Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-10

CAMP ORDWAY,
NEAR BOLIVAR, w. Va,
August 10, 1905.
The encampment of the troops of the Ma
tional Guard Of the District of Columbia is
drawing to a close. The brigade will be in
Washington tomorrow afternoon, and at
o'clock will give parade or be reviewed on
the White Lot. The orders for breaking
camp. issued this afternoon, provide that all
guards will be held for duty tomorrow until
the troops disembark at Washington, when
they will report to their respective COM
manding officers. The officers of the guard
will turn over before am. to the camp
quartermaster all public property furnished
for the of the guard, and obtain receipt
for the same on the guard report book; the
guard report book will then be turned in to
the acting adjutant general.
Immediately after breakfast tomorrow the
cooks will prepare lunch, and viii then thor
oughly clean the ranges and all the kitchen
utensils preparatory to packing. Ice boxes
will be taken from the ground and the hole
filed and the ground around the kitchen
thoroughly policed. Officers In charge of
messes will supervise this work The kitch-
will be twice inspected by the camp
commissary between the hours of 8 a. m. and
IL am.
The first inspection will be made to as
certain If all utensils are clean and in
proper condition to pack; the second, to
ascertain if the field ovens and other
utensils are properly packed in the same
condition when received and these in
structions carefully followed Cooks will
remain at their kitchens until after the
second inspection. When the inspecting
officer has found the kitchen in proper
condition he will give a certificate to that
effect, SO that the cook may receive his
pay.
Cooks will turn in their blankets and
ponchos to the camp quartermaster be
tween the hours of II o'clock IN. and 10
o'clock noon. and will then receive their
pay They will retain their badges until
the badges are taken up on the train
Unless specially authorized by the quar-
termaster's department, no civilian will be
taken on the fourth section without a
badge rhe officer in charge of this section
will take up all badges on the train.
The general" will be sounded at IL
o'clock noon, at which signal all tents will
be simultaneously struck. The tents will
be dropped to the right and carefully folded
and tied, ready for shipment. Tent pins
will be piled at the end Of the company.
street nearest the color line. Tent poles for
hospital, wall and common tents will be
tied in sets. Bed sacks will be emptied on
the color line and will then be folded and
placed In battalion piles, ready to be turned
into the quartermaster's department.
Assembly" Sounded at P. N.
Assembly will be sounded at 1 pm.
at which all the Command will be assem-
bled, and will march to Harpers Ferry,
there to entrain for Washington
The personal baggage of officers, not ex-
ceeding in any instance the authorized
weight. will be packed. marked and on the
color line not later than o'clock am.
Baggage will be unloaded in Washington
at the New York avenue station OF the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad.
Each regiment and battalion commander
will designate two men, armed and equip
ped,to act as wagon guards. the detail to
report to the Quartermasters of their re-
spective organizations AS soon as the
baggage has been transferred from the
wagons to the cars one man will report
Immediately to his commanding officer
The other will remain with the baggage
and, under the direction of his regimental
or battalion commander. see that the bag
gage is delivered at It's proper destina ton
In Washington without expense to the
militia. First Lieut.. William A. Duvau.
quartermaster. Sd Battalion. will be in
charge of the baggage on the train. and
will supervise the carrying out of these
instructions. Commanding officers of the
separate organizations will report to The
acting auartermaster general for special
instructions as to the handling of their
baggage.
The special train will be moved as follows:
First section. carrying the LIST Battery,
Field Artillery. the battery horses, officers
DagRARP. o.
parture at ! o'clock pm.
Second section, carrying the general staff,
I'd Regiment and Ambulance Corps; depar-
ture at o'clock pm.
Third section, carrying the 1st Regiment
the brigade band and the corps of field
music: departure at 2:l5 o'clock d m
Fourth section, carrying the LIST Separate
Battalion, officers servants, cooks and wait
ers; departure at 2:30 pm.
Omcers servants. cooks and walters will
return to Washington on the fourth section.
The Signal Corps will return to Washing
ton not later than next Sunday.
Upon the return to Washington the troops
will be reviewed on the White Lot at 8
o'clock pm.
Most Strenuous Day.
This is probably the most strenuous day
OF the encampment. not only for the
guardsmen. but well for the troops Of
the regular army In camp here. Under
threatening clouds two provisional bril-
gades marched away from camp shortly
after o'clock this morning. The first pro-
visional brigade was made up of the LIST
Regiment, Companies A and B: LIST Sepa-
rate Battalion. platoon of Troop F. 13th
United States Cavalry and the Sd Battery
Field Artillery, United States army, and
was commanded by Col. Ourand. The Sec
ond provisional brigade was made up Of
the I'd Regiment Companies c and d; LIST
Separate Battalion. platoon Of Troop F.
18th United States Cavalry and the LIST
Battery Field Artillery. N. G. D. c., and
was commanded by Col. Ureli.
For two hours the study was Of the regi-
ment, acting alone, demonstrating the nor
NAL attack against an equal force over
varied ground. Then. for more than two
hours. the two provisionad brigades ma