Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-07-19
TO MOVE THE SOLDIERS.

ing the First regiment, provide fol
the movement Of the troops to James
town and announce the routine aftel
their arrival. The orders are care
fully prepared and neatly printed II
pamphlet form. Copies have beer
distributed among all the officers o.
the regiment In the belief that they
will be of particular interest to thu
soldiers and their friends, we repro
duce General Orders No. in full
They are as follows:
In pursuance Of orders from the
adjutant general, this regiment will &c
into camp at Jamestown, Va, the
different organizations leaving theil
respective home stations on the 24tf
OF July, 1907.
The following instructions, import.
ant in every detail, will be observed
by all concerned:
l. The unattached companies a.
Laurens and Spartanburg, command.
Nichols, respectively, are assigned tC
this regiment and will be designated
as companies d and l, respectively.
following basis:
First Battalion-Maj. E. NJ. Blythe
commanding, Cos. A, c, E and D.
Second Battalion - Maj. w. B
Moore, commanding, Cos. K, M, I
and I.
Third Battalion-Capt. j. G. Rich.
ards, Jr, commanding, Cos. B, G, F
and H.
2. The movement will be made as
follows:
First Section: Headquarters and
Co. L will leave Yorkville at 9.55 a
M, and proceed to Rock Hill.
Co. B will leave Heath Springs al
10 a. m, and proceed to Rock Hill.
Co. G will leave Cornwell at 11.3C
a. m. and proceed to Rock Hill.
All Of the above organizations, with
Co. H, will leave Rock Hill at 1880
p. m. proceeding to Charlotte, arriv-
ing there at p. m.
Co. K will leave Fort Mill at LAC
p. m, on the special above.
Second Section: Co. D will leave
Laurens at 8.15 &C. & w. c. a. m.
and proceed to Greenville.
Co. E will leave Anderson at 1906
a. m, and proceed to Greenville.
The band will leave PelZer at 11.OO
d.
All Of the above organizations with
headquarters 1st battalion and Co. A
will leave Greenville at 1910 p. m.
arriving at Spartahburg at lis p. m
Co. M will leave Union at 9.35 g.
m, joining special at Spartanburg al
LIS p. m.
Hospital corps will leave Jonesville
at 1000 a. m, joining special at Spar
tanburg at LIS D. m.
Co. I will join the special at Spar
tanburg at lis p. m.
The second section will reach Char
lotte at 4 p. m, at which point Co
I will be transferred to the first Sec
ton.
The first section will leave Char
lotte at 4.30 p. m, followed by the
second section at 4.40 p. m, both Sec
tions arriving at Pinner's Point al
6. 90 a. M, on the 25th Of July.
At Primers Point all men and bag.
gage will be transferred to boat and
proceed to the Exposition pier.
Co. F will leave Cheraw on 8. A. l.
railway at 9.43 p. m, and arrive al
Portsmouth, Va, at a. m, on the
Of July 25, where they will
take boat for the Exposition pier, ar
irving there at 9 a. m, from which
DOlIll they VIII " SehhhP'
3. Commissary Sergeant Miller
Color Sergeants White and Brice, and
Battalion Sergeant Major McAliley
will be furnished transportation with
Co. G., and will be attached to that
company for subsistence. -
Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant
Williams will be furnished transpor-
tation with Co. L, and will be attach
ed to that company for subsistence.
Regimental Sergeant Major Craig
will be furnished transportation with
Co. E, and will be attached to that
company for subsistence.
Battalion Sergeant Major Ligon
will be furnished transportation with
Headquarters 1st battalion and Co. A,
and will be attached to Co. A for SUBJ
sistence.
Battalion Sergeant Major Pegues
will be furnished transportation with
Co. F, and will be attached to that
for subsistence.
The Hospital corps will be attached
to Co. M for subsistence.
All field and staff officers will be
furnished transportation with the re-
spective organizations at their home
stations.
4. Transportation requests and re-
ceipts will be executed by senior Of
ficer at each station in triplicate, one
to be delivered to the agent Of the
railroad company, and the other two
to be delivered to the regimental quar-
termaster for delivery to the disburs-
ing officer.
These requests and receipts will be
furnished by the regimental quarter
master with proper instructions.
Berths In sleepers will be assigned
to officers by the quartermast
5. Before leaving their home sta
tions officers will see that the name
of their organizations and nome sta
tlon Is plainly marked In chalk on
both sides Of their coach:
The baggage Of enlisted men Will be
packed in dress suit cases, each one
having thereon a tag contairing the
name Of the owner, the company or
to which he belongs, with
the name Of his home station. OFF,
GERS trunks will be similarly marked,
and all, in addition to the above will
have their company letter marked In
chalk on the side.
6. All organizations entraining on
the special train at their home stations
will load their baggage into the bag
gage car Of the special train, all 9TH
er organizations will load their bag
gage into their coach until they join
the special, when the baggage will be
loaded into the baggage car OF the
special train.
Co. F will load it's baggage into its
coach and keep 1t there until its ar
rival at the point Of detraining.
7. The senior officer on trains will
be in command thereof, and the Sc
nior officer Of the quartermaster's de-
partment will have charge Of and be
held responsible for the loading and
Of the baggage and the
Of the troops on the
trains to which they are attached.
In case of detached bodies where
no officer Of the quartermaster's de-
partment Is present, the officer In
will detail one Of the lieu
tenants on his train to perform the
duties of quartermaster until the de-
tached section joins the main body.
Upon mobilizing with a larger body
this officer will report the disposition
Of baggage, ETC., made by him, to the
senior officer Of the quartermaster'
All officers Of this de-
partment will report to the regimental
at Charlotte.
Company commanders Will furnish
to the uuartermaster's department
such details OF men as may be asked
for by that department to assist In
loading and unloading Of baggage.
The same "details will be used on the
return trip.
8. Immediately upon entraining
the arms will be stacked in one corner
of the coach and will not be removed