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

IN connection with the approaching en-
campment of the National Guard or
the District of Columbia, near Harpers
IL Ferry. w Va, trooptrains Will oe-
mart from the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road freight station. New York and Florioa
avenues. next Sunday morning IN sec'iohs
as follows
First section at o'clock am, carrying
the lst Separate Battalion. COOKS hosIiers,
officers servants, horses of all othcers anu
enlisted men who authorized to De
mounted and baggage
Second section ut I.30 o'clock am, car
rying the I'd Regiment, the Corps of f'ieid
Music. the Ambulance Corps and baggage.
Third section at S o'clock am, carrying
the commanding general and his staff. the
LIST Regiment and the Brigade Band
The troops assigned to sections Will as
scmble in heavy marching order, fully
armed and equipped for field service al
their armories. the morning of July H. III
time to march thence and reach 'he reh-
devious New York and Florida avenues
not later than twenty minutes before tne
time set for the departure OF thet SCI
lions. -, ,,
Sections will, II practicable, be made up
as follows: Engine, horse cars and pag,
gage cars for baggage of ofhcers, eniisteu
men and organizations; passenger codcnes
The commanding officer list REGIMENT "a
Regiment and LIST Separate Battalion Will
each designate a quartermaster, VINO WIN
be Immediately In charge OF an ma 81,
pertaining to the transportation or the
troops until their arrival at Harpers feffy.
Quartermasters will inspect each car IN
their respective sections prior 10 the ar
rival of the troops to see that the cars are
clean and in serviceable condition, that car
lamps are filled and water tanks ICED ana
provided with water.
The Signal Corps will proceed TO HarperS
redo
To avoid confusion and delay, upon ar
rival of the troops at the railroad station,
uuartermasters in charge of sections Will
be prepared to designate the particular
coach or coaches to be occupied by each
organization and will attach label to each
coach that will show the organization or
part of an organization that is to occupy the
same Where more than one company is as
signed to a coach the particular coach to be
occupied by each company will be indicated
by appropriate labels. No man VIII be per
mitted to stand in the aisle or ride on the
platform. 49,
No baggage or other impedimenta will be
taken on a passenger coach and no officer
or enlisted man will have anything with
him on the coach except his arms and helo
equipment.
In loading baggage cars if practicable,
the baggage of officers will be separated
from that of the men and the baggage or
each organization will be kept together
Property belonging to organizations VIII De
placed in the baggage cars so that the ar
ticles first needed on detraining Will be the
first reached.
Upon arrival at Harpers Ferry the section
uuartermaster will unload the equipment,
baggage and horses. To accomplish this he
should obtain the detail of a sufficient num-
Der of men who, under his direction, should
load the equipment and baggage on wagons
These men WILL therefore, remain with the
baggage cars until they are unloaded and
will accompany the wagons containing the
equipment and baggage until the same Is
delivered to regiments, DattallOnS ana COIL
panies in camp.
When commands leave the sections. quar-
termasters will see that no property Is ieft
in the cars.
servant of an officer must be provided
with a regular railroad ticket before board
ing the first section. Any such servant
who is not thus provided will not be permit
ted to board the train.
All horses must reach the place of en-
barkation not later than o'clock am
July II. Officers horses must be provided
with a halter. The acting quartermaster
general will furnish a tag to he attached TO
each halter showing the name of the officer
for whom the horse is intended.
Oficers will subsist themselves in Of
fcers' messes. A sales depot will be main
tanned in camp. Both officers and enlisted
men are entitled to purchase stores from
the depot
A ration is the allowance of food for en-
listed man for one day. In camp, rations in
kind will be issued to regimental commissar-
les on a consolidated ration return. This con-
-solidated ration return is made up from
the ration return made by each company
commander which is forwarded to the
regimental or battalion commander. Com
handing officers of the LIST Battery, Field
Artillery, Ambulance Corps Signal Corps.
Brigade Band. Corps of Field Music and
the organizations Of the LIST Separate Bat
talon will draw rations on the company
ration return. Officers charged with the