The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-06
MILITARY READY
FOR EXPOSITION.
Official Orders ior Departure Of
Local Commands OH Sunday 4.
Morning.
HoWITzERs WILL MARCH.

All Other Commands WillnGo BY
Rail and in Several Special
Trains.
Tho military commnntls nf&thls city
four companies OF the seventieth3 Regi-
ment Of Infantry. three companies OF
tho Bites Battalion, and the Richmond
Howtzcrs Battery a, OF tho First Ar
tillery Bnttallon----arc all busy prepnr-
Ing for tho trip to the jamestown l1x-
position. All Of tho eight companies,
with the exception OF tho Howltzers,
will mako tho Journey by rnil, cntrain-
ing Sunday morning ut tho Byrd
! Street depot for tho trip down. In
addition to these companies, tho In
fnntry commands from fredericksburg
and Alexandria will roach this city
Saturday night and. after spending
tho night here, will cntrain In tho.
morning. q
Tho Blues Battalion will leave In n
special train ut $3.50 A. NJ, via tho
Coast Limo and Norfolk ana Western
Railways, and will probably DO joined
at Petersburg by one or moro COM
panies Of tho Seventy second Regiment.
Order Issued.
Here Is the official order Just issued
to the Seventeen Regiment by BrlEa-
dier-General c. c. Vaughan, similar
orders having been ISSUED to the other
two regiments:
4 3{sSitStl5 Headquarters
i lsssA First Brigade. Virginia Volunteers,
Franklin. Va, June 8, 1907.
1 Special Orders No. 1.
The movement OF the SEVENTEEN Regiment:
Infantry to Camp J ohm Smith, at the
jamestown Exposition In compliance with
General Orders No. 10. a. G. O..dnted April
| 80. 1907, Will be, as is hereafter stated.
with the understanding that no pay or sub
sistence will be allowed until June 10. 1907.
| the date named In said order. for the be-
ginning of the encnmpment; tho field stan
and non commissioned staff moving with tho
4 companies OF their respcctiyo home sSa-
4 lions.
4 Headquarters and band via Chesapeake
and Ohio Railroad leaving staunton at IL
! o'clock Y. NJ, June Especial train.
4 Companies a. B, c and F. at Richmond.
via Norfolk and Western Railway. at A
NJ, Sunday, Juno o..
Company D. charlottesville. via chesa-
peake and Ohio Railroad, ut a. ~.
i June ..
western Railway. 1850 x. NJ June Q.
Company g. Alexandria, Via Richmond.
fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, 5:o7
Company I. Farmvillo, via Norfolk ana
Western Railway 4:2s A: NJ June o.
Company K, Staunton, via Chesapeake and
4 Ohio Railroad, II P. NJ. June s.
| Company L, Fredericksburg. 6:15 P. NJ,
n June 8.
Il Company NJ Danvllle. via Southern Rail-
way. II p NJ, June 8 Especial train)
/ The baggage OF companies will DO load ed
as folows:
! cars at Richmond; Company K at staunton;
Company at Charlottesville, upon arrival
OF special train: Company g Mt Aexand ria |:
Company L at Fredericksburg upon arrival
] Of train; Company z at Lynchburg; Com
J, pany at Farmvillc. upon arrival OF train:
!, Company at Danville; Company E. OF
, the Sevcnty-second Regiment to occupy
i Jointly baggage car.
Pulmaon sleeper will start from Dnnviile
on special train, and oil officers cntraining
en- route will be assigned space therein
Arms palace horse car will start from
stanton with the special train and all
horses Transported in baggage cars viii be
mOnd. 5te
The regiment to move by one train from
Petersburg TO- camp site. except Company
NJ, which will move via Southern Railway
special train with Company e. OF the Sew
enty-second Regiment, and Companies N, j
= and T, OF the Seventy first Regiment.
/. BY command OF
: GENERAL YAuGHAS.
|. &c e: 1 =: Wright, Major and Assistant Adju-
Tho Richmond Howitzers will leave
4 the city Friday morning for their
march to the exposition, having
changed their original plan OF march
! ing to Newport News, and determined
to make the trip via Petersburg and
!, overland all tho way. In will require
four or five days at tho least to
t complete the march. The battery will
t take the full complement of men, be.
l, tween eighty and ninety in all anG
r have secured sufficient horses to ca rry
their guns, caissons and wagon train
!, with camp equipage and all the para
= phernalia Of long march. The mcr
: Will mako as long march each das
2 as the duration of daylight will per.
9 nit and will then go into camp 70,
e the night. All the men are enthusiastic
7. over the novel trip, and the genuine
: taste Of field life. They will arrive
/ at the exposition bronzcd, dusty and
70 looking like regulars.
Company r. of the Seventieth Reg
iment, has beon ordered to report a
! the armory nSFri day night at $3.50, t
: make final preparations for the trip
o All Of the mon of this and the other
companies will wear tho Khaki uni
. forms on the journey, but will ais,
3 carry tho service dress and full dres
I. uniforms n. ~
I, Orders heretofore issued by various
q company commanders as to the hour o
h. assembling for departure arc counter
% manded, and every company Is ordc>et
\ to report at the armory at 430 A. M.
. and be prepared to leave the armory 81
J.. S A. NJ. The train is scheduled t.
y leave at A. NJ, and the men expcc
d to reach the Exposition Grounds abou
u noon.
81 New River Roat,
8 A good opportunity Is offered tn
~ people OF Richmond to visit Tomoufou,,