The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-07-17

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the comnaande chief The heid ea
iercises Of the bTigade s06 VIII
consist Of enca pInepts il1E insti1ic
ZION from iSlls
81 to- August ana at Mt, Gretliai
in onjnnctton with troops Of the regps
lar army from August s, to August
Troops win report fully armed and
equipped for service I'm the field. Each y
soldiers equipment win be carried I'M
the blanket roll! one pair Of khalSt
trousers vii be carried in addition TO.
the prescribed equipment, No blue
uniforms or extra baggage, such as tlls
dIYidual boxes or lockers or cots for
the men win be taken.
Company commanders will at once
make repuisition on their battalion
quartermasters for enough blankets tr
supply their commands. one to each
man. These VIII be issued by number,
on proper invoices and receipts, ana
will be returned to the battalion quar-
termaster before payment is made by
the State.
on account of the impractic abilIty
of sending troop trains to stations 81
Individual offcers, not along the. route
and where no ganisattons are 1ocat
ed. such officers will Join troop trains
along the regular route. and in the
case of mounted officers. horses Will
have TO be loaded az such places as
horse cars touch. Asst Surgeons, be-
low grade of Captain, and battalion
quartermasters will not be required to
be mounted. Ali oficers will travel
on troop trains and will be assigned
to berths by the quartermasters there
of.
No transportation requests other
than those Issued by the Chief Quar-
termaster and marked Account Ma
neuyers, 1867 will be used.
No civilian employe or persons 9th
er than regular members of the Ma
tional Guard will be paid, transport
ed, or subststed at public expense.
3 s. Z ssf
Company and other commander
will be very careful that no ball am.
munition whatever is in the hands Of
the men enroute or during the encamp-
ment.
Company commanders will wire the
Brigade Adiutant General the strength
of their commands on departure from
home station.
On arrival in camp great care must
be taken to prevent soil contamination
by human excreta, and by refuse from
kitchens. The use of any part of the
camp ground for prtyy purposes. ex.
cept that designated by proper atl.
thority is absolutely prohibited, and
all solid refuse must be burned.
Officers should bear in mind that all
reports, returns, rolls, etc, must agree
in every particular, this is: transpor-
tation requests, ration returns. morn
ing reports, pay rolls, etc. must show
the same number of men and contain
the same statements throughout. All.
promotions and changes in organi-
cations must be made before leaving
home stations, except those absolute.
ly unavoidable, to avoid complications
in preparing pay rolls. Five copies
of pay rolls will be prepared and should
be completed before leaving home sta
ton with the exception of filling in
the names present and the number Of
days. Approved enlistment papers or
descriptive and assignment cards
must be filed for each man whose
name appears on the roll. In case en-
listment papers have been lost, copfes
SHOULD be secured from "A. @. o.
Pay or troops will be at regular
army rates; the difference between
this and State rate will be paid by the
State.
The Chief Quartermaster will ar.
range for the Transportation and the
Chief Commfssary for the subsistence
en- route to and from and during the
encampment.
Brigade Headquarters VIII be moved
to Martinsburg on July 2s. The Chief
Quartermaster, Chief Commlssary and
Engineer Officer will make such trips
to BIartinsburg as may be necessary