viii have to do when
they arrive will be 70 hoist the tents
which they find on the ground and drive
in the pegs which support the guy
ropes. It is believed that the soldiers
win be under canvas by noon or short
" after.
Friday morning Lieutenant Lockltn,
of the Signal Cor1s. took his organiza-
ton TO Harpers Ferry to rig up the
telephone and telegraph systems. When
General Harries and the brigade arrive
at Bolivar Heights the system will be
in order. and telephone connections OBJ
tained as easily as in Washington
Major Neumever. quartermaster and
commissary general. who has the all-im-
portant duty of seeing that the men
are properly fed, says he is prepared to
feed the men on the Fat Of the land
during the encampment AT present he
has several men at Harpers Ferry ar
ranging for provisions. which are TO be
delivered at camp each day.
Almost every day last week supplies
OF some sort or another We're shipped
to Harpers Ferry by Major Neumeyer.
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more will go tomorrow and Tuesday.
The bread the militiamen eat will be
shipped from a Washington bakery.
When the company cooks are feeling
good they viii treat the soldiers to
corn pones' or egg bread
Four car loads Of equipments have
beer shipped TO the camp. including
two cars hlled wirh hay and straw for
the horses
Fifty men now on the camp site are
busy MARKING off the space to be occu-
pied by the various organizations.
Brigade Alignment
This is the order in which the brigade
Will entrain:
First section. carrying the First Bat
terry. Field Artillery, the battery horses.
officers horses. and officers personal
baggage, and the cooks VIII leave the
Baltimore and Ohio freight depot at
a. m.
The second section. carrying the gen
eraI staff. Second Regiment. and Am
bulance Corps, viii leave at 80 a. m.
The third section. carrying the First
Regiment, the Brigade Band. and tho
ocrps of field music. viii leave at sos
n.
The fourth section, carrying the First
Separate Battalion and officers serv-
ants. at $50 n. m. Officers servants
viii be allowed On the fourth section
only.
may famiilarize themselves with the
work they will be called upon to do
while in camp. General Harries has an
nounced the following as the order Of
exercises during the ten days:
Wednesday, August Pitching and
policing camp. Parade by the Second
Regiment. S p. m, officers call: lecture
in the lecture tent at brigade headquar-
Jers by Major George Henderson. sur
geon general. District of Columbia
militia: subject. Camp Sanitation, %
After remarks by the commanding gen
eral. a discussion Of the subject Of the
lecture. open 10 all officers. Will be in
order.
Thursday. August SIS TO 8 o'clock a.
m. school of the company. close order,
70 10 o'clock a. m, school Of the bat
TALON, close order 10 to II clock a. m.
school of the regiment. close order, 1:20
o'clock p. m. general fatigue, at which
officers and men not on other duty Will
turn out for general policing Of the
camp beginning at brigade headquarters
and ending at the company sinks The
acting quartermaster general will fur
nish wagons for the removal Of rubbish.
3 o'clock p m. officers call; officers OF
the First Regiment and Of the Second
Regiment viii assemble at the head
quarters OF their respective regiments.
and those OF the First Separate Bat
TALON at the headquarters Of that bat
taIiou for instruction in such military
subjects as are pertinent TO the camp
work and field exercises, for discussion
of the complete exercises ard for consid
Grafton Of those about TO occur. / o'clock
p. M, recall. Absentees from this assem-
bly, viii be reported by regimental adju-
tants and the adjutant OF the First Sep
arate Battalion. respectively. to brigade
headquarters, not later than O'Clock L.
b., August 2
Day of Hard Drill.
Friday. August IS to $40 o'clock a.
M. school of the company. close order.
so 10 o'clock a. IN. the SQUAD, in
extended order to 1o o'clock a. IN,
school of the battalion. close order 10
L. II o'clock a. m. school of the regi-
ment. close order. 3 p m. officers call;
company officers and all non-commis-
stoned officers will be instructed IN the
use of the emergency frst aid package
field officers Will attend the assembly;
company officers will report 70 the sur
geon general District of Columbia