Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-05
TROOPS DEPART
FOR ATASCADERO
SIX HUNDRED BOARD TRAIN
FOR THE NORTH
GENERAL WANKoWsKI AND HIS
STAFF WITH THEM
Guardsmen Will Have Ten Days In
Camp and Be Subject to Regular
Army Discipline During
Stay

Six hundred boys in khaki, all mem
of the National guard, left last night
on two special trains for twelve days
of camp life under army regulations
| at AtaScadero,
The first section, containing the Los
Angeles contingent, left on schedule
time at $50 o'clock, but the second
train, with the troops from neighbor-
ing cities and towns, pulled out only
at 8:15, nearly two hours after the
time set for departure. The late ar
rival of some of the companies from
| other towns was the cause of the de-
| lay.
Brigadier General Wankowski, who
has charge of the California troopers,
left with the first division. 1--WE ex-
pect to reach Atascadero at $3.50 to-
morrow morning" he said, as he swung
aboard the last car. I'VE shall make
camp at once, which will require about
three hours, and then, after everybody
has had a good breakfast, we will be
in trim to show the regulars what the
California boys can do in the way of
drills.
The guardsmen have been drilling
almost daily for the past two weeks,
and there were many expressions of
relief when they assembled for the
last time at the armory at o'clock
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tion. While the expedition to Atasca-
dero is looked upon by the boys as
sort of picnic, they all realize there
will be plenty of work for them to do
and no letup in the army discipline.
The Los Angeles companies of the
Seventh regiment who went north are:
Company A, Captain A. ]. Copp, COM
manding; Company G, Captain A. G.
F. Dee, commanding; Company F,
Captain E. B. Braden, commanding
In the first section were also the br1-
gade and regimental heads, the Sew
enth regiment band, Troop D, cavalry,
in command of Captain James Gum;
the First company signal corps, in
command of Captain H. w. Slotter-
beck the hospital corps and General
Wankowski and his staff.
The generals staff is comprised OF
Colonel r. J. Folmer, assistant adju-
tant general; Major L. D. Collins, IN
engineer officer; Major ]. w. A.. Off,
quartermaster; Major ]. e. Sullivan,
acting commissary, and Lieutenant z.
w. Jones, aid.
Colonel w. G. Schneider, command
ing the Seventh regiment. was ac-
companied by the following stan OIL
GERS: Lieutenant Colonel S. M. Salt
marsh; Major Paul Adams, surgeon
in charge of the hospital corps; Cap
tain C. E. Heber, adjutant: Captain
A. G. Austin, quartermaster; Captain
Frank C. Prescott, jr., commissary;
brigade commanders, Major Truman
Cole, Los Angeles, First brigade; Ma
jor H. E. Mitchell, Riverside, Second
brigade, and Major L. L. Vestal, Santa
Ana, Third brigade.
The companies that left with the
second section are as follows: Com
pany B, San Diego, Captain H. r. Fay:
Company B, Pomona, Captain w. w
Midgly; Company e. Anaheim. Lieu
tenant J. Kellenberger; Company 6
Redlands, Captain B. j. Underwood;
Company H, Long Beach, Lieutenant
A. D. Borden; Company I. Pasadena
Captain C. F. I-utchins; Company x,
San rernardino, Captain G. ]. Baker;
Company L, Santa Ana, Lieutenant I'll
A. Wassum: Company M, Riverside
Captain P. J. Bollinger.
The men wore their campaign mats
with the numbers and letters removed
Beside rifle and cartridge belt each
man carried a haversack with canteen
and blanket roll.
They will remain in camp till Octo-
ber Is, which will give them twelve
days altogether, ten of which will be
spent in camp and the other two on
the road. There will be 1900 Califor-
MIA state troops at the encampment.