The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-11-28

! twice the depth of the present clear
| ing, or old parade ground, approx
| mately / 500 feet. A tract suitable
for rifle range 100 yards wide by 1000
yards long; and to construct the range
and pits thereon. TO provide adequate
and ample transportation facilities, in
Guiding such sidings and spur tracks
! as the QuartermasterS Department
should deem necessary for camp pur-
poses to erect platforms and necessary
storage warehouse for the aCcOmmO-
dation of stores and to provide re-
| frigeratOr car for caring for perish
able stuff. To establish a telegraph
office at the grounds. TO provide AIDE
quate and satisfactory transportation
facilities from camp to Morehead City
which, upon completion of Beaufort
and Western Railroad will be eX-
tended to Beaufort Rate of fare to
| be 10 cents for round trip to More
head, 25 cents to Beaufort For their
part, the mayor and aldermen of no
town of Morehead agree to provide
all necessary and suitable buildings
| for the use and convenience Of the
| troops To put the grounds in thor.
ough condition for occupancy, clean
ing and removing all distractions
grading the bluff down to the waters
edge, and endeavoring to secure a
grass growth on said lands. TO pro-
vide suitable and adequate water sup
! ply, by driven pumps. Said pumps.
which are to be taken up at the termi-
nation of each encampment are tC
be cared for and re-driven prior to
each successive encampment, To
provide ample lights and their care
these lamps to be filled with glass
LILO Il ct ynaf
| lighting, and to be located at each
pavilion and kitchen and company
streets. Upon the completion of cleo
/ trio light plant they might extend that
! SerVice-though this is not positive.
To put in the Bell telephone service
/ for use at camp. TO care for and
maintain the grounds and buildings
| during the period in which the site
is used as permanent camp site.
! The preparation of the camp grounds
! is TO be under the direction and super
vision of the Chief of Engineers North
Carolina National Guard, and to his
satisfaction
THE Wrightsville bid consists of the
/ tender of the old cam1 ground loolteG
J on Summers Rest, containing 10i
acres, more or less. and with a front
/ age of approximate 400 feet, and
| the donation of $1,000. as follows:
"Twenty-five hundred dollars dawn
and $500 yearly thereafter for five sue
cessive wears to be used in the prepare
ton of the site Cor q permanent en-.
campment by tho North Carolina
| Guard, with no provision FOR the flu
ture maintenance of the grounds and
buildings. A target range TO be To-
Gated on the -Hanlarocks, north OF rail
road, 1000 yards long
After duly considering the forego-
2. Il -F,.l1
| over the res DectiVe sites we unani-
! mously select the site offered at More
hear for . permanent encampment
We beg to submit with this report. the
| information that we threw OFT at the
meeting with the committee from each
place bidding, the idea of having two
camp sites. asking if this was done
would their proposition hold good.
The committee from Morehe1d signf-
fed their willing to that; the Whining
ton committed stated that theil
proposition was. based upon the estab-
| lishment of the permanent encamp.
ment Of all the troops only.
"Our reason for reaching our con
clusion i'm this selection are as fol
= lows:
First The site offered at More,
head resents frontage adequate for
/ our needs and is of an area in such
shape as best suits the purpose for
| which it is to be used, while that al
/ Wrightsville, though containing about
| the same acreage. is in such shape
that it is impracticable to make it
conform to our needs; further the
frontage was but 1,400 feet, or there
abouts.
Second At Morehead the railway
tracks run through the site, Offering
an easy means Of enhancing and de
training troops. and the handling Of
baggage and quartermaSter's stores
Whereas at Wrightsville the site is 10
Gated a considerable distance from the
railroad rendering the use of a large
| number of teams necessary. which
| would occasion delay and cost.
Third The still water bathing ia
cilites at Morehead are practically at
our feet available at no cost to the
men while at Wilmington the exercise
of this function would require travel
by rail to the beach, where sea and
sound are reached.
Fourth. The proposed location of
target range at Morehead is near
camp and suitable to our uses At
Wilmington on the HammOcks.
reached only by rail travel and in
our judgment impracticable. A suit
| able target range to meet the require
ments is not available at or near
! Wrightsville in connection with the
site that is offered for an encampment.
"All of which is respectfully submit
| ted.
"(Signed) j. f. Armfeld, Brig Gen,
| n. c. n. G., President of Board.
| "(Signed) T. r. Robertson, Brig.
Gen. and Adj't Cen
"(Signed) Francis Macon, Brig.
! Gen and @. N. G.
''(Signed) j. N. Craig, Colonel Third
Infantry. N. c. N. G..
"(Signed) H. G. Bragaw, Colonel
| Second Infantry, Recorder.
"(Signed) j. L. Ludlow, Colonel and
| Chief of Engineers.
"(Signed) j. T. Gardner. Colonel
| First Infantry"