The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-21
The Consolidated Conpany's Plans to
Handle the Crowds.
All of the Companies Will Arrive in
City By Three O'clock This After
1oon-Preparations Complete at
Encampment Grounds for Their
observation-disclosures ThrOn@s lex
Week.

The Wilmington Light Infantry, i'll
command Of Captain w. F. Robertson
and Lieutenants J. McRee Hatch and
Thomas r. OrrelI, will go to camp to-
day with practically it's full strength.
The members are showing great en-
thusiasm in the preparations for camp
and it is safe to assert that no company
will make Il finer showing or a better
record than will this one.
The company is ordered to assem-
BILE at the armory this afternoon at 2
o'clock and shortly after that time they
will be taken, on special cars, to
Wrightsville Sound.
The roster will be as follows:
Nash, r. n, Whitney, Davis, George,
Potts, Cantwell, Cause, Hall, Peschau,
Davis, ]. H., Walker, Smith, A. c.
Banck, Bell, Bodwen, Catlett, Davis,
P. W., Davis, G. r., Everett, Gibbons,
Faison, Cause, Holmes, P NJ. Holmes,
Ed, Jenkins, MacRae, Mills, Moore,
McKoy, L. B., McKoy, r. II, Meares,
Morse, Myers, Orrell, Post, Roy
all, Smith, Switzerland, Walters,
YODp, James H., and Lynch.
COMPANIES TO ARRIVE TODAY.
By late this afternoon the camp
grounds at Summer Rest will have
taken on great life and activity. as it
is expected hat all of the companies
OF the Second and Third regiments Of
the North Carolina National Guards
will have arrived I'll the city by three
o'clock and be taken directly through to
Wrightsville. On arrival at the camp
the men will have te pitch their own
tents, this being a feature Of the mill
tary instruction that camp life is d.
sired to afford.
Three special trains will arrive is
the city today with troops, these COM
ing from Sanford and TarbOrO on the.
Atlantic Coast Line, and from Raleigh,
Henderson and Oxford Oh the Sea-
board Air Line. The Sanford special
is scheduled to arrive at 1:30 p. NJ, the
TarbOro special at 2 p. M, and the S.
A. L. special at 1880, nOon~
Elaborate preparations have been
made by the railroads over which the
troops are routed for the perfect hand
ling of the trains. Strict ORDERS have
been issued by the officers TO guard
against danger while en- route, to pre-
vent a possible repetition of q, disaster
that befeTI several soldiers White on the
return trip from MOrehead City last
year, where the encampment was held.
The special trains on arrival here will
be turned over at once to the Z. r. l..
0y,J ID ~ D~1 +,1-ar ~ &f,o C0~r3
There are 30 companies in the two
regiments, and two bands, and It is ex-
pected that between 1900 and 1000
men will be in camp.
The companies i'll the regiments are:
RECOND REGIMENT.
Co. plymouth.
Co. G-Washington.
Co. A and Band-Tarboro.
Co. K-WilsOn.
Co. D-GoldsbOrO.
Co. E-Goldsboro.
Co. L-Lumber Bridge.
Co. F-Fayetteville.
Co. M-MaXton.
Co. H and Hospital Detachment
Clinton.
Co. B-KinstOn.
Co. C-Wiimington.
THIRD REGIMENT.
Co. G and Hospital Detachment
Reidsville.
Co. L-GreenSbOrO.
Co. Huntington.
Co. B and Band-Raleigh.
Co. H-Warren Plains.
Co. E-OXford.
Co. C-Henderson.
Co. D-Louisburg.
Co. F-Franklinton.
Co. K-Raleigh.
Co. M-SanfOrd.
The return movement will begin
next Wednesday morning, camp being