Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-25

Precautions Against Confusion.


To avoid confusion and delay, section
quartermasters will be prepared to desig
nate the particular coach or coaches to be
occupied by each organization or part OF
organization. In the event that more than
one organization is assigned to a coach the
particular coach to be occupied by the or
CARNATIONS will be indicated by appropriate
labels.
No baggage or other impedimenta will be
taken on passenger coach, and no officer
or enlisted man will have anything on the
coach except his arms and personal equip
ment The personal baggage of an officer
or enlisted man is limited to $50 pounds
Upon arrival at Washington section quar-
termasters will unload the horses and bag
gage on their respective sections. Mounted
officers. except the officers of the LIST Bat
terry, Field Artillery, will turn over their
horses at Harpers Ferry to the section
quartermaster of the second section. and
will notify the owners of their horses Of
the expected hour of arrival of that section
in Washington. The care of these horses by
the quartermaster's department will cease
upon arrival Of the section in that city.
To Leave Train at lexington.
The troops, horses and baggage will be
landed in Washington at the lexington
freight station, New York and Florida ave-
nues
Baggage will be sent from the railroad
station in Washington at public expense
only to the Center Market Armory, the LIST
Battalion Armory and the list Separate Bat
talon Armory. Baggage to be sent else
where must be delivered at private expense.
When commands leave the trains section
quartermasters will see that no property is
left in the cars.
The servant of an officer will not be per-
mitted to enter the train unless he holds a
certificate from the acting quartermaSter
general showing that his railroad fare to
Washington has been paid and that his
l,,J /, hon cd In,
Immediately after breakfast Sunday
morning the cooks will thoroughly clean
the ranges and all of the kitchen utensils
preparatory to packing them. Ice boxes
will be taken from the ground and the
holes filled, and the ground around the
kitchen thoroughly policed. Officers In
charge of messes will supervise this work.
Final Orders.
The kitchens will be twice inspected by
the camp commissary, the first inspection
to be made to ascertain whether all uten-
sis clean and in proper condition to be
packed: the second inspection to ascertain
whether the field ovens and other utensils
are properly packed. Cooks will remain at
their kitchens until after the inspections.
When the inspecting officer has found that
the kitchens and ovens are in proper con-
diton he will give certificate to that eff
feet in order that the cook may receive pay
Cooks will turn in their blankets and
ponchos to the camp quartermaster be-
tween the hours of and o'clock M and
will then receive their pay. They will re-
tain their badges until they are taken up
on the train
The personal baggage of officer. will be
packed, marked and placed in position for
loading on wagons not later than O. clock
am.
The colors will be lowered probably at 8
clock Sunday morning. Assembly is to
be sounded fifteen minutes later and the
troops, headed by the Brigade Band and
the corps Of field music, will then march
through Bolivar and Harpers Ferry to the
railroad station No parade will occur in
Washington. c. +. c.