The Paducah sun., 1905-08-02
First Mess Enjoyed at the En-
campment Grounds at Noon.
Signal Corps Joins the Officers Who
Arrived Yesterday and Are
at Work.
SOME OF THE CONTRACTS LET

signal corps of Is men arrived from
Frankfort this morning at $40
O'Clock and Immediately went to
Wallace park to begin preparing the
camp for the state encampment.
Capt. Frank Rash, of Darlington,
went out as chief engineer to lay off
the grounds and before noon the
kitchens, hospital, and headquarters
were all established and most of the
signal work done. Captain Donald
son is an expert electrician and will
have one of the most complete sig
nal systems possible to imagine.
The freight of the signal appa-
rati weighed 1,7S0 pounds. this be-
ing the batteries. etc. The signal
corps is composed of operators, line
men and electricians and is sta
toned at Frankfort, being a new
departments recently organized and
maintained. 1t is the object to have
flash lights all over the camp and
drill the privates and officers in sig
nal sending so that flashes can be
understood as we'll as orders on the
bugle or drum.
The signal corps is given a right
by law to tap in on any company
wire, but this will not be done. The
permission will be asked and secur-
ed first from the telephone and tel
egraph companies il the company
lines are used at all.
Quartermaster General Harry G.
Tandy this morning unloaded two
more cars of equipment which arriv-
ed late yesterday afternoon and has
the tents placed convenient to being
put up. He closed several contracts
today but will not have them all
closed before night. He has to con-
tract for provisions, oil, horses and
in fact everything connected with
stocking and maintaining the camp.
He will be unable to close con-
tract for the horses to be used be-
fore the expiration of a week because
he Is unable to estimate the number
to be used. When the necessary data
is in, he will close this contract.
which will mean great deal in
horse hire for the entire encamp-
ment.
On Monday morning the SECOND
regiment band of Frankfort will ar
rive and remain throughout the Sec
ond regiment encampment. The band
consists of "a men and is an excel
lent one.
The Louisville First Regiment
band has disbanded and will not
come, the Third Regiment band of
Owensboro being secured for the
First and Third Regiment music.
This band will arrive on the 18th
following the departure of the Sec
ond Regiment band on the 14th.
Today at noon the first camp din
nem was eaten at the park. IL was
partaken of by the officers now here
and the signal corps. The signal
corps and officers will continue to.
take their meals in camp and will
live in true soldier style.
The preliminaries are now we'll
under way and before the week is
out the camp will be in readiness for
the Second regiment which comes
first.
The officers here now are all clev-
er. intelligent young men. and are
among Kentucky's most prominent
personages both socially and official
ly. There are many of the most
prominent young men in the state
in the state militia and
they will doubtless all be
well treated while here. II they are
all as courteous as the advance
guard, Paducah will regret the end
of the encampment very much.
Adjutant General Percy Haly and
Lieutenant Beckham will arrive to-
morrow, the latter being the inspec-
tor of the United States army sent
here to remain during the encamp-
ment. General Haly win be here
the greater part of the time of the
encampment.
The Illinois Central will run spe-
cial trains into Paducah from all
directions on every day that Cover
nor Beckham is in the city The rate
for those days has not been an
nounced.
On every Friday and Saturday